Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Not enough comparable sales on steer and heifer calves to call a trend, but strong undertones were noted. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Trading was active on good buyer demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $186.98/cwt on 717 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −93.57 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.

Average price

$186.98

717 head · 703 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,314

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$443

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

$44.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.24

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	714	191.21	1,366	517
Medium and Large 1-2	674	177.09	1,193	193
Medium and Large 2	629	146.71	922	7thin

One grade step is worth $44.50/cwt here — about $443 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 sale717 hd

186.98

—

TX average4 barns · 1,736 hd

190.21

−3.24

This barn, trailing median4 sales

280.54

−93.57

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	—	High	1,681	110.44	1,856	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,213	100.96	1,225	103
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,188	80.60	958	186
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	954	61.16	583	73

Every lot, as filed

59 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 1-2	—	855	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,389	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	886	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	959	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	184.02/cwt	180.00–187.00	1,169	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,295	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,143	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	264.68/cwt	251.00–281.00	1,114	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	204.75/cwt	204.00–206.00	1,562	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	802	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,476	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	594	220.80/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,312	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	156.90/cwt	150.00–180.00	1,122	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,101	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	260.70/cwt	259.00–261.00	993	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	549	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,071	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,236	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	204.33/cwt	201.00–209.00	1,496	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,698	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	183.54/cwt	182.50–185.00	1,593	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,223	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,400	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	917	162.25/cwt	159.00–167.00	1,488	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	218.82/cwt	217.00–222.00	1,175	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	931	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	176.55/cwt	169.00–178.00	1,301	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	403	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	923	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	173	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	325	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	217.08/cwt	215.00–228.00	1,333	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	977	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,446	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	291	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	675	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	82.64/cwt	79.00–87.00	1,021	89
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	60.73/cwt	57.00–65.00	680	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,039	67.80/cwt	65.00–69.00	704	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,157	94.91/cwt	92.00–99.00	1,098	48
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	934	82.55/cwt	80.00–87.00	771	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	846	51.64/cwt	44.00–56.50	437	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	936	72.06/cwt	70.00–75.00	674	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	902	60.24/cwt	56.00–63.00	543	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,345	103.36/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,390	37
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,184	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,409	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,124	74.17/cwt	70.00–76.00	834	56
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,326	89.44/cwt	88.00–91.50	1,186	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	906	66.09/cwt	62.00–68.00	599	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Light Weight	—	837	93.12/cwt	91.00–96.00	779	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Light Weight	—	973	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,012	3
Bulls	—	—	1,799	118.26/cwt	114.00–122.50	2,127	5
Bulls	—	—	1,325	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,047	1
Bulls	—	—	1,563	106.62/cwt	102.00–110.00	1,666	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	227.61/cwt	222.00–233.00	826	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	604	201.41/cwt	199.50–210.00	1,217	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	176.61/cwt	173.00–180.00	1,547	210
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	169.14/cwt	167.00–169.25	1,214	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	207.86/cwt	202.00–210.00	881	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	226.87/cwt	224.00–230.00	619	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	205.30/cwt	200.00–208.00	1,191	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	184.23/cwt	170.00–190.00	989	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	706	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	201.63/cwt	198.50–204.00	1,323	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	261.38/cwt	256.00–264.00	876	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	180.66/cwt	163.00–186.00	1,223	40

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 Apr 6, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,452Last week 1,043Year ago 1,723

Slaughter CattleReceipts 474Last week 450Year ago 718

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	855	162.50	162.50
8	—	635	180.00–187.00	184.02
9	—	583	196.00	196.00
13	—	977	148.00	148.00
84	—	718	167.00–169.25	169.14
18	—	424	202.00–210.00	207.86
17	—	537	170.00–190.00	184.23
1	—	315	224.00	224.00
40	—	677	163.00–186.00	180.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	575	154.00	154.00
3	—	700	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	753	172.00	172.00
22	—	537	217.00–222.00	218.82
54	—	737	169.00–178.00	176.55
4	—	403	229.00	229.00
2	—	173	188.00	188.00
2	—	363	222.00–233.00	227.61
50	—	604	199.50–210.00	201.41
210	—	876	173.00–180.00	176.61
11	—	273	224.00–230.00	226.87
104	—	580	200.00–208.00	205.30
51	—	656	198.50–204.00	201.63
3	—	335	256.00–264.00	261.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	421	251.00–281.00	264.68
81	—	763	204.00–206.00	204.75
43	—	802	184.00	184.00
42	—	594	220.00–225.00	220.80
10	—	381	259.00–261.00	260.70
19	—	517	239.00	239.00
63	—	732	201.00–209.00	204.33
24	—	923	184.00	184.00
12	—	868	182.50–185.00	183.54
15	—	476	257.00	257.00
14	—	673	208.00	208.00
62	—	614	215.00–228.00	217.08
12	—	291	232.00	232.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	715	150.00–180.00	156.90
2	—	605	182.00	182.00
8	—	549	195.00	195.00
5	—	917	159.00–167.00	162.25
2	—	423	220.00	220.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	1,235	79.00–87.00	82.64
56	—	1,124	70.00–76.00	74.17
25	—	1,326	88.00–91.50	89.44
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,120	57.00–65.00	60.73
17	—	1,039	65.00–69.00	67.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,157	92.00–99.00	94.91
37	—	1,345	100.00–109.00	103.36
12	—	1,184	119.00	119.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	934	80.00–87.00	82.55
7	—	936	70.00–75.00	72.06
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	846	44.00–56.50	51.64
12	—	902	56.00–63.00	60.24
15	—	906	62.00–68.00	66.09
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	837	91.00–96.00	93.12
3	—	973	104.00	104.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,799	114.00–122.50	118.26
1	—	1,325	79.00	79.00
2	—	1,563	102.00–110.00	106.62

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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