Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There were too few comparable sales on steer calves to state a market trend but a good turn out of feeder steers coming off short grass gave a better picture. Most 800-900 lb. steers sold mostly 15.00 lower. Heifer calves also had too few comparable sales for a trend but a decidedly lower undertone was noted. Feeder heifers weighing 780 lbs. brought 12.00 lower while 800-850 lb. heifers brought 9.00 lower. Average to high yielding slaughter cows were steady to 5.00 lower. Dry cows and cull bulls continue to come in off droughty country. There's been a few showers around but nothing to change the pattern. High temperatures also continue to dominate the foreseeable forecast as the whole state keeps looking for a relief to the long summer. However; trade was active with good demand in spite of a lower board and recent news reports.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $369.71/cwt on 32 head, down $9.18 from the prior sale (only 18 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −83.20 against this barn's trailing median of $452.91.

Average price

$369.71

▼ 9.18 vs prior sale

32 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,962

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$48.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.39

vs TX average

−1.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	514	384.91	1,978	19thin
Medium and Large 2	545	360.00	1,962	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	564	336.77	1,899	7thin

One grade step is worth $48.14/cwt here — about $79 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

33 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.66, low $369.71, median $452.91 across 33 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 sale32 hd

369.71

—

TX average5 barns · 282 hd

349.31

+20.39

National average153 barns · 5,891 hd

371.00

−1.29

This barn, trailing median33 sales

452.91

−83.20

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	1,434	193.35	2,773	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,459	175.88	2,566	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,175	161.46	1,897	56
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	969	149.53	1,449	25

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,200	$2,000	2thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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 1Fleshy	800–850	803	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,168	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,002	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,433	3
Bulls	—	—	1,188	157.78/cwt	155.00–160.00	1,874	2
Bulls	—	—	1,472	198.82/cwt	190.00–203.00	2,927	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	992	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,488	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,299	156.09/cwt	154.00–159.00	2,028	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,459	175.88/cwt	174.00–179.00	2,566	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,114	162.57/cwt	150.00–168.00	1,811	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	945	160.70/cwt	160.00–163.00	1,519	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	820	120.82/cwt	120.00–122.50	991	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,353	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,264	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,027	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,670	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,908	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	311.27/cwt	305.00–317.50	2,011	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	653	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,802	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,788	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	334.16/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,744	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	325.53/cwt	320.00–328.00	2,520	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	175	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,401	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,259	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	335.63/cwt	335.25–336.00	2,742	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	315.13/cwt	300.00–316.00	2,701	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	394	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,635	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	288.91/cwt	280.00–292.50	2,343	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	322.02/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,858	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,794	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	348	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,583	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	1,897	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	405	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,296	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	331.29/cwt	315.00–335.00	2,200	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	360.50/cwt	350.00–367.50	2,181	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	384.91/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,978	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	793	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,371	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	336.77/cwt	335.00–337.50	1,899	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,143	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,669	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	1,968	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	448.85/cwt	445.00–452.50	2,092	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,626	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,251	5
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	780	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	367.72/cwt	365.00–371.00	1,611	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	329.37/cwt	327.50–330.00	2,345	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,129	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,754	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,739	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	308	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,170	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,953	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	303.92/cwt	285.00–310.00	2,030	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,551	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	237	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,835	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	302	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	1,442	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1250–1300	1,265	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,688	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	475	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,019	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,962	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	164.78/cwt	160.00–169.00	1,933	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	930	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,237	2

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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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Dalhart, TX

Thu Aug 27, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,341Last week 1,080Year ago 1,090

Slaughter CattleReceipts 281Last week 365Year ago 400

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 0Year ago 61

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	803	270.00	270.00
2	1250–1300	1,265	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	302	477.50	477.50
3	350–400	375	445.00	445.00
8	400–450	438	365.00–371.00	367.72
3	450–500	495	362.50	362.50
15	500–550	522	320.00–350.00	334.16
15	550–600	577	320.00–327.50	322.02
4	600–650	646	305.00–317.50	311.27
91	650–700	664	315.00–335.00	331.29
2	700–750	723	312.50	312.50
19	750–800	777	309.00	309.00
76	800–850	811	280.00–292.50	288.91
2	900–950	905	260.00	260.00
3	1000–1050	1,027	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	394	415.00	415.00
2	400–450	405	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	463	335.00	335.00
2	600–650	630	310.00	310.00
12	650–700	668	285.00–310.00	303.92
6	700–750	744	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	237	850.00	850.00
4	500–550	542	300.00	300.00
4	600–650	610	285.00	285.00
22	650–700	662	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
1	150–200	175	850.00	850.00
1	250–300	270	1,450.00	1,450.00
17	300–350	325	550.00	550.00
3	350–400	363	522.50	522.50
8	400–450	426	462.00	462.00
16	450–500	466	445.00–452.50	448.85
19	500–550	514	380.00–405.00	384.91
5	600–650	605	350.00–367.50	360.50
4	650–700	681	332.50	332.50
12	700–750	712	327.50–330.00	329.37
21	750–800	774	320.00–328.00	325.53
129	800–850	817	335.25–336.00	335.63
53	850–900	857	300.00–316.00	315.13
2	950–1000	953	297.50	297.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	348	455.00	455.00
24	650–700	653	276.00	276.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	564	335.00–337.50	336.77
3	650–700	660	322.50	322.50
18	750–800	793	299.00	299.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	425.00	425.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	545	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	530	360.00	360.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	260	300.00	300.00
3	300–350	308	380.00	380.00
5	350–400	368	340.00	340.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,002	143.00	143.00
7	—	1,114	150.00–168.00	162.57
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	992	150.00	150.00
2	—	930	133.00	133.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,299	154.00–159.00	156.09
42	—	1,173	160.00–169.00	164.78
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,459	174.00–179.00	175.88
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	945	160.00–163.00	160.70
6	—	820	120.00–122.50	120.82
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,188	155.00–160.00	157.78
13	—	1,472	190.00–203.00	198.82

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,200	2,000.00	2,000.00

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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