Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Sale day saw the trade area blanketed by cold rain and snow. Calf offerings under 600 lbs were mostly steady except more attractive weaned or gaunt offerings were 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs were steady to weak, instances 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00-3.00 lower. Trade fairly active. Demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.41/cwt on 914 head.

Average price

$146.41

914 head · 595 lb average

Value per head Derived

$871

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$154

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

$29.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.46

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	594	148.14	880	828
Medium and Large 1-2	604	132.37	800	69
Medium and Large 2	610	118.94	726	17thin

One grade step is worth $29.20/cwt here — about $154 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 sale914 hd

146.41

—

TX average3 barns · 1,991 hd

141.94

+4.46

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	—	Average	1,200	63.33	760	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,138	48.30	549	68
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,470	47.97	705	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,027	39.41	405	129

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	143.73/cwt	139.00–152.00	683	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	128.86/cwt	125.50–130.00	731	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	152.49/cwt	144.00–154.00	598	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	747	133.99/cwt	133.00–134.00	1,001	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	604	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	837	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	144.05/cwt	139.00–150.00	593	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	298	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	492	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	137.92/cwt	130.00–139.00	725	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	154.58/cwt	151.00–160.00	513	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,106	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	848	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	994	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,039	46.84/cwt	41.00–50.00	487	71
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	33.44/cwt	28.50–42.50	352	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	694	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	854	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	436	151.86/cwt	150.00–153.00	662	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	718	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	869	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	493	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	715	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	160.01/cwt	155.00–161.00	771	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	139.48/cwt	134.00–141.00	1,151	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	129.04/cwt	127.00–147.00	887	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	168.73/cwt	168.00–172.00	651	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	142.19/cwt	142.00–144.50	1,130	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	145.63/cwt	139.00–148.50	757	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	140.13/cwt	136.00–149.00	814	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	164.51/cwt	154.00–174.00	704	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	141.52/cwt	140.00–145.00	876	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	289	177.89/cwt	177.00–178.00	514	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	590	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,278	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	598	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	560	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	574	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	660	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	376	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	489	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	618	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	686	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	660	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	136.35/cwt	135.00–137.00	579	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	684	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	23.34/cwt	20.00–28.50	215	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	47.97/cwt	46.00–49.50	705	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	47.74/cwt	44.00–50.00	544	58
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	591	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	479	1
Bulls	—	—	1,325	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	901	1
Bulls	—	—	1,230	71.50/cwt	71.50–71.50	879	1
Bulls	—	—	1,045	50.50/cwt	50.50–50.50	528	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	435	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	513	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	115.19/cwt	115.00–116.00	726	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	561	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	718	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	717	114.67/cwt	113.00–118.00	822	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	653	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	771	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	358	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	516	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	590	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	726	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	901	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	127.89/cwt	127.50–128.00	802	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	965	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	131.92/cwt	128.00–138.00	745	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	156.58/cwt	156.00–157.00	586	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	339	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	509	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	674	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,095	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	627	134.19/cwt	128.00–136.50	841	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	662	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	112.03/cwt	109.00–115.00	883	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	547	126.16/cwt	124.00–126.50	690	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	630	118.67/cwt	117.00–121.00	748	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	671	119.31/cwt	119.00–120.00	801	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	472	133.32/cwt	132.00–135.00	629	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	565	123.33/cwt	123.00–124.00	697	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	382	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	542	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	345	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	497	1

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 →

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Dalhart, TX

Thu Oct 24, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,984Last week 1,984Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 336Last week 336Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
152	—	475	139.00–152.00	143.73
105	—	567	125.50–130.00	128.86
100	—	392	144.00–154.00	152.49
65	—	747	133.00–134.00	133.99
47	—	604	138.50	138.50
39	—	412	139.00–150.00	144.05
37	—	298	165.00	165.00
36	—	526	130.00–139.00	137.92
18	—	332	151.00–160.00	154.58
11	—	885	125.00	125.00
2	—	678	125.00	125.00
1	—	815	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	478	125.00	125.00
2	—	448	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	574	115.00	115.00
4	—	376	130.00	130.00
2	—	618	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	482	137.00	137.00
9	—	425	135.00–137.00	136.35
8	—	556	123.00	123.00
6	—	543	122.00	122.00
2	—	788	109.00–115.00	112.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	547	124.00–126.50	126.16
33	—	630	117.00–121.00	118.67
22	—	671	119.00–120.00	119.31
12	—	472	132.00–135.00	133.32
9	—	565	123.00–124.00	123.33
3	—	382	142.00	142.00
1	—	345	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	694	123.00	123.00
14	—	436	150.00–153.00	151.86
4	—	718	121.00	121.00
2	—	493	145.00	145.00
53	—	627	128.00–136.50	134.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
165	—	482	155.00–161.00	160.01
139	—	825	134.00–141.00	139.48
86	—	687	127.00–147.00	129.04
80	—	386	168.00–172.00	168.73
62	—	795	142.00–144.50	142.19
50	—	520	139.00–148.50	145.63
47	—	581	136.00–149.00	140.13
41	—	428	154.00–174.00	164.51
31	—	619	140.00–145.00	141.52
26	—	289	177.00–178.00	177.89
7	—	341	173.00	173.00
2	—	933	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	630	115.00–116.00	115.19
4	—	561	128.00	128.00
3	—	717	113.00–118.00	114.67
3	—	653	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	358	144.00	144.00
1	—	590	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	715	126.00	126.00
18	—	627	127.50–128.00	127.89
5	—	778	124.00	124.00
5	—	565	128.00–138.00	131.92
5	—	374	156.00–157.00	156.58
5	—	339	150.00	150.00
4	—	485	139.00	139.00
1	—	805	136.00	136.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,039	41.00–50.00	46.84
40	—	1,054	28.50–42.50	33.44
18	—	920	20.00–28.50	23.34
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,470	46.00–49.50	47.97
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,140	44.00–50.00	47.74
9	—	1,125	52.50	52.50
1	—	1,115	43.00	43.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,325	68.00	68.00
1	—	1,230	71.50	71.50
1	—	1,045	50.50	50.50

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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