Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Sentiment was mixed on a shorter run of mixed quality cattle. The better number one type steers really made a jump up ward while the plainer, short weaned, and fresh cattle continue to lag in price and demand. Heifers slipped lower mostly due to quality. High yield slaughter cows brought 2.00-4.00 higher on good demand. Trade was mostly moderate. There will be no sale next week, November 27th, due to the holiday. Y'all have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $345.56/cwt on 134 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −109.36 against this barn's trailing median of $454.91.

Average price

$345.56

134 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,976

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$698

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

$157.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.75

vs TX average

−64.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	530	367.81	1,948	8thin
Medium and Large 1	572	360.91	2,064	112
Medium and Large 2	595	210.00	1,250	14thin

One grade step is worth $157.81/cwt here — about $698 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

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 sale134 hd

345.56

—

TX average4 barns · 417 hd

358.30

−12.75

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

−64.52

This barn, trailing median31 sales

454.91

−109.36

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	1,404	171.83	2,413	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,219	150.58	1,835	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,212	149.49	1,813	133
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	984	131.57	1,295	39
Heifers	Select and Choice	High	988	250.00	2,470	4thin
Heifers	Choice	High	1,019	234.21	2,387	10

Every lot, as filed

77 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	650–700	690	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,829	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	528	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,967	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	700–750	748	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,319	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1050–1100	1,057	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,960	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	507	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,800	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,710	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	529	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,931	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	950–1000	965	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	3,016	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	468	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,708	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,425	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	472	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,136	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	329.88/cwt	325.00–337.50	1,729	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	556	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,043	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,045	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	466	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,771	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	359.65/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,259	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,749	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,399	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,589	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,743	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750–800	768	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,458	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,530	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	343.20/cwt	322.50–345.00	2,492	217
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1250–1300	1,251	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,815	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,846	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,789	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,306	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	515	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,039	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,686	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,659	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,699	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,456	159.64/cwt	150.00–164.00	2,324	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,161	159.58/cwt	153.00–166.00	1,853	69
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	935	119.35/cwt	110.00–123.00	1,116	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	957	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,550	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	903	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,445	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	905	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	968	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Light Weight	—	863	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,182	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	988	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,470	4
Bulls	—	—	1,368	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,230	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,142	140.87/cwt	133.00–157.00	1,609	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,019	234.21/cwt	232.50–235.00	2,387	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,376	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	818	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	761	2
Bulls	—	—	1,270	171.57/cwt	170.00–173.00	2,179	2
Bulls	—	—	1,745	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,316	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	948	144.08/cwt	134.00–153.00	1,366	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,336	139.79/cwt	136.00–147.00	1,868	52
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,621	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	587	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,996	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	345	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,311	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	542	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,978	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	714	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,053	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	982	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,455	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	581	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,961	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	600–650	618	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,622	5
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	234	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	819	5
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,065	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1100–1150	1,130	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,695	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	841	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,363	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	295.08/cwt	290.00–296.00	1,880	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,397	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	757	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,074	12
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,425	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,250	14
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	972	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	700–750	727	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,599	11
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,043	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	388.50/cwt	375.00–392.50	2,203	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	500	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,425	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	650–700	671	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,543	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,915	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	710	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,899	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,642	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,897	7

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.

Texas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Dalhart, TX

Thu Nov 20, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,071Last week 1,094Year ago 1,943

Slaughter CattleReceipts 440Last week 351Year ago 467

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	490	335.00	335.00
3	500–550	532	360.00	360.00
30	600–650	637	290.00–296.00	295.08
2	650–700	690	265.00	265.00
12	750–800	757	274.00	274.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	528	372.50	372.50
2	700–750	748	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	472	452.50	452.50
2	750–800	768	320.00	320.00
3	950–1000	965	312.50	312.50
6	1050–1100	1,057	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	380.00	380.00
2	450–500	468	365.00	365.00
4	500–550	529	365.00	365.00
4	550–600	556	367.50	367.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	260	750.00	750.00
3	350–400	353	450.00	450.00
2	400–450	415	420.00	420.00
7	450–500	479	396.00	396.00
8	500–550	523	391.00	391.00
34	550–600	567	375.00–392.50	388.50
17	600–650	628	350.00–365.00	359.65
217	700–750	726	322.50–345.00	343.20
3	900–950	933	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	542	365.00	365.00
59	550–600	587	340.00	340.00
5	700–750	714	287.50	287.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	618	262.50	262.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	595	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	727	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	507	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	378	370.00	370.00
16	400–450	412	415.00	415.00
17	450–500	476	367.50	367.50
8	500–550	524	325.00–337.50	329.88
3	550–600	570	250.00	250.00
3	600–650	600	255.00	255.00
2	700–750	710	237.50	237.50
7	750–800	756	305.00	305.00
2	900–950	925	287.50	287.50
3	950–1000	970	287.50	287.50
4	1250–1300	1,251	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	466	380.00	380.00
3	700–750	710	267.50	267.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
43	500–550	515	396.00	396.00
4	550–600	581	337.50	337.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	950–1000	982	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	568	240.00	240.00
2	650–700	665	210.00	210.00
2	1100–1150	1,130	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	500	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
18	650–700	671	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	790	215.00	215.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	234	350.00	350.00
2	250–300	270	360.00	360.00
5	350–400	366	285.00	285.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	290	290.00	290.00
3	300–350	300	355.00	355.00
5	400–450	413	345.00	345.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,456	150.00–164.00	159.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,161	153.00–166.00	159.58
52	—	1,336	136.00–147.00	139.79
2	—	1,228	132.00	132.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	935	110.00–123.00	119.35
3	—	957	162.00	162.00
4	—	903	160.00	160.00
2	—	905	107.00	107.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	863	137.00	137.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,142	133.00–157.00	140.87
7	—	1,050	131.00	131.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	818	93.00	93.00
8	—	948	134.00–153.00	144.08
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	988	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,019	232.50–235.00	234.21
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,368	163.00	163.00
2	—	1,270	170.00–173.00	171.57
1	—	1,745	190.00	190.00

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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