Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Cattle continue to come in off of short wheat, and to a good reception this week. Feeder steers weighing 800-850 brought up to 20.00 higher, with feeder heifers following suit. Steer calves, however, were decidedly lower on a short test. There was no test on heifer calves. There were few comparable sales on slaughter cattle but the sentiment seemed mix with a stronger demand for average yielding boner cows. A selection of hard, seasoned bulls came to town with the higher yielding, better type bulls bringing over 2.00.Trade was active with good demand on all classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $430.69/cwt on 43 head, down $53.53 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 31 comparable sales and sits −24.23 against this barn's trailing median of $454.91.

Average price

$430.69

▼ 53.53 vs prior sale

43 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,429

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$145

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

$39.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−29.46

vs TX average

−52.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	454.68	2,515	17thin
Medium and Large 2	571	415.00	2,370	26

One grade step is worth $39.68/cwt here — about $145 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale43 hd

430.69

—

TX average5 barns · 325 hd

460.15

−29.46

National average169 barns · 10,003 hd

483.18

−52.49

This barn, trailing median31 sales

454.91

−24.23

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	—	Low	1,627	189.87	3,089	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,230	160.58	1,975	98
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,195	142.36	1,701	22
Heifers	Choice	High	1,028	180.00	1,850	4thin

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	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,415	$3,050	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	777	$2,410	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,175	$1,800	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,369	$3,729	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,414	$3,620	7

Every lot, as filed

77 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	487	457.41/cwt	450.00–467.50	2,228	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	333.11/cwt	331.00–335.00	2,588	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	740	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,849	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,009	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	3,143	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,930	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,370	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,232	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	332.50/cwt	325.00–336.00	2,730	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	491.52/cwt	485.00–507.50	2,286	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	426.05/cwt	412.50–427.50	2,680	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	379.98/cwt	374.00–386.00	2,930	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,398	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,720	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	800–850	818	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,879	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	881	330.58/cwt	325.00–333.00	2,912	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	395	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,173	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	353.41/cwt	340.00–357.25	3,075	271
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	334.95/cwt	332.50–337.00	3,088	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	369.66/cwt	358.00–374.00	3,013	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1	1050–1100	1,058	316.50/cwt	316.50–316.50	3,349	71
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	202	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,809	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,040	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,346	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	401.58/cwt	397.50–407.50	2,851	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	414.22/cwt	405.00–424.00	2,784	220
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	938	216.70/cwt	212.50–225.00	2,033	6
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	201	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	5
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	245	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	760	4
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,158	3
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	995	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,239	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,496	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	342.48/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,349	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,529	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,493	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,142	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,053	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,369	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,386	173.99/cwt	172.00–181.00	2,412	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,250	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,813	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,288	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	156.56/cwt	151.00–160.00	1,833	51
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	163.69/cwt	161.00–170.00	2,193	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	946	147.46/cwt	145.00–149.00	1,395	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	860	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,170	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,028	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,850	4
Bulls	—	—	1,320	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,231	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	975	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,726	2
Bulls	—	—	1,745	216.62/cwt	209.00–222.00	3,780	3
Bulls	—	—	1,270	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	2,502	1
Bulls	—	—	1,550	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	3,271	1
Bulls	—	—	1,694	180.90/cwt	170.00–191.00	3,064	7
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,545	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,549	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,415	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1	—	1,595	3,900.00/head	3,900.00–3,900.00	3,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	2,581.43/head	2,500.00–2,650.00	2,581	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	769	2,296.44/head	1,600.00–2,600.00	2,296	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,240	3,650.00/head	3,650.00–3,650.00	3,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,433	3,767.80/head	3,550.00–3,950.00	3,768	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,448	3,677.90/head	3,500.00–3,850.00	3,678	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,226	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	598	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,839	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,239	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,872	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	346.68/cwt	340.00–347.00	2,701	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	793	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,458	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	675	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,633	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	868	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,864	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	468	456.90/cwt	447.50–465.00	2,138	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	357.84/cwt	356.00–358.00	2,476	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	388.32/cwt	372.50–395.00	2,462	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	2,513	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	478.95/cwt	475.00–485.00	2,529	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,041	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	3,300	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,474	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.

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,292Last week 2,035Year ago 1,855

Slaughter CattleReceipts 370Last week 362Year ago 372

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 6Year ago 0

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
21	450–500	487	450.00–467.50	457.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	675	390.00	390.00
4	700–750	740	385.00	385.00
4	800–850	818	352.00	352.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	700	342.50	342.50
7	750–800	777	350.00	350.00
131	850–900	881	325.00–333.00	330.58
5	900–950	945	310.00	310.00
73	1000–1050	1,009	311.50	311.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	550–600	571	415.00	415.00
2	600–650	620	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	1,000.00	1,000.00
14	450–500	465	485.00–507.50	491.52
10	500–550	528	475.00–485.00	478.95
7	550–600	589	420.00	420.00
30	600–650	629	412.50–427.50	426.05
220	650–700	672	405.00–424.00	414.22
35	700–750	710	397.50–407.50	401.58
14	750–800	771	374.00–386.00	379.98
134	800–850	815	358.00–374.00	369.66
271	850–900	870	340.00–357.25	353.41
158	900–950	922	332.50–337.00	334.95
71	1000–1050	1,041	317.00	317.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	550.00	550.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
71	1050–1100	1,058	316.50	316.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	850–900	868	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	442.50	442.50
8	600–650	622	360.00	360.00
8	650–700	686	340.00–345.00	342.48
9	700–750	745	335.00	335.00
19	750–800	777	331.00–335.00	333.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	560	397.50	397.50
125	600–650	634	372.50–395.00	388.32
24	650–700	692	356.00–358.00	357.84
14	700–750	707	355.50	355.50
87	750–800	779	340.00–347.00	346.68
122	800–850	821	325.00–336.00	332.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	598	307.50	307.50
2	750–800	793	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	450–500	468	447.50–465.00	456.90
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
3	200–250	202	800.00	800.00
2	300–350	325	320.00	320.00
2	400–450	408	330.00	330.00
3	600–650	603	300.00	300.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	201	750.00	750.00
4	200–250	245	310.00	310.00
3	300–350	313	370.00	370.00
6	900–950	938	212.50–225.00	216.70
2	950–1000	995	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	510.00	510.00
5	500–550	542	460.00	460.00
3	750–800	755	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1050–1100	1,053	225.00	225.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,386	172.00–181.00	173.99
51	—	1,171	151.00–160.00	156.56
29	—	1,340	161.00–170.00	163.69
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,250	145.00	145.00
2	—	1,030	125.00	125.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	946	145.00–149.00	147.46
2	—	975	177.00	177.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	860	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,028	180.00	180.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	169.00	169.00
3	—	1,745	209.00–222.00	216.62
1	—	1,270	197.00	197.00
1	—	1,550	211.00	211.00
7	—	1,694	170.00–191.00	180.90
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,545	165.00	165.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,415	3,050.00	3,050.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	788	2,500.00–2,650.00	2,581.43
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,175	1,800.00	1,800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	769	1,600.00–2,600.00	2,296.44
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,595	3,900.00	3,900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,240	3,650.00	3,650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,065	3,050.00	3,050.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,433	3,550.00–3,950.00	3,767.80
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,448	3,500.00–3,850.00	3,677.90

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle