Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2026-10-29

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Oct 29

● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

← Oct 22Oct 29latest

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,524 head

▼ 314 vs last sale 1,838▼ 6 vs year ago 1,530 · −0.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

329 head

▼ 106 vs last sale 435▲ 22 vs year ago 307 · +7.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

21 head

▼ 14 vs last sale 35▲ 14 vs year ago 7 · +200.0%

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Abundant rains in the area brought, not only stronger wheat, but reignited interest in lighter calves. Healthy, good quality steer calves weighing 350-500 pounds brought 40.00 higher on average. Yearling steers made a step back however; bringing 11.00-16.00 lower. Heifer calves brought 4.00-8.00 lower while all other class heifers sold mixed. Slaughter cows continued their downward turn bringing about 14.00 less than last week. Good bulls seem to be holding steady. Buying interest was high with good demand. Rain continues into the forecast for the weekend with more seasonable temperatures in the coming week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $410.97/cwt on 177 head, down $2.53 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 32 comparable sales and sits −41.96 against this barn's trailing median of $452.93.

Average price

$410.97

▼ 2.53 vs prior sale

177 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,276

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$565

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

$95.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+30.03

vs TX average

−24.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	413.04	2,302	151
Medium and Large 1-2	532	409.61	2,180	23
Medium and Large 2	547	317.50	1,737	3thin

One grade step is worth $95.54/cwt here — about $565 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale177 hd

410.97

—

TX average5 barns · 514 hd

380.94

+30.03

National average163 barns · 26,594 hd

435.15

−24.18

This barn, trailing median32 sales

452.93

−41.96

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.66, low $369.71, median $452.93 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	—	High	1,587	159.75	2,534	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,131	117.61	1,330	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,079	108.31	1,168	49

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)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,349	$2,530	10
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,290	$2,386	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,160	$2,300	1thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	325	617.50/cwt	617.50–617.50	2,007	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	589.79/cwt	570.00–600.00	2,111	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	370	582.50/cwt	582.50–582.50	2,155	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,146	20
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	444	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,109	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	455	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,820	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,210	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	466	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,330	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	509	453.51/cwt	447.50–456.00	2,308	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	417.41/cwt	415.00–421.00	2,208	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	541	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,096	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	547	423.77/cwt	422.50–437.50	2,318	34
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	547	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,737	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	555	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,387	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	398.11/cwt	385.00–411.00	2,269	84
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	601	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,290	26
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	602	386.06/cwt	386.00–387.00	2,324	47
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	673	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,935	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	341.56/cwt	337.50–345.00	2,309	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	696	353.83/cwt	353.00–365.00	2,463	43
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,621	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	725	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,103	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	347.63/cwt	341.00–356.00	2,722	91
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	339.19/cwt	336.50–343.00	2,775	149
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	852	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,854	34
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	972	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	3,023	21
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	330	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,716	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	393	472.71/cwt	470.00–477.50	1,858	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	446.09/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,882	61
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	427	468.30/cwt	462.50–472.50	2,000	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	496	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,848	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,632	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	389.60/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,999	87
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	541	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,164	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	541	367.78/cwt	365.00–368.00	1,990	27
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	547	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,832	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	552	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,009	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	556	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,946	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,935	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,165	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,983	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	693	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,235	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	708	323.37/cwt	310.00–325.00	2,289	29
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,400	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	798	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,234	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	892	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	2,636	32
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	911	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,687	13
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,026	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,847	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,498	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,472	2
Bulls	—	—	1,580	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,291	1
Bulls	—	—	1,770	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,903	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	867	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,040	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	924	83.36/cwt	75.00–87.50	770	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,018	89.72/cwt	88.00–94.00	913	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,043	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	887	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,185	124.09/cwt	120.00–128.00	1,470	29
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,196	128.52/cwt	128.00–129.00	1,537	27
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,290	2,385.69/head	2,250.00–2,500.00	2,386	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,349	2,530.21/head	2,450.00–2,700.00	2,530	10
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,160	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1

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 Oct 29, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,524Last week 1,838Year ago 1,530

Slaughter CattleReceipts 329Last week 435Year ago 307

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 35Year ago 7

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	370	582.50	582.50
6	450–500	466	500.00	500.00
14	500–550	509	447.50–456.00	453.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	444	475.00	475.00
2	450–500	455	400.00	400.00
17	500–550	529	415.00–421.00	417.41
15	650–700	676	337.50–345.00	341.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	547	317.50	317.50
4	650–700	673	287.50	287.50
2	700–750	725	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	600–650	601	381.00	381.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	358	570.00–600.00	589.79
20	400–450	438	490.00	490.00
24	450–500	458	482.50	482.50
34	500–550	547	422.50–437.50	423.77
84	550–600	570	385.00–411.00	398.11
47	600–650	602	386.00–387.00	386.06
43	650–700	696	353.00–365.00	353.83
7	700–750	718	365.00	365.00
91	750–800	783	341.00–356.00	347.63
149	800–850	818	336.50–343.00	339.19
34	850–900	852	335.00	335.00
21	950–1000	972	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	541	387.50	387.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	325	617.50	617.50
19	550–600	555	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	547	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	510	320.00	320.00
2	600–650	645	307.50	307.50
2	750–800	798	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	330	520.00	520.00
12	400–450	427	462.50–472.50	468.30
8	550–600	556	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	550–600	552	364.00	364.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	393	470.00–477.50	472.71
61	400–450	422	440.00–450.00	446.09
6	450–500	496	372.50	372.50
87	500–550	513	380.00–395.00	389.60
2	550–600	565	342.50	342.50
4	600–650	623	347.50	347.50
3	650–700	693	322.50	322.50
29	700–750	708	310.00–325.00	323.37
4	750–800	750	320.00	320.00
32	850–900	892	295.50	295.50
13	900–950	911	295.00	295.00
7	1000–1050	1,026	277.50	277.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
27	500–550	541	365.00–368.00	367.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	541	400.00	400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	867	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,018	88.00–94.00	89.72
29	—	1,185	120.00–128.00	124.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	924	75.00–87.50	83.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,196	128.00–129.00	128.52
2	—	1,043	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,498	165.00	165.00
1	—	1,580	145.00	145.00
1	—	1,770	164.00	164.00

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
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,349	2,450.00–2,700.00	2,530.21
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,290	2,250.00–2,500.00	2,385.69

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,160	2,300.00	2,300.00

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.