Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There were few comparable sales on calves and feeders to determine a trend, but sentiment followed the board downward. Demand for steers was steady as heifer demand was up and down with better kind of weaned heifers dollaring out higher. Plainer and unweaned or short weaned cattle continue to be in less demand as the price gap grows wider. High yielding slaughter cows were up 2.00 and high yielding bulls brought 8.00 higher. .

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $363.00/cwt on 163 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −50.95 against this barn's trailing median of $413.95.

Average price

$363.00

163 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,919

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$530

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

$100.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+24.36

vs TX average

−2.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	370.84	1,974	135
Medium and Large 1-2	508	334.38	1,697	24
Medium and Large 2	535	270.00	1,445	4thin

One grade step is worth $100.84/cwt here — about $530 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $444.69, low $367.59, median $413.95 across 27 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 sale163 hd

363.00

—

TX average5 barns · 420 hd

338.64

+24.36

National average198 barns · 25,157 hd

365.61

−2.61

This barn, trailing median27 sales

413.95

−50.95

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	—	High	1,641	185.00	3,036	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,239	157.93	1,957	126
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,692	154.93	2,621	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,027	135.06	1,387	43

Every lot, as filed

88 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 1-2	450–500	460	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,714	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	718	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,082	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	620	318.42/cwt	312.50–332.50	1,974	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	493	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,627	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	475	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,556	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,109	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	3,238	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	634	359.92/cwt	352.50–372.50	2,282	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	363	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,516	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	670	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,910	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	327.95/cwt	327.00–330.00	2,568	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	282.38/cwt	270.00–293.00	1,655	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,504	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	602	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,342	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	570	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,910	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	410	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,620	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	326.29/cwt	324.00–328.00	2,881	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,014	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,809	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	369.52/cwt	360.00–382.50	1,604	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	301.09/cwt	290.00–312.50	2,071	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,105	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	298.18/cwt	279.00–302.00	2,445	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	347.36/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,685	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	307.76/cwt	300.00–312.50	2,336	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,677	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,068	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	3,193	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	330.06/cwt	322.50–343.00	2,334	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	304.21/cwt	290.00–312.50	1,874	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	894	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,235	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	311.46/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,068	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,726	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	300–350	305	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,388	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,757	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,041	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	405.87/cwt	395.00–417.50	2,102	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	558	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,953	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	603	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,412	85
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	130.79/cwt	128.00–140.00	1,456	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	156.37/cwt	153.00–159.00	1,712	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	164.11/cwt	160.00–168.00	2,017	90
Bulls	—	—	1,440	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	2,462	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,287	151.52/cwt	145.00–161.00	1,950	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	835	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	810	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	936	114.01/cwt	110.00–121.00	1,067	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	941	148.03/cwt	137.00–153.00	1,393	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,692	154.93/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,621	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	128.29/cwt	117.00–139.00	1,577	14
Bulls	—	—	1,803	186.00/cwt	180.00–191.00	3,354	2
Bulls	—	—	1,661	191.50/cwt	185.00–197.00	3,181	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	393	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,513	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	650	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,080	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	511	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,070	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	479	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,024	8
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	677	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,117	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	306.74/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,978	12
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,143	3
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	806	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,744	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	550–600	550	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,623	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	282	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,988	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	712	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,118	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,274	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,806	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	456	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,961	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	315.22/cwt	307.50–325.00	2,613	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	657	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,741	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	504	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,663	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	848	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,120	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,086	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	523	360.21/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,884	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	410.56/cwt	400.00–417.50	2,550	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	533	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,945	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,404	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,929	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,391	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	293.22/cwt	290.00–302.50	2,014	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	347	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,509	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	282.76/cwt	280.00–286.00	1,776	20
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,887	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	0–50	22	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	48	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	234	255.19/cwt	250.00–265.00	597	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,548	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	426	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,640	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,022	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,463	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 1,369Last week 1,530Year ago 536

Slaughter CattleReceipts 366Last week 307Year ago 340

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	427	362.50	362.50
4	450–500	460	372.50	372.50
4	500–550	541	367.50	367.50
12	600–650	645	290.00–315.00	306.74
15	650–700	687	290.00–302.50	293.22
3	700–750	713	292.50	292.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	620	312.50–332.50	318.42
9	700–750	718	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	240	1,375.00	1,375.00
2	250–300	275	1,300.00	1,300.00
4	350–400	356	422.50	422.50
4	450–500	484	435.00	435.00
4	500–550	518	395.00–417.50	405.87
10	550–600	553	369.00	369.00
27	600–650	621	400.00–417.50	410.56
4	650–700	688	290.00–312.50	301.09
65	700–750	707	322.50–343.00	330.06
19	750–800	783	327.00–330.00	327.95
11	800–850	829	307.50–325.00	315.22
35	850–900	883	324.00–328.00	326.29
2	1050–1100	1,068	299.00	299.00
4	1100–1150	1,109	292.00	292.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	363	417.50	417.50
3	400–450	410	395.00	395.00
20	500–550	523	340.00–365.00	360.21
15	550–600	570	335.00	335.00
16	600–650	634	352.50–372.50	359.92
46	650–700	670	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	600–650	602	389.00	389.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	650	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	488	285.00	285.00
8	600–650	646	270.00	270.00
3	700–750	712	297.50	297.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	493	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	1,250.00	1,250.00
3	500–550	520	322.50	322.50
3	700–750	732	240.00	240.00
5	850–900	894	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	455.00	455.00
3	450–500	475	327.50	327.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	282	1,350.00	1,350.00
7	400–450	434	360.00–382.50	369.52
15	450–500	485	340.00–355.00	347.36
5	500–550	548	315.00	315.00
29	550–600	586	270.00–293.00	282.38
8	600–650	616	290.00–312.50	304.21
42	650–700	664	310.00–320.00	311.46
8	750–800	759	300.00–312.50	307.76
35	800–850	820	279.00–302.00	298.18
26	1000–1050	1,014	277.00	277.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	479	422.50	422.50
90	500–550	511	405.00	405.00
11	550–600	558	350.00	350.00
85	600–650	603	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	393	385.00	385.00
10	650–700	657	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	550	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	332.50	332.50
2	500–550	520	245.00	245.00
2	650–700	675	267.50	267.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	347	435.00	435.00
5	400–450	426	385.00	385.00
7	450–500	456	430.00	430.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	413	340.00	340.00
21	500–550	504	330.00	330.00
20	600–650	628	280.00–286.00	282.76
6	650–700	683	282.50	282.50
2	750–800	763	265.00	265.00
3	800–850	848	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	533	365.00	365.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	677	165.00	165.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	260	310.00	310.00
3	650–700	653	175.00	175.00
2	750–800	770	245.00	245.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	0–50	22	220.00	220.00
20	200–250	234	250.00–265.00	255.19

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,113	128.00–140.00	130.79
13	—	1,095	153.00–159.00	156.37
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	1,229	160.00–168.00	164.11
22	—	1,287	145.00–161.00	151.52
14	—	1,229	117.00–139.00	128.29
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	835	97.00	97.00
9	—	936	110.00–121.00	114.01
6	—	941	137.00–153.00	148.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,692	150.00–160.00	154.93
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,440	171.00	171.00
2	—	1,803	180.00–191.00	186.00
4	—	1,661	185.00–197.00	191.50

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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