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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jul 17

● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

← Jul 10Jul 17Jul 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

923 head

▼ 1,129 vs last sale 2,052▼ 54 vs year ago 977 · −5.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

293 head

▼ 298 vs last sale 591▼ 97 vs year ago 390 · −24.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

5 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 1▲ 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There were few comparable sales on steer calves to set a trend. Feeder steers however; brought 10.00-20.00 higher with 800lb. and larger bringing over 3.00. there were few comparable sales on both heifer calves and feeders but a higher undertone was noted. Average to high yielding slaughter cows were mostly steady with high yielding bulls up 15.00. Trade was active on good demand.

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 $372.66/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −80.25 against this barn's trailing median of $452.91.

Average price

$372.66

29 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,038

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

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

$68.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.54

vs TX average

+0.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	526	398.73	2,097	18thin
Medium and Large 1-2	581	330.00	1,917	11thin

One grade step is worth $68.73/cwt here — about $180 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale29 hd

372.66

—

TX average4 barns · 250 hd

364.12

+8.54

National average147 barns · 7,194 hd

372.43

+0.23

This barn, trailing median31 sales

452.91

−80.25

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,414	183.29	2,592	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,485	176.00	2,614	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,231	158.65	1,953	91
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,051	132.76	1,395	28

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)	1,350	$1,825	1thin

Every lot

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. 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	1,738	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,296	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	408	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,428	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	441.02/cwt	440.00–442.50	1,918	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	437	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,912	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	398.73/cwt	380.00–406.00	2,097	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,917	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	607	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,261	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	359.33/cwt	357.50–362.50	2,264	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	333.89/cwt	320.00–339.00	2,107	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	655	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,148	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	674	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,130	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	675	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,481	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	689	354.08/cwt	340.00–363.00	2,440	86
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	351.50/cwt	351.50–351.50	2,527	69
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,297	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Full	780	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,457	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,693	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Full	835	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,614	60
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	840	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,352	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	889	319.69/cwt	318.50–320.00	2,842	70
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	317.95/cwt	314.00–318.50	2,916	24
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,004	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	3,072	47
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,103	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,691	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	248	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	326	487.31/cwt	480.00–490.00	1,589	19
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	379	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,601	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	402	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,698	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	444	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,745	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	378.65/cwt	372.50–385.00	1,783	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	513	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,631	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,930	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,023	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,959	23
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,072	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	695	333.50/cwt	333.50–333.50	2,318	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	756	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,427	14
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,227	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	360	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,818	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	365	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,205	2
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	290	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	798	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	944	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,175	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	513	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,770	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	566	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,670	4
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	732	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,976	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	975	151.29/cwt	137.00–165.00	1,475	2
Bulls	—	—	1,853	215.29/cwt	215.00–215.50	3,989	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	822	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,019	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	938	127.93/cwt	122.00–141.00	1,200	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	964	152.24/cwt	151.00–156.00	1,468	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,057	143.54/cwt	139.00–150.00	1,517	25
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,148	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,550	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,219	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,719	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,251	158.40/cwt	154.00–167.00	1,982	33
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,465	176.15/cwt	171.00–179.00	2,581	25
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,485	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,614	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,350	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	1

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 Jul 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 923Last week 2,052Year ago 977

Slaughter CattleReceipts 293Last week 591Year ago 390

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 1Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	275	1,375.00	1,375.00
2	300–350	333	522.00	522.00
5	400–450	435	440.00–442.50	441.02
18	500–550	526	380.00–406.00	398.73
8	600–650	630	357.50–362.50	359.33
86	650–700	689	340.00–363.00	354.08
69	700–750	719	351.50	351.50
9	800–850	826	326.00	326.00
70	850–900	889	318.50–320.00	319.69
24	900–950	917	314.00–318.50	317.95
47	1000–1050	1,004	306.00	306.00
2	1100–1150	1,103	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	780	315.00	315.00
60	800–850	835	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	674	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	607	372.50	372.50
3	650–700	675	367.50	367.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	360	360.00	360.00
2	800–850	840	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	437	437.50	437.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	408	350.00	350.00
11	550–600	581	330.00	330.00
12	600–650	631	320.00–339.00	333.89
2	700–750	735	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	650–700	655	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	248	1,100.00	1,100.00
19	300–350	326	480.00–490.00	487.31
11	400–450	444	393.00	393.00
19	450–500	471	372.50–385.00	378.65
3	500–550	518	372.50	372.50
6	550–600	588	344.00	344.00
3	600–650	628	330.00	330.00
4	850–900	860	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	695	333.50	333.50
14	750–800	756	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	379	422.50	422.50
10	400–450	402	422.50	422.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	500–550	513	318.00	318.00
23	600–650	617	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	505.00	505.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	275.00	275.00
2	300–350	320	295.00	295.00
3	450–500	470	250.00	250.00
2	500–550	513	345.00	345.00
4	550–600	566	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	732	270.00	270.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,485	176.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	964	151.00–156.00	152.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,251	154.00–167.00	158.40
25	—	1,057	139.00–150.00	143.54
25	—	1,465	171.00–179.00	176.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	822	124.00	124.00
11	—	938	122.00–141.00	127.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,219	141.00	141.00
6	—	1,148	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	975	137.00–165.00	151.29
2	—	1,853	215.00–215.50	215.29

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)	1	—	1,350	1,825.00	1,825.00

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.