Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on feeder steers and heifers for a market trend, but a higher undertone was noted. Steer and heifer calves traded mostly 1.00 to 4.00 higher on comparable sales. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 3.00 higher. Trading activity was active on good buyer demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $183.69/cwt on 407 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −96.86 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.

Average price

$183.69

407 head · 601 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,104

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

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

$74.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.51

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	611	184.62	1,128	365
Medium and Large 1-2	463	184.41	853	37
Medium and Large 2	890	110.00	979	5thin

One grade step is worth $74.62/cwt here — about $149 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

4 sales

Heifers 0–100 lb: high $299.90, low $219.55, median $280.54 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale407 hd

183.69

—

TX average3 barns · 1,237 hd

177.17

+6.51

This barn, trailing median4 sales

280.54

−96.86

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	1,562	103.42	1,615	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,417	89.13	1,263	78
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,209	77.85	941	121
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,069	59.26	633	191

Every lot, as filed

52 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	—	416	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	940	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	240.74/cwt	239.00–252.00	1,069	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	200.56/cwt	197.00–202.00	1,219	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	210.55/cwt	203.00–221.50	1,209	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	198.00/cwt	194.00–199.00	966	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	258	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	506	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Mexican Origin	—	890	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	979	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	179.81/cwt	175.00–182.00	1,111	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	299	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	652	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	195.19/cwt	185.00–201.00	1,048	25
Bulls	—	—	1,220	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,110	1
Bulls	—	—	1,647	106.52/cwt	106.00–108.00	1,754	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	932	61.38/cwt	60.00–64.00	572	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	958	74.54/cwt	73.00–76.00	714	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	939	52.32/cwt	48.50–55.00	491	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	942	66.64/cwt	66.00–69.00	628	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	80.18/cwt	76.00–84.50	998	87
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	52.60/cwt	45.00–58.00	589	63
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,158	69.30/cwt	65.00–75.50	802	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,207	60.23/cwt	58.00–64.00	727	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,127	71.72/cwt	65.00–75.00	808	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,329	91.88/cwt	90.00–93.00	1,221	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	87.22/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,289	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	813	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	656	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	907	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	549	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	889	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	166.99/cwt	164.00–169.50	1,289	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	213	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	460	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	174.71/cwt	171.00–176.00	1,431	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	267.85/cwt	253.00–279.00	932	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	181.88/cwt	181.00–183.00	1,286	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	310	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	682	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	250	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	625	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	240.06/cwt	239.00–246.00	1,145	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	393	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	825	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	443	210.24/cwt	209.00–217.00	931	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	189.73/cwt	186.00–190.50	1,300	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	503	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,061	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,344	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	186.93/cwt	186.50–190.00	1,084	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	394	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	930	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,014	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	949	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	243	255.99/cwt	252.00–279.00	622	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	679	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	170	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	474	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	988	152.25/cwt	152.25–152.25	1,504	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,232	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	225.45/cwt	222.00–227.00	1,184	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	748	169.98/cwt	169.00–170.00	1,271	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	174.86/cwt	171.00–177.00	1,144	17

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 Feb 2, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,127Last week 961Year ago 1,541

Slaughter CattleReceipts 608Last week 498Year ago 536

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	416	226.00	226.00
14	—	488	194.00–199.00	198.00
14	—	618	175.00–182.00	179.81
6	—	299	218.00	218.00
25	—	537	185.00–201.00	195.19
11	—	387	210.00	210.00
29	—	328	200.00	200.00
32	—	772	164.00–169.50	166.99
3	—	213	216.00	216.00
2	—	835	161.00	161.00
54	—	580	186.50–190.00	186.93
2	—	170	279.00	279.00
132	—	748	169.00–170.00	169.98
17	—	654	171.00–177.00	174.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	258	196.00	196.00
17	—	470	193.00	193.00
12	—	549	162.00	162.00
6	—	338	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Mexican Origin$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	890	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	444	239.00–252.00	240.74
26	—	608	197.00–202.00	200.56
80	—	574	203.00–221.50	210.55
12	—	819	171.00–176.00	174.71
10	—	348	253.00–279.00	267.85
16	—	707	181.00–183.00	181.88
2	—	250	250.00	250.00
17	—	477	239.00–246.00	240.06
82	—	685	186.00–190.50	189.73
2	—	375	253.00	253.00
12	—	243	252.00–279.00	255.99
25	—	988	152.25	152.25
22	—	525	222.00–227.00	225.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	310	220.00	220.00
2	—	393	210.00	210.00
13	—	443	209.00–217.00	210.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	503	211.00	211.00
9	—	394	236.00	236.00
10	—	560	181.00	181.00
7	—	712	173.00	173.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	91.00	91.00
4	—	1,647	106.00–108.00	106.52
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	932	60.00–64.00	61.38
22	—	939	48.50–55.00	52.32
25	—	942	66.00–69.00	66.64
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	958	73.00–76.00	74.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	1,245	76.00–84.50	80.18
32	—	1,127	65.00–75.00	71.72
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,120	45.00–58.00	52.60
31	—	1,158	65.00–75.50	69.30
25	—	1,207	58.00–64.00	60.23
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,329	90.00–93.00	91.88
46	—	1,478	85.00–89.00	87.22

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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