Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Receipts on offer were mostly calves coming right off their mothers with several having one round of preweaning shots, a few had their booster shots. Steer calves under 600 lbs steady with a few attractive lots 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Steer calves over 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. 300 to 700 lb heifers 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Yearling steer and heifer feeders were not well tested. Lean slaughter cows steady, fleshy kinds mostly 2.00 lower. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $128.76/cwt on 1,100 head.

Average price

$128.76

1,100 head · 588 lb average

Value per head Derived

$757

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

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

$32.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.54

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	133.42	756	840
Medium and Large 1-2	657	117.40	772	203
Medium and Large 2	654	100.53	658	57

One grade step is worth $32.89/cwt here — about $98 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 sale1,100 hd

128.76

—

TX average4 barns · 2,177 hd

127.22

+1.54

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	1,595	73.00	1,164	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,612	50.98	822	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,267	47.19	598	75
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,094	42.06	460	124

Every lot, as filed

98 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 1Unweaned	—	760	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	752	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	738	92.98/cwt	90.00–99.00	686	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	578	108.87/cwt	105.00–114.00	629	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	646	120.75/cwt	113.00–125.00	780	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	294	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	368	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	378	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	503	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	583	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	612	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	539	105.95/cwt	102.00–113.00	571	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	855	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	958	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	670	111.48/cwt	108.00–114.00	747	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	126.75/cwt	126.75–126.75	830	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	127.86/cwt	126.50–129.50	985	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	746	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	841	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	771	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	941	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	316	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	392	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	308	130.04/cwt	127.00–131.00	401	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	741	101.97/cwt	101.00–105.00	756	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	358	123.01/cwt	122.00–124.00	440	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	838	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	670	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	674	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	607	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	537	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	685	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	554	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	681	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	819	93.19/cwt	91.00–103.50	763	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	132.88/cwt	132.00–133.00	383	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	120.41/cwt	120.00–121.50	813	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	232	153.30/cwt	153.00–154.00	356	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	441	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	591	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	440	106.99/cwt	104.00–115.00	471	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	458	111.53/cwt	110.00–112.00	511	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	458	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	568	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	762	114.42/cwt	106.00–117.50	872	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	120.35/cwt	118.00–123.00	561	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	690	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	821	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	341	95.08/cwt	90.00–111.00	324	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	472	91.74/cwt	88.00–95.00	433	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	575	88.36/cwt	79.50–90.00	508	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	542	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	407	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	296	139.61/cwt	138.00–140.00	413	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	613	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	601	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	638	91.65/cwt	86.00–96.00	585	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	397	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	437	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	774	97.07/cwt	96.00–100.00	751	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	603	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	591	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	467	121.95/cwt	120.00–124.00	570	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	689	95.69/cwt	95.00–102.00	659	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	822	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	142.95/cwt	141.00–146.00	628	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	871	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	161.73/cwt	155.00–169.00	598	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,155	96.50/cwt	96.50–96.50	1,115	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,028	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	1,136	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	135.02/cwt	130.00–140.00	782	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	147.65/cwt	141.00–153.00	701	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	609	110.53/cwt	100.00–112.00	673	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	428	124.99/cwt	123.00–128.00	535	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,008	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	942	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	701	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	852	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	108.25/cwt	108.25–108.25	942	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	132.37/cwt	130.00–135.00	556	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	742	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	125.16/cwt	119.00–129.00	711	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	919	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	931	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	1,019	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	146.25/cwt	139.00–148.00	557	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	126.60/cwt	124.00–133.00	666	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	218	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	351	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	998	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	555	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	944	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	370	145.71/cwt	143.00–146.00	539	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	134.66/cwt	134.00–139.00	640	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	496	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	528	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	514	116.16/cwt	108.50–118.00	597	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	340	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	442	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	393	124.62/cwt	124.00–129.00	490	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	570	127.17/cwt	120.00–131.00	725	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	805	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	958	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	295	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	472	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	260	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	393	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	477	136.18/cwt	129.00–138.00	650	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	310	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	450	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	728	104.96/cwt	99.00–110.00	764	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	530	130.85/cwt	128.50–134.00	694	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	613	110.09/cwt	109.00–111.00	675	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	410	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	353	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,750	55.50/cwt	55.50–55.50	971	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	38.90/cwt	36.00–42.50	447	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	581	114.49/cwt	114.00–115.00	665	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	670	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	670	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	658	83.51/cwt	83.00–85.00	549	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	692	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,508	40.50/cwt	40.50–40.50	611	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	874	24.99/cwt	23.00–30.00	218	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	46.47/cwt	43.50–50.00	509	72
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	47.37/cwt	44.00–52.00	597	73
Bulls	—	—	1,595	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,164	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,598	50.53/cwt	49.50–53.00	807	10

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,277Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 518Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	99.00	99.00
6	—	738	90.00–99.00	92.98
43	—	578	105.00–114.00	108.87
17	—	467	120.00–124.00	121.95
20	—	689	95.00–102.00	95.69
25	—	609	100.00–112.00	110.53
43	—	428	123.00–128.00	124.99
57	—	514	108.50–118.00	116.16
10	—	340	130.00	130.00
15	—	393	124.00–129.00	124.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	294	125.00	125.00
57	—	539	102.00–113.00	105.95
6	—	316	124.00	124.00
2	—	358	122.00–124.00	123.01
2	—	838	80.00	80.00
4	—	674	90.00	90.00
37	—	440	104.00–115.00	106.99
51	—	458	110.00–112.00	111.53
12	—	613	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	537	127.50	127.50
8	—	554	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	288	132.00–133.00	132.88
30	—	675	120.00–121.50	120.41
72	—	466	118.00–123.00	120.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	341	90.00–111.00	95.08
9	—	472	88.00–95.00	91.74
20	—	575	79.50–90.00	88.36
33	—	542	75.00	75.00
7	—	638	86.00–96.00	91.65
8	—	397	110.00	110.00
2	—	410	86.00	86.00
4	—	658	83.00–85.00	83.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	917	95.00	95.00
3	—	1,008	93.50	93.50
4	—	701	121.50	121.50
7	—	870	108.25	108.25
13	—	420	130.00–135.00	132.37
51	—	568	119.00–129.00	125.16
34	—	381	139.00–148.00	146.25
59	—	526	124.00–133.00	126.60
60	—	475	134.00–139.00	134.66
3	—	340	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	646	113.00–125.00	120.75
1	—	855	112.00	112.00
72	—	670	108.00–114.00	111.48
44	—	771	122.00	122.00
22	—	370	143.00–146.00	145.71
92	—	570	120.00–131.00	127.17
1	—	805	119.00	119.00
2	—	260	151.00	151.00
75	—	477	129.00–138.00	136.18
2	—	310	145.00	145.00
14	—	728	99.00–110.00	104.96
36	—	530	128.50–134.00	130.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	378	133.00	133.00
3	—	583	105.00	105.00
9	—	308	127.00–131.00	130.04
16	—	741	101.00–105.00	101.97
38	—	819	91.00–103.50	93.19
5	—	441	134.00	134.00
2	—	458	124.00	124.00
20	—	762	106.00–117.50	114.42
1	—	690	119.00	119.00
5	—	296	138.00–140.00	139.61
22	—	613	109.00–111.00	110.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	655	126.75	126.75
26	—	770	126.50–129.50	127.86
9	—	561	133.00	133.00
14	—	647	130.00	130.00
7	—	232	153.00–154.00	153.30
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	774	96.00–100.00	97.07
27	—	603	98.00	98.00
4	—	581	114.00–115.00	114.49
4	—	670	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	620	132.50	132.50
31	—	439	141.00–146.00	142.95
20	—	370	155.00–169.00	161.73
10	—	1,155	96.50	96.50
15	—	1,028	110.50	110.50
99	—	579	130.00–140.00	135.02
137	—	475	141.00–153.00	147.65
77	—	519	143.00	143.00
4	—	738	124.50	124.50
4	—	931	109.50	109.50
4	—	218	161.00	161.00
2	—	950	105.00	105.00
9	—	330	160.00	160.00
1	—	295	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	555	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	629	110.00	110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,750	55.50	55.50
10	—	1,598	49.50–53.00	50.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,150	36.00–42.50	38.90
11	—	874	23.00–30.00	24.99
72	—	1,095	43.50–50.00	46.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,508	40.50	40.50
73	—	1,260	44.00–52.00	47.37
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,595	73.00	73.00

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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