Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2025-11-06

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Nov 6
● Final88 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,369 head
▼ 161 vs last sale 1,530▲ 833 vs year ago 536 · +155.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
366 head
▲ 59 vs last sale 307▲ 26 vs year ago 340 · +7.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There were few comparable sales on calves and feeders to determine a trend, but sentiment followed the board downward. Demand for steers was steady as heifer demand was up and down with better kind of weaned heifers dollaring out higher. Plainer and unweaned or short weaned cattle continue to be in less demand as the price gap grows wider. High yielding slaughter cows were up 2.00 and high yielding bulls brought 8.00 higher. .

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $363.00/cwt on 163 head. That ranks 8 of 27 comparable sales and sits −34.14 against this barn's trailing median of $397.14.
Average price
$363.00
163 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,919
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$530
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$100.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+24.36
vs TX average
−2.61 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532370.841,974135
Medium and Large 1-2508334.381,69724
Medium and Large 2535270.001,4454thin
One grade step is worth $100.84/cwt here — about $530 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale163 hd
363.00
—
TX average5 barns · 420 hd
338.64
+24.36
National average198 barns · 25,157 hd
365.61
−2.61
This barn, trailing median27 sales
397.14
−34.14
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
459408357307median 397.1403/0504/3006/1809/0310/29
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,641185.003,0368thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,239157.931,957126
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,692154.932,6214thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,027135.061,38743

Every lot

88 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 12401,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3753
Steers250–300Medium and Large 12751,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3002
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1356422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,5044
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned363417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,5163
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned410395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6203
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,5487
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2460372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,7144
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,1054
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2488285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3918
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518405.87/cwt395.00–417.502,1024
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned523360.21/cwt340.00–365.001,88420
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2541367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,9884
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1553369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,04110
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned570335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,91015
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed602389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,34223
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned620318.42/cwt312.50–332.501,97410
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621410.56/cwt400.00–417.502,55027
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned634359.92/cwt352.50–372.502,28216
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2645306.74/cwt290.00–315.001,97812
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2646270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7448
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Full650320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0802
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned670285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,91046
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2687293.22/cwt290.00–302.502,01415
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1688301.09/cwt290.00–312.502,0714
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1707330.06/cwt322.50–343.002,33465
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2712297.50/cwt297.50–297.502,1183
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2713292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,0863
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned718290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0829
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1783327.95/cwt327.00–330.002,56819
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1829315.22/cwt307.50–325.002,61311
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1883326.29/cwt324.00–328.002,88135
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,068299.00/cwt299.00–299.003,1932
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,109292.00/cwt292.00–292.003,2384
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 12821,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3503
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Full305455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,3882
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed347435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,5099
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned393385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,5138
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2413340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4046
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed426385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6405
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1434369.52/cwt360.00–382.501,6047
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2440332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,4632
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed456430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,9617
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Full475327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,5563
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy479422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,0248
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1485347.36/cwt340.00–355.001,68515
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2504330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,66321
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy511405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,07090
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2742
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy533365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,9453
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1548315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7265
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Full550295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6232
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy558350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,95311
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1586282.38/cwt270.00–293.001,65529
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy603400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,41285
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616304.21/cwt290.00–312.501,8748
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628282.76/cwt280.00–286.001,77620
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned657265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,74110
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1664311.46/cwt310.00–320.002,06842
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,8062
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,9296
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1759307.76/cwt300.00–312.502,3368
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2763265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,0222
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1820298.18/cwt279.00–302.002,44535
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2848250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,1203
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,014277.00/cwt277.00–277.002,80926
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 12701,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2502
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Natural493330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6272
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,6773
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1732240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7573
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1894250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,2355
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2260310.00/cwt310.00–310.008065
Beef/Dairy Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2653175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1433
Beef/Dairy Heifers650–700Medium 1677165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1173
Beef/Dairy Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2770245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,8872
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers0–50Medium and Large 222220.00/cwt220.00–220.00483
Beef/Dairy Steers200–250Medium and Large 2234255.19/cwt250.00–265.0059720
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,440171.00/cwt171.00–171.002,4622
Bulls——1,661191.50/cwt185.00–197.003,1814
Bulls——1,803186.00/cwt180.00–191.003,3542
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight83597.00/cwt97.00–97.008103
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight936114.01/cwt110.00–121.001,0679
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight941148.03/cwt137.00–153.001,3936
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,095156.37/cwt153.00–159.001,71213
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,113130.79/cwt128.00–140.001,45612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,229164.11/cwt160.00–168.002,01790
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,229128.29/cwt117.00–139.001,57714
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,287151.52/cwt145.00–161.001,95022
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,692154.93/cwt150.00–160.002,6214

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.