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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Oct 30

● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

← Oct 23Oct 30Nov 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,530 head

▼ 250 vs last sale 1,780▼ 651 vs year ago 2,181 · −29.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

307 head

▼ 48 vs last sale 355▼ 124 vs year ago 431 · −28.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

7 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 22▼ 22 vs year ago 29 · −75.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Prices followed the trend in the board. Most classes of steers were 30.00-60.00 lower with the heifers following suit. Quality was largely plainer with a run of largely unweaned cattle and cutter bulls. Most of the unweaned cattle bringing 30.00-40.00 lower than their long weaned counterparts. Slaughter cattle followed suit with average to high yielding boners bringing 3.00-5.00 lower. Trade was moderate. The first freeze came through the area this week, looks like fall might be here to stay. Irrigated wheat is up and calves are being turned out in some areas.

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 $395.18/cwt on 272 head. That ranks 5 of 31 comparable sales and sits −57.73 against this barn's trailing median of $452.91.

Average price

$395.18

272 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,155

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$221

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

$45.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+24.96

vs TX average

−34.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	395.51	2,156	270
Medium and Large 1-2	553	350.00	1,936	2thin

One grade step is worth $45.51/cwt here — about $221 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale272 hd

395.18

—

TX average5 barns · 546 hd

370.21

+24.96

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

−34.54

This barn, trailing median31 sales

452.91

−57.73

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	1,871	173.90	3,254	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,247	159.61	1,990	71
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,538	158.00	2,430	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	992	130.67	1,296	12
Heifers	Choice	High	1,035	280.00	2,898	2thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	High	1,054	247.50	2,609	7thin

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)	1,150	$2,650	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,257	$2,250	3thin

Every lot

80 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	205	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	285	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	295	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	388	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,504	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	393	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,818	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	410	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,599	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	479.84/cwt	460.00–487.50	2,011	22
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	434	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,105	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	469.55/cwt	460.00–475.00	2,155	25
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,916	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	522	364.27/cwt	355.00–367.50	1,901	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	400.54/cwt	390.00–412.00	2,131	156
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	537	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,282	23
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	553	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,936	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	381.36/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,197	33
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	584	349.52/cwt	347.50–350.00	2,041	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	591	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,408	24
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	608	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,642	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	644	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,996	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	662	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,052	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	345.13/cwt	342.50–350.00	2,326	50
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	678	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,448	74
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	704	357.79/cwt	356.00–358.00	2,519	20
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	725	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,066	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	743	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,322	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	317.72/cwt	314.00–323.00	2,450	110
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,854	8
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,000	6
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,042	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	3,293	46
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	270	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	348	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,305	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	348	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	992	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,295	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	1,831	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	422	363.33/cwt	350.00–372.50	1,533	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,445	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,904	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	472	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,900	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	498	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,843	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,607	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	518	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,722	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	578	313.17/cwt	295.00–317.50	1,810	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	591	327.98/cwt	325.00–342.50	1,938	16
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,160	39
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,865	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	699	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,748	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	2,257	97
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	294.85/cwt	292.00–302.50	2,238	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	323	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,550	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,868	26
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,898	16
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	522	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,566	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,767	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	327.51/cwt	310.00–332.50	2,001	33
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,049	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	688	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,720	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	296.76/cwt	295.00–302.50	2,184	13
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	870	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,914	1
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 2	935	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,496	2
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1Full	940	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,162	2
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	968	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,299	2
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	292	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	920	6
Beef/Dairy Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	356	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	926	5
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	329	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	740	6
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,035	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,898	2
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,054	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,609	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,648	168.78/cwt	161.00–175.00	2,781	2
Bulls	—	—	1,837	172.89/cwt	170.00–181.00	3,176	4
Bulls	—	—	2,017	177.47/cwt	170.00–180.00	3,580	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	840	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,319	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	878	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	966	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	960	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,344	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	970	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,067	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,063	147.60/cwt	143.00–151.00	1,569	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,140	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,539	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,247	153.20/cwt	147.00–156.00	1,910	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,275	162.10/cwt	155.00–169.00	2,067	58
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,538	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	2,430	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,150	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,257	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	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.

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Feeder CattleReceipts 1,530Last week 1,780Year ago 2,181

Slaughter CattleReceipts 307Last week 355Year ago 431

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 22Year ago 29

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	725	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	388	387.50	387.50
4	450–500	479	400.00	400.00
2	550–600	553	350.00	350.00
4	600–650	644	310.00	310.00
5	650–700	662	310.00	310.00
2	700–750	743	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	1,300.00	1,300.00
5	350–400	393	462.50	462.50
22	400–450	419	460.00–487.50	479.84
25	450–500	459	460.00–475.00	469.55
156	500–550	532	390.00–412.00	400.54
33	550–600	576	375.00–390.00	381.36
50	650–700	674	342.50–350.00	345.13
20	700–750	704	356.00–358.00	357.79
110	750–800	771	314.00–323.00	317.72
8	850–900	870	328.00	328.00
6	900–950	923	325.00	325.00
46	1000–1050	1,042	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	434	485.00	485.00
23	500–550	537	425.00	425.00
24	550–600	591	407.50	407.50
74	650–700	678	361.00	361.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
1	250–300	285	1,400.00	1,400.00
2	400–450	410	390.00	390.00
19	500–550	522	355.00–367.50	364.27
15	550–600	584	347.50–350.00	349.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
1	200–250	205	700.00	700.00
2	600–650	608	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	522	300.00	300.00
2	650–700	688	250.00	250.00
2	900–950	935	160.00	160.00
2	950–1000	968	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	470	397.50	397.50
16	500–550	513	370.00	370.00
2	550–600	570	310.00	310.00
33	600–650	611	310.00–332.50	327.51
2	650–700	683	300.00	300.00
13	700–750	736	295.00–302.50	296.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	870	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	900–950	940	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	480.00	480.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	348	375.00	375.00
3	350–400	350	370.00	370.00
5	400–450	422	350.00–372.50	363.33
20	450–500	472	402.50	402.50
2	500–550	518	332.50	332.50
12	550–600	578	295.00–317.50	313.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	875.00	875.00
2	350–400	388	472.00	472.00
3	450–500	470	405.00	405.00
16	550–600	591	325.00–342.50	327.98
39	650–700	675	320.00	320.00
97	700–750	720	313.50	313.50
11	750–800	759	292.00–302.50	294.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	699	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	425	340.00	340.00
2	500–550	510	315.00	315.00
5	650–700	678	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	498	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	292	315.00	315.00
5	350–400	356	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	329	225.00	225.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,150	2,650.00	2,650.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,257	2,250.00	2,250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,140	135.00	135.00
58	—	1,275	155.00–169.00	162.10
6	—	1,247	147.00–156.00	153.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,063	143.00–151.00	147.60
3	—	970	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,538	158.00	158.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	840	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	878	110.00	110.00
2	—	960	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,035	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,054	247.50	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,648	161.00–175.00	168.78
4	—	1,837	170.00–181.00	172.89
4	—	2,017	170.00–180.00	177.47

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.