Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs 8.00-12.00 lower in a limited test except a few packages of reputation heifers sold 4.00-5.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs 10.00-12.00 lower. Slaughter cows weak to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls not well tested. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.86/cwt on 857 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −159.69 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.

Average price

$120.86

857 head · 641 lb average

Value per head Derived

$774

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$193

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

$13.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.56

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	634	126.12	800	434
Medium and Large 1-2	651	115.56	753	409
Medium and Large 2	539	112.64	607	14thin

One grade step is worth $13.48/cwt here — about $193 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

4 sales

Heifers 0–100 lb: high $299.90, low $219.55, median $280.54 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale857 hd

120.86

—

TX average3 barns · 1,572 hd

119.30

+1.56

This barn, trailing median4 sales

280.54

−159.69

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	1,721	74.00	1,274	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,411	53.57	756	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,106	45.48	503	182
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,039	37.85	393	146

Every lot, as filed

85 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 1-2	—	349	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	482	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	821	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	118.58/cwt	115.00–119.50	687	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	698	119.52/cwt	114.00–119.75	834	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	109.41/cwt	106.00–110.00	836	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	132.28/cwt	124.00–136.00	681	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	119.33/cwt	119.00–120.00	878	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	601	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	107.34/cwt	107.00–111.50	817	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	146.19/cwt	142.00–150.00	696	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	136.23/cwt	130.00–143.00	530	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	745	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	124.41/cwt	120.75–128.00	718	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	852	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	956	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	114.96/cwt	110.25–117.50	773	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	404	149.38/cwt	146.00–150.00	603	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	693	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	179.51/cwt	179.00–180.00	583	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	124.15/cwt	116.00–126.50	781	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	160.79/cwt	156.00–162.00	727	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	904	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	895	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	136.74/cwt	126.00–139.00	849	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	116.25/cwt	115.00–117.50	852	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	160.50/cwt	160.00–161.00	542	2
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	637	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	191	8
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	502	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	126	8
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	806	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	379	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	928	32
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	440	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	110	5
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	970	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	388	1
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	330	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	139	2
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	288	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	144	8
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	465	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	205	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	139.47/cwt	135.00–141.00	781	12
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	761	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	289	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	497	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	616	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	882	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	470	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	717	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	922	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	392	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	651	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	998	39.93/cwt	36.00–40.75	399	87
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	779	34.12/cwt	33.00–35.00	266	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	38.13/cwt	30.00–43.50	404	71
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	58.33/cwt	58.00–62.50	718	14
Bulls	—	—	1,721	74.00/cwt	71.00–77.50	1,274	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	761	22.46/cwt	20.00–27.00	171	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,411	53.57/cwt	51.25–57.00	756	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	49.21/cwt	44.00–55.50	591	81
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,015	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	508	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	259	48.47/cwt	32.00–54.00	126	4
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	312	57.73/cwt	56.00–58.00	180	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,004	25.19/cwt	20.00–29.00	253	25
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	828	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	373	6
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,055	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	612	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,433	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	831	3
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	895	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	340	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	208	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,174	53.97/cwt	48.50–57.00	634	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	488	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	432	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	584	120.67/cwt	120.00–121.00	705	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	692	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	455	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	268	2
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	693	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	277	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	101.97/cwt	100.00–104.00	732	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	493	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	597	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	505	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	115.90/cwt	113.00–116.00	707	49
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	970	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	504	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	656	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	754	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	385	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	138.06/cwt	138.00–142.00	674	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	145.99/cwt	145.00–154.00	632	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	109.33/cwt	109.00–110.00	629	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	488	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	785	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	568	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	394	162.56/cwt	161.00–169.00	640	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	129.54/cwt	129.00–130.00	745	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	108.62/cwt	105.00–111.00	768	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	798	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	123.18/cwt	115.00–128.00	631	33

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 Mar 12, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,563Last week 1,854Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 446Last week 563Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	349	138.00	138.00
67	—	782	105.00	105.00
10	—	579	115.00–119.50	118.58
9	—	389	130.00–143.00	136.23
94	—	672	110.25–117.50	114.96
49	—	610	113.00–116.00	115.90
1	—	260	148.00	148.00
58	—	488	138.00–142.00	138.06
1	—	400	142.00	142.00
8	—	707	105.00–111.00	108.62
70	—	814	98.00	98.00
33	—	512	115.00–128.00	123.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	515	124.00–136.00	132.28
6	—	393	153.00	153.00
80	—	761	107.00–111.50	107.34
45	—	577	120.75–128.00	124.41
20	—	404	146.00–150.00	149.38
31	—	629	116.00–126.50	124.15
10	—	904	99.00	99.00
140	—	733	115.00–117.50	116.25
2	—	338	160.00–161.00	160.50
1	—	470	139.00	139.00
2	—	838	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	497	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	470	152.50	152.50
30	—	392	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	718	100.00–104.00	101.97
6	—	493	121.00	121.00
2	—	505	100.00	100.00
3	—	575	109.00–110.00	109.33
1	—	410	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	698	114.00–119.75	119.52
7	—	764	106.00–110.00	109.41
8	—	476	142.00–150.00	146.19
1	—	525	136.00	136.00
9	—	433	145.00–154.00	145.99
4	—	701	112.00	112.00
5	—	394	161.00–169.00	162.56
13	—	575	129.00–130.00	129.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	736	119.00–120.00	119.33
1	—	500	149.00	149.00
4	—	676	126.00	126.00
68	—	768	124.50	124.50
2	—	425	163.00	163.00
2	—	325	179.00–180.00	179.51
5	—	452	156.00–162.00	160.79
12	—	621	126.00–139.00	136.74
32	—	867	107.00	107.00
12	—	560	135.00–141.00	139.47
36	—	824	107.00	107.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	130.00	130.00
1	—	325	133.00	133.00
3	—	584	120.00–121.00	120.67
1	—	545	127.00	127.00
4	—	656	115.00	115.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	637	30.00	30.00
8	—	502	25.00	25.00
34	—	806	47.00	47.00
5	—	440	25.00	25.00
1	—	970	40.00	40.00
2	—	330	42.00	42.00
8	—	288	50.00	50.00
1	—	465	44.00	44.00
14	—	761	38.00	38.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	50.00	50.00
4	—	259	32.00–54.00	48.47
8	—	312	56.00–58.00	57.73
6	—	828	45.00	45.00
1	—	1,055	58.00	58.00
3	—	1,433	58.00	58.00
1	—	895	38.00	38.00
1	—	425	49.00	49.00
2	—	455	59.00	59.00
3	—	693	40.00	40.00
1	—	970	52.00	52.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	998	36.00–40.75	39.93
14	—	1,231	58.00–62.50	58.33
81	—	1,201	44.00–55.50	49.21
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	779	33.00–35.00	34.12
13	—	761	20.00–27.00	22.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,060	30.00–43.50	38.13
25	—	1,004	20.00–29.00	25.19
32	—	1,174	48.50–57.00	53.97
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,411	51.25–57.00	53.57
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,721	71.00–77.50	74.00

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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