Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Dalhart, Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, May 15, 2025

1,564 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $296.24/cwt +16.24 vs last sale · ≈ $2,293/hd at 774 lb · 177 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $290.32/cwt +40.32 vs last sale · ≈ $1,968/hd at 678 lb · 141 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $264.80/cwt ≈ $2,105/hd at 795 lb · 125 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,564	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346	346	7	485.00	$485.00	$1,678	—
404	404	7	450.00	$450.00	$1,818	—
540	540	10	344.00	$344.00	$1,858	—
558–559	559	16	360.00–375.00	$373.13	$2,086	—
618	618	2	318.00	$318.00	$1,965	—
653 thin fleshed	653	5	348.00	$348.00	$2,272	—
674	674	6	321.00	$321.00	$2,164	—
704–748	720	34	309.00–321.00	$315.04	$2,268	+20.04
758–786	774	177	289.00–306.50	$296.24	$2,293	+16.24
808–828	820	61	271.00–289.00	$276.14	$2,264	—
871–888	879	124	274.50	$274.50	$2,413	+1.50
904	904	12	273.00	$273.00	$2,468	—
918	918	4	221.00	$221.00	$2,029	—
965	965	2	230.00	$230.00	$2,220	—
999	999	60	264.50	$264.50	$2,642	—
1001	1001	60	265.00	$265.00	$2,653	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	3	422.50	$422.50	$1,880	—
580	580	2	333.00	$333.00	$1,931	—
645	645	7	294.00	$294.00	$1,896	—
678	678	4	317.00	$317.00	$2,149	—
760	760	18	270.00	$270.00	$2,052	—
859	859	7	245.00	$245.00	$2,105	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462	462	7	345.00	$345.00	$1,594	—
517	517	5	220.00	$220.00	$1,137	—
598	598	6	290.00	$290.00	$1,734	—
683–697	693	11	254.00–272.00	$258.84	$1,794	+8.84
724	724	7	260.00	$260.00	$1,882	—
797	797	3	233.00	$233.00	$1,857	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
230 thin fleshed	230	2	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	10	445.00	$445.00	$1,415	—
388	388	4	427.50	$427.50	$1,659	—
412	412	3	352.50	$352.50	$1,452	—
467–485 thin fleshed	478	20	365.00–372.50	$367.93	$1,759	—
478–498	486	9	350.00–360.00	$356.98	$1,735	—
520	520	2	344.00	$344.00	$1,789	—
550 thin fleshed	550	19	338.00	$338.00	$1,859	—
560–590	567	35	312.50–329.00	$325.59	$1,846	+10.59
620–633	624	14	295.00–321.00	$312.55	$1,950	+1.55
668–686	678	141	284.50–295.50	$290.32	$1,968	+40.32
715–746	739	60	272.00–292.00	$276.19	$2,041	+4.19
778–798	795	125	254.00–268.50	$264.80	$2,105	—
822–832	830	87	265.00–266.25	$265.24	$2,201	+2.74
998	998	6	226.00	$226.00	$2,255	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368 thin fleshed	368	2	372.50	$372.50	$1,371	—
440	440	2	340.00	$340.00	$1,496	—
534	534	5	327.50	$327.50	$1,749	—
579	579	9	316.00	$316.00	$1,830	—
626	626	33	292.75	$292.75	$1,833	—
682	682	65	273.00	$273.00	$1,862	-15.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	3	290.00	$290.00	$922	—
450	450	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,125	—
528	528	2	280.00	$280.00	$1,478	—
648	648	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,685	—
656	656	14	250.00	$250.00	$1,640	—
913	913	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,917	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
220	220	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
253 thin fleshed	253	2	775.00	$775.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
434	434	4	437.50	$437.50	$1,899	—
483 thin fleshed	483	2	372.50	$372.50	$1,799	—
495	495	13	390.00	$390.00	$1,930	+37.50
547	547	9	370.00	$370.00	$2,024	—
625	625	15	340.00	$340.00	$2,125	+32.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420 thin fleshed	420	3	405.00	$405.00	$1,701	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	2	245.00	$245.00	$1,433	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
95	95	1	475.00	$475.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
954–1326	1111	80-85%	31	110.00–123.00	$116.69	$1,296	-5.08
1083–1385	1153	80-85%	22	148.00–157.00	$154.80	$1,785	—
903–1598	1336	80-85%	52	125.00–141.00	$131.52	$1,757	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–875	815	85-90%	6	95.00–112.00	$105.92	$863	+9.49
938–993	969	85-90%	9	90.00–105.00	$99.62	$965	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1518–2285	1707	75-80%	9	140.00–149.00	$145.00	$2,475	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1460	1460	1	170.00	$170.00	$2,482	—
1840–2150	2048	4	196.00–210.00	$202.80	$4,153	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765	765	1	128.00	$128.00	$979	—
1835–1965	1900	2	185.00–187.50	$186.29	$3,540	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1110	1110	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	190.00	$190.00	$2,109

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1040–1300	1170	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	161.00–215.00	$185.00	$2,164
1210	1210	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	159.00	$159.00	$1,924

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Beef/Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
282	282	3	265.00	$265.00	$747	—
658	658	3	265.00	$265.00	$1,744	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
258	258	5	320.00	$320.00	$826	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
160	160	3	550.00	$550.00	—

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Beef/Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
198	198	3	285.00	$285.00	$564	—
273	273	2	277.50	$277.50	$758	—
403	403	3	270.00	$270.00	$1,088	—
593	593	2	245.00	$245.00	$1,453	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1330	1330	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.