Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2025-06-05

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jun 5
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,133 head
▲ 62 vs last sale 1,071▼ 560 vs year ago 1,693 · −33.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
209 head
▼ 115 vs last sale 324▼ 533 vs year ago 742 · −71.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 12▲ 1 vs year ago 1 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There were few comparable sale on steers this week but sentiment leaned toward steady to higher. Heifers were up almost 8.00 on both feeders and calves. Quality was good as some cattle continue to trickle in off wheat.Trade was moderate. High yielding boner and breaker cows brought 2.00-8.00 higher. Some price spreads were wider among the higher quality slaughter cattle due to higher buyer demand. This week brought good rain to several parts of the sale area, keeping temperatures cooler and grass greener.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $381.07/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 4 of 31 comparable sales and sits −71.84 against this barn's trailing median of $452.91.
Average price
$381.07
7 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,099
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+29.46
vs TX average
+2.49 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551381.072,0997thin
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 sale7 hd
381.07
—
TX average5 barns · 355 hd
351.61
+29.46
National average158 barns · 13,435 hd
378.58
+2.49
This barn, trailing median31 sales
452.91
−71.84
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
524468412356median 452.9103/0504/2306/1808/2710/29
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,275199.752,5473thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,535155.302,3844thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,323144.061,90656
CowsLean 85-90%Average901103.7093430

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)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,430$2,9001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,280$2,6001thin

Every lot

52 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,8003
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed428402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,7233
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0672
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1559377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,1105
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618339.82/cwt339.00–340.002,10011
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Full642327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,1033
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1653335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,18811
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed696324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,2558
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2710283.00/cwt283.00–283.002,0092
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1716322.33/cwt320.00–327.502,30824
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed731312.21/cwt302.00–322.502,2824
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2744289.00/cwt289.00–289.002,1506
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Natural747326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,43562
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed767323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,4776
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2799250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9982
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1827300.84/cwt294.00–303.502,488173
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2836271.00/cwt271.00–271.002,2666
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1850293.00/cwt293.00–293.002,4912
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Natural887297.50/cwt297.50–297.502,63961
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed890287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,55410
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,033260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,6862
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2363352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,2802
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed423420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7773
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,7712
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2493343.33/cwt340.00–350.001,6936
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8126
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1588320.51/cwt320.00–322.501,88515
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605316.62/cwt305.00–320.001,91617
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672290.41/cwt288.00–294.001,9525
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Full695235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6332
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718288.24/cwt280.00–290.002,07016
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1765287.01/cwt285.00–289.002,196126
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1836271.00/cwt271.00–271.002,26621
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1853252.00/cwt252.00–252.002,1502
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1950248.00/cwt248.00–248.002,3565
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1474380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8014
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1580312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,8133
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1895243.00/cwt243.00–243.002,1751
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2930242.50/cwt242.50–242.502,2551
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2738202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,4942
Beef/Dairy Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2791162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,2856
Beef/Dairy Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2878173.33/cwt170.00–200.001,52218
Beef/Dairy Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2920209.55/cwt199.00–220.001,92826
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,275199.75/cwt191.00–219.002,5473
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight79198.31/cwt92.50–107.0077816
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01498.45/cwt97.00–100.009986
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,036118.42/cwt111.00–123.501,2278
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,132132.20/cwt124.00–142.501,49722
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,447151.74/cwt145.00–157.002,19634
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,535155.30/cwt151.00–157.002,3844
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2802,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4302,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001

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.