Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There was a more positive sentiment this week as most classes of steers sold higher on few comparable sales. Feeder heifers sold 10.00-12.00 lower. Much of this weeks offering is coming off of short wheat. Slaughter cattle were in higher demand this week. Average to high yielding boner cows brought 6.00-14.00 higher. Both trade and demand were active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $484.22/cwt on 101 head, down $0.93 from the prior sale. That ranks 26 of 31 comparable sales and sits +29.30 against this barn's trailing median of $454.91.

Average price

$484.22

▼ 0.93 vs prior sale

101 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,659

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$317

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

$55.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.17

vs TX average

+6.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	493.36	2,710	71
Medium and Large 1-2	550	470.11	2,584	23
Medium and Large 2	546	437.86	2,393	7thin

One grade step is worth $55.50/cwt here — about $317 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 sale101 hd

484.22

—

TX average5 barns · 332 hd

468.05

+16.17

National average173 barns · 11,948 hd

478.09

+6.13

This barn, trailing median31 sales

454.91

+29.30

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	—	Average	1,643	200.50	3,293	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,584	169.11	2,679	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,219	156.80	1,911	75
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,054	142.60	1,503	15

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)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,110	$2,950	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,379	$3,502	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	870	$3,500	1thin

Every lot, as filed

74 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 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	660	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,699	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	348.15/cwt	341.00–350.00	2,921	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	425	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,338	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,213	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	351	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,878	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	250–300	255	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	796	352.00/cwt	342.00–353.00	2,802	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,701	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	483.00/cwt	483.00–483.00	2,739	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	789	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,525	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	213	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	395.68/cwt	385.00–407.00	2,702	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	386.42/cwt	376.00–391.00	2,771	268
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	430	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,215	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	521	513.89/cwt	500.00–520.00	2,677	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,309	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,960	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	400.17/cwt	385.00–407.00	2,533	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	341.10/cwt	334.00–345.00	2,944	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	420	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,520	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	471	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,308	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	563.75/cwt	562.50–565.00	2,621	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	428.78/cwt	427.50–430.00	2,646	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,444	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	150	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	250–300	290	637.50/cwt	637.50–637.50	1,849	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	546	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,621	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	537	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,336	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	578	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,731	19
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,421	2
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,178	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	800–850	803	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,859	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,517	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	820	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,296	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,328	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	559.00/cwt	559.00–559.00	1,945	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,190	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,143	139.50/cwt	133.00–145.00	1,594	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,626	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	146.40/cwt	141.00–151.00	1,695	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,164	174.11/cwt	173.00–175.00	2,027	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	953	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,477	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	873	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,222	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,584	169.11/cwt	163.00–175.00	2,679	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	157.14/cwt	151.00–164.00	1,996	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	940	138.01/cwt	130.00–143.00	1,297	5
Bulls	—	—	1,505	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,860	1
Bulls	—	—	1,780	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	3,756	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,383	3,553.31/head	3,200.00–3,750.00	3,553	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,365	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	442.14/cwt	440.00–445.00	2,007	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	685	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,452	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	415	499.17/cwt	490.00–510.00	2,072	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	894	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,378	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	822	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,499	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	336.85/cwt	331.00–346.00	2,318	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	358.89/cwt	345.00–366.00	2,268	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	869	328.13/cwt	324.00–332.00	2,851	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,014	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,991	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,371	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	383.73/cwt	382.50–385.00	2,057	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	326.24/cwt	326.00–327.00	2,323	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	312.38/cwt	311.50–330.00	2,611	66
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,537	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,900	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	325.46/cwt	315.00–334.00	2,565	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,990	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,206	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	583	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,580	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	446.50/cwt	445.00–447.50	2,572	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	365.73/cwt	361.00–377.50	2,849	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	501	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,305	11

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 26, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,035Last week 2,498Year ago 2,066

Slaughter CattleReceipts 362Last week 310Year ago 284

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 1Year ago 6

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	290	637.50	637.50
14	400–450	420	600.00	600.00
27	500–550	521	500.00–520.00	513.89
19	550–600	578	472.50	472.50
6	650–700	660	409.00	409.00
4	800–850	803	356.00	356.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	213	1,300.00	1,300.00
3	400–450	425	575.00	575.00
4	450–500	465	562.50–565.00	563.75
5	500–550	512	527.50	527.50
17	550–600	567	483.00	483.00
4	600–650	617	427.50–430.00	428.78
73	650–700	683	385.00–407.00	395.68
268	700–750	717	376.00–391.00	386.42
116	750–800	779	361.00–377.50	365.73
130	800–850	839	341.00–350.00	348.15
103	850–900	863	334.00–345.00	341.10
67	900–950	908	326.00	326.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	425	550.00	550.00
16	500–550	546	480.00	480.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	500.00	500.00
2	500–550	513	450.00	450.00
5	550–600	576	445.00–447.50	446.50
12	600–650	633	385.00–407.00	400.17
22	750–800	796	342.00–353.00	352.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	570	445.00	445.00
4	750–800	789	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	430	515.00	515.00
5	450–500	471	490.00	490.00
5	500–550	537	435.00	435.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
1	150–200	150	950.00	950.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	850–900	869	324.00–332.00	328.13
8	1000–1050	1,014	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	583	442.50	442.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	348	559.00	559.00
4	500–550	503	440.00	440.00
7	600–650	617	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	1,675.00	1,675.00
5	350–400	351	535.00	535.00
18	400–450	415	490.00–510.00	499.17
11	500–550	501	460.00	460.00
53	650–700	685	358.00	358.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	255	595.00	595.00
6	400–450	428	465.00	465.00
7	450–500	454	440.00–445.00	442.14
5	500–550	513	430.00	430.00
30	600–650	632	345.00–366.00	358.89
10	650–700	688	331.00–346.00	336.85
34	700–750	712	326.00–327.00	326.24
170	750–800	788	315.00–334.00	325.46
66	800–850	836	311.50–330.00	312.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	820	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
76	350–400	384	357.00	357.00
4	500–550	536	382.50–385.00	383.73
3	650–700	695	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	800–850	822	304.00	304.00
11	850–900	894	266.00	266.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	440.00	440.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	423	515.00	515.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,143	133.00–145.00	139.50
4	—	1,063	153.00	153.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,158	141.00–151.00	146.40
9	—	1,164	173.00–175.00	174.11
49	—	1,270	151.00–164.00	157.14
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	953	155.00	155.00
2	—	873	140.00	140.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,584	163.00–175.00	169.11
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	940	130.00–143.00	138.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	190.00	190.00
1	—	1,780	211.00	211.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	870	3,500.00	3,500.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,365	3,350.00	3,350.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,383	3,200.00–3,750.00	3,553.31
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,110	2,950.00	2,950.00

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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