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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Sep 25

● Final94 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

← Sep 18Sep 25Oct 2 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,198 head

▲ 129 vs last sale 2,069▲ 841 vs year ago 1,357 · +62.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

387 head

▲ 34 vs last sale 353▲ 7 vs year ago 380 · +1.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

3 head

▼ 72 vs last sale 75▼ 1 vs year ago 4 · −25.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Comparable sales were too few to determine a trend, even with a good turn out of yearlings coming off grass. The undertone seemed mixed however, as prices seemed to track with market volatility and demand for larger cattle to fill empty pens. The most desired classes of cattle seem to be 700 pound steers and heifers. Average to high yielding slaughter cattle sold 1.00-9.00 lower. Trade was moderate on plain to better quality cattle.

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 $420.57/cwt on 129 head. That ranks 11 of 31 comparable sales and sits −32.34 against this barn's trailing median of $452.91.

Average price

$420.57

129 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,280

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$448

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

$75.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+38.99

vs TX average

+3.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	439.34	2,393	97
Medium and Large 1-2	535	363.67	1,945	32

One grade step is worth $75.67/cwt here — about $448 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 sale129 hd

420.57

—

TX average5 barns · 386 hd

381.58

+38.99

National average168 barns · 11,658 hd

417.09

+3.48

This barn, trailing median31 sales

452.91

−32.34

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	—	Low	1,620	145.43	2,356	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,312	146.14	1,918	107
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,840	143.00	2,631	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,134	119.28	1,352	45

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,327	$1,525	3thin

Every lot

94 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 · Steers44 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	240	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	284	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	12
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	319	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,643	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	323	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	977	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	329	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,110	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	345	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,898	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	365	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,752	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,422	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	404	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,161	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	412	514.29/cwt	507.50–516.00	2,119	26
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,782	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,777	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	352.26/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,515	43
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	445	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,435	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	448	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,949	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	462	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,617	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,060	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	480	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,189	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	394.61/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,894	52
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	503	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,264	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	511	375.68/cwt	375.00–382.50	1,920	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	448.38/cwt	445.00–455.00	2,323	21
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	519	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,374	25
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	560	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,960	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	592	422.50/cwt	414.00–425.00	2,501	32
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	594	334.07/cwt	332.50–335.00	1,984	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	598	388.50/cwt	387.50–390.00	2,323	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	379.37/cwt	375.00–391.00	2,310	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	620	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,279	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	639	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,252	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	664	358.87/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,383	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	317.81/cwt	312.50–320.00	2,164	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	694	332.43/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,307	33
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	391.30/cwt	380.00–393.00	2,821	217
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	723	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,332	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	741	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,890	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,862	11
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Full	814	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,625	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Full	820	364.31/cwt	362.00–367.00	2,987	96
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	880	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,728	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	881	349.33/cwt	347.00–351.00	3,078	87
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	908	351.10/cwt	331.00–351.75	3,188	304
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	975	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	3,432	52
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,043	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	3,275	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	225	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	1
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	240	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	302	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	1,608	15
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	315	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,410	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	354	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,168	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	368	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,546	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,748	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	395	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,748	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,264	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	428	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,755	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	430	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,903	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,656	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,408	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	435	276.64/cwt	275.00–277.50	1,203	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,949	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	440.80/cwt	440.00–441.00	2,019	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	488	380.47/cwt	380.00–382.50	1,857	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	500	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,895	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	501	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,114	27
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	529	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,852	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	571	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,841	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	603	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,104	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,158	26
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	627	310.94/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,950	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,160	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	677	308.52/cwt	302.50–312.50	2,089	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,339	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	344.84/cwt	337.50–349.00	2,473	11
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,474	63
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	821	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,442	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Full	838	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,715	9
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	884	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,555	23
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	957	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,871	26
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,610	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,943	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	604	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,993	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,178	4
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	660	3
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	300	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	600	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,300	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,625	1
Bulls	—	—	1,780	155.65/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,771	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	828	120.58/cwt	120.00–121.00	998	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	947	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,065	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,204	114.94/cwt	112.00–118.00	1,384	19
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,245	125.43/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,562	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,268	121.65/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,543	24
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,311	145.35/cwt	139.00–147.50	1,906	45
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,342	162.55/cwt	157.00–171.00	2,181	38
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,840	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	2,631	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,327	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	3

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 Sep 25, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,198Last week 2,069Year ago 1,357

Slaughter CattleReceipts 387Last week 353Year ago 380

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 75Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	1,100.00	1,100.00
7	350–400	380	460.00	460.00
5	400–450	443	440.00	440.00
10	450–500	458	440.00–441.00	440.80
27	500–550	501	422.00	422.00
3	600–650	603	349.00	349.00
2	650–700	683	342.50	342.50
11	700–750	717	337.50–349.00	344.84
63	750–800	759	326.00	326.00
23	850–900	884	289.00	289.00
26	950–1000	957	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	430	385.00	385.00
21	450–500	488	380.00–382.50	380.47
3	500–550	500	379.00	379.00
26	600–650	613	352.00	352.00
2	650–700	675	320.00	320.00
7	800–850	821	297.50	297.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	447.50	447.50
6	400–450	428	410.00	410.00
7	500–550	529	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	800–850	838	324.00	324.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	302	532.50	532.50
14	350–400	395	442.50	442.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
1	200–250	225	925.00	925.00
2	350–400	395	320.00	320.00
3	400–450	430	327.50	327.50
5	550–600	571	322.50	322.50
11	600–650	627	300.00–315.00	310.94
10	650–700	677	302.50–312.50	308.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	420.00	420.00
12	400–450	430	442.50	442.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	354	330.00	330.00
12	400–450	435	275.00–277.50	276.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	404	535.00	535.00
10	450–500	480	456.00	456.00
32	550–600	592	414.00–425.00	422.50
18	650–700	664	350.00–360.00	358.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	1,350.00	1,350.00
12	250–300	284	1,825.00	1,825.00
6	400–450	412	432.50	432.50
4	450–500	479	430.00	430.00
21	500–550	518	445.00–455.00	448.38
5	550–600	598	387.50–390.00	388.50
15	600–650	609	375.00–391.00	379.37
33	650–700	694	330.00–350.00	332.43
217	700–750	721	380.00–393.00	391.30
11	750–800	784	365.00	365.00
87	850–900	881	347.00–351.00	349.33
304	900–950	908	331.00–351.75	351.10
52	950–1000	975	352.00	352.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	319	515.00	515.00
14	500–550	503	450.00	450.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	480.00	480.00
3	400–450	418	425.00	425.00
52	450–500	480	385.00–395.00	394.61
22	500–550	511	375.00–382.50	375.68
8	550–600	594	332.50–335.00	334.07
4	600–650	639	352.50	352.50
7	650–700	681	312.50–320.00	317.81
2	850–900	880	310.00	310.00
10	1000–1050	1,043	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	550.00	550.00
26	400–450	412	507.50–516.00	514.29
25	500–550	519	457.50	457.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	302.50	302.50
3	350–400	395	360.00	360.00
43	400–450	430	350.00–355.00	352.26
5	450–500	462	350.00	350.00
3	700–750	723	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
96	800–850	820	362.00–367.00	364.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	329	337.50	337.50
9	400–450	445	322.50	322.50
9	700–750	741	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	448	435.00	435.00
2	550–600	560	350.00	350.00
3	600–650	620	367.50	367.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	814	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	604	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	488	330.00	330.00
3	550–600	580	335.00	335.00
4	650–700	670	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	440	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	300	200.00	200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	947	112.50	112.50
8	—	828	120.00–121.00	120.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,204	112.00–118.00	114.94
15	—	1,245	120.00–130.00	125.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,311	139.00–147.50	145.35
24	—	1,268	120.00–125.00	121.65
38	—	1,342	157.00–171.00	162.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,840	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	125.00	125.00
2	—	1,780	150.00–160.00	155.65

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,327	1,525.00	1,525.00

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.