Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves under 550 lbs firm to 5.00 higher; over 550 lbs steady. Feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs firm. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade fairly active. Demand fairly good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.81/cwt on 867 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −148.74 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.

Average price

$131.81

867 head · 603 lb average

Value per head Derived

$795

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$139

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

$28.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.15

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	602	133.61	805	784
Medium and Large 1-2	602	119.76	721	55
Medium and Large 2	634	105.00	666	28

One grade step is worth $28.61/cwt here — about $139 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 sale867 hd

131.81

—

TX average4 barns · 2,579 hd

126.65

+5.15

This barn, trailing median4 sales

280.54

−148.74

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	1,807	78.37	1,416	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,533	52.04	798	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,275	46.94	599	97
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,095	42.07	461	219

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	—	525	138.94/cwt	134.00–142.50	729	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	436	161.51/cwt	161.00–164.00	704	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	642	126.58/cwt	125.00–127.00	813	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	756	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	862	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	585	127.91/cwt	121.00–136.00	748	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	879	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	615	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	879	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	260	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	564	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	511	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	746	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	334	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	564	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	515	171.78/cwt	168.00–176.00	885	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	153.28/cwt	152.00–158.00	524	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	428	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	760	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	140.19/cwt	135.00–148.00	672	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	494	166.07/cwt	162.50–168.00	820	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	947	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	470	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	738	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	815	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	559	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	129.54/cwt	128.00–130.00	1,049	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	827	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	132.72/cwt	127.00–136.00	768	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	131.89/cwt	126.00–134.00	840	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	121.33/cwt	120.00–122.00	1,042	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	159.80/cwt	153.00–163.00	829	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	146.49/cwt	126.50–153.00	838	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	136.10/cwt	132.00–139.00	863	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,043	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,053	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	148.52/cwt	145.00–153.50	645	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	492	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	713	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,160	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,044	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	232	182.32/cwt	173.00–186.00	423	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	126.94/cwt	124.00–131.00	911	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	938	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,154	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	127.53/cwt	127.00–128.00	982	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	573	122.24/cwt	115.00–126.00	700	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	814	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	871	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	742	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	853	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	666	120.89/cwt	120.00–123.00	805	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	159.81/cwt	159.00–162.00	650	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	123.19/cwt	122.25–130.00	963	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	927	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,020	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,225	42.72/cwt	39.00–44.50	523	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	43.59/cwt	40.00–48.00	561	52
Bulls	—	—	1,570	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	1,083	1
Bulls	—	—	1,863	83.24/cwt	83.00–83.50	1,551	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,202	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	625	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,041	32.77/cwt	29.00–36.00	341	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,123	47.18/cwt	43.50–49.00	530	104
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,533	52.04/cwt	50.00–54.00	798	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	50.81/cwt	49.00–52.00	641	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	554	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	734	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	734	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	826	36.08/cwt	32.00–36.50	298	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	709	110.79/cwt	110.00–114.00	786	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	626	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	561	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	595	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	122.95/cwt	120.00–124.50	884	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	687	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	721	5
Bulls	—	—	1,930	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,505	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	669	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	511	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	588	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	710	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	385	168.92/cwt	164.00–175.00	650	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	769	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	888	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	380	203.59/cwt	202.50–205.00	774	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	574	154.22/cwt	144.00–158.00	885	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	545	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	779	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	345	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	518	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	451	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	618	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	615	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	721	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	757	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	669	116.87/cwt	115.00–119.00	782	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	663	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	960	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	470	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	837	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	122.00/cwt	121.00–123.00	736	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	603	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	283	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	464	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,067	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	127.65/cwt	122.00–132.00	694	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	460	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	644	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	111.53/cwt	110.00–113.00	742	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	136.47/cwt	133.00–140.00	461	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	975	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 12, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,800Last week 1,579Year ago 2,191

Slaughter CattleReceipts 587Last week 482Year ago 380

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	525	134.00–142.50	138.94
63	—	742	118.50	118.50
10	—	342	152.00–158.00	153.28
72	—	479	135.00–148.00	140.19
4	—	816	116.00	116.00
26	—	663	123.00	123.00
8	—	370	151.00	151.00
62	—	579	127.00–136.00	132.72
31	—	637	126.00–134.00	131.89
3	—	1,043	101.00	101.00
31	—	434	145.00–153.50	148.52
5	—	1,160	90.00	90.00
126	—	770	127.00–128.00	127.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	436	161.00–164.00	161.51
36	—	511	146.00	146.00
5	—	334	169.00	169.00
3	—	470	157.00	157.00
28	—	385	164.00–175.00	168.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	642	125.00–127.00	126.58
18	—	756	114.00	114.00
41	—	573	115.00–126.00	122.24
3	—	742	115.00	115.00
4	—	451	137.00	137.00
53	—	669	115.00–119.00	116.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	142.00	142.00
5	—	709	110.00–114.00	110.79
4	—	430	143.00	143.00
5	—	608	109.00	109.00
18	—	544	122.00–132.00	127.65
14	—	665	110.00–113.00	111.53
2	—	338	133.00–140.00	136.47
2	—	878	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	734	100.00	100.00
1	—	620	101.00	101.00
9	—	561	106.00	106.00
5	—	687	105.00	105.00
4	—	511	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	721	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	585	121.00–136.00	127.91
5	—	492	145.00	145.00
4	—	814	107.00	107.00
10	—	666	120.00–123.00	120.89
10	—	927	110.00	110.00
7	—	769	115.50	115.50
4	—	545	143.00	143.00
2	—	283	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	615	143.00	143.00
3	—	260	217.00	217.00
37	—	515	168.00–176.00	171.78
7	—	428	177.50	177.50
18	—	380	202.50–205.00	203.59
29	—	574	144.00–158.00	154.22
40	—	470	178.00	178.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	494	162.50–168.00	166.07
9	—	810	128.00–130.00	129.54
3	—	667	124.00	124.00
3	—	859	120.00–122.00	121.33
36	—	519	153.00–163.00	159.80
70	—	572	126.50–153.00	146.49
27	—	634	132.00–139.00	136.10
4	—	232	173.00–186.00	182.32
90	—	718	124.00–131.00	126.94
3	—	938	123.00	123.00
11	—	407	159.00–162.00	159.81
8	—	782	122.25–130.00	123.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	719	120.00–124.50	122.95
4	—	443	151.00	151.00
2	—	550	129.00	129.00
3	—	800	120.00	120.00
2	—	603	121.00–123.00	122.00
3	—	370	163.00	163.00
2	—	970	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	345	150.00	150.00
2	—	460	140.00	140.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,225	39.00–44.50	42.72
3	—	1,202	52.00	52.00
49	—	1,041	29.00–36.00	32.77
104	—	1,123	43.50–49.00	47.18
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,288	40.00–48.00	43.59
45	—	1,261	49.00–52.00	50.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,533	50.00–54.00	52.04
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	826	32.00–36.50	36.08
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	69.00	69.00
2	—	1,863	83.00–83.50	83.24
1	—	1,930	78.00	78.00

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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