Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Fully weaned steer and heifer calves sold firm to 2.00 higher; unweaned kinds were weak to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers steady except a few load lots sold firm to 2.00 higher. Fleshy slaughter cows were 1.00 to 2.00 higher; lean cows mostly steady. Slaughter bulls not well tested. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $141.96/cwt on 1,183 head.

Average price

$141.96

1,183 head · 662 lb average

Value per head Derived

$939

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$203

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

$52.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.69

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	630	147.69	931	846
Medium and Large 1-2	738	130.95	966	305
Medium and Large 2	764	95.23	727	32

One grade step is worth $52.47/cwt here — about $203 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 sale1,183 hd

141.96

—

TX average4 barns · 3,975 hd

140.27

+1.69

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	—	Low	1,572	73.81	1,160	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,481	58.37	865	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,227	51.81	636	121
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,033	44.33	458	267

Every lot, as filed

89 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	—	604	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	773	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	532	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	968	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	767	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	750	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,016	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	305	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	473	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	872	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,129	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	162.25/cwt	160.00–164.00	607	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	777	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	528	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	731	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	516	136.76/cwt	133.00–140.00	706	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	488	139.64/cwt	137.00–148.00	681	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	626	130.91/cwt	127.50–132.00	819	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	726	120.54/cwt	120.00–121.00	875	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	436	142.65/cwt	140.00–146.00	622	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	598	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	777	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	694	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	874	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	358	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	594	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	433	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	760	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	512	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	814	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	144.15/cwt	138.00–147.00	925	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,204	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,101	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	150.27/cwt	148.00–151.00	858	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	158.96/cwt	156.00–161.00	738	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	965	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	244	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	547	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	145.11/cwt	145.00–146.00	747	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	176.23/cwt	171.00–179.00	643	12
Bulls	—	—	1,572	73.81/cwt	67.50–76.50	1,160	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,407	59.21/cwt	58.00–61.00	833	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,354	55.38/cwt	52.00–58.00	750	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,114	48.25/cwt	46.50–50.00	538	66
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,529	60.02/cwt	59.00–63.00	918	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,457	57.55/cwt	55.00–58.50	839	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,168	55.51/cwt	55.00–58.00	648	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,027	32.34/cwt	26.00–39.00	332	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	44.03/cwt	40.00–46.00	462	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,010	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	953	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,101	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	743	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	150.91/cwt	142.00–154.00	664	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	131.22/cwt	127.00–132.00	871	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	139.49/cwt	133.00–142.00	670	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	368	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	581	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	656	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	754	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	364	141.16/cwt	140.00–144.00	514	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	607	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	722	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	322	146.57/cwt	145.00–155.00	472	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	418	136.51/cwt	132.00–139.00	571	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	719	121.20/cwt	119.00–124.00	871	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	482	128.67/cwt	123.00–135.00	620	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	583	126.30/cwt	119.00–130.00	736	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	442	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	887	107.99/cwt	107.00–109.00	958	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	685	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	145.20/cwt	140.00–146.00	524	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	957	92.13/cwt	92.00–93.00	882	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	574	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	631	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	764	106.28/cwt	105.00–110.00	812	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	627	109.78/cwt	104.00–117.00	688	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	666	109.69/cwt	109.50–110.00	731	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	480	129.88/cwt	126.00–135.00	623	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	626	122.57/cwt	120.00–126.50	767	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	374	150.44/cwt	145.00–154.00	563	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	822	116.08/cwt	115.00–117.00	954	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	705	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	811	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	587	119.28/cwt	116.50–124.00	700	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	569	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	621	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	790	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	861	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	895	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	859	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	902	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	803	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	635	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	692	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	860	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	774	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	825	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	726	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	724	91.36/cwt	90.00–96.00	661	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	48.73/cwt	45.50–54.00	527	116
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	832	39.49/cwt	39.00–40.00	329	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	810	33.60/cwt	24.00–39.00	272	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	667	101.79/cwt	99.00–110.00	679	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	721	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	649	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	707	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	300	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	330	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	642	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	687	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,060	11

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 Sep 24, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,907Last week 1,907Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 543Last week 543Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	604	128.00	128.00
8	—	270	197.00	197.00
6	—	762	127.00	127.00
4	—	577	133.00	133.00
16	—	842	120.00	120.00
21	—	953	115.50	115.50
24	—	542	137.00	137.00
32	—	440	142.00–154.00	150.91
38	—	664	127.00–132.00	131.22
93	—	480	133.00–142.00	139.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	750	135.50	135.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	368	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	656	115.00	115.00
7	—	364	140.00–144.00	141.16
9	—	607	119.00	119.00
13	—	322	145.00–155.00	146.57
17	—	418	132.00–139.00	136.51
21	—	719	119.00–124.00	121.20
37	—	482	123.00–135.00	128.67
54	—	583	119.00–130.00	126.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	139.00	139.00
4	—	887	107.00–109.00	107.99
7	—	571	120.00	120.00
8	—	361	140.00–146.00	145.20
8	—	957	92.00–93.00	92.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	574	110.00	110.00
7	—	764	105.00–110.00	106.28
9	—	627	104.00–117.00	109.78
13	—	667	99.00–110.00	101.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	106.00	106.00
7	—	649	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	300	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	155.00	155.00
8	—	666	109.50–110.00	109.69
10	—	480	126.00–135.00	129.88
10	—	626	120.00–126.50	122.57
11	—	374	145.00–154.00	150.44
11	—	822	115.00–117.00	116.08
12	—	705	115.00	115.00
23	—	587	116.50–124.00	119.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
179	—	872	129.50	129.50
18	—	374	160.00–164.00	162.25
12	—	584	133.00	133.00
9	—	318	166.00	166.00
1	—	530	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	516	133.00–140.00	136.76
31	—	488	137.00–148.00	139.64
27	—	626	127.50–132.00	130.91
13	—	726	120.00–121.00	120.54
11	—	436	140.00–146.00	142.65
6	—	598	130.00	130.00
4	—	694	126.00	126.00
2	—	358	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	433	175.50	175.50
22	—	512	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
238	—	642	138.00–147.00	144.15
142	—	869	138.50	138.50
70	—	739	149.00	149.00
62	—	571	148.00–151.00	150.27
56	—	464	156.00–161.00	158.96
24	—	675	143.00	143.00
22	—	244	224.00	224.00
19	—	515	145.00–146.00	145.11
12	—	365	171.00–179.00	176.23
1	—	310	207.00	207.00
7	—	419	164.00	164.00
11	—	771	137.50	137.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	125.00	125.00
1	—	535	116.00	116.00
1	—	570	115.00	115.00
1	—	790	109.00	109.00
2	—	895	96.00	96.00
3	—	902	89.00	89.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	635	109.00	109.00
3	—	860	90.00	90.00
8	—	825	88.00	88.00
9	—	724	90.00–96.00	91.36

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,572	67.50–76.50	73.81
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,407	58.00–61.00	59.21
45	—	1,354	52.00–58.00	55.38
66	—	1,114	46.50–50.00	48.25
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,529	59.00–63.00	60.02
18	—	1,457	55.00–58.50	57.55
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,168	55.00–58.00	55.51
23	—	1,027	26.00–39.00	32.34
69	—	1,050	40.00–46.00	44.03
116	—	1,082	45.50–54.00	48.73
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	832	39.00–40.00	39.49
37	—	810	24.00–39.00	33.60

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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