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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, May 8

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

← May 1May 8May 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

444 head

▼ 714 vs last sale 1,158▼ 462 vs year ago 906 · −51.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

325 head

▲ 116 vs last sale 209▲ 38 vs year ago 287 · +13.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Due to the well needed, abundant rainfall in the area; beef cattle turn out was short resulting no comparable sales to declare a trend. There was no test on high yielding slaughter cows but average to low yielding boners seemed steady. Trade was moderate.

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 $315.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −82.14 against this barn's trailing median of $397.14.

Average price

$315.00

3 head · 582 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,833

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.45

vs TX average

−17.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	582	315.00	1,833	3thin

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

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale3 hd

315.00

—

TX average4 barns · 151 hd

312.55

+2.45

National average172 barns · 12,542 hd

332.82

−17.82

This barn, trailing median27 sales

397.14

−82.14

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,190	132.84	1,581	108
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	971	104.58	1,015	31

Every lot

26 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	623	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,056	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	673	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,683	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	746	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,201	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,192	11
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,378	45
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,833	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,962	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,630	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	657	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,892	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	713	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,569	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,994	45
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,171	65
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	838	230.26/cwt	228.00–232.50	1,930	4
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,008	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,016	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,667	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,801	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,907	1
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	323	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	945	3
Beef/Dairy Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	990	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	408	226.23/cwt	225.00–227.50	923	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	836	96.43/cwt	93.00–98.00	806	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	864	109.55/cwt	103.00–116.50	947	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,045	109.07/cwt	100.00–112.00	1,140	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,120	121.77/cwt	116.00–128.00	1,364	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,215	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,853	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,232	136.63/cwt	130.00–144.50	1,683	85

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 May 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 444Last week 1,158Year ago 906

Slaughter CattleReceipts 325Last week 209Year ago 287

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	582	315.00	315.00
7	600–650	631	311.00	311.00
3	650–700	652	250.00	250.00
45	700–750	733	272.00	272.00
65	800–850	827	262.50	262.50
5	1000–1050	1,008	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	657	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	713	220.00	220.00
4	800–850	838	228.00–232.50	230.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	746	295.00	295.00
11	750–800	783	280.00	280.00
45	850–900	871	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	623	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	673	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	473	352.50	352.50
1	550–600	550	327.50	327.50
1	600–650	620	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	292.50	292.50
2	350–400	360	275.00	275.00
4	400–450	408	225.00–227.50	226.23

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,045	100.00–112.00	109.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	836	93.00–98.00	96.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,232	130.00–144.50	136.63
1	—	1,215	152.50	152.50
14	—	1,120	116.00–128.00	121.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	864	103.00–116.50	109.55

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.