Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady in a light test, instances steer calves under 600 lbs 1.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls not well tested. Portions of the trade area received much needed rainfall on the week however drought conditions remain prevalent. A portion of today's receipts were new crop calves with pre-weaning shots. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.52/cwt on 409 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −159.03 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.

Average price

$121.52

409 head · 664 lb average

Value per head Derived

$807

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

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

$26.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.25

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	667	123.95	827	325
Medium and Large 1-2	631	118.78	750	58
Medium and Large 2	694	97.23	675	26

One grade step is worth $26.72/cwt here — about $152 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 sale409 hd

121.52

—

TX average4 barns · 1,551 hd

115.27

+6.25

This barn, trailing median4 sales

280.54

−159.03

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,573	66.40	1,044	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,214	64.08	778	81
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	954	54.89	523	196

Every lot, as filed

75 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	—	243	143.49/cwt	143.00–144.00	349	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	899	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	931	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	131.68/cwt	129.00–132.00	801	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	133.32/cwt	128.00–138.00	703	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	133.07/cwt	128.00–136.00	755	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	143.51/cwt	139.00–147.00	664	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	142.61/cwt	140.00–144.00	609	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	152.89/cwt	151.00–153.00	520	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	883	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	237	151.38/cwt	149.00–157.00	359	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	144.41/cwt	141.00–150.00	518	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	61.89/cwt	60.00–64.50	618	94
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	964	46.95/cwt	41.00–53.50	453	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,012	57.85/cwt	52.00–59.50	585	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	693	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	916	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	469	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	717	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	555	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	225	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	369	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	156.18/cwt	150.00–160.00	757	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	984	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	143.96/cwt	141.00–145.00	839	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	972	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	176.76/cwt	167.00–179.50	659	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	212	188.31/cwt	178.00–205.00	399	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	155.88/cwt	154.00–157.00	659	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	151.41/cwt	149.00–153.00	812	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	176.40/cwt	174.00–177.00	596	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	141.88/cwt	141.50–143.00	874	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	130.33/cwt	130.00–131.00	880	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	187.68/cwt	185.00–189.00	503	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	1,031	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	687	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	666	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	108.15/cwt	104.00–109.00	576	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	886	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	806	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	708	87.01/cwt	84.00–90.00	616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	765	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	658	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,631	67.94/cwt	66.00–69.25	1,108	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,368	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	834	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	66.45/cwt	66.00–69.50	800	54
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	59.72/cwt	57.00–65.00	729	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,337	56.18/cwt	56.00–56.50	751	3
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	346	43.58/cwt	43.00–49.00	151	10
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	464	62.46/cwt	60.00–65.00	290	6
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	366	2
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	263	59.50/cwt	58.00–60.00	156	9
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	658	45.83/cwt	45.00–46.00	302	6
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	423	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	233	2
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	700	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	294	1
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	463	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	361	10
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	371	77.16/cwt	76.00–80.00	286	7
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	334	32.00/cwt	32.00–32.00	107	7
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	372	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	149	6
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	39.00/cwt	39.00–39.00	172	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	609	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	792	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	659	116.01/cwt	115.00–120.00	765	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	550	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	577	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	666	40.11/cwt	39.00–44.00	267	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	778	35.72/cwt	33.00–39.00	278	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	630	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	365	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	972	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	699	126.69/cwt	125.00–127.00	886	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	135.85/cwt	134.00–139.00	796	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	122.90/cwt	120.00–127.00	648	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	872	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	942	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	122.72/cwt	120.00–125.00	702	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	106.91/cwt	105.00–108.00	827	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	115.75/cwt	115.00–116.00	791	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	132.00/cwt	130.00–136.00	647	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	297	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	431	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	872	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.

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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Dalhart, TX

Thu Jun 25, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,029Last week 1,171Year ago 455

Slaughter CattleReceipts 457Last week 315Year ago 280

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	243	143.00–144.00	143.49
1	—	400	130.00	130.00
13	—	527	120.00–127.00	122.90
9	—	872	108.00	108.00
9	—	572	120.00–125.00	122.72
8	—	774	105.00–108.00	106.91
8	—	683	115.00–116.00	115.75
3	—	490	130.00–136.00	132.00
3	—	297	145.00	145.00
2	—	938	93.00	93.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	881	102.00	102.00
71	—	786	118.50	118.50
38	—	608	129.00–132.00	131.68
24	—	527	128.00–138.00	133.32
21	—	567	128.00–136.00	133.07
20	—	463	139.00–147.00	143.51
18	—	427	140.00–144.00	142.61
17	—	340	151.00–153.00	152.89
15	—	739	119.50	119.50
9	—	237	149.00–157.00	151.38
7	—	359	141.00–150.00	144.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	687	97.00	97.00
6	—	533	104.00–109.00	108.15
5	—	886	91.00	91.00
2	—	708	84.00–90.00	87.01
1	—	765	86.00	86.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	465	149.00	149.00
2	—	760	120.50	120.50
2	—	288	163.00	163.00
1	—	535	134.00	134.00
1	—	345	161.00	161.00
1	—	225	164.00	164.00
20	—	732	132.75	132.75
13	—	699	125.00–127.00	126.69
8	—	586	134.00–139.00	135.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	485	150.00–160.00	156.18
49	—	751	131.00	131.00
24	—	583	141.00–145.00	143.96
20	—	732	132.75	132.75
14	—	373	167.00–179.50	176.76
9	—	212	178.00–205.00	188.31
8	—	423	154.00–157.00	155.88
5	—	536	149.00–153.00	151.41
5	—	338	174.00–177.00	176.40
4	—	616	141.50–143.00	141.88
3	—	675	130.00–131.00	130.33
3	—	268	185.00–189.00	187.68
1	—	950	108.50	108.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	609	130.00	130.00
5	—	659	115.00–120.00	116.01
4	—	426	129.00	129.00
1	—	465	124.00	124.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	346	43.00–49.00	43.58
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	464	60.00–65.00	62.46
2	—	555	66.00	66.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	263	58.00–60.00	59.50
6	—	658	45.00–46.00	45.83
2	—	423	55.00	55.00
1	—	700	42.00	42.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	463	78.00	78.00
7	—	371	76.00–80.00	77.16
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	334	32.00	32.00
6	—	372	40.00	40.00
1	—	440	39.00	39.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	998	60.00–64.50	61.89
45	—	964	41.00–53.50	46.95
31	—	1,012	52.00–59.50	57.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,631	66.00–69.25	67.94
2	—	1,368	61.00	61.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,204	66.00–69.50	66.45
24	—	1,220	57.00–65.00	59.72
3	—	1,337	56.00–56.50	56.18
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	666	39.00–44.00	40.11
10	—	778	33.00–39.00	35.72
2	—	630	58.00	58.00

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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