Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves under 700 lbs firm to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers over 700 lbs steady in a limited test, feeder heifers over 700 lbs not well tested. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00-2.00 higher. Trade fairly active. Demand fairly good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.92/cwt on 999 head.

Average price

$153.92

999 head · 583 lb average

Value per head Derived

$898

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$268

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

$33.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.33

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	580	155.38	902	927
Medium and Large 1-2	645	138.35	892	58
Medium and Large 2	521	121.67	634	14thin

One grade step is worth $33.71/cwt here — about $268 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 sale999 hd

153.92

—

TX average3 barns · 2,213 hd

147.59

+6.33

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	1,348	68.83	928	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,750	56.50	989	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,210	56.00	678	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	933	40.06	374	15

Every lot, as filed

84 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,273	827.21/cwt	825.00–830.00	10,530	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,273	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	9,993	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,305	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	11,745	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,105	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,050	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	8,243	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,226	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	9,318	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	526	119.86/cwt	116.00–123.50	630	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	783	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	525	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	709	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	370	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	305	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	470	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	149.98/cwt	140.00–154.00	775	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	143.69/cwt	140.00–150.00	665	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	702	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	983	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	913	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	794	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,040	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,088	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,197	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,045	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,087	747.53/cwt	725.00–775.00	8,126	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,119	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	9,064	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	479	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	575	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	636	120.34/cwt	115.00–122.00	765	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	576	121.87/cwt	120.00–122.00	702	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	529	134.11/cwt	133.00–135.00	709	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	413	141.94/cwt	141.00–144.00	586	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	478	129.44/cwt	128.00–130.00	619	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	130.99/cwt	127.00–136.50	751	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	127.49/cwt	124.00–131.00	803	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	141.07/cwt	138.00–149.00	664	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	140.74/cwt	138.00–151.00	740	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,036	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	158.90/cwt	149.00–164.00	699	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	138.37/cwt	138.00–139.00	922	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	130.82/cwt	125.00–135.00	947	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	983	109.10/cwt	108.00–114.00	1,072	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	554	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	939	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,117	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	437	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	230	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	350	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	853	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,134	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	805	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,067	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,178	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,070	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	147.98/cwt	147.00–149.00	633	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	639	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	533	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	707	135.27/cwt	130.00–138.00	956	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	638	132.82/cwt	130.00–137.00	847	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	430	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	641	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	375	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	585	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	167.86/cwt	155.00–170.50	864	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	181.52/cwt	164.00–183.00	762	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	141.75/cwt	138.00–143.50	877	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	145.77/cwt	140.25–153.00	847	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	143.53/cwt	141.75–146.50	1,032	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	141.65/cwt	137.00–144.50	935	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	162.79/cwt	157.00–166.00	786	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	138.65/cwt	138.00–139.00	1,144	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	314	197.31/cwt	193.00–201.00	620	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	959	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,160	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	938	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,201	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	791	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,068	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	644	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	929	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,291	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	515	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	561	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	476	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	533	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	406	115.33/cwt	114.00–118.00	468	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	570	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	638	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	464	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	603	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	386	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	510	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	677	112.74/cwt	110.00–118.00	763	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	320	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	416	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	565	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	655	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	981	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	729	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	136.98/cwt	135.00–138.00	596	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	667	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	43.65/cwt	36.00–47.00	393	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	838	28.50/cwt	28.50–28.50	239	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,187	56.00/cwt	54.50–58.50	665	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,750	56.50/cwt	56.50–56.50	989	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	56.00/cwt	54.50–59.50	678	5
Bulls	—	—	1,348	68.83/cwt	68.00–70.00	928	2

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 Nov 14, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,191Last week 2,191Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 380Last week 380Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 200Last week 200Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,273	825.00–830.00	827.21
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,273	785.00	785.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,305	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,015	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,050	785.00	785.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	16	—	1,226	760.00	760.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,087	725.00–775.00	747.53
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,119	810.00	810.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	526	116.00–123.50	119.86
7	—	479	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	612	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	135.00	135.00
1	—	370	140.00	140.00
1	—	305	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	517	140.00–154.00	149.98
8	—	463	140.00–150.00	143.69
7	—	702	140.00	140.00
7	—	676	135.00	135.00
6	—	794	131.00	131.00
4	—	1,088	110.00	110.00
2	—	1,035	101.00	101.00
2	—	920	128.00	128.00
2	—	823	130.00	130.00
2	—	428	147.00–149.00	147.98
2	—	385	166.00	166.00
1	—	325	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	707	130.00–138.00	135.27
26	—	638	130.00–137.00	132.82
9	—	430	149.00	149.00
5	—	375	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
177	—	515	155.00–170.50	167.86
152	—	420	164.00–183.00	181.52
134	—	619	138.00–143.50	141.75
104	—	581	140.25–153.00	145.77
74	—	719	141.75–146.50	143.53
60	—	660	137.00–144.50	141.65
41	—	483	157.00–166.00	162.79
26	—	825	138.00–139.00	138.65
22	—	314	193.00–201.00	197.31
6	—	959	121.00	121.00
5	—	938	128.00	128.00
4	—	791	135.00	135.00
4	—	364	177.00	177.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	929	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	636	115.00–122.00	120.34
47	—	576	120.00–122.00	121.87
27	—	529	133.00–135.00	134.11
11	—	413	141.00–144.00	141.94
7	—	478	128.00–130.00	129.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	573	127.00–136.50	130.99
94	—	630	124.00–131.00	127.49
58	—	471	138.00–149.00	141.07
54	—	526	138.00–151.00	140.74
22	—	842	123.00	123.00
20	—	440	149.00–164.00	158.90
16	—	666	138.00–139.00	138.37
15	—	724	125.00–135.00	130.82
11	—	983	108.00–114.00	109.10
11	—	315	176.00	176.00
7	—	939	119.00	119.00
2	—	275	159.00	159.00
2	—	230	152.00	152.00
1	—	385	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	853	133.00	133.00
22	—	805	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	515	109.00	109.00
17	—	476	112.00	112.00
6	—	406	114.00–118.00	115.33
2	—	570	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	464	130.00	130.00
5	—	386	132.00	132.00
3	—	677	110.00–118.00	112.74
2	—	320	130.00	130.00
1	—	565	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	814	120.50	120.50
8	—	618	118.00	118.00
6	—	435	135.00–138.00	136.98
4	—	513	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	900	36.00–47.00	43.65
6	—	838	28.50	28.50
3	—	1,187	54.50–58.50	56.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,750	56.50	56.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,210	54.50–59.50	56.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,348	68.00–70.00	68.83

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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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Dalhart, TX

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle