Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Without the looming winter storm, trade was active and buyer sentiment seemed to be higher. A good turn out of better quality, long weaned cattle along with a climbing board spurred on interest. Five weight steers bringing the highest gains from 10.00-30.00 higher. Most classes of heifers were mostly higher with 600-700 bringing 40.00 higher, largely due to quality plus demand. Slaughter cows sold mostly 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 $440.55/cwt on 98 head, up $6.41 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 31 comparable sales and sits −14.36 against this barn's trailing median of $454.91.

Average price

$440.55

▲ 6.41 vs prior sale

98 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,466

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$38

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

$34.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs TX average

−43.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	441.96	2,467	94
Medium and Large 1-2	596	407.50	2,429	4thin

One grade step is worth $34.46/cwt here — about $38 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 sale98 hd

440.55

—

TX average1 barns · 98 hd

440.55

+0.00

National average63 barns · 7,974 hd

484.10

−43.55

This barn, trailing median31 sales

454.91

−14.36

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	—	High	1,895	177.00	3,354	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,375	159.06	2,187	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,282	144.41	1,852	124
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,128	124.98	1,409	22

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)	973	$2,165	4thin

Every lot, as filed

63 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 1	500–550	529	416.92/cwt	402.50–422.50	2,206	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,523	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	492	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,153	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	373	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,865	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,012	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,985	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	379.41/cwt	367.50–381.00	2,542	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,560	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	373.35/cwt	364.00–378.00	2,923	341
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	389.37/cwt	377.00–395.00	2,835	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	396.35/cwt	382.00–410.00	2,703	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	587	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,289	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	397.66/cwt	397.00–398.00	2,481	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,667	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	421.58/cwt	417.50–427.50	2,639	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	454.25/cwt	452.50–455.00	2,426	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	455.96/cwt	445.00–465.00	1,988	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	446.14/cwt	430.00–452.50	2,083	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,775	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	768	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,749	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	3,151	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,328	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	998	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,944	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	800–850	841	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,935	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	536	434.06/cwt	430.00–440.00	2,327	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,153	134.18/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,547	38
Bulls	—	—	1,895	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	3,354	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,421	152.52/cwt	152.00–155.00	2,167	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	943	125.12/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,180	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,375	159.06/cwt	155.00–164.00	2,187	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,306	147.45/cwt	143.00–155.00	1,926	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	306.50/cwt	306.50–306.50	2,759	21
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	973	2,165.00/head	2,165.00–2,165.00	2,165	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	698	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,576	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	473	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,105	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,133	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,258	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,173	126.69/cwt	126.00–128.00	1,486	16
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,275	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,924	10
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,079	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,013	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	492	502.00/cwt	500.00–502.50	2,470	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	697	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,460	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,367	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	343	667.50/cwt	667.50–667.50	2,290	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,677	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,720	13
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,404	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,976	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	333.36/cwt	332.50–335.00	1,600	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,947	3
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,144	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,429	4
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,860	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	480	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,520	24
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,059	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	421.10/cwt	417.50–422.00	2,350	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	415	494.00/cwt	494.00–494.00	2,050	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	569	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,432	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	419	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,493	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,252	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,111	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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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Dalhart, TX

Thu Jan 29, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,831Last week 2,116Year ago 2,073

Slaughter CattleReceipts 294Last week 370Year ago 427

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 5Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	1,600.00	1,600.00
2	300–350	348	510.00	510.00
15	400–450	436	445.00–465.00	455.96
54	450–500	467	430.00–452.50	446.14
25	500–550	529	402.50–422.50	416.92
40	550–600	558	417.50–422.00	421.10
26	600–650	624	397.00–398.00	397.66
42	650–700	670	367.50–381.00	379.41
28	750–800	753	340.00	340.00
16	800–850	836	319.00	319.00
21	900–950	900	306.50	306.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	373	500.00	500.00
45	400–450	415	494.00	494.00
34	450–500	492	437.50	437.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	587	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	488	405.00	405.00
2	550–600	575	350.00	350.00
2	600–650	638	371.00	371.00
13	650–700	697	353.00	353.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	600.00	600.00
9	400–450	446	505.00	505.00
4	450–500	459	460.00	460.00
10	500–550	534	452.50–455.00	454.25
1	500–550	541	1,600.00	1,600.00
56	550–600	567	445.00	445.00
22	600–650	626	417.50–427.50	421.58
27	650–700	682	382.00–410.00	396.35
147	700–750	728	377.00–395.00	389.37
341	750–800	783	364.00–378.00	373.35
3	850–900	877	336.00	336.00
2	900–950	935	337.00	337.00
6	1000–1050	1,012	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	768	358.00	358.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	473	445.00	445.00
17	500–550	536	430.00–440.00	434.06
6	650–700	698	369.00	369.00
34	800–850	841	349.00	349.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	492	500.00–502.50	502.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	300–350	343	667.50	667.50
68	400–450	419	595.00	595.00
24	450–500	480	525.00	525.00
11	550–600	569	427.50	427.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	596	407.50	407.50
18	600–650	639	419.00	419.00
13	650–700	693	392.50	392.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	950–1000	998	295.00	295.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	425	300.00	300.00
10	500–550	542	355.00	355.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	410	342.50	342.50
6	450–500	480	332.50–335.00	333.36
5	550–600	558	372.50	372.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	518	397.50	397.50
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	496	375.00	375.00
3	650–700	670	320.00	320.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,153	130.00–138.00	134.18
25	—	1,421	152.00–155.00	152.52
61	—	1,306	143.00–155.00	147.45
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	943	120.00–130.00	125.12
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,375	155.00–164.00	159.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,133	111.00	111.00
16	—	1,173	126.00–128.00	126.69
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,895	177.00	177.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	973	2,165.00	2,165.00

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

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