Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on feeder steers or heifers due to last weeks light test, but a higher undertone was noted. Steer and heifer calves traded mostly firm to 5.00 higher, with instances of up to 10.00 higher on the lighter weight calves. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady. Trading activity was active on good buyer demand. A good portion of the trading region received some precipitation in the form of rain over the weekend ranging from a tenth to three tenths. However, more rain is needed to help the winter wheat crop emerge.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $177.62/cwt on 615 head.

Average price

$177.62

615 head · 637 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,132

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$244

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

$38.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.41

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	630	179.05	1,127	497
Medium and Large 1-2	676	176.74	1,195	101
Medium and Large 2	627	141.00	884	17thin

One grade step is worth $38.05/cwt here — about $244 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 sale615 hd

177.62

—

TX average4 barns · 1,731 hd

174.21

+3.41

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	1,489	87.48	1,303	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,485	80.54	1,196	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,269	74.44	945	97
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,167	60.83	710	231

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)	1,370	$975	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	995	$825	1thin

Every lot, as filed

70 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	—	545	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	763	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	985	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,487	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	689	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,127	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	163.05/cwt	161.00–175.50	941	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	782	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	179.62/cwt	178.00–185.50	1,026	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	208.92/cwt	204.00–215.00	900	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	303	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	618	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,131	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	325	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	592	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	174.56/cwt	169.00–180.00	628	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	202.32/cwt	195.00–211.00	951	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	173.97/cwt	173.50–178.00	1,106	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,322	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	197.90/cwt	190.00–206.00	762	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	716	156.68/cwt	151.00–160.00	1,122	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	895	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,490	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	629	167.15/cwt	157.00–168.75	1,051	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	523	165.39/cwt	162.00–173.00	865	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	194.55/cwt	188.00–199.50	1,025	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	669	146.93/cwt	145.00–149.50	983	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	704	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	751	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	1,326	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	744	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,004	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	714	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	554	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	936	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	478	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	765	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	899	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	869	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,130	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,115	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	513	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	616	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	755	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	944	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	295	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	552	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	792	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	998	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	440	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	704	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	72.17/cwt	70.00–73.00	924	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	982	62.23/cwt	61.00–64.00	611	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	839	30.40/cwt	21.00–33.00	255	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,254	70.01/cwt	67.00–73.00	878	126
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,283	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,014	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	40.03/cwt	30.00–51.00	472	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,205	60.07/cwt	54.00–66.00	724	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,715	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,492	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,466	80.00/cwt	78.00–84.00	1,173	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,043	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	626	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	84.73/cwt	83.00–85.00	1,029	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	76.19/cwt	74.00–81.00	989	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	947	53.30/cwt	46.00–57.00	505	14
Bulls	—	—	1,489	87.48/cwt	85.00–88.00	1,303	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	995	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,370	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	156.66/cwt	156.00–160.00	774	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,080	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	387	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	546	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	754	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	644	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	177.21/cwt	175.00–178.00	964	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	520	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	900	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	159.72/cwt	159.00–160.50	1,249	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	302	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	486	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	675	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,005	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	650	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	546	158.88/cwt	157.00–159.00	867	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	562	153.11/cwt	150.00–157.00	860	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	484	162.07/cwt	161.00–163.00	784	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	631	140.61/cwt	139.00–141.00	887	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	169.01/cwt	166.00–178.00	771	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	577	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	230.29/cwt	224.00–235.00	859	24

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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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Dalhart, TX

Thu Oct 20, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,591Last week 1,574Year ago 1,431

Slaughter CattleReceipts 546Last week 775Year ago 459

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 1Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	545	140.00	140.00
7	—	466	151.00	151.00
6	—	869	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	985	151.00	151.00
81	—	571	178.00–185.50	179.62
10	—	431	204.00–215.00	208.92
2	—	665	170.00	170.00
31	—	470	195.00–211.00	202.32
27	—	636	173.50–178.00	173.97
66	—	771	171.50	171.50
81	—	527	188.00–199.50	194.55
5	—	316	226.00	226.00
24	—	373	224.00–235.00	230.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	689	163.50	163.50
29	—	716	151.00–160.00	156.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	303	204.00	204.00
4	—	385	190.00–206.00	197.90
71	—	751	176.50	176.50
15	—	481	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	895	166.50	166.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	629	157.00–168.75	167.15
17	—	523	162.00–173.00	165.39
27	—	669	145.00–149.50	146.93
5	—	554	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	744	135.00	135.00
4	—	478	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	577	161.00–175.50	163.05
14	—	395	198.00	198.00
11	—	678	164.50	164.50
20	—	410	184.00	184.00
99	—	544	175.00–178.00	177.21
50	—	782	159.00–160.50	159.72
3	—	323	209.00	209.00
10	—	634	158.50	158.50
73	—	456	166.00–178.00	169.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	325	182.00	182.00
47	—	546	157.00–159.00	158.88
9	—	562	150.00–157.00	153.11
21	—	484	161.00–163.00	162.07
10	—	631	139.00–141.00	140.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	360	169.00–180.00	174.56
18	—	494	156.00–160.00	156.66
12	—	715	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	387	141.00	141.00
5	—	550	117.00	117.00
5	—	302	161.00	161.00
10	—	542	120.00	120.00
6	—	444	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	520	173.00	173.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	513	120.00	120.00
2	—	755	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	187.00	187.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	792	126.00	126.00
1	—	440	160.00	160.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,280	70.00–73.00	72.17
6	—	1,043	60.00	60.00
8	—	1,215	83.00–85.00	84.73
48	—	1,298	74.00–81.00	76.19
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	982	61.00–64.00	62.23
23	—	839	21.00–33.00	30.40
14	—	947	46.00–57.00	53.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	1,254	67.00–73.00	70.01
5	—	1,283	79.00	79.00
21	—	1,180	30.00–51.00	40.03
30	—	1,205	54.00–66.00	60.07
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,715	87.00	87.00
12	—	1,466	78.00–84.00	80.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,489	85.00–88.00	87.48

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	995	825.00	825.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,370	975.00	975.00

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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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Dalhart, TX

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