Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2026-05-28

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, May 28
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
658 head
628 vs last sale 1,286 413 vs year ago 1,071 · 38.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
261 head
200 vs last sale 461 63 vs year ago 324 · 19.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There was no test on calves or feeders this week. Turn out was largely culls and railers from dairy's and feedyards. Recent rains in the area possibly left some cattle out in the country with the hope of green grass in the future. Slaughter cows and bulls were largely, steady. Chances of scattered rain showers remain in the forecast for most the coming week. Let's hope we all get some relief.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $459.00/cwt on 15 head, up $4.09 from the prior sale. That ranks 20 of 31 comparable sales and sits +4.09 against this barn's trailing median of $454.91.
Average price
$459.00
4.09 vs prior sale
15 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,363
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$75
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$20.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.78
vs TX average
1.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1510475.002,4233thin
Medium and Large 1-2516455.002,34812thin
One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $75 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
524481438395median 454.9112/1802/1904/1606/1108/13
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 sale15 hd
459.00
TX average5 barns · 203 hd
459.78
−0.78
National average128 barns · 4,767 hd
460.37
−1.37
This barn, trailing median31 sales
454.91
+4.09
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,765222.423,9263thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,330178.002,3673thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,278164.672,10456
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,089145.191,58145
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHigh955230.002,1972thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%1,460170.73/cwt165.00–175.002,49325
CowsLean 85-90%1,179160.09/cwt157.00–165.001,88713
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550518439.07/cwt427.50–442.502,2749
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700692362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,5093
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400388537.50/cwt537.50–537.502,0862
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550510475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,4233
CowsLean 85-90%1,119140.47/cwt137.00–145.001,57220
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight882142.88/cwt142.50–143.001,2608
CowsBoner 80-85%985186.00/cwt183.00–190.001,8328
HeifersSelect and Choice955230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,1972
Bulls1,765222.42/cwt220.00–226.003,9263
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,330178.00/cwt178.00–178.002,3673
CowsLean 85-90%1,063125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,3294
CowsBoner 80-85%1,182150.67/cwt142.50–157.001,78123
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500482442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,1333
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600572409.76/cwt400.00–420.002,3444
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550543415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,2534
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550516455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,34812
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500455472.50/cwt472.50–472.502,1506
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900877336.50/cwt336.00–337.002,951126

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.