Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Sentiment seemed to be mixed on few comparable sales. Both lighter steer and heifer calves seemed to be favored over their 600-700 pound counterparts. Average to high yielding boner cows were steady to lower. Trade was active on good demand. A little rain came into the area over the weekend but conditions remain dry. Some cattle continue to trickle in off of short wheat and thin, dry cows are being culled off grass.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $502.50/cwt on 10 head, down $7.16 from the prior sale. That ranks 30 of 31 comparable sales and sits +47.59 against this barn's trailing median of $454.91.

Average price

$502.50

▼ 7.16 vs prior sale

10 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,593

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+43.27

vs TX average

+14.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	516	502.50	2,593	10thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale10 hd

502.50

—

TX average5 barns · 291 hd

459.23

+43.27

National average180 barns · 13,019 hd

488.35

+14.15

This barn, trailing median31 sales

454.91

+47.59

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,542	189.00	2,914	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,228	173.12	2,126	92
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	956	127.50	1,219	5thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	865	$2,450	3thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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 1-2	500–550	545	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,316	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,380	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	353.33/cwt	351.00–354.00	2,601	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,300	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	218	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	736	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,282	7
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,150	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	296	662.50/cwt	662.50–662.50	1,961	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,462	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	300–350	344	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,926	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	409	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,229	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	351.92/cwt	349.00–354.00	3,076	55
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	868	326.72/cwt	322.50–327.50	2,836	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,441	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	398	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,950	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	393.62/cwt	381.00–396.00	2,846	427
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	691	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,709	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	374.17/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,638	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,712	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	360.26/cwt	354.00–367.00	2,925	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,043	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	3,192	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	336.50/cwt	336.50–336.50	3,136	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,546	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	361.06/cwt	352.50–367.50	2,480	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	417.62/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,677	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	320	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	2,096	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	456	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,303	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650–700	670	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,305	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	870	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,871	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	327.25/cwt	322.50–338.00	2,680	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,593	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,027	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	388.30/cwt	381.00–390.00	2,435	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,315	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	551	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,342	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	326.47/cwt	321.00–355.00	2,204	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	546	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,375	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,269	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,466	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,591	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	956	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,219	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	972	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,409	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,031	153.63/cwt	152.50–157.00	1,584	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	167.09/cwt	160.00–172.00	2,008	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,312	184.19/cwt	178.00–190.00	2,417	46
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,542	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	2,914	10

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 Apr 16, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,470Last week 1,787Year ago 1,021

Slaughter CattleReceipts 349Last week 333Year ago 311

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 15Year ago 6

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	388	522.50	522.50
10	450–500	496	457.50	457.50
2	500–550	545	425.00	425.00
30	650–700	675	321.00–355.00	326.47
23	750–800	761	324.00	324.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	218	1,600.00	1,600.00
1	250–300	280	1,600.00	1,600.00
23	450–500	470	492.50	492.50
2	500–550	500	460.00	460.00
6	550–600	560	425.00	425.00
16	600–650	627	381.00–390.00	388.30
53	650–700	687	352.50–367.50	361.06
83	700–750	736	351.00–354.00	353.33
81	750–800	762	340.00	340.00
141	800–850	819	322.50–338.00	327.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	736	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	655.00	655.00
4	450–500	456	505.00	505.00
6	500–550	546	435.00	435.00
4	550–600	551	425.00	425.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	670	344.00	344.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	705	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	250–300	296	662.50	662.50
2	250–300	260	1,875.00	1,875.00
10	500–550	516	502.50	502.50
6	600–650	606	447.50	447.50
7	650–700	691	392.00	392.00
427	700–750	723	381.00–396.00	393.62
151	800–850	812	354.00–367.00	360.26
55	850–900	874	349.00–354.00	351.92
74	900–950	932	336.50	336.50
2	1000–1050	1,043	306.00	306.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	398	490.00	490.00
10	600–650	648	380.00	380.00
2	700–750	718	340.00	340.00
13	850–900	868	322.50–327.50	326.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	300–350	344	560.00	560.00
26	400–450	409	545.00	545.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	600–650	641	415.00–420.00	417.62
3	650–700	657	387.50	387.50
12	700–750	705	370.00–375.00	374.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	850–900	870	330.00	330.00

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
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	865	2,450.00	2,450.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	956	127.50	127.50
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	972	145.00	145.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,031	152.50–157.00	153.63
32	—	1,202	160.00–172.00	167.09
46	—	1,312	178.00–190.00	184.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,542	189.00	189.00

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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