Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded mostly steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder heifers were too lightly tested for a market trend. Steer calves traded steady to 2.00 lower. Heifer calves traded mostly 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 3.00 higher. Trading activity was moderate on moderate buyer demand. The majority of the supply consisted of calves straight off the cow. The weather is forecasted to cool down with a chance of moisture Sunday into Monday, as a result large discounts for calves fresh off the cow or lacking full vaccinations were once again noted.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $169.98/cwt on 728 head.

Average price

$169.98

728 head · 601 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,021

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$192

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$100.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.45

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	578	178.25	1,031	482
Medium and Large 1-2	623	157.66	983	177
Medium and Large 2	618	157.58	974	57
Medium and Large 2-3	1,076	78.00	839	12thin

One grade step is worth $100.25/cwt here — about $192 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 sale728 hd

169.98

—

TX average4 barns · 1,815 hd

167.53

+2.45

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	1,473	87.22	1,285	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,467	80.12	1,175	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,313	77.14	1,013	168
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,052	56.37	593	301

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,480	$1,085	1thin

Every lot, as filed

73 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 2-3	—	1,076	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	839	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	454	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	701	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	974	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	559	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	702	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,225	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	693	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,213	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	170.14/cwt	166.00–171.50	888	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	168.82/cwt	167.00–170.00	1,146	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	794	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	156.51/cwt	154.50–165.00	1,152	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,014	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	362	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	717	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	794	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	176.41/cwt	172.00–179.00	1,032	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	584	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,034	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	736	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,284	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,237	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	179.25/cwt	179.25–179.25	1,106	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	765	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,132	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	636	161.61/cwt	157.00–163.50	1,028	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	672	134.96/cwt	130.00–139.00	907	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	571	147.24/cwt	142.00–153.00	841	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	712	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	933	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	468	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	777	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	420	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	752	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	517	179.34/cwt	178.00–186.50	927	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	487	179.12/cwt	178.00–180.00	872	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	390	195.54/cwt	194.00–196.00	763	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	636	143.20/cwt	136.00–145.00	911	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	286	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	569	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	158.25/cwt	158.25–158.25	554	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	148.81/cwt	148.00–149.00	1,000	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	177.86/cwt	176.00–181.00	832	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	925	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	871	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,019	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	811	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	72.09/cwt	64.00–73.50	918	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	77.06/cwt	74.00–79.50	1,006	122
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,104	39.42/cwt	33.00–48.00	435	51
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,144	64.12/cwt	57.00–69.00	734	78
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,132	73.49/cwt	71.00–77.00	832	63
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	80.83/cwt	78.00–82.50	1,192	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,011	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,399	82.64/cwt	82.50–84.50	1,156	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	955	62.65/cwt	60.00–69.00	598	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	880	33.23/cwt	28.00–38.00	292	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	835	45.65/cwt	43.00–50.00	381	7
Bulls	—	—	1,500	85.79/cwt	83.00–90.00	1,287	15
Bulls	—	—	1,372	92.58/cwt	92.00–94.00	1,270	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,480	1,085.00/head	1,085.00–1,085.00	1,085	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,130	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	706	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	158.38/cwt	157.00–160.00	824	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	894	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	401	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	734	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	540	158.56/cwt	158.00–159.00	856	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	525	145.31/cwt	139.00–151.00	763	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	956	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	679	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,052	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,008	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,361	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	175.02/cwt	170.00–180.00	564	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	403	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	524	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	376	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	564	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	442	166.67/cwt	159.00–171.00	737	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	469	168.73/cwt	162.00–170.00	791	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	278	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	500	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	679	140.44/cwt	137.00–144.00	954	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	597	176.06/cwt	174.00–182.00	1,051	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	918	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	196.81/cwt	191.00–198.00	1,008	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	558	143.97/cwt	133.00–147.00	803	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	687	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	907	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	569	157.97/cwt	154.00–162.00	899	87

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 13, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,574Last week 2,131Year ago 2,204

Slaughter CattleReceipts 775Last week 460Year ago 589

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,076	78.00	78.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	313	145.00	145.00
18	—	701	139.00	139.00
5	—	375	149.00	149.00
4	—	540	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	702	174.50	174.50
42	—	693	175.00	175.00
4	—	361	220.00	220.00
90	—	617	179.25	179.25
31	—	597	174.00–182.00	176.06
19	—	473	194.00	194.00
12	—	512	191.00–198.00	196.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	522	166.00–171.50	170.14
28	—	679	167.00–170.00	168.82
21	—	736	154.50–165.00	156.51
9	—	638	159.00	159.00
3	—	362	198.00	198.00
8	—	585	172.00–179.00	176.41
6	—	853	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	584	177.00	177.00
14	—	736	174.50	174.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	765	148.00	148.00
25	—	636	157.00–163.50	161.61
13	—	712	131.00	131.00
4	—	420	179.00	179.00
94	—	517	178.00–186.50	179.34
40	—	487	178.00–180.00	179.12
31	—	390	194.00–196.00	195.54
5	—	286	199.00	199.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	672	130.00–139.00	134.96
29	—	571	142.00–153.00	147.24
2	—	468	166.00	166.00
25	—	636	136.00–145.00	143.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	350	158.25	158.25
5	—	871	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	672	148.00–149.00	148.81
14	—	589	157.00	157.00
9	—	520	157.00–160.00	158.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	468	176.00–181.00	177.86
2	—	785	144.00	144.00
2	—	388	182.00	182.00
27	—	511	175.00	175.00
5	—	401	183.00	183.00
86	—	574	166.50	166.50
2	—	1,008	135.00	135.00
4	—	322	170.00–180.00	175.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	540	158.00–159.00	158.56
22	—	442	159.00–171.00	166.67
21	—	469	162.00–170.00	168.73
9	—	278	180.00	180.00
4	—	679	137.00–144.00	140.44
87	—	569	154.00–162.00	157.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	525	139.00–151.00	145.31
4	—	376	150.00	150.00
40	—	558	133.00–147.00	143.97
12	—	687	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	679	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	403	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	579	140.00	140.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,273	64.00–73.50	72.09
122	—	1,305	74.00–79.50	77.06
23	—	1,399	82.50–84.50	82.64
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,104	33.00–48.00	39.42
78	—	1,144	57.00–69.00	64.12
63	—	1,132	71.00–77.00	73.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,475	78.00–82.50	80.83
1	—	1,385	73.00	73.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	955	60.00–69.00	62.65
47	—	880	28.00–38.00	33.23
7	—	835	43.00–50.00	45.65
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,500	83.00–90.00	85.79
4	—	1,372	92.00–94.00	92.58

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,480	1,085.00	1,085.00

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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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