Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady on limited comparable sales. Steer and heifer calves traded unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Trading activity was moderate to active on moderate to good buyer demand. The majority of the supply consisted of lighter weight calves. With temperatures reaching the upper 80's to 90's during the day and dropping to the 50's and 60's over night some notable discounts were applied to calves that were either short weaned or not weaned.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $187.19/cwt on 489 head.

Average price

$187.19

489 head · 600 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,123

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$136

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

$40.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.59

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	506	197.94	1,002	234
Medium and Large 1-2	686	177.48	1,217	253
Medium and Large 2	725	157.00	1,138	2thin

One grade step is worth $40.94/cwt here — about −$136 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 sale489 hd

187.19

—

TX average4 barns · 1,861 hd

188.77

−1.59

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	1,945	107.18	2,085	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,466	85.53	1,254	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,264	79.40	1,004	108
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,017	62.20	632	257

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	810	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,138	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	191.30/cwt	187.00–195.00	911	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	379	195.87/cwt	195.50–197.00	742	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	254	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	551	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	245	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	576	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	174.79/cwt	161.50–175.00	1,274	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	752	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	197.43/cwt	196.00–198.00	1,013	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	568	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	852	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	685	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,062	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	248.18/cwt	242.00–252.00	903	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,427	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,215	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,072	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	164.32/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,249	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	923	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,228	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	791	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,281	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	424	208.95/cwt	190.00–213.00	886	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	456	195.98/cwt	194.00–198.00	894	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	653	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,091	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	601	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,112	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,054	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	630	168.47/cwt	159.00–174.00	1,061	11
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	438	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	780	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	578	172.06/cwt	170.00–173.00	995	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	513	185.83/cwt	183.00–187.00	953	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	293	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	718	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	180.24/cwt	170.00–184.50	1,233	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	185.76/cwt	185.00–186.00	1,077	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	238.77/cwt	224.00–246.00	786	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	168.00/cwt	164.00–170.00	1,033	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	168.78/cwt	168.75–169.00	1,141	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	757	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,136	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	809	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,177	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	702	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	241	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	468	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,457	86.53/cwt	82.50–88.00	1,261	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	88.50/cwt	88.50–88.50	1,075	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,126	70.59/cwt	67.00–72.50	795	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,338	83.93/cwt	82.50–86.00	1,123	70
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	975	67.39/cwt	66.00–69.00	657	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,159	55.26/cwt	48.00–62.00	640	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,518	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,214	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,152	66.67/cwt	61.00–73.00	768	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	77.23/cwt	75.00–83.00	856	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	887	59.52/cwt	54.50–62.50	528	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	850	44.27/cwt	40.00–49.00	376	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	981	75.41/cwt	72.00–79.00	740	17
Bulls	—	—	1,945	107.18/cwt	107.00–107.50	2,085	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	895	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	879	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	737	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	906	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	651	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,016	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	517	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	897	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,310	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	400	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	748	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	750	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	219.60/cwt	211.00–226.00	718	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	212.38/cwt	209.00–215.00	801	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	162.58/cwt	158.00–163.00	1,158	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	165.34/cwt	162.75–165.50	1,258	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	569	164.42/cwt	164.00–165.00	936	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	483	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	782	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	633	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	981	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,233	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	151.04/cwt	149.00–152.50	1,248	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	182.33/cwt	172.00–184.00	1,061	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	869	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	230.64/cwt	226.00–233.00	989	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	793	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,269	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	828	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	998	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	522	168.33/cwt	167.00–169.00	879	6

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 15, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,306Last week 1,250Year ago 933

Slaughter CattleReceipts 516Last week 426Year ago 595

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	220.00	220.00
11	—	476	187.00–195.00	191.30
131	—	729	161.50–175.00	174.79
4	—	330	228.00	228.00
6	—	589	182.00	182.00
15	—	760	160.00–165.00	164.32
2	—	923	133.00	133.00
18	—	602	175.00	175.00
61	—	684	170.00–184.50	180.24
3	—	448	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	725	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	245	235.00	235.00
30	—	513	196.00–198.00	197.43
19	—	364	242.00–252.00	248.18
2	—	825	173.00	173.00
5	—	653	186.00	186.00
4	—	791	162.00	162.00
16	—	601	185.00	185.00
4	—	293	245.00	245.00
8	—	580	185.00–186.00	185.76
13	—	329	224.00–246.00	238.77
9	—	429	226.00–233.00	230.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	424	190.00–213.00	208.95
16	—	456	194.00–198.00	195.98
2	—	653	167.00	167.00
11	—	630	159.00–174.00	168.47
19	—	578	170.00–173.00	172.06
50	—	513	183.00–187.00	185.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	793	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	379	195.50–197.00	195.87
2	—	685	155.00	155.00
2	—	400	187.00	187.00
16	—	569	164.00–165.00	164.42
10	—	483	162.00	162.00
3	—	633	155.00	155.00
6	—	522	167.00–169.00	168.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	254	217.00	217.00
6	—	615	164.00–170.00	168.00
22	—	676	168.75–169.00	168.78
5	—	426	210.00	210.00
15	—	327	211.00–226.00	219.60
12	—	377	209.00–215.00	212.38
36	—	761	162.75–165.50	165.34
68	—	745	165.50	165.50
12	—	826	149.00–152.50	151.04
21	—	582	172.00–184.00	182.33
29	—	460	180.00	180.00
25	—	525	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	568	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	757	150.00	150.00
10	—	809	145.50	145.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	508	173.00	173.00
2	—	390	189.00	189.00
17	—	556	163.00	163.00
4	—	651	156.00	156.00
7	—	897	146.00	146.00
7	—	441	170.00	170.00
71	—	712	158.00–163.00	162.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	340	152.00	152.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	438	178.00	178.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	390	180.00	180.00
4	—	241	194.00	194.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,457	82.50–88.00	86.53
2	—	1,518	80.00	80.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,215	88.50	88.50
37	—	1,126	67.00–72.50	70.59
70	—	1,338	82.50–86.00	83.93
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	975	66.00–69.00	67.39
58	—	887	54.50–62.50	59.52
41	—	850	40.00–49.00	44.27
17	—	981	72.00–79.00	75.41
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,159	48.00–62.00	55.26
55	—	1,152	61.00–73.00	66.67
38	—	1,108	75.00–83.00	77.23
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,945	107.00–107.50	107.18

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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