Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Prices followed the trend in the board. Most classes of steers were 30.00-60.00 lower with the heifers following suit. Quality was largely plainer with a run of largely unweaned cattle and cutter bulls. Most of the unweaned cattle bringing 30.00-40.00 lower than their long weaned counterparts. Slaughter cattle followed suit with average to high yielding boners bringing 3.00-5.00 lower. Trade was moderate. The first freeze came through the area this week, looks like fall might be here to stay. Irrigated wheat is up and calves are being turned out in some areas.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $395.18/cwt on 272 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −59.74 against this barn's trailing median of $454.91.

Average price

$395.18

272 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,155

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$221

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$45.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+24.96

vs TX average

−34.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	395.51	2,156	270
Medium and Large 1-2	553	350.00	1,936	2thin

One grade step is worth $45.51/cwt here — about $221 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.66, low $409.27, median $454.91 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale272 hd

395.18

—

TX average5 barns · 546 hd

370.21

+24.96

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

−34.54

This barn, trailing median31 sales

454.91

−59.74

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,871	173.90	3,254	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,247	159.61	1,990	71
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,538	158.00	2,430	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	992	130.67	1,296	12
Heifers	Choice	High	1,035	280.00	2,898	2thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	High	1,054	247.50	2,609	7thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,150	$2,650	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,257	$2,250	3thin

Every lot, as filed

80 lots · USDA AMS · Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Dalhart, TX

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	725	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,066	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,257	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,539	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,035	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,898	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	688	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,720	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,052	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,916	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	518	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,722	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,854	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	537	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,282	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	678	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,448	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	591	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,408	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	472	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,900	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	317.72/cwt	314.00–323.00	2,450	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,818	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,042	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	3,293	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,904	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	422	363.33/cwt	350.00–372.50	1,533	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	350	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,295	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	704	357.79/cwt	356.00–358.00	2,519	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,898	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	345.13/cwt	342.50–350.00	2,326	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	469.55/cwt	460.00–475.00	2,155	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	381.36/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,197	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	400.54/cwt	390.00–412.00	2,131	156
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,767	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	327.98/cwt	325.00–342.50	1,938	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	1,831	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	479.84/cwt	460.00–487.50	2,011	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,868	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	2,257	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	285	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	578	313.17/cwt	295.00–317.50	1,810	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,160	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,049	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	294.85/cwt	292.00–302.50	2,238	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	327.51/cwt	310.00–332.50	2,001	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	147.60/cwt	143.00–151.00	1,569	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,538	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	2,430	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	840	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,319	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	878	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	966	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	162.10/cwt	155.00–169.00	2,067	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	960	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,344	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,054	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,609	7
Bulls	—	—	1,648	168.78/cwt	161.00–175.00	2,781	2
Bulls	—	—	1,837	172.89/cwt	170.00–181.00	3,176	4
Bulls	—	—	2,017	177.47/cwt	170.00–180.00	3,580	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,067	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	153.20/cwt	147.00–156.00	1,910	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	870	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,914	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	292	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	920	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	699	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,748	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	356	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	926	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	296.76/cwt	295.00–302.50	2,184	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	900–950	940	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,162	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	300–350	348	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	992	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	968	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,299	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	935	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,496	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,607	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	205	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,566	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,936	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,996	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	498	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,843	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,322	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,642	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	740	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,504	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	584	349.52/cwt	347.50–350.00	2,041	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	410	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,599	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	434	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,105	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,865	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,445	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	323	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,550	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	364.27/cwt	355.00–367.50	1,901	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,000	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	348	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,305	2

How this sale compares

Texas weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Texas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Amarillo, TX (LS-AM)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,530Last week 1,780Year ago 2,181

Slaughter CattleReceipts 307Last week 355Year ago 431

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 22Year ago 29

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	725	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	388	387.50	387.50
4	450–500	479	400.00	400.00
2	550–600	553	350.00	350.00
4	600–650	644	310.00	310.00
5	650–700	662	310.00	310.00
2	700–750	743	312.50	312.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	1,300.00	1,300.00
5	350–400	393	462.50	462.50
22	400–450	419	460.00–487.50	479.84
25	450–500	459	460.00–475.00	469.55
156	500–550	532	390.00–412.00	400.54
33	550–600	576	375.00–390.00	381.36
50	650–700	674	342.50–350.00	345.13
20	700–750	704	356.00–358.00	357.79
110	750–800	771	314.00–323.00	317.72
8	850–900	870	328.00	328.00
6	900–950	923	325.00	325.00
46	1000–1050	1,042	316.00	316.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	434	485.00	485.00
23	500–550	537	425.00	425.00
24	550–600	591	407.50	407.50
74	650–700	678	361.00	361.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
1	250–300	285	1,400.00	1,400.00
2	400–450	410	390.00	390.00
19	500–550	522	355.00–367.50	364.27
15	550–600	584	347.50–350.00	349.52
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
1	200–250	205	700.00	700.00
2	600–650	608	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	522	300.00	300.00
2	650–700	688	250.00	250.00
2	900–950	935	160.00	160.00
2	950–1000	968	237.50	237.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	470	397.50	397.50
16	500–550	513	370.00	370.00
2	550–600	570	310.00	310.00
33	600–650	611	310.00–332.50	327.51
2	650–700	683	300.00	300.00
13	700–750	736	295.00–302.50	296.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	870	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	900–950	940	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	480.00	480.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	348	375.00	375.00
3	350–400	350	370.00	370.00
5	400–450	422	350.00–372.50	363.33
20	450–500	472	402.50	402.50
2	500–550	518	332.50	332.50
12	550–600	578	295.00–317.50	313.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	875.00	875.00
2	350–400	388	472.00	472.00
3	450–500	470	405.00	405.00
16	550–600	591	325.00–342.50	327.98
39	650–700	675	320.00	320.00
97	700–750	720	313.50	313.50
11	750–800	759	292.00–302.50	294.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	699	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	425	340.00	340.00
2	500–550	510	315.00	315.00
5	650–700	678	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	498	370.00	370.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	292	315.00	315.00
5	350–400	356	260.00	260.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	329	225.00	225.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,150	2,650.00	2,650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,257	2,250.00	2,250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,140	135.00	135.00
58	—	1,275	155.00–169.00	162.10
6	—	1,247	147.00–156.00	153.20
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,063	143.00–151.00	147.60
3	—	970	110.00	110.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,538	158.00	158.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	840	157.00	157.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	878	110.00	110.00
2	—	960	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,035	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,054	247.50	247.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,648	161.00–175.00	168.78
4	—	1,837	170.00–181.00	172.89
4	—	2,017	170.00–180.00	177.47

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Dalhart, TX

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