Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded mostly 5.00 higher. Steer calves traded firm to 5.00 higher on comparable sales. Not enough comparable sales on heifers for a market trend but a higher undertone was noted. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady. Trading activity was moderate to active on good buyer demand. Quality was mostly plain to attractive with several smaller bunches of calves and a few load lots of yearlings on offer.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $176.91/cwt on 705 head.

Average price

$176.91

705 head · 649 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,147

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$253

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

$13.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.35

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	664	179.29	1,190	582
Medium and Large 2	635	166.62	1,058	17thin
Medium and Large 1-2	567	165.50	938	106

One grade step is worth $13.79/cwt here — about $253 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 sale705 hd

176.91

—

TX average4 barns · 2,635 hd

175.57

+1.35

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	1,906	90.01	1,716	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,506	80.90	1,218	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,398	73.48	1,027	78
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,071	52.93	567	212

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,100	$885	1thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	812	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	641	14
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	715	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	536	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	475	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	841	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	416	134.38/cwt	132.00–154.00	559	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,200	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	295	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	590	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,208	139
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	756	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	194.34/cwt	192.00–204.00	919	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	877	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	176.04/cwt	169.50–176.50	1,370	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	188.77/cwt	184.00–192.00	972	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	164.68/cwt	163.00–165.00	1,075	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	854	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,277	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	584	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	940	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	849	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	460	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	791	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	886	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	164.58/cwt	163.00–172.00	866	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	820	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	831	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	796	156.87/cwt	155.00–160.00	1,249	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	528	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	803	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	407	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	794	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	644	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,018	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	1,059	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	898	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,513	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	675	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,060	8
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	761	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	381	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	628	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	733	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,026	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	741	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	938	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,154	68.15/cwt	66.00–74.00	786	77
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	36.62/cwt	21.00–49.00	416	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,191	60.12/cwt	54.00–65.00	716	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,506	80.90/cwt	77.00–84.00	1,218	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,111	54.50/cwt	54.50–54.50	605	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	67.98/cwt	65.00–69.00	880	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,278	75.42/cwt	75.00–76.00	964	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,447	76.40/cwt	72.00–79.00	1,106	59
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	829	33.17/cwt	25.00–40.00	275	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	906	50.13/cwt	47.00–53.50	454	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	965	61.34/cwt	55.00–66.00	592	13
Bulls	—	—	1,906	90.01/cwt	88.00–93.00	1,716	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,168	102.88/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,202	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	885.00/head	885.00–885.00	885	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	571	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	400	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,205	201
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	685	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	665	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	948	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	637	150.48/cwt	149.00–153.00	959	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	649	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	915	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	557	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	869	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	528	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	882	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	171.45/cwt	169.00–175.00	967	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,072	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,416	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	725	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,109	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	368	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	659	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	503	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	795	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	421	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	669	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	499	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	758	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	178.23/cwt	175.00–179.00	1,103	21

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

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,492Last week 1,591Year ago 2,411

Slaughter CattleReceipts 406Last week 546Year ago 453

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 2Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	812	79.00	79.00
5	—	715	75.00	75.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	761	50.00	50.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	475	177.00	177.00
2	—	528	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	295	200.00	200.00
2	—	360	210.00	210.00
7	—	854	149.50	149.50
6	—	584	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
139	—	671	180.00	180.00
15	—	473	192.00–204.00	194.34
3	—	395	222.00	222.00
204	—	778	169.50–176.50	176.04
40	—	515	184.00–192.00	188.77
34	—	408	208.00	208.00
48	—	574	184.50	184.50
2	—	898	168.50	168.50
8	—	816	173.50	173.50
21	—	619	175.00–179.00	178.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	653	163.00–165.00	164.68
5	—	554	160.00	160.00
50	—	526	163.00–172.00	164.58
3	—	385	213.00	213.00
13	—	492	169.00	169.00
8	—	796	155.00–160.00	156.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	460	172.00	172.00
3	—	407	195.00	195.00
54	—	644	158.00	158.00
8	—	675	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	725	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	416	132.00–154.00	134.38
33	—	523	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	833	144.00	144.00
7	—	332	172.00	172.00
7	—	230	174.00	174.00
201	—	711	169.50	169.50
4	—	391	170.00	170.00
7	—	578	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	733	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	370	185.00	185.00
15	—	564	169.00–175.00	171.45
6	—	642	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	637	149.00–153.00	150.48
6	—	557	156.00	156.00
16	—	528	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	649	141.00	141.00
4	—	368	179.00	179.00
11	—	503	158.00	158.00
12	—	421	159.00	159.00
9	—	499	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	475	156.00	156.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	700	134.00	134.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,154	66.00–74.00	68.15
46	—	1,135	21.00–49.00	36.62
20	—	1,191	54.00–65.00	60.12
5	—	1,278	75.00–76.00	75.42
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,506	77.00–84.00	80.90
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,111	54.50	54.50
14	—	1,295	65.00–69.00	67.98
59	—	1,447	72.00–79.00	76.40
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	829	25.00–40.00	33.17
13	—	906	47.00–53.50	50.13
13	—	965	55.00–66.00	61.34
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,906	88.00–93.00	90.01

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,168	100.00–106.00	102.88
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	885.00	885.00

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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Slaughter Cattle

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