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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Feb 13

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

← Feb 6Feb 13Feb 20 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,279 head

▼ 894 vs last sale 2,173▲ 112 vs year ago 1,167 · +9.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

324 head

▼ 112 vs last sale 436▼ 36 vs year ago 360 · −10.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : In spite of the frigid temperatures, there was a decent turn out of quality calves and feeders. Both calves and feeder steers were on top, gaining from 5.00-10.00 on all classes. Heifers didn't perform as well, falling in all classes 4.00-8.00. Trade was active. Slaughter cattle trade was moderate with lower undertones.

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 $334.48/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −118.43 against this barn's trailing median of $452.91.

Average price

$334.48

63 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,807

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$260

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

$58.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.33

vs TX average

−4.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	346.47	1,859	50
Medium and Large 1-2	554	288.37	1,599	13thin

One grade step is worth $58.10/cwt here — about $260 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 sale63 hd

334.48

—

TX average5 barns · 315 hd

320.15

+14.33

National average155 barns · 9,244 hd

338.67

−4.19

This barn, trailing median31 sales

452.91

−118.43

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

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.66, low $369.71, median $452.91 across 31 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,200	123.53	1,482	149
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	995	96.66	962	28

Every lot

48 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	336	421.21/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,415	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,712	19
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	441	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,588	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,793	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,617	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,848	40
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,755	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	566	263.91/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,494	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	332.33/cwt	330.00–336.00	1,898	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	313.63/cwt	312.00–316.00	1,966	86
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,824	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	691	287.21/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,985	25
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	279.41/cwt	273.00–287.00	2,023	35
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	758	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,652	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	794	270.63/cwt	263.50–272.50	2,149	139
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	270.32/cwt	267.50–273.25	2,227	119
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Full	868	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	2,209	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	874	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,251	23
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	908	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,306	20
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	971	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,389	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	319.22/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,226	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	448	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,254	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	462	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,455	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	294.34/cwt	294.00–295.00	1,531	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	544	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,360	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	578	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,642	42
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,781	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	648	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,562	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	248.87/cwt	240.00–257.50	1,690	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	693	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,784	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	740	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,739	15
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Full	783	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,777	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	798	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,907	15
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	234.22/cwt	228.00–238.00	1,909	19
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	863	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,890	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	864	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,992	68
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Full	864	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,940	4
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	295	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	856	5
Beef/Dairy Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	756	3
Beef/Dairy Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,064	2
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	278	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	792	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	392	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,039	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	768	93.00/cwt	90.00–95.00	714	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	863	110.56/cwt	110.00–111.00	954	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,069	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,090	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,081	116.69/cwt	113.50–119.00	1,261	40
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,086	98.12/cwt	95.00–104.00	1,066	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,286	128.50/cwt	124.00–133.00	1,653	96

This sale against other markets

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 Feb 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,279Last week 2,173Year ago 1,167

Slaughter CattleReceipts 324Last week 436Year ago 360

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	336	415.00–425.00	421.21
19	400–450	439	390.00	390.00
5	450–500	488	367.50	367.50
40	500–550	528	350.00	350.00
10	550–600	571	330.00–336.00	332.33
86	600–650	627	312.00–316.00	313.63
25	650–700	691	270.00–290.00	287.21
35	700–750	724	273.00–287.00	279.41
139	750–800	794	263.50–272.50	270.63
119	800–850	824	267.50–273.25	270.32
23	850–900	874	257.50	257.50
20	900–950	908	254.00	254.00
4	950–1000	971	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	441	360.00	360.00
7	450–500	490	330.00	330.00
5	500–550	536	327.50	327.50
8	550–600	566	260.00–270.00	263.91
3	650–700	682	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	758	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	850–900	868	254.50	254.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	384	310.00–325.00	319.22
6	500–550	520	294.00–295.00	294.34
4	600–650	636	280.00	280.00
9	650–700	693	257.50	257.50
15	750–800	798	239.00	239.00
19	800–850	815	228.00–238.00	234.22
68	850–900	864	230.50	230.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	448	280.00	280.00
2	600–650	648	241.00	241.00
8	650–700	679	240.00–257.50	248.87
15	700–750	740	235.00	235.00
2	850–900	863	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
42	550–600	578	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	544	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	462	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	783	227.00	227.00
4	850–900	864	224.50	224.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	295	290.00	290.00
3	400–450	438	172.50	172.50
2	550–600	575	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	278	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	392	265.00	265.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,086	95.00–104.00	98.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	768	90.00–95.00	93.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	863	110.00–111.00	110.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,069	102.00	102.00
96	—	1,286	124.00–133.00	128.50
40	—	1,081	113.50–119.00	116.69

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.