Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded mostly 2.00 to 5.00 higher, with instances of up to 10.00 higher on heavier weight reputation cattle. Steer calves traded mostly 4.00 lower. Both heifer calves and feeder heifers were too lightly tested for a market trend but a sharply lower undertone was noted. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly 4.00 lower. Trading activity was moderate to active. Buyer demand was very good for yearlings and long weaned calves but light to moderate on short weaned calves. Larger discounts were noted for calves that weren't weaned or lacked a full vaccination program, especially since a cold front moved into the region bringing around two tenths of moisture.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $174.97/cwt on 1,342 head.

Average price

$174.97

1,342 head · 685 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,199

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$316

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

$35.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.22

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	701	177.90	1,246	1,042
Medium and Large 1-2	629	168.06	1,056	262
Medium and Large 2	654	142.18	930	38

One grade step is worth $35.72/cwt here — about $316 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 sale1,342 hd

174.97

—

TX average3 barns · 3,303 hd

171.75

+3.22

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	1,793	98.49	1,766	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,611	80.40	1,295	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,279	76.10	973	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,081	56.94	615	155

Every lot, as filed

79 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 1-2Unweaned	—	680	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	959	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	628	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	848	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	616	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	865	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	748	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,055	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	949	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	901	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	663	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	754	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	177.01/cwt	176.00–179.00	919	50
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	628	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,320	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	814	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,115	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	159.10/cwt	159.00–160.00	1,064	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	781	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	854	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,409	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	454	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	799	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	175.41/cwt	165.00–176.50	1,456	282
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	175.57/cwt	169.75–176.00	1,276	212
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	176.23/cwt	167.00–176.50	1,183	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,278	113
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	725	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	979	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	883	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,492	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	501	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	932	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	376	172.35/cwt	172.00–175.00	648	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,094	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	271	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	585	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	571	176.49/cwt	169.00–180.00	1,008	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	615	162.67/cwt	160.00–164.00	1,000	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	489	159.89/cwt	159.00–161.00	782	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	575	159.65/cwt	159.00–160.00	918	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	320	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	589	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	443	179.39/cwt	179.00–180.00	795	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	888	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,154	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,082	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	733	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	997	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	644	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	820	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	984	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	494	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	810	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,204	64.17/cwt	59.00–68.00	773	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,528	75.83/cwt	70.00–77.00	1,159	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	2,110	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,836	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,251	69.50/cwt	69.50–69.50	869	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,171	70.68/cwt	69.00–76.00	828	38
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	82.72/cwt	79.00–84.00	1,332	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,164	50.14/cwt	40.00–54.00	584	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	940	50.90/cwt	47.00–52.00	478	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	954	55.35/cwt	53.00–63.00	528	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	77.16/cwt	73.00–81.00	990	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	906	38.64/cwt	35.00–45.00	350	27
Bulls	—	—	1,850	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,702	1
Bulls	—	—	1,765	101.73/cwt	100.00–103.50	1,796	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	719	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	358	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	437	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	525	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	401	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	597	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,171	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	879	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,107	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	872	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,177	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	998	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	547	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	837	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	315	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	375	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	618	153.66/cwt	150.50–156.00	950	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,111	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	589	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	166.38/cwt	163.00–175.00	770	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	171.79/cwt	168.00–174.00	955	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,013	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	539	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	846	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	571	131.44/cwt	130.00–136.00	751	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	353	150.66/cwt	150.00–152.00	532	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	431	164.64/cwt	160.00–170.00	710	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	495	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	767	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	673	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,043	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	179.45/cwt	178.00–179.50	1,138	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	194.53/cwt	194.00–196.00	1,031	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	457	152.26/cwt	149.00–161.00	696	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	423	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	635	8

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 Oct 6, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,131Last week 1,772Year ago 2,031

Slaughter CattleReceipts 460Last week 655Year ago 923

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	680	141.00	141.00
6	—	628	135.00	135.00
13	—	571	130.00–136.00	131.44
6	—	353	150.00–152.00	150.66
41	—	457	149.00–161.00	152.26
8	—	423	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	888	130.00	130.00
7	—	733	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	719	150.50	150.50
2	—	553	159.00	159.00
5	—	845	131.00	131.00
3	—	872	135.00	135.00
9	—	679	147.00	147.00
5	—	547	153.00	153.00
2	—	368	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	525	137.00	137.00
2	—	378	139.00	139.00
5	—	401	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	358	122.00	122.00
3	—	315	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	753	155.50	155.50
46	—	686	162.00	162.00
11	—	463	163.00–175.00	166.38
56	—	556	168.00–174.00	171.79
5	—	625	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	618	150.50–156.00	153.66
8	—	539	157.00	157.00
38	—	431	160.00–170.00	164.64
12	—	495	155.00	155.00
8	—	673	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	616	140.50	140.50
11	—	748	141.00	141.00
3	—	390	161.00	161.00
4	—	814	137.00	137.00
4	—	535	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	550	172.50	172.50
50	—	519	176.00–179.00	177.01
2	—	830	159.00	159.00
20	—	669	159.00–160.00	159.10
15	—	454	176.00	176.00
113	—	765	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	421	214.00	214.00
2	—	300	221.00	221.00
6	—	368	205.00	205.00
19	—	854	165.00	165.00
282	—	830	165.00–176.50	175.41
212	—	727	169.75–176.00	175.57
178	—	671	167.00–176.50	176.23
4	—	453	195.00	195.00
19	—	910	164.00	164.00
31	—	579	189.00	189.00
139	—	634	178.00–179.50	179.45
32	—	530	194.00–196.00	194.53
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	725	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	501	186.00	186.00
4	—	271	216.00	216.00
48	—	571	169.00–180.00	176.49
9	—	615	160.00–164.00	162.67
2	—	320	184.00	184.00
5	—	443	179.00–180.00	179.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	376	172.00–175.00	172.35
20	—	489	159.00–161.00	159.89
21	—	575	159.00–160.00	159.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	360	179.00	179.00
3	—	820	120.00	120.00
11	—	494	164.00	164.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,204	59.00–68.00	64.17
38	—	1,171	69.00–76.00	70.68
20	—	1,164	40.00–54.00	50.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,528	70.00–77.00	75.83
1	—	2,110	87.00	87.00
9	—	1,610	79.00–84.00	82.72
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,251	69.50	69.50
50	—	1,283	73.00–81.00	77.16
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	940	47.00–52.00	50.90
15	—	954	53.00–63.00	55.35
27	—	906	35.00–45.00	38.64
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,850	92.00	92.00
2	—	1,765	100.00–103.50	101.73

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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