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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Mar 20

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

← Mar 13Mar 20Mar 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,012 head

▼ 695 vs last sale 2,707▼ 456 vs year ago 2,468 · −18.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

278 head

▼ 23 vs last sale 301▼ 204 vs year ago 482 · −42.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Another good turn out of quality cattle coming off wheat with all steer and heifer classes up 5.00-9.00, tracking with a higher board. There was no test on high yielding slaughter cows but, average to low yielding boners traded 5.00-8.00 lower. However, a good turn out of slaughter bulls collared out nicely above 170.00. Trade was active on good demand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $331.38/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 3 of 27 comparable sales and sits −65.75 against this barn's trailing median of $397.14.

Average price

$331.38

30 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,721

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$130

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

$41.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+26.35

vs TX average

+16.80 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	336.21	1,732	26
Medium and Large 2	548	305.00	1,671	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	543	295.00	1,602	2thin

One grade step is worth $41.21/cwt here — about $130 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale30 hd

331.38

—

TX average4 barns · 167 hd

305.03

+26.35

National average174 barns · 12,680 hd

314.58

+16.80

This barn, trailing median27 sales

397.14

−65.75

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

27 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $444.69, low $320.90, median $397.14 across 27 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	1,388	171.56	2,382	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,203	115.31	1,387	66
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,099	95.78	1,053	28

Every lot

62 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	235	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	298	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,147	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	368	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,297	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	383	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,666	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	442	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,017	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	473	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,620	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	474	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,860	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,710	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,503	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Full	490	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,803	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	385.72/cwt	372.00–388.00	2,044	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,958	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	330.88/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,952	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	593	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,305	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Full	611	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,955	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	335.06/cwt	327.50–338.00	2,071	48
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	634	300.00/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,902	45
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	315.49/cwt	305.00–320.00	2,126	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	304.22/cwt	292.00–307.00	2,175	97
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	722	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,971	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	734	262.40/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,926	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Full	764	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,239	35
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	2,269	13
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,100	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	843	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,150	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	845	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,248	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	856	278.44/cwt	274.50–279.50	2,383	87
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	150–200	Medium and Large 1	173	814.42/head	785.00–875.00	814	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,518	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,434	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	431	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,293	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Full	448	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,658	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	467	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,588	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	496	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,290	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	340.98/cwt	336.00–348.00	1,742	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	543	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,602	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,671	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,576	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	608	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,860	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	628	209.90/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,318	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	284.65/cwt	273.00–289.00	1,822	30
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	277.43/cwt	267.00–282.00	1,875	55
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	244.15/cwt	243.00–251.00	1,668	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Full	691	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,893	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	268.23/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,980	232
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Full	756	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,973	15
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	265.25/cwt	265.25–265.25	2,027	58
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	780	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,763	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	813	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,797	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	262.22/cwt	259.50–265.00	2,150	371
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	258.48/cwt	257.50–259.00	2,220	180
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,083	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,036	71
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	258	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	697	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	406	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,056	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	498	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,370	6
Beef/Dairy Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,525	13
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,170	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,755	1
Bulls	—	—	1,408	173.52/cwt	173.00–177.00	2,443	11
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	830	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	847	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,045	108.03/cwt	101.00–111.00	1,129	20
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,120	95.30/cwt	90.00–103.00	1,067	26
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,271	118.48/cwt	113.00–125.00	1,506	46

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 Mar 20, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,012Last week 2,707Year ago 2,468

Slaughter CattleReceipts 278Last week 301Year ago 482

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	368	352.50	352.50
3	450–500	473	342.50	342.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	544	360.00	360.00
45	600–650	634	290.00–310.00	300.00
3	700–750	722	273.00	273.00
2	750–800	775	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	383	435.00	435.00
7	450–500	474	392.50	392.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	298	385.00	385.00
3	400–450	442	230.00	230.00
9	450–500	477	315.00	315.00
2	550–600	593	220.00	220.00
8	700–750	734	260.00–270.00	262.40
2	800–850	845	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	1,000.00	1,000.00
2	450–500	475	360.00	360.00
14	500–550	530	372.00–388.00	385.72
11	550–600	590	330.00–335.00	330.88
48	600–650	618	327.50–338.00	335.06
19	650–700	674	305.00–320.00	315.49
97	700–750	715	292.00–307.00	304.22
13	750–800	768	295.50	295.50
2	800–850	843	255.00	255.00
87	850–900	856	274.50–279.50	278.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	490	368.00	368.00
4	600–650	611	320.00	320.00
35	750–800	764	293.00	293.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	337.50	337.50
2	500–550	543	295.00	295.00
14	650–700	683	243.00–251.00	244.15
2	800–850	813	221.00	221.00
71	1050–1100	1,083	188.00	188.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
3	150–200	173	785.00–875.00	814.42
9	400–450	413	367.50	367.50
24	500–550	511	336.00–348.00	340.98
2	550–600	565	279.00	279.00
30	600–650	640	273.00–289.00	284.65
55	650–700	676	267.00–282.00	277.43
232	700–750	738	265.00–275.00	268.23
58	750–800	764	265.25	265.25
371	800–850	820	259.50–265.00	262.22
180	850–900	859	257.50–259.00	258.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	431	300.00	300.00
8	450–500	496	260.00	260.00
2	500–550	548	305.00	305.00
4	600–650	628	205.00–215.00	209.90
2	750–800	780	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	467	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	448	370.00	370.00
19	650–700	691	274.00	274.00
15	750–800	756	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	608	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	498	275.00	275.00
13	550–600	567	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	258	270.00	270.00
4	400–450	406	260.00	260.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,120	90.00–103.00	95.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	830	102.00	102.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,045	101.00–111.00	108.03
46	—	1,271	113.00–125.00	118.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,408	173.00–177.00	173.52
1	—	1,170	150.00	150.00

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.