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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jan 8

● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

← Dec 18Jan 8Jan 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,214 head

▲ 445 vs last sale 1,769▼ 629 vs year ago 2,843 · −22.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

575 head

▲ 172 vs last sale 403▲ 75 vs year ago 500 · +15.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

2 head

▼ 53 vs last sale 55▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: The first sale of the year brought higher numbers and better quality than before the holiday break. Though there were few comparable sales among calves and feeders to determine a trend, sentiment followed the board upwards. Average to high yielding slaughter cows sold 10.00-16.00 lower, slaughter bulls 10.00 lower. 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 $447.26/cwt on 181 head. That ranks 15 of 31 comparable sales and sits −5.64 against this barn's trailing median of $452.91.

Average price

$447.26

181 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,503

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$182

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

$49.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.84

vs TX average

−19.07 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	452.48	2,529	157
Medium and Large 1-2	562	415.28	2,333	20
Medium and Large 2	583	402.50	2,347	4thin

One grade step is worth $49.98/cwt here — about $182 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale181 hd

447.26

—

TX average5 barns · 546 hd

430.42

+16.84

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

−19.07

This barn, trailing median31 sales

452.91

−5.64

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	1,546	168.28	2,602	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,557	152.99	2,382	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,193	133.40	1,591	218
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	977	125.11	1,223	24

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,230	$2,550	2thin

Every lot

85 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	286	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	1,931	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Full	345	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,036	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	607.80/cwt	590.00–615.00	2,358	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	416	542.50/cwt	540.00–545.00	2,257	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	581.68/cwt	570.00–587.00	2,478	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,338	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	458	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,324	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	482.08/cwt	475.00–495.00	2,251	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	503	496.00/cwt	496.00–496.00	2,495	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	519	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,413	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	461.82/cwt	450.00–475.00	2,434	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,412	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	540	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,538	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	562	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,478	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	397.93/cwt	382.50–405.00	2,284	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	430.60/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,497	58
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	583	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,347	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	592	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,735	24
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	618	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,565	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	383.34/cwt	378.00–387.50	2,400	53
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	360.34/cwt	355.00–363.00	2,425	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	387.68/cwt	367.50–393.00	2,617	54
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	387.64/cwt	376.00–392.00	2,795	149
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	740	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,757	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	742	360.63/cwt	360.00–361.00	2,676	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	767	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,454	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	371.69/cwt	357.50–379.00	2,892	152
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	783	350.43/cwt	348.50–354.00	2,744	25
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	354.06/cwt	353.00–355.00	2,914	111
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Natural	848	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,993	47
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	862	349.73/cwt	347.00–352.00	3,015	69
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	898	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,999	6
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	979	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,133	25
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,023	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	3,202	3
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1,078	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,234	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	288	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,814	9
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	302	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	1,593	10
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	345	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,622	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	491.66/cwt	489.00–495.00	1,844	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	375	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,828	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,076	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	440	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,881	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	476.58/cwt	465.00–480.00	2,178	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,833	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Full	471	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,990	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	501	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,229	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	409.53/cwt	392.50–415.00	2,150	27
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	346.55/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,854	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,184	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	584	341.29/cwt	330.00–346.00	1,993	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	374.51/cwt	373.00–380.00	2,195	27
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	590	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,401	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	608	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,824	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	370.64/cwt	354.00–379.00	2,291	55
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	632	327.10/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,067	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Full	667	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,201	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	670	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,285	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	706	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,453	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	342.53/cwt	337.50–350.00	2,483	50
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	742	298.50/cwt	297.50–305.00	2,215	15
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	753	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,485	16
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	343.38/cwt	328.00–354.00	2,843	96
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	880	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,834	15
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,870	31
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,476	3
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	213	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	777	5
Beef/Dairy Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	255	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	822	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	309	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	896	5
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	269	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	942	6
Beef/Dairy Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	319	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,021	7
Beef/Dairy Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	463	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,158	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,362	167.70/cwt	164.00–174.00	2,284	3
Bulls	—	—	1,403	151.25/cwt	150.00–153.00	2,122	2
Bulls	—	—	1,577	177.68/cwt	177.00–179.00	2,802	3
Bulls	—	—	1,795	170.83/cwt	170.00–173.00	3,066	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	956	125.09/cwt	121.00–131.00	1,196	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	1,016	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,524	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,028	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,254	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	1,033	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,374	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,130	127.44/cwt	121.00–133.00	1,440	103
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	1,184	130.38/cwt	129.00–133.00	1,544	26
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,209	154.92/cwt	153.00–159.00	1,873	21
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,303	136.11/cwt	129.00–145.00	1,774	64
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,557	152.99/cwt	152.00–154.00	2,382	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,230	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	2

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 Jan 8, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,214Last week 1,769Year ago 2,843

Slaughter CattleReceipts 575Last week 403Year ago 500

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 55Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	550–600	590	407.00	407.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	288	630.00	630.00
14	350–400	375	489.00–495.00	491.66
11	400–450	437	475.00	475.00
18	450–500	457	465.00–480.00	476.58
27	500–550	525	392.50–415.00	409.53
3	550–600	563	388.00	388.00
55	600–650	618	354.00–379.00	370.64
50	700–750	725	337.50–350.00	342.53
96	800–850	828	328.00–354.00	343.38
31	900–950	920	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	471	422.50	422.50
3	650–700	667	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	670	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
15	850–900	880	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	302	527.50	527.50
18	500–550	501	445.00	445.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	470	390.00	390.00
9	500–550	535	320.00–360.00	346.55
10	550–600	584	330.00–346.00	341.29
7	600–650	632	325.00–330.00	327.10
15	700–750	742	297.50–305.00	298.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	487.50	487.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	550–600	586	373.00–380.00	374.51
2	600–650	608	300.00	300.00
4	700–750	706	347.50	347.50
16	750–800	753	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	345	470.00	470.00
4	400–450	440	427.50	427.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
47	800–850	848	353.00	353.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	286	675.00	675.00
14	350–400	388	590.00–615.00	607.80
6	400–450	426	570.00–587.00	581.68
18	450–500	467	475.00–495.00	482.08
20	500–550	527	450.00–475.00	461.82
58	550–600	580	420.00–440.00	430.60
53	600–650	626	378.00–387.50	383.34
54	650–700	675	367.50–393.00	387.68
149	700–750	721	376.00–392.00	387.64
152	750–800	778	357.50–379.00	371.69
111	800–850	823	353.00–355.00	354.06
69	850–900	862	347.00–352.00	349.73
25	950–1000	979	320.00	320.00
3	1000–1050	1,023	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	433	540.00	540.00
7	500–550	539	447.50	447.50
13	550–600	574	382.50–405.00	397.93
9	650–700	673	355.00–363.00	360.34
8	700–750	742	360.00–361.00	360.63
25	750–800	783	348.50–354.00	350.43
6	850–900	898	334.00	334.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	458	507.50	507.50
12	500–550	503	496.00	496.00
13	550–600	562	441.00	441.00
21	600–650	618	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	590.00	590.00
21	500–550	540	470.00	470.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	740	372.50	372.50
2	1050–1100	1,078	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	519	465.00	465.00
24	550–600	592	462.00	462.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	583	402.50	402.50
6	750–800	767	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	416	540.00–545.00	542.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	900–950	917	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	213	365.00	365.00
2	250–300	255	322.50	322.50
5	300–350	309	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	269	350.00	350.00
7	300–350	319	320.00	320.00
2	450–500	463	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,028	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,557	152.00–154.00	152.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,016	150.00	150.00
26	—	1,184	129.00–133.00	130.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	1,130	121.00–133.00	127.44
64	—	1,303	129.00–145.00	136.11
21	—	1,209	153.00–159.00	154.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	956	121.00–131.00	125.09
2	—	1,033	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,403	150.00–153.00	151.25
3	—	1,577	177.00–179.00	177.68
3	—	1,362	164.00–174.00	167.70
3	—	1,795	170.00–173.00	170.83

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,230	2,550.00	2,550.00

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.