Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: The first sale of the year brought higher numbers and better quality than before the holiday break. Though there were few comparable sales among calves and feeders to determine a trend, sentiment followed the board upwards. Average to high yielding slaughter cows sold 10.00-16.00 lower, slaughter bulls 10.00 lower. Trade was active on good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $447.26/cwt on 181 head, up $20.60 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 31 comparable sales and sits −7.65 against this barn's trailing median of $454.91.

Average price

$447.26

▲ 20.60 vs prior sale

181 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,503

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$182

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

$49.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.84

vs TX average

−19.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	452.48	2,529	157
Medium and Large 1-2	562	415.28	2,333	20
Medium and Large 2	583	402.50	2,347	4thin

One grade step is worth $49.98/cwt here — about $182 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale181 hd

447.26

—

TX average5 barns · 546 hd

430.42

+16.84

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

−19.07

This barn, trailing median31 sales

454.91

−7.65

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	—	Low	1,546	168.28	2,602	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,557	152.99	2,382	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,193	133.40	1,591	218
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	977	125.11	1,223	24

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,230	$2,550	2thin

Every lot, as filed

85 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	590	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,401	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	800–850	848	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,993	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	607.80/cwt	590.00–615.00	2,358	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	383.34/cwt	378.00–387.50	2,400	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	397.93/cwt	382.50–405.00	2,284	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	387.64/cwt	376.00–392.00	2,795	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	371.69/cwt	357.50–379.00	2,892	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	430.60/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,497	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	482.08/cwt	475.00–495.00	2,251	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	581.68/cwt	570.00–587.00	2,478	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	503	496.00/cwt	496.00–496.00	2,495	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	354.06/cwt	353.00–355.00	2,914	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	349.73/cwt	347.00–352.00	3,015	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	387.68/cwt	367.50–393.00	2,617	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	491.66/cwt	489.00–495.00	1,844	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	343.38/cwt	328.00–354.00	2,843	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	286	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	1,931	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	476.58/cwt	465.00–480.00	2,178	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,133	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	461.82/cwt	450.00–475.00	2,434	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,870	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	409.53/cwt	392.50–415.00	2,150	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	370.64/cwt	354.00–379.00	2,291	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,076	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,814	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,184	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	471	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,990	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	667	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,201	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,023	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	3,202	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	300–350	345	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,036	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	670	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,285	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	342.53/cwt	337.50–350.00	2,483	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	850–900	880	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,834	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,078	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,234	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,476	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	540	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,538	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,254	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,557	152.99/cwt	152.00–154.00	2,382	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	1,016	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,524	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	1,184	130.38/cwt	129.00–133.00	1,544	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	127.44/cwt	121.00–133.00	1,440	103
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	956	125.09/cwt	121.00–131.00	1,196	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	136.11/cwt	129.00–145.00	1,774	64
Bulls	—	—	1,403	151.25/cwt	150.00–153.00	2,122	2
Bulls	—	—	1,577	177.68/cwt	177.00–179.00	2,802	3
Bulls	—	—	1,362	167.70/cwt	164.00–174.00	2,284	3
Bulls	—	—	1,795	170.83/cwt	170.00–173.00	3,066	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,209	154.92/cwt	153.00–159.00	1,873	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	302	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	1,593	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	501	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,229	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	592	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,735	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	519	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,413	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	1,033	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,374	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	327.10/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,067	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	346.55/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,854	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	767	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,454	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,347	4
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	213	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	777	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	740	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,757	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,833	11
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,158	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,021	7
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	269	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	942	6
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	309	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	896	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	341.29/cwt	330.00–346.00	1,993	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	375	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,828	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	374.51/cwt	373.00–380.00	2,195	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	360.63/cwt	360.00–361.00	2,676	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,412	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	898	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,999	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	742	298.50/cwt	297.50–305.00	2,215	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	350.43/cwt	348.50–354.00	2,744	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	706	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,453	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,824	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,485	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	360.34/cwt	355.00–363.00	2,425	9
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	822	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	416	542.50/cwt	540.00–545.00	2,257	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	300–350	345	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,622	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	440	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,881	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	618	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,565	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	562	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,478	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,338	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	458	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,324	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.

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

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,214Last week 1,769Year ago 2,843

Slaughter CattleReceipts 575Last week 403Year ago 500

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 55Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	550–600	590	407.00	407.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	288	630.00	630.00
14	350–400	375	489.00–495.00	491.66
11	400–450	437	475.00	475.00
18	450–500	457	465.00–480.00	476.58
27	500–550	525	392.50–415.00	409.53
3	550–600	563	388.00	388.00
55	600–650	618	354.00–379.00	370.64
50	700–750	725	337.50–350.00	342.53
96	800–850	828	328.00–354.00	343.38
31	900–950	920	312.00	312.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	471	422.50	422.50
3	650–700	667	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	670	341.00	341.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
15	850–900	880	322.00	322.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	302	527.50	527.50
18	500–550	501	445.00	445.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	470	390.00	390.00
9	500–550	535	320.00–360.00	346.55
10	550–600	584	330.00–346.00	341.29
7	600–650	632	325.00–330.00	327.10
15	700–750	742	297.50–305.00	298.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	487.50	487.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	550–600	586	373.00–380.00	374.51
2	600–650	608	300.00	300.00
4	700–750	706	347.50	347.50
16	750–800	753	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	345	470.00	470.00
4	400–450	440	427.50	427.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
47	800–850	848	353.00	353.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	286	675.00	675.00
14	350–400	388	590.00–615.00	607.80
6	400–450	426	570.00–587.00	581.68
18	450–500	467	475.00–495.00	482.08
20	500–550	527	450.00–475.00	461.82
58	550–600	580	420.00–440.00	430.60
53	600–650	626	378.00–387.50	383.34
54	650–700	675	367.50–393.00	387.68
149	700–750	721	376.00–392.00	387.64
152	750–800	778	357.50–379.00	371.69
111	800–850	823	353.00–355.00	354.06
69	850–900	862	347.00–352.00	349.73
25	950–1000	979	320.00	320.00
3	1000–1050	1,023	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	433	540.00	540.00
7	500–550	539	447.50	447.50
13	550–600	574	382.50–405.00	397.93
9	650–700	673	355.00–363.00	360.34
8	700–750	742	360.00–361.00	360.63
25	750–800	783	348.50–354.00	350.43
6	850–900	898	334.00	334.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	458	507.50	507.50
12	500–550	503	496.00	496.00
13	550–600	562	441.00	441.00
21	600–650	618	415.00	415.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	590.00	590.00
21	500–550	540	470.00	470.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	740	372.50	372.50
2	1050–1100	1,078	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	519	465.00	465.00
24	550–600	592	462.00	462.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	583	402.50	402.50
6	750–800	767	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	416	540.00–545.00	542.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	900–950	917	270.00	270.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	213	365.00	365.00
2	250–300	255	322.50	322.50
5	300–350	309	290.00	290.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	269	350.00	350.00
7	300–350	319	320.00	320.00
2	450–500	463	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,028	122.00	122.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,557	152.00–154.00	152.99
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,016	150.00	150.00
26	—	1,184	129.00–133.00	130.38
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	1,130	121.00–133.00	127.44
64	—	1,303	129.00–145.00	136.11
21	—	1,209	153.00–159.00	154.92
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	956	121.00–131.00	125.09
2	—	1,033	133.00	133.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,403	150.00–153.00	151.25
3	—	1,577	177.00–179.00	177.68
3	—	1,362	164.00–174.00	167.70
3	—	1,795	170.00–173.00	170.83

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,230	2,550.00	2,550.00

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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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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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle