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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Sep 17

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

← Sep 3Sep 17Sep 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,525 head

▲ 142 vs last sale 1,383▼ 544 vs year ago 2,069 · −26.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

478 head

▲ 225 vs last sale 253▲ 125 vs year ago 353 · +35.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

21 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 17▼ 54 vs year ago 75 · −72.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Due to no report last week, there were no comparable sales this week to state a market trend. However; sentiment was definitely on the positive side. Calves and feeders sold well above their counterparts two weeks ago. Buyer interest was active and competitive. Long weaned cattle continue to hold the advantage over fleshy bawlers. No trend to determine on slaughter cows and bulls as well, but a lower undertone was noted. There are more thin, dry cows coming to town off droughty grass, in spite of recent rains in the area. There does seem to be some relief in sight in the future though. It seems that a cool down is in the forecast and we may begin to see normal fall temps.

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 $400.86/cwt on 89 head, up $5.18 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 31 comparable sales and sits −52.05 against this barn's trailing median of $452.91.

Average price

$400.86

▲ 5.18 vs prior sale

89 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,189

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$433

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

$67.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.68

vs TX average

−2.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	412.84	2,263	38
Medium and Large 1-2	546	398.19	2,176	45
Medium and Large 2	530	345.00	1,830	6thin

One grade step is worth $67.84/cwt here — about $433 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 sale89 hd

400.86

—

TX average5 barns · 396 hd

377.18

+23.68

National average167 barns · 12,243 hd

403.36

−2.50

This barn, trailing median31 sales

452.91

−52.05

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	—	High	1,602	172.26	2,760	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,124	140.97	1,585	123
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,021	140.93	1,440	47

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,110	$2,200	21

Every lot

69 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	342	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,710	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	383	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,800	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,969	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,826	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	425	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,061	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	468.83/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,997	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	454	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,088	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	469	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,923	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	491	440.86/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,165	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	503	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,836	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	443.16/cwt	441.00–450.00	2,318	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	538	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,273	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	544	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,822	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	545	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,164	38
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	379.16/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,184	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	593	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,135	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	604	350.53/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,117	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	620	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,124	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,010	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	641	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,452	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	658	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,073	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	340.18/cwt	337.50–341.00	2,289	63
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	685	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,713	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	732	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,306	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	788	345.71/cwt	330.00–351.00	2,724	196
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,697	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	805	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,496	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Full	827	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,605	38
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	851	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,723	66
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	890	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,492	13
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	988	271.73/cwt	270.00–290.00	2,685	23
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	247	1,285.00/head	1,285.00–1,285.00	1,285	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	365	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,643	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	375	412.16/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,546	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,589	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	411	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,695	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,551	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	441	378.14/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,668	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	443	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,595	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	456	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,687	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,899	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	506	345.25/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,747	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	518	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,541	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,904	37
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	566	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,123	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,618	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	593	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,868	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	611	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,894	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,195	42
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	654	276.03/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,805	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	658	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,122	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,450	50
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,409	50
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	785	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,277	19
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	937	275.97/cwt	272.50–290.00	2,586	22
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	979	285.00/cwt	280.00–290.00	2,790	12
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,069	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,566	13
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,248	152.93/cwt	147.50–158.00	1,909	2
Bulls	—	—	1,566	171.97/cwt	170.00–177.00	2,693	4
Bulls	—	—	1,887	185.54/cwt	180.00–193.00	3,501	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	938	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,060	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	958	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,255	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,022	148.79/cwt	147.00–149.00	1,521	20
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,062	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,614	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,064	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,394	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,095	131.67/cwt	124.00–136.00	1,442	55
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,108	145.11/cwt	144.00–149.00	1,608	21
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,209	153.89/cwt	150.00–154.50	1,861	39
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,110	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	21

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 Sep 17, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,525Last week 1,383Year ago 2,069

Slaughter CattleReceipts 478Last week 253Year ago 353

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 17Year ago 75

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	469	410.00	410.00
5	500–550	538	422.50	422.50
6	600–650	620	342.50	342.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	454	460.00	460.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	342	500.00	500.00
7	350–400	386	510.00	510.00
5	400–450	426	465.00–475.00	468.83
22	450–500	491	440.00–450.00	440.86
20	500–550	523	441.00–450.00	443.16
18	550–600	576	375.00–380.00	379.16
10	600–650	604	340.00–355.00	350.53
63	650–700	673	337.50–341.00	340.18
196	750–800	788	330.00–351.00	345.71
7	800–850	805	335.00	335.00
66	850–900	851	320.00	320.00
23	950–1000	988	270.00–290.00	271.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	415	440.00	440.00
38	500–550	545	397.00	397.00
2	550–600	593	360.00	360.00
2	600–650	628	320.00	320.00
2	650–700	658	315.00	315.00
2	800–850	805	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	425	485.00	485.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	383	470.00	470.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	732	315.00	315.00
13	850–900	890	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	503	365.00	365.00
2	650–700	685	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
38	800–850	827	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	544	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	641	382.50	382.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	247	1,285.00	1,285.00
3	350–400	390	407.50	407.50
8	400–450	441	375.00–380.00	378.14
8	450–500	487	390.00	390.00
37	500–550	529	360.00	360.00
42	600–650	613	358.00	358.00
50	700–750	727	337.00	337.00
50	750–800	760	317.00	317.00
22	900–950	937	272.50–290.00	275.97
12	950–1000	979	280.00–290.00	285.00
13	1050–1100	1,069	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	456	370.00	370.00
4	650–700	658	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	506	340.00–347.50	345.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	411	412.50	412.50
8	550–600	566	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	375	410.00–415.00	412.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	450.00	450.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	443	360.00	360.00
4	500–550	518	297.50	297.50
2	550–600	593	315.00	315.00
6	600–650	611	310.00	310.00
10	650–700	654	270.00–290.00	276.03
19	750–800	785	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	425	365.00	365.00
4	550–600	578	280.00	280.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,095	124.00–136.00	131.67
39	—	1,209	150.00–154.50	153.89
21	—	1,108	144.00–149.00	145.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,062	152.00	152.00
20	—	1,022	147.00–149.00	148.79
5	—	1,064	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	958	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	938	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,887	180.00–193.00	185.54
4	—	1,566	170.00–177.00	171.97
2	—	1,248	147.50–158.00	152.93

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	—	1,110	2,200.00	2,200.00

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.