Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2026-07-30

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jul 30
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
586 head
261 vs last sale 847 624 vs year ago 1,210 · 51.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
398 head
121 vs last sale 277 1 vs year ago 399 · 0.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
2 vs last sale 7 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: This weeks offering was largely dairy culls and heifers, with a limited offering of beef calves and feeders. Therefore; there was no test on steers and very limited test on heifers. Trade was uneventful and most cattle were plain to average. Slaughter cattle were mostly steady to a tick lower as thin, droughty, open cows continue to come to town. The heat wave and dry conditions continue to effect the sale area, depleting already stressed range conditions. May we all get some relief soon!

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $385.63/cwt on 12 head, down $11.51 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 27 comparable sales and sits 28.33 against this barn's trailing median of $413.95.
Average price
$385.63
11.51 vs prior sale
12 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,133
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+23.96
vs TX average
+25.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553385.632,13312thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales
459424389354median 413.9512/1802/1204/1606/0408/06
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $444.69, low $367.59, median $413.95 across 27 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 sale12 hd
385.63
TX average5 barns · 199 hd
361.66
+23.96
National average152 barns · 4,754 hd
360.52
+25.11
This barn, trailing median27 sales
413.95
−28.33
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
BullsHigh1,295187.502,4281thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,619174.572,8264thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,137168.141,912119
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,000159.141,59214

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,182$2,6003thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,435$2,3002thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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%1,223176.67/cwt172.50–183.502,16151
CowsBoner 80-85%1,040158.07/cwt153.00–160.001,64426
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight968172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,6705
CowsLean 85-90%1,003169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,6956
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight942140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,3193
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight983168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,6513
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800787321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,5265
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450437441.51/cwt437.50–442.501,92914
HeifersMedium and Large 11200–12501,225210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,5732
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450402520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,0903
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550535390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0875
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400385450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7332
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750725220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5953
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550523397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,0795
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600566382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,1657
SteersMedium and Large 1250–3002681,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4502
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500476446.00/cwt446.00–446.002,12310
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4352,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1822,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6003
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500453387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,7558
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600562370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0793
HeifersMedium and Large 11600–16501,625205.00/cwt205.00–205.003,3311
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600583330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9242
Bulls1,295187.50/cwt187.50–187.502,4281
CowsBoner 80-85%1,210167.20/cwt163.50–171.002,02322
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight961156.53/cwt152.00–159.001,50415
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,619174.57/cwt173.00–175.002,8264
CowsLean 85-90%1,105145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,6022
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350330517.50/cwt517.50–517.501,7083

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.