Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Sale prices continued to climb with the board with steer calves bringing up to 60.00 higher and heifer calves bringing up to 40.00 higher. Larger cattle seemed to slip back a bit this week but continued to be in good demand. Average to high yielding slaughter cattle traded 3.00-6.00 higher on good demand as well. Trade was active with a good supply of better type cattle. Cattle coming off wheat were in large supply as wheat fields are playing out due to continuing dry conditions in the area.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $471.29/cwt on 269 head, up $24.03 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 31 comparable sales and sits +16.38 against this barn's trailing median of $454.91.

Average price

$471.29

▲ 24.03 vs prior sale

269 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,659

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$499

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

$107.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.87

vs TX average

−0.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	489.59	2,726	190
Medium and Large 1-2	582	429.05	2,498	76
Medium and Large 2	582	382.50	2,226	3thin

One grade step is worth $107.09/cwt here — about $499 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 sale269 hd

471.29

—

TX average4 barns · 690 hd

460.42

+10.87

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

−0.69

This barn, trailing median31 sales

454.91

+16.38

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	1,443	161.38	2,328	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,485	162.14	2,408	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,215	138.57	1,684	167
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	988	113.50	1,121	40

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)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,237	$2,847	15
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,342	$2,800	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,321	$2,688	6
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,534	$2,500	13
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,145	$2,200	1thin

Every lot, as filed

94 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 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	488	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,403	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,045	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	3,177	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,695	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	741	388.26/cwt	387.00–400.00	2,877	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,991	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	350	647.00/cwt	647.00–647.00	2,265	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	250–300	277	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	1,731	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	238	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	1,928	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	455.26/cwt	450.00–465.00	2,654	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	612	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,693	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	348.66/cwt	340.00–359.00	2,890	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	424	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,544	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	346.06/cwt	342.00–348.00	2,980	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1300–1350	1,348	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	3,572	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	522.76/cwt	517.50–524.00	2,640	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	459	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,456	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,198	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	381.65/cwt	356.50–395.00	2,809	285
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	361.47/cwt	344.00–370.00	2,838	238
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	357.04/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,285	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	438.96/cwt	435.00–445.00	2,230	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	992	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	2,832	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	346.34/cwt	333.00–358.50	2,383	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	307	587.50/cwt	587.50–587.50	1,804	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	387.69/cwt	370.00–399.00	2,613	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,673	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	299.07/cwt	285.00–306.00	2,614	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	410.13/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,391	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	354.04/cwt	340.00–355.50	2,514	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	1,864	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	576.24/cwt	575.00–580.00	2,409	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	1100–1150	1,117	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	3,044	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	550	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,338	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,818	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	643	384.05/cwt	380.00–389.00	2,469	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	306	592.50/cwt	592.50–592.50	1,813	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	796	327.98/cwt	325.00–332.00	2,611	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,920	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	440.08/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,099	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	468	464.00/cwt	464.00–464.00	2,172	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,103	5
Bulls	—	—	1,475	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,962	1
Bulls	—	—	1,510	164.13/cwt	160.00–166.00	2,478	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	139.06/cwt	132.00–147.00	1,719	81
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	927	112.95/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,047	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,049	114.04/cwt	111.00–125.00	1,196	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	162.14/cwt	162.00–163.00	2,408	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,534	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	980	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,107	21
Bulls	—	—	1,325	171.45/cwt	169.00–174.00	2,272	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	950	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,473	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	130.49/cwt	130.00–132.00	1,609	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,316	160.90/cwt	152.00–163.00	2,117	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	712	306.01/cwt	280.00–310.00	2,179	21
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,342	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	653	414.03/cwt	410.00–415.00	2,704	36
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,237	2,846.70/head	2,800.00–2,900.00	2,847	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,321	2,687.74/head	2,500.00–2,800.00	2,688	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,226	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	728	338.07/cwt	337.50–340.00	2,461	18
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	458.64/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,500	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,706	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	329.96/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,963	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,898	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,303	12
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	312	431.58/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,347	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,108	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	843	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,681	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	890	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,670	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	411.28/cwt	408.00–413.00	2,126	55
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	597	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,090	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,955	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,597	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	413	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,044	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	347	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	1,882	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	958	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,443	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	517	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,921	44
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	262	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,218	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750–800	762	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,644	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	337	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,921	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	354.49/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,407	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	362.65/cwt	345.00–364.00	2,669	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,962	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	587	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,524	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,496	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	399.28/cwt	399.00–400.00	2,352	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	511.13/cwt	505.00–512.50	2,208	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	405.50/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,368	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	332.33/cwt	331.00–334.00	2,426	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	602	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,333	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,596	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	414.60/cwt	410.00–416.00	2,674	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,405	4

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 3,430Last week 2,214Year ago 3,688

Slaughter CattleReceipts 492Last week 575Year ago 446

Replacement CattleReceipts 38Last week 2Year ago 13

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
45	450–500	488	492.50	492.50
56	550–600	587	430.00	430.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	238	810.00	810.00
25	300–350	307	587.50	587.50
17	350–400	379	580.00	580.00
13	400–450	418	575.00–580.00	576.24
13	450–500	481	540.00	540.00
26	500–550	505	517.50–524.00	522.76
118	550–600	583	450.00–465.00	455.26
8	600–650	611	441.00	441.00
55	650–700	674	370.00–399.00	387.69
285	700–750	736	356.50–395.00	381.65
238	750–800	785	344.00–370.00	361.47
120	800–850	829	340.00–359.00	348.66
65	850–900	861	342.00–348.00	346.06
2	900–950	923	324.00	324.00
50	1000–1050	1,045	304.00	304.00
2	1300–1350	1,348	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	424	600.00	600.00
10	450–500	459	535.00	535.00
44	500–550	517	565.00	565.00
8	600–650	612	440.00	440.00
120	700–750	741	387.00–400.00	388.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	350	647.00	647.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1100–1150	1,117	272.50	272.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	550	425.00	425.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	650–700	653	410.00–415.00	414.03
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	582	382.50	382.50
7	600–650	602	387.50	387.50
4	650–700	650	370.00	370.00
18	700–750	728	337.50–340.00	338.07
2	750–800	750	281.00	281.00
5	850–900	890	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	432	505.00–512.50	511.13
12	450–500	456	505.00	505.00
4	500–550	509	510.00	510.00
16	550–600	584	400.00–415.00	405.50
17	600–650	645	410.00–416.00	414.60
22	650–700	679	350.00–370.00	354.49
65	700–750	736	345.00–364.00	362.65
17	850–900	890	332.00	332.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	277	625.00	625.00
6	300–350	337	570.00	570.00
2	400–450	413	495.00	495.00
46	450–500	468	464.00	464.00
5	750–800	762	347.00	347.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	306	592.50	592.50
2	350–400	350	532.50	532.50
2	400–450	400	480.00	480.00
38	450–500	477	430.00–445.00	440.08
15	500–550	508	435.00–445.00	438.96
180	550–600	583	400.00–415.00	410.13
19	600–650	640	350.00–360.00	357.04
20	650–700	688	333.00–358.50	346.34
100	700–750	710	340.00–355.50	354.04
147	750–800	796	325.00–332.00	327.98
17	800–850	830	322.00	322.00
6	850–900	874	285.00–306.00	299.07
37	900–950	915	308.00	308.00
46	950–1000	992	285.50	285.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
89	600–650	643	380.00–389.00	384.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	533	320.00	320.00
6	550–600	595	310.00–340.00	329.96
3	650–700	678	280.00	280.00
21	700–750	712	280.00–310.00	306.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	347	542.50	542.50
11	400–450	441	445.00	445.00
55	500–550	517	408.00–413.00	411.28
14	550–600	589	399.00–400.00	399.28
31	700–750	730	331.00–334.00	332.33
4	750–800	774	322.50	322.50
10	800–850	843	318.00	318.00
2	950–1000	958	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	614	342.50	342.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	597	350.00	350.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	327	450.00–465.00	458.64
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	262	465.00	465.00
9	300–350	312	420.00–435.00	431.58

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,475	133.00	133.00
3	—	1,510	160.00–166.00	164.13
2	—	1,325	169.00–174.00	171.45
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,236	132.00–147.00	139.06
31	—	1,233	130.00–132.00	130.49
32	—	1,316	152.00–163.00	160.90
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	927	110.00–116.00	112.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,049	111.00–125.00	114.04
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,485	162.00–163.00	162.14
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	980	113.00	113.00
2	—	950	155.00	155.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,534	2,500.00	2,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,342	2,800.00	2,800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,237	2,800.00–2,900.00	2,846.70
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,321	2,500.00–2,800.00	2,687.74
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,145	2,200.00	2,200.00

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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Steers · summary 500–600 lb

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