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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Mar 5

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

← Feb 26Mar 5Mar 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

956 head

▼ 909 vs last sale 1,865▼ 1,168 vs year ago 2,124 · −55.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

212 head

▼ 58 vs last sale 270▼ 188 vs year ago 400 · −47.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

6 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 7▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There were too few comparable sales on all classes to determine a trend but a lower undertone was noted. The only exception were 700-750 pound steers, they seemed to remain steady to slightly higher on stronger demand. Slaughter cattle followed suit on a short test. Trading was mostly moderate on a plainer offering of 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 $452.23/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 15 of 31 comparable sales and sits −0.67 against this barn's trailing median of $452.91.

Average price

$452.23

53 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,575

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$34

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

$27.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.69

vs TX average

−23.33 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	454.81	2,578	48
Medium and Large 1-2	595	427.50	2,544	5thin

One grade step is worth $27.31/cwt here — about $34 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 sale53 hd

452.23

—

TX average5 barns · 248 hd

470.92

−18.69

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

−23.33

This barn, trailing median31 sales

452.91

−0.67

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	1,725	179.17	3,091	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,342	151.12	2,028	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	972	135.37	1,315	15

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,305	$2,950	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,450	$2,800	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,375	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,350	$2,200	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,230	$3,000	1thin

Every lot

55 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,146	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	403	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,317	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	472	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,384	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,502	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	504	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,419	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	520	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,483	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	451.33/cwt	450.00–454.00	2,595	42
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,544	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	417.62/cwt	407.50–425.00	2,614	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	639	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,607	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	683	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,698	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	689	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,808	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	397.74/cwt	393.00–398.00	2,844	76
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	373.52/cwt	369.00–392.00	2,884	22
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,967	13
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,892	12
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	315.87/cwt	310.00–329.00	2,922	85
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	150–200	Medium and Large 1	150	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	354	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	1,903	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,188	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,971	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	458	451.58/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,068	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	472.72/cwt	460.00–480.00	2,227	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	503	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,138	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,192	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,258	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	401.76/cwt	400.00–405.00	2,250	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	568	413.33/cwt	412.50–414.00	2,348	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	418.47/cwt	410.00–422.50	2,561	37
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	397.49/cwt	385.00–403.00	2,492	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	370.19/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,458	76
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	697	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,426	21
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	778	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,392	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,597	25
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,661	12
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	838	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,969	2
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	975	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,243	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	383	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,241	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,283	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,458	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,614	2
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	448	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,725	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,135	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,958	1
Bulls	—	—	1,850	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	3,164	1
Bulls	—	—	2,190	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	4,249	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	897	135.46/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,215	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	965	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,409	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,248	145.04/cwt	141.00–150.00	1,810	27
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,270	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,715	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,507	159.84/cwt	155.00–162.00	2,409	20
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,305	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,350	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,375	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,450	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,230	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1

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 Mar 5, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 956Last week 1,865Year ago 2,124

Slaughter CattleReceipts 212Last week 270Year ago 400

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 7Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	150	1,150.00	1,150.00
3	400–450	427	512.50	512.50
8	450–500	471	460.00–480.00	472.72
10	500–550	525	430.00	430.00
17	550–600	560	400.00–405.00	401.76
37	600–650	612	410.00–422.50	418.47
76	650–700	664	370.00–375.00	370.19
25	750–800	780	333.00	333.00
12	800–850	838	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	443	445.00	445.00
3	500–550	522	420.00	420.00
13	600–650	627	385.00–403.00	397.49
21	650–700	697	348.00	348.00
3	750–800	778	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	354	537.50	537.50
20	450–500	458	450.00–460.00	451.58
25	550–600	568	412.50–414.00	413.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	838	235.00	235.00
2	950–1000	975	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	503	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	580.00	580.00
2	450–500	493	507.50	507.50
4	500–550	504	480.00	480.00
42	550–600	575	450.00–454.00	451.33
18	600–650	626	407.50–425.00	417.62
6	650–700	689	407.50	407.50
76	700–750	715	393.00–398.00	397.74
22	750–800	772	369.00–392.00	373.52
13	800–850	838	354.00	354.00
12	850–900	879	329.00	329.00
85	900–950	925	310.00–329.00	315.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	403	575.00	575.00
16	450–500	472	505.00	505.00
2	500–550	520	477.50	477.50
2	650–700	683	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	595	427.50	427.50
19	600–650	639	408.00	408.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	448	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	415	550.00	550.00
2	550–600	575	427.50	427.50
2	750–800	778	336.00	336.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	585.00	585.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,305	2,950.00	2,950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,375	2,500.00	2,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,350	2,200.00	2,200.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,450	2,800.00	2,800.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,230	3,000.00	3,000.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,850	171.00	171.00
1	—	2,190	194.00	194.00
1	—	1,135	172.50	172.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,248	141.00–150.00	145.04
20	—	1,507	155.00–162.00	159.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	965	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	897	130.00–139.00	135.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,270	135.00	135.00

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.