Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There was an exceptional turn out of cattle coming off of wheat this week, however; there were few comparable sales to state a trend. Sentiment seemed to follow the downshift in the board with the exception of 600-700 pound steers selling on a positive note. Average yielding slaughter cows brought 3.00 lower and no test on high yielding cows. Trade was active on good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $485.14/cwt on 36 head, up $44.24 from the prior sale. That ranks 27 of 31 comparable sales and sits +30.23 against this barn's trailing median of $454.91.

Average price

$485.14

▲ 44.24 vs prior sale

36 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,614

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$236

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

$77.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+26.00

vs TX average

+13.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	500.17	2,655	29
Medium and Large 1-2	572	422.90	2,419	7thin

One grade step is worth $77.27/cwt here — about $236 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale36 hd

485.14

—

TX average5 barns · 272 hd

459.14

+26.00

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

+13.02

This barn, trailing median31 sales

454.91

+30.23

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	1,933	193.75	3,744	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,258	149.90	1,885	92
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	914	126.39	1,155	11

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,590	$3,250	1thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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	500–550	502	516.41/cwt	510.00–525.00	2,592	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	540	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,673	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	404.04/cwt	401.00–406.00	2,541	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	382.29/cwt	374.00–393.00	2,600	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	361.34/cwt	356.00–364.00	2,804	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	800–850	821	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,894	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,870	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	793	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,617	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,762	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	621	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,807	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	748	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,827	45
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,732	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	2,624	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	801	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,539	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,029	298.40/cwt	291.00–309.00	3,071	237
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	650–700	684	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,291	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	455	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,707	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	426.52/cwt	417.50–432.50	2,713	25
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,100	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,074	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	803	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,393	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	1,766	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,369	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	356.63/cwt	336.00–359.25	2,379	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	362.10/cwt	361.00–367.00	2,263	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	553	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,240	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	140.00/cwt	133.00–143.00	1,621	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,709	159.92/cwt	159.00–161.00	2,733	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,269	151.52/cwt	145.00–157.00	1,923	70
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	914	126.39/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,155	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	998	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,447	5
Bulls	—	—	1,715	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	3,104	1
Bulls	—	—	2,150	206.50/cwt	206.50–206.50	4,440	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,590	3,250.00/head	3,250.00–3,250.00	3,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	463.74/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,989	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	918	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,525	9
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	406	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,695	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	302.08/cwt	298.00–306.50	2,797	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,121	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	376.37/cwt	367.50–385.00	2,183	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	316.41/cwt	312.50–322.50	3,088	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	771	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,830	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	316.59/cwt	311.00–324.50	2,650	277
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,920	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	337.70/cwt	336.00–339.00	2,438	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	2,032	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	928	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,682	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	422.90/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,419	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	335.26/cwt	333.50–335.50	2,535	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	966	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,859	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,730	67
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,116	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	528.23/cwt	520.00–540.00	2,298	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 Mar 19, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,498Last week 1,550Year ago 2,012

Slaughter CattleReceipts 310Last week 247Year ago 278

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	435	520.00–540.00	528.23
3	450–500	475	552.50	552.50
7	500–550	502	510.00–525.00	516.41
25	600–650	636	417.50–432.50	426.52
140	650–700	680	374.00–393.00	382.29
67	700–750	711	384.00	384.00
77	750–800	776	356.00–364.00	361.34
9	800–850	837	330.00	330.00
52	850–900	883	325.00	325.00
150	950–1000	976	312.50–322.50	316.41
237	1000–1050	1,029	291.00–309.00	298.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	540	495.00	495.00
9	750–800	771	367.00	367.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	572	420.00–430.00	422.90
5	600–650	629	401.00–406.00	404.04
2	750–800	793	330.00	330.00
5	800–850	801	317.00	317.00
14	900–950	928	289.00	289.00
5	950–1000	966	296.00	296.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	455	595.00	595.00
74	600–650	621	452.00	452.00
45	700–750	748	378.00	378.00
4	800–850	821	352.50	352.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	684	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	460	460.00	460.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	355.00	355.00
2	700–750	700	300.00	300.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	715	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	713	297.50	297.50
6	750–800	783	302.50	302.50
13	800–850	803	298.00	298.00
9	900–950	918	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	522.50	522.50
2	350–400	378	537.50	537.50
8	400–450	429	460.00–470.00	463.74
2	450–500	480	400.00	400.00
21	550–600	580	367.50–385.00	376.37
38	600–650	625	361.00–367.00	362.10
108	650–700	667	336.00–359.25	356.63
25	700–750	722	336.00–339.00	337.70
125	750–800	756	333.50–335.50	335.26
277	800–850	837	311.00–324.50	316.59
110	900–950	926	298.00–306.50	302.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	553	405.00	405.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	406	417.50	417.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,158	133.00–143.00	140.00
4	—	1,709	159.00–161.00	159.92
70	—	1,269	145.00–157.00	151.52
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	914	125.00–130.00	126.39
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	998	145.00	145.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,715	181.00	181.00
1	—	2,150	206.50	206.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,590	3,250.00	3,250.00

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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