Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs steady to 1.00 higher, instances lighter weights 2.00 to 3.00 higher; feeder steers and heifers steady to 1.00 higher. Fleshy slaughter cows 1.00 higher; lean slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Trade fairly active. Demand fairly good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.55/cwt on 838 head.

Average price

$147.55

838 head · 657 lb average

Value per head Derived

$969

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$204

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

$10.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.78

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	658	148.24	975	781
Medium and Large 2	751	138.12	1,038	26
Medium and Large 1-2	559	138.03	771	31

One grade step is worth $10.21/cwt here — about $204 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale838 hd

147.55

—

TX average3 barns · 1,637 hd

142.77

+4.78

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	1,369	59.61	816	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,734	60.09	1,042	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,024	49.81	510	264
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,308	49.36	646	49

Every lot, as filed

95 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	765	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	891	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	528	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	634	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	566	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	708	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	703	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	766	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	860	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	903	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	689	107.24/cwt	106.00–111.00	739	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	460	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	534	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	575	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	633	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	413	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	463	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	610	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	622	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	513	113.37/cwt	113.00–116.00	582	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	353	117.05/cwt	116.00–123.00	413	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	259	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	306	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,112	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	637	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	710	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,084	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	143.35/cwt	141.00–144.00	1,038	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	158.40/cwt	156.00–159.00	811	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,139	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	163.61/cwt	160.00–167.00	748	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	176.05/cwt	174.00–179.00	641	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	153.27/cwt	150.00–153.50	849	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	643	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	707	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	690	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	787	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	534	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	752	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	935	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	888	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	734	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	534	128.74/cwt	128.00–129.00	687	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	625	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	750	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	565	124.66/cwt	124.00–125.00	704	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	321	152.24/cwt	152.00–153.00	489	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	443	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	138.56/cwt	137.00–140.00	867	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	132.99/cwt	131.00–137.00	677	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	153.14/cwt	146.00–158.00	645	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,072	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	1,110	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	136.04/cwt	131.00–139.00	780	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	163.46/cwt	160.00–165.00	600	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	108.00/cwt	107.00–109.00	975	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	716	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	344	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	554	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	956	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	1,056	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	744	136.22/cwt	136.00–136.50	1,013	289
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	780	128.10/cwt	127.50–129.00	999	112
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,079	57.52/cwt	50.00–63.00	621	85
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	887	26.12/cwt	21.00–31.00	232	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	52.94/cwt	50.00–55.00	522	127
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,139	32.96/cwt	26.50–38.50	375	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	20.51/cwt	20.00–21.00	212	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,732	59.08/cwt	58.00–59.25	1,023	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,746	65.91/cwt	65.50–66.50	1,151	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,251	46.22/cwt	40.50–49.50	578	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,379	53.22/cwt	50.00–58.00	734	22
Bulls	—	—	1,262	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	681	10
Bulls	—	—	1,538	71.50/cwt	70.50–73.00	1,100	3
Bulls	—	—	1,935	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,548	1
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	574	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	218	16
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	813	37.00/cwt	37.00–37.00	301	5
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	753	28.35/cwt	26.00–33.00	213	3
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	713	27.00/cwt	27.00–27.00	193	2
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	960	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	422	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,169	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	795	10
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,281	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	845	9
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,213	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	631	2
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	873	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	489	2
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	442	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	765	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	926	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Gaunt	—	749	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,041	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2Gaunt	—	790	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,059	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	589	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	754	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	449	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	624	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	520	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	692	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	620	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	769	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	475	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	656	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	137.33/cwt	137.00–138.00	938	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	641	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	798	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,077	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	695	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	576	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	569	134.42/cwt	131.00–140.00	765	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	632	126.06/cwt	124.00–130.00	797	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	530	140.83/cwt	137.00–143.00	746	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	270	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	448	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	492	144.20/cwt	139.00–148.00	709	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	717	123.60/cwt	120.00–128.00	886	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	388	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	652	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	328	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	587	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	675	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	884	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	145.35/cwt	141.00–146.35	1,112	260
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	150.17/cwt	146.00–150.75	1,020	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	147.93/cwt	147.00–151.00	913	61

How this sale compares

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 →

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,837Last week 1,837Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 735Last week 735Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	765	116.50	116.50
3	—	528	120.00	120.00
4	—	566	125.00	125.00
2	—	643	110.00	110.00
1	—	690	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	703	109.00	109.00
3	—	860	105.00	105.00
11	—	689	106.00–111.00	107.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	116.00	116.00
1	—	575	110.00	110.00
2	—	413	112.00	112.00
2	—	610	102.00	102.00
8	—	513	113.00–116.00	113.37
14	—	353	116.00–123.00	117.05
15	—	259	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	393	136.00	136.00
3	—	627	120.00	120.00
2	—	773	121.00	121.00
1	—	740	120.00	120.00
1	—	569	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	534	128.00–129.00	128.74
10	—	625	120.00	120.00
9	—	565	124.00–125.00	124.66
4	—	321	152.00–153.00	152.24
2	—	443	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	626	137.00–140.00	138.56
13	—	509	131.00–137.00	132.99
13	—	421	146.00–158.00	153.14
10	—	1,072	103.50	103.50
10	—	573	131.00–139.00	136.04
7	—	367	160.00–165.00	163.46
6	—	903	107.00–109.00	108.00
5	—	487	147.00	147.00
5	—	344	161.00	161.00
4	—	956	110.50	110.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
289	—	744	136.00–136.50	136.22
112	—	780	127.50–129.00	128.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	855	130.00	130.00
3	—	337	189.00	189.00
5	—	408	174.00	174.00
5	—	903	120.00	120.00
9	—	724	141.00–144.00	143.35
16	—	512	156.00–159.00	158.40
17	—	805	141.50	141.50
18	—	457	160.00–167.00	163.61
20	—	364	174.00–179.00	176.05
60	—	554	150.00–153.50	153.27
260	—	765	141.00–146.35	145.35
197	—	679	146.00–150.75	150.17
61	—	617	147.00–151.00	147.93
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	749	139.00	139.00
1	—	790	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	589	128.00	128.00
4	—	449	139.00	139.00
3	—	520	133.00	133.00
2	—	620	124.00	124.00
2	—	475	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	683	137.00–138.00	137.33
4	—	436	147.00	147.00
3	—	798	135.00	135.00
1	—	460	151.00	151.00
1	—	380	153.00	153.00
1	—	345	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	569	131.00–140.00	134.42
14	—	632	124.00–130.00	126.06
14	—	530	137.00–143.00	140.83
12	—	270	166.00	166.00
7	—	492	139.00–148.00	144.20
5	—	717	120.00–128.00	123.60
4	—	388	168.00	168.00
4	—	328	179.00	179.00
3	—	675	131.00	131.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	574	38.00	38.00
5	—	813	37.00	37.00
3	—	753	26.00–33.00	28.35
2	—	713	27.00	27.00
1	—	960	44.00	44.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,169	68.00	68.00
9	—	1,281	66.00	66.00
2	—	1,213	52.00	52.00
2	—	873	56.00	56.00
1	—	725	61.00	61.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,079	50.00–63.00	57.52
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	887	21.00–31.00	26.12
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	986	50.00–55.00	52.94
28	—	1,139	26.50–38.50	32.96
2	—	1,035	20.00–21.00	20.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,732	58.00–59.25	59.08
4	—	1,746	65.50–66.50	65.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,251	40.50–49.50	46.22
22	—	1,379	50.00–58.00	53.22
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,262	54.00	54.00
3	—	1,538	70.50–73.00	71.50
1	—	1,935	80.00	80.00

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.

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