Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2025-08-07

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Aug 7

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

← Jul 31Aug 7Aug 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,164 head

▼ 46 vs last sale 1,210▲ 310 vs year ago 854 · +36.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

548 head

▲ 149 vs last sale 399▲ 227 vs year ago 321 · +70.7%

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There were no comparable sales on most classes to set a trend, but a higher undertone was noted. Heifers had a larger turn out and demand was high on good quality. Dairy cattle dominated the slaughter cattle market today; a strong turn out of good fleshed, average yielding dairy cows sold 10.00 higher. Dry air and high heat has dominated the forecast this week, but seasonal temps and rain chances return to the area next week.

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 $408.96/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 17 of 27 comparable sales and sits +11.83 against this barn's trailing median of $397.14.

Average price

$408.96

66 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,232

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$560

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

$115.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+41.52

vs TX average

+58.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	415.99	2,264	62
Medium and Large 2	568	300.00	1,704	4thin

One grade step is worth $115.99/cwt here — about $560 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 sale66 hd

408.96

—

TX average5 barns · 326 hd

367.44

+41.52

National average149 barns · 9,537 hd

350.57

+58.39

This barn, trailing median27 sales

397.14

+11.83

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	—	Average	1,658	182.71	3,029	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,449	165.39	2,397	172
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,041	129.02	1,344	42

Every lot

55 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	253	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Full	384	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,131	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,936	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,027	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	471	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,684	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	481	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,537	26
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	487	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,595	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	503	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,100	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,106	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	564	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	2,499	66
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	384.64/cwt	382.50–390.00	2,246	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	600	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,208	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,243	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	361.84/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,439	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,694	67
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	321.26/cwt	318.00–325.00	2,827	15
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	905	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,824	2
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,007	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	3,253	26
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	100–150	Medium and Large 1	120	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Heifers	150–200	Medium and Large 1-2	195	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	2
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	243	890.00/head	890.00–890.00	890	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,650	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,725	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	365	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,935	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,910	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,038	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,407	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,197	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,930	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	480	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,160	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	541	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,286	55
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,924	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	568	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,704	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	583	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,201	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	691	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,367	25
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,253	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Full	728	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,129	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	745	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,012	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,149	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	804	267.84/cwt	265.00–270.00	2,153	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	318.29/cwt	303.00–319.00	2,607	112
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	884	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,572	68
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	150–200	Medium and Large 1	193	954.74/head	935.00–975.00	955	2
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 2	215	675.00/head	675.00–675.00	675	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,992	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,658	182.71/cwt	176.00–188.00	3,029	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	798	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	934	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	905	124.94/cwt	123.00–130.00	1,131	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	960	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,459	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,092	131.75/cwt	124.00–138.00	1,439	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,153	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,787	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,278	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,457	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,341	153.84/cwt	145.00–160.50	2,063	31
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,459	166.56/cwt	160.00–172.00	2,430	110
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,584	175.00/cwt	173.00–176.00	2,772	28

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 Aug 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,164Last week 1,210Year ago 854

Slaughter CattleReceipts 548Last week 399Year ago 321

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	253	1,350.00	1,350.00
3	350–400	395	490.00	490.00
2	450–500	453	447.50	447.50
2	500–550	503	417.50	417.50
7	550–600	584	382.50–390.00	384.64
3	600–650	623	360.00	360.00
5	650–700	674	350.00–370.00	361.84
67	700–750	730	369.00	369.00
15	850–900	880	318.00–325.00	321.26
2	900–950	905	312.00	312.00
26	1000–1050	1,007	323.00	323.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	384	555.00	555.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	481	527.50	527.50
66	550–600	564	443.00	443.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	471	357.50	357.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	540	390.00	390.00
17	600–650	600	368.00	368.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	487	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	195	825.00	825.00
4	450–500	465	415.00	415.00
2	700–750	745	270.00	270.00
7	800–850	804	265.00–270.00	267.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	120	700.00	700.00
2	300–350	345	500.00	500.00
7	350–400	382	500.00	500.00
7	400–450	416	490.00	490.00
4	450–500	460	477.50	477.50
3	550–600	553	348.00	348.00
25	650–700	691	342.50	342.50
5	700–750	721	312.50	312.50
3	750–800	762	282.00	282.00
112	800–850	819	303.00–319.00	318.29
68	850–900	884	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	300	550.00	550.00
7	350–400	365	530.00	530.00
10	450–500	480	450.00	450.00
55	500–550	541	422.50	422.50
4	550–600	583	377.50	377.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	728	292.50	292.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	243	890.00	890.00
3	400–450	433	325.00	325.00
4	550–600	568	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
2	150–200	193	935.00–975.00	954.74
2	400–450	433	460.00	460.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
1	200–250	215	675.00	675.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,341	145.00–160.50	153.84
110	—	1,459	160.00–172.00	166.56
28	—	1,584	173.00–176.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	798	117.00	117.00
13	—	905	123.00–130.00	124.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,278	114.00	114.00
6	—	1,153	155.00	155.00
13	—	1,092	124.00–138.00	131.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	960	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,658	176.00–188.00	182.71

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.