Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There was a good turn out of feeder steers and calves this week. Demand was active even as the undertone was lower. However: 600-625 lb. steers made gains bringing about 40.00 higher. There were few comparable sales on heifers this week but, a definite lower undertone was noted. Long weaned cattle continue to bring a premium over bawlers. Slaughter cows continue to creep downward, average to high yielding boner cows brought 2.50-5.50 lower. Bulls traded uneven with lower yielding bulls bringing slightly higher this week and better bulls back just a touch. It seems like fall finally showed up, with cooler temperatures and much needed rain coming into the area.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $375.22/cwt on 62 head, down $25.64 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 32 comparable sales and sits −77.71 against this barn's trailing median of $452.93.

Average price

$375.22

▼ 25.64 vs prior sale

62 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,081

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$64

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

$5.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.00

vs TX average

−30.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	375.88	2,088	55
Medium and Large 2	547	370.00	2,024	7thin

One grade step is worth $5.88/cwt here — about $64 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale62 hd

375.22

—

TX average5 barns · 368 hd

371.22

+4.00

National average171 barns · 11,845 hd

405.79

−30.57

This barn, trailing median32 sales

452.93

−77.71

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	—	High	1,655	178.64	2,957	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,200	146.84	1,763	103

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,143	$2,900	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,505	$3,150	3thin

Every lot, as filed

59 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	650–700	653	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,155	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,143	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,505	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	635	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,969	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	583	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,836	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	515	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,957	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,024	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,911	3
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1150–1200	1,163	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,442	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	316	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,090	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,672	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,605	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	440.77/cwt	440.00–442.50	1,847	10
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	883	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,208	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	333	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,698	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	391	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,033	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	401	401.20/cwt	395.00–412.50	1,609	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	504	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,840	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	556	366.17/cwt	362.50–370.00	2,036	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,493	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	461	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,005	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	349.51/cwt	340.00–354.00	2,730	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,106	8
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	891	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	200–250	216	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	1,193	4
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,126	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	346.06/cwt	342.00–357.50	1,838	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	983	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,802	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	312	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	1,724	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	425	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,934	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	559	345.50/cwt	345.50–345.50	1,931	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,713	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	390.60/cwt	387.50–394.00	2,394	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	451.40/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,684	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	799	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,477	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,247	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	307.50/cwt	300.00–315.00	2,506	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	350	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,785	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	342.53/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,268	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	349.13/cwt	341.00–357.50	2,545	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	475.29/cwt	465.00–485.00	2,010	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	338.71/cwt	335.00–342.50	1,941	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	455.58/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,795	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,212	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	373.74/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,130	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,763	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,514	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,240	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	453	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,937	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	360	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,692	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	655	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,424	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Bulls	—	—	1,800	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	3,168	1
Bulls	—	—	1,520	155.40/cwt	151.00–160.00	2,362	2
Bulls	—	—	1,668	183.55/cwt	179.00–184.00	3,062	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,177	130.85/cwt	126.00–135.00	1,540	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	151.30/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,802	78
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,398	139.53/cwt	136.00–148.00	1,951	6

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 Sep 24, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,159Last week 1,525Year ago 2,198

Slaughter CattleReceipts 244Last week 478Year ago 387

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 21Year ago 3

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	430.00	430.00
1	250–300	260	1,350.00	1,350.00
2	300–350	348	435.00	435.00
8	350–400	373	440.00–460.00	451.40
2	450–500	458	385.00	385.00
26	500–550	531	342.00–357.50	346.06
27	550–600	573	335.00–342.50	338.71
10	600–650	643	344.00	344.00
13	650–700	653	330.00	330.00
14	750–800	799	310.00	310.00
4	800–850	815	300.00–315.00	307.50
15	950–1000	983	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	583	315.00	315.00
2	600–650	635	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	470.00	470.00
2	450–500	453	427.50	427.50
3	500–550	515	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	378	395.00	395.00
15	450–500	471	355.00	355.00
11	500–550	504	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	216	552.50	552.50
2	300–350	333	510.00	510.00
28	350–400	350	510.00	510.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	401	395.00–412.50	401.20
31	550–600	559	345.50	345.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	428	375.00	375.00
3	450–500	490	390.00	390.00
7	500–550	547	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	419	440.00–442.50	440.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	312	552.50	552.50
14	350–400	391	520.00	520.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	425	455.00	455.00
12	450–500	461	435.00	435.00
33	550–600	556	362.50–370.00	366.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	250	1,300.00	1,300.00
7	350–400	394	450.00–470.00	455.58
8	400–450	423	465.00–485.00	475.29
8	450–500	476	442.50	442.50
6	500–550	515	435.00	435.00
16	550–600	570	360.00–380.00	373.74
17	600–650	613	387.50–394.00	390.60
8	650–700	662	335.00–345.00	342.53
6	700–750	729	341.00–357.50	349.13
238	750–800	781	340.00–354.00	349.51
3	800–850	827	328.00	328.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	655	370.00	370.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	316	345.00	345.00
6	850–900	883	250.00	250.00
2	1150–1200	1,163	210.00	210.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	900–950	945	225.00	225.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	405	220.00	220.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,143	2,900.00	2,900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,505	3,150.00	3,150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,800	176.00	176.00
2	—	1,520	151.00–160.00	155.40
10	—	1,668	179.00–184.00	183.55
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,177	126.00–135.00	130.85
78	—	1,191	145.00–155.00	151.30
6	—	1,398	136.00–148.00	139.53

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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