Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2026-01-22

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jan 22
● Final102 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,116 head
▼ 1,314 vs last sale 3,430▲ 521 vs year ago 1,595 · +32.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
370 head
▼ 122 vs last sale 492▲ 15 vs year ago 355 · +4.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 38▲ 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Sentiment was largely mixed to lower this week. Mainly due to the plainer quality of cattle and the impending winter storm due to arrive this evening into tomorrow morning. Demand was slow on plainer quality cattle but was more active on the fancier and long weaned cattle. Average yielding boner slaughter cows brought 8.00 higher. Trade on slaughter cattle was active on good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $395.74/cwt on 130 head. That ranks 14 of 27 comparable sales and sits −1.40 against this barn's trailing median of $397.14.
Average price
$395.74
130 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,197
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$363
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$77.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.88
vs TX average
−15.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551412.402,273102
Medium and Large 1-2570335.021,91028
One grade step is worth $77.38/cwt here — about $363 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 sale130 hd
395.74
—
TX average4 barns · 481 hd
382.86
+12.88
National average175 barns · 20,266 hd
410.87
−15.13
This barn, trailing median27 sales
397.14
−1.40
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—Low1,595174.762,7879thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,708153.002,6132thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,235147.451,821152
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,005129.261,30027
HeifersChoiceHigh1,268170.002,1566thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,278$3,0004thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,020$3,2501thin

Every lot

102 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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers150–200Medium and Large 11951,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0502
Steers200–250Medium and Large 12281,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0503
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1276535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,4778
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1324608.80/cwt605.00–612.501,9734
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2348300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0442
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360595.00/cwt595.00–595.002,1422
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2389525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,0427
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Full403415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,6722
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2403300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2093
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,0403
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426446.09/cwt445.00–447.501,9007
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy439517.50/cwt517.50–517.502,2729
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468478.24/cwt470.00–490.002,23828
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2493425.53/cwt410.00–435.002,0988
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Full498465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,3164
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2498400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9922
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1500425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,12512
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Full500420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,1003
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Full519455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,3614
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529400.97/cwt397.50–405.002,12111
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy546455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,48431
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2552410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,2633
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy564452.00/cwt452.00–452.002,54930
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1564435.24/cwt432.50–437.002,45540
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575374.13/cwt360.00–380.002,15112
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed625395.45/cwt395.00–397.002,47217
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630374.35/cwt370.00–377.002,35813
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy632421.96/cwt421.00–425.002,66724
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,5086
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1664395.57/cwt393.00–396.002,62735
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2685317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,1713
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2721340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4517
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed728377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,74512
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1731383.79/cwt381.00–387.002,80650
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2743310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,3032
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed749363.00/cwt363.00–363.002,71924
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2767324.43/cwt322.50–330.002,4888
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1778340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,6456
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1832347.06/cwt343.00–349.502,88852
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1866342.66/cwt342.00–344.002,96775
Feeder Cattle · Heifers39 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed2571,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5503
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 12741,529.69/head1,425.00–1,600.001,5305
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1326452.99/cwt360.00–532.501,47714
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1361517.50/cwt517.50–517.501,8684
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy380310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,17811
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed386390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5054
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418393.72/cwt392.50–395.001,6464
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy425453.41/cwt450.00–457.501,92729
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425440.49/cwt425.00–465.001,87219
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Full427435.89/cwt425.00–445.001,8619
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Full431440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,8964
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455432.05/cwt420.00–466.001,96641
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477343.27/cwt332.50–351.001,63716
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2486384.51/cwt380.00–387.501,8695
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Full495427.50/cwt427.50–427.502,11613
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Full524330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7295
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527416.99/cwt405.00–422.502,19836
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534367.13/cwt355.00–375.001,9605
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1562415.85/cwt400.00–420.002,33744
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed569398.00/cwt398.00–398.002,26522
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2593327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,94218
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620357.34/cwt353.00–365.002,21621
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy621388.76/cwt381.00–390.002,414121
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0632
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed627374.00/cwt374.00–374.002,34510
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2644310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9964
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,22111
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed679352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,39019
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1690340.96/cwt330.00–342.002,35394
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed694348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,41517
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2724310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2445
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1736340.27/cwt326.00–342.002,50424
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1766337.14/cwt320.00–340.002,582265
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2773270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0874
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1825322.84/cwt321.00–325.502,66392
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fleshy979285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,79024
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,035280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,8983
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,117270.00/cwt270.00–270.003,0163
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,146253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,8997
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Full438440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,9272
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515412.14/cwt400.00–425.002,1236
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3616417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,5727
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers250–300Medium and Large 2286215.00/cwt215.00–215.006154
Beef/Dairy Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325250.00/cwt250.00–250.008132
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2246285.00/cwt285.00–285.007014
Beef/Dairy Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2367255.00/cwt255.00–255.009366
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,268170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,1566
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,556181.55/cwt176.00–185.002,8257
Bulls——1,650164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,7061
Bulls——1,810138.00/cwt138.00–138.002,4981
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight904121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0948
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight914135.84/cwt133.00–141.001,24216
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight943152.75/cwt149.00–159.001,4407
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight968105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0165
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,073143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,5342
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,125137.83/cwt133.00–139.001,55129
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,240162.33/cwt155.00–169.002,01332
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,265128.38/cwt125.00–135.001,6245
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,344147.29/cwt141.00–151.001,98075
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,708153.00/cwt153.00–153.002,6132
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2783,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0004
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0203,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2501

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.