Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Sale results were largely mixed on all classes of steers and heifers. Quality steers coming off of wheat and weighing an average of 560 lbs brought the highest gains of over 50.00 higher. There were few comparable sales on heifers to determine a trend, however; sentiment was largely to the higher side. There was no test on high yielding slaughter cows but, average yielding boners brought 6.00 higher. Trade active on good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $448.62/cwt on 143 head, up $3.57 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 31 comparable sales and sits −6.30 against this barn's trailing median of $454.91.

Average price

$448.62

▲ 3.57 vs prior sale

143 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,568

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$223

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

$68.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.99

vs TX average

−38.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	495.01	2,720	34
Medium and Large 1-2	555	468.42	2,599	19thin
Medium and Large 2	585	426.91	2,497	90

One grade step is worth $68.09/cwt here — about $223 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale143 hd

448.62

—

TX average5 barns · 361 hd

457.61

−8.99

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

−38.73

This barn, trailing median31 sales

454.91

−6.30

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	1,305	175.00	2,284	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,690	155.00	2,620	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,225	145.57	1,783	62
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,116	144.70	1,614	20

Every lot, as filed

70 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 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	479	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,179	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	939	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	3,099	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	794	365.71/cwt	355.00–367.00	2,904	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,643	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,715	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,117	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	429.15/cwt	420.00–437.00	2,532	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	429.11/cwt	422.50–445.00	2,751	117
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	558	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,399	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	433	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,208	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	400.10/cwt	394.50–406.00	2,897	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	533.37/cwt	515.00–537.50	2,544	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	783	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,701	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	508	504.40/cwt	502.50–510.00	2,562	8
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,212	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	502	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,381	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	574	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,884	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	391.01/cwt	387.00–392.50	2,964	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,990	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,682	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,559	5
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	283	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	679	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	616	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,663	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	651	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,783	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	384	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,304	8
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	767	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,071	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	300–350	343	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,372	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	408	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,183	4
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	619	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,025	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	656	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,394	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	544	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,462	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	736	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,650	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	523	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,563	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	478	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,151	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,690	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,620	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	909	142.84/cwt	142.50–143.00	1,298	6
Bulls	—	—	1,305	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,284	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,343	150.84/cwt	147.00–156.00	2,026	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,184	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,717	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,118	137.56/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,538	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	910	143.81/cwt	143.00–145.00	1,309	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,416	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	370.91/cwt	352.50–374.00	2,448	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,508	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,533	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	450–500	495	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	2,356	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	630	411.50/cwt	411.50–411.50	2,592	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	388	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	1,969	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	343	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,818	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,132	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	759	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,634	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	338.38/cwt	337.00–340.00	2,606	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,082	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	738	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,893	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	850–900	867	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	3,043	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	475	483.02/cwt	482.50–485.00	2,294	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,425	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	415.76/cwt	402.50–417.50	2,328	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	250–300	284	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,702	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,631	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	389.78/cwt	375.00–397.50	2,791	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	355.83/cwt	347.50–358.00	2,405	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,812	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	361.12/cwt	345.00–363.00	3,012	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	897	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	3,104	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	688	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,580	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,549	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	399	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,085	9

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 Feb 19, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,888Last week 2,087Year ago 1,029

Slaughter CattleReceipts 231Last week 223Year ago 230

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	388	507.50	507.50
4	450–500	479	455.00	455.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	507.50	507.50
11	500–550	549	440.00	440.00
9	550–600	579	437.50	437.50
80	600–650	648	387.00	387.00
64	650–700	660	352.50–374.00	370.91
2	700–750	703	345.00	345.00
156	750–800	770	337.00–340.00	338.38
18	850–900	887	317.00	317.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	495	476.00	476.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
77	600–650	630	411.50	411.50
7	750–800	759	347.00	347.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	284	1,750.00	1,750.00
4	300–350	343	530.00	530.00
9	350–400	399	522.50	522.50
19	450–500	475	482.50–485.00	483.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	514	405.00	405.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	560	402.50–417.50	415.76
28	650–700	676	347.50–358.00	355.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	605.00	605.00
16	450–500	477	515.00–537.50	533.37
18	550–600	557	487.50	487.50
117	600–650	641	422.50–445.00	429.11
2	650–700	665	397.50	397.50
224	700–750	724	394.50–406.00	400.10
33	750–800	758	387.00–392.50	391.01
102	800–850	834	345.00–363.00	361.12
20	850–900	897	346.00	346.00
22	900–950	939	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	372	535.00	535.00
8	500–550	531	480.00	480.00
11	550–600	572	460.00	460.00
22	650–700	684	395.00	395.00
21	700–750	716	375.00–397.50	389.78
52	750–800	794	355.00–367.00	365.71
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	536	395.00	395.00
80	550–600	590	420.00–437.00	429.15
4	650–700	688	375.00	375.00
2	750–800	783	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	433	510.00	510.00
4	550–600	558	430.00	430.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	384	600.00	600.00
4	400–450	408	535.00	535.00
8	500–550	508	502.50–510.00	504.40
8	550–600	574	502.50	502.50
9	650–700	651	427.50	427.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
18	700–750	738	392.00	392.00
19	850–900	867	351.00	351.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	240.00	240.00
4	400–450	418	290.00	290.00
9	500–550	502	275.00	275.00
8	600–650	616	270.00	270.00
5	650–700	678	230.00	230.00
7	750–800	767	270.00	270.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	415.00	415.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	523	490.00	490.00
10	650–700	656	365.00	365.00
5	700–750	736	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	544	452.50	452.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	478	450.00	450.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,690	155.00	155.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	909	142.50–143.00	142.84
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,343	147.00–156.00	150.84
21	—	1,118	130.00–139.00	137.56
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,184	145.00	145.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	910	143.00–145.00	143.81
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	175.00	175.00

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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