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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-11-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Nov 5

● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

← Oct 29Nov 5latest

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,915 head

▲ 391 vs last sale 1,524▲ 546 vs year ago 1,369 · +39.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

460 head

▲ 131 vs last sale 329▲ 94 vs year ago 366 · +25.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not a whole lot of positive this week; a down turning board zapped last weeks excitement. Demand favored calves under 600 that are long weaned, reputation, and ready for wheat. All other classes steers and heifers lost 20.00-50.00. Feeders taking the biggest hit on little demand. Slaughter cows looked a bit better this week, with average to high yielding cows bringing 9.50-11.00 higher. Slaughter cattle numbers continue to be largely open and older beef cattle. Trade was moderate on calves and feeders but a little more lively on slaughter 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 $417.22/cwt on 307 head, up $6.25 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 32 comparable sales and sits −35.35 against this barn's trailing median of $452.57.

Average price

$417.22

▲ 6.25 vs prior sale

307 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,222

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+25.74

vs TX average

+2.92 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	417.22	2,222	307

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale307 hd

417.22

—

TX average5 barns · 697 hd

391.48

+25.74

National average135 barns · 15,890 hd

414.30

+2.92

This barn, trailing median32 sales

452.57

−35.35

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

32 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.66, low $369.71, median $452.57 across 32 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	1,645	153.64	2,527	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,127	128.89	1,453	224
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,272	128.44	1,634	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,000	119.89	1,199	28

Every lot

71 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	240	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	2
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Full	270	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	278	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,600	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	323	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,131	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	373	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,874	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	420	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,069	25
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	446	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,962	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	448	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,747	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	452	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,853	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	467	493.68/cwt	492.50–502.50	2,305	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	478	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,840	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,254	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	530	432.23/cwt	425.50–441.00	2,291	208
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	387.33/cwt	370.00–394.00	2,061	76
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	540	351.06/cwt	350.00–352.50	1,896	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	551	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,245	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	381.68/cwt	380.00–382.50	2,198	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	609	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,253	32
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,383	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	330.42/cwt	328.00–331.00	2,115	67
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	643	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,768	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	327.11/cwt	325.00–332.00	2,146	94
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	658	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,908	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	678	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,932	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	287.06/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,949	49
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,123	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	754	339.71/cwt	320.00–343.00	2,561	50
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	779	291.09/cwt	282.50–300.00	2,268	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,604	68
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	829	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,342	9
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	310.38/cwt	287.50–313.00	2,700	193
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	939	283.02/cwt	280.00–286.00	2,658	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	205	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	263	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	303	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,439	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	336	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,092	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	421.76/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,556	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	392	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,098	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	422.07/cwt	417.50–432.50	1,840	34
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	453	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,835	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	465	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,674	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	469	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,759	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	371.63/cwt	370.00–372.50	1,784	52
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	337.39/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,819	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	560	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,971	26
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,837	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,767	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	593	295.83/cwt	277.50–297.50	1,754	35
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,058	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,845	22
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	656	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,066	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,886	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	664	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,776	33
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	792	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,218	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,004	2
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	960	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,400	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	487	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,753	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	615	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,538	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	637	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,593	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,220	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,513	1
Bulls	—	—	1,571	150.71/cwt	150.00–152.00	2,368	5
Bulls	—	—	1,777	161.02/cwt	159.00–166.00	2,861	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	958	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	671	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	977	141.42/cwt	141.00–142.00	1,382	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,027	142.05/cwt	141.00–143.50	1,459	27
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,038	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,194	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,106	133.63/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,478	133
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,139	100.75/cwt	95.00–106.00	1,148	29
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,272	128.44/cwt	128.00–129.00	1,634	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,277	124.01/cwt	122.50–125.00	1,584	35

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 Nov 5, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,915Last week 1,524Year ago 1,369

Slaughter CattleReceipts 460Last week 329Year ago 366

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	502.50	502.50
17	450–500	467	492.50–502.50	493.68
208	500–550	530	425.50–441.00	432.23
7	550–600	551	407.50	407.50
32	600–650	609	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per head · actual wt
1	250–300	270	1,000.00	1,000.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	323	350.00	350.00
7	450–500	478	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	643	275.00	275.00
2	650–700	658	290.00	290.00
6	750–800	779	282.50–300.00	291.09
9	800–850	829	282.50	282.50
4	900–950	939	280.00–286.00	283.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	452	410.00	410.00
67	600–650	640	328.00–331.00	330.42
49	650–700	679	285.00–290.00	287.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	278	1,500.00	1,500.00
4	300–350	320	500.00	500.00
7	400–450	448	390.00	390.00
4	450–500	490	460.00	460.00
76	500–550	532	370.00–394.00	387.33
9	550–600	576	380.00–382.50	381.68
9	600–650	615	387.50	387.50
94	650–700	656	325.00–332.00	327.11
5	700–750	745	285.00	285.00
50	750–800	754	320.00–343.00	339.71
68	800–850	819	318.00	318.00
193	850–900	870	287.50–313.00	310.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	446	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	1,175.00	1,175.00
25	400–450	420	492.50	492.50
7	500–550	540	350.00–352.50	351.06
4	650–700	678	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	336	325.00	325.00
35	550–600	593	277.50–297.50	295.83
33	650–700	664	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	453	405.00	405.00
26	550–600	560	352.00	352.00
7	650–700	656	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	589	300.00	300.00
22	600–650	645	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	303	475.00	475.00
8	450–500	469	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	205	1,050.00	1,050.00
7	450–500	465	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	392	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	263	1,250.00	1,250.00
14	350–400	369	410.00–425.00	421.76
34	400–450	436	417.50–432.50	422.07
52	450–500	480	370.00–372.50	371.63
15	500–550	539	320.00–340.00	337.39
17	550–600	561	327.50	327.50
3	600–650	643	320.00	320.00
17	650–700	656	287.50	287.50
6	750–800	792	280.00	280.00
2	800–850	818	245.00	245.00
11	950–1000	960	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	615	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	637	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	487	360.00	360.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,139	95.00–106.00	100.75
133	—	1,106	130.00–139.00	133.63
35	—	1,277	122.50–125.00	124.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,027	141.00–143.50	142.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	977	141.00–142.00	141.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	958	70.00	70.00
12	—	1,038	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,272	128.00–129.00	128.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	124.00	124.00
5	—	1,571	150.00–152.00	150.71
6	—	1,777	159.00–166.00	161.02

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.