Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There were not enough comparable sales on steers to determine a market trend. Heifers traded 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 3.00 lower. Trading activity was good with uneven buyer demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $205.07/cwt on 664 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −75.48 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.

Average price

$205.07

664 head · 630 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,292

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$487

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

$51.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.97

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	638	209.83	1,338	544
Medium and Large 1-2	615	191.39	1,177	91
Medium and Large 2	536	158.75	850	29

One grade step is worth $51.08/cwt here — about $487 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 sale664 hd

205.07

—

TX average4 barns · 2,246 hd

190.10

+14.97

This barn, trailing median4 sales

280.54

−75.48

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	1,781	114.30	2,036	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,305	95.01	1,240	138
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,160	80.58	935	226
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	998	61.35	612	100

Every lot, as filed

75 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	545	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,259	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	748	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,100	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,468	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	206.16/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,074	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,307	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	763	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	263.12/cwt	259.00–270.00	1,408	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	234.50/cwt	220.00–240.00	903	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	952	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,642	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,272	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	180.77/cwt	174.00–184.00	1,598	195
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	166.19/cwt	139.00–170.00	774	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,528	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	874	160.32/cwt	157.00–161.00	1,401	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,405	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	909	62.65/cwt	60.00–66.00	569	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	880	48.58/cwt	45.00–52.00	428	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,208	54.52/cwt	53.00–58.00	659	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	68.76/cwt	68.00–69.00	735	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	573	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,105	72.74/cwt	70.00–75.00	804	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,352	90.57/cwt	89.00–93.00	1,225	61
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	80.46/cwt	75.00–85.00	937	164
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,326	87.20/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,156	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	866	88.18/cwt	86.00–90.00	764	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	961	67.98/cwt	67.00–69.00	653	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	892	79.12/cwt	76.00–86.00	706	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	103.27/cwt	101.00–105.00	1,441	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Light Weight	—	880	93.30/cwt	92.00–94.50	821	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Light Weight	—	737	107.97/cwt	107.00–109.00	796	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,258	64.98/cwt	64.00–66.00	817	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,286	96.77/cwt	94.00–99.00	1,244	53
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Light Weight	—	930	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	911	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	875	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	648	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	894	56.67/cwt	56.00–59.00	507	7
Bulls	—	—	1,630	109.37/cwt	104.00–113.00	1,783	3
Bulls	—	—	2,077	121.57/cwt	120.00–122.00	2,525	4
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,050	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,369	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	171.46/cwt	170.50–176.00	1,435	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	220.48/cwt	218.00–238.00	1,290	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	177.99/cwt	176.00–183.00	1,347	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	202.76/cwt	202.00–206.00	923	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	193.30/cwt	184.00–195.00	1,185	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	269	212.40/cwt	209.00–219.00	571	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	266.73/cwt	260.00–272.00	1,040	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	158.50/cwt	156.00–161.00	1,203	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	682	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	968	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	151.30/cwt	146.00–162.00	1,230	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	235.82/cwt	219.00–241.00	1,113	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	180.82/cwt	160.00–191.00	796	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	176.82/cwt	165.00–185.00	1,362	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	159.20/cwt	153.00–170.00	1,156	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	206.66/cwt	187.00–211.00	1,205	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	172.83/cwt	172.50–173.00	731	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	235.29/cwt	229.00–255.00	1,024	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	831	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,463	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	193	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	573	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	195.39/cwt	191.00–201.00	1,440	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,615	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	269.47/cwt	269.00–270.00	1,523	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	202.50/cwt	193.00–211.00	1,256	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	292.33/cwt	290.00–298.00	1,105	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	250.09/cwt	245.00–254.00	1,215	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,119	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	295	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	770	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,451	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	752	208.07/cwt	207.00–208.50	1,565	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	219.09/cwt	207.00–221.00	1,389	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	272.12/cwt	267.00–287.00	1,257	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	248	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	635	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,354	70
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	594	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,045	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	943	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,377	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	188.93/cwt	184.00–191.00	1,375	206

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 20, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,764Last week 1,170Year ago 1,381

Slaughter CattleReceipts 550Last week 411Year ago 575

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	545	231.00	231.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	748	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	683	215.00	215.00
67	—	886	172.50	172.50
9	—	634	216.00	216.00
39	—	837	170.50–176.00	171.46
30	—	585	218.00–238.00	220.48
7	—	757	176.00–183.00	177.99
11	—	269	209.00–219.00	212.40
126	—	390	260.00–272.00	266.73
24	—	472	219.00–241.00	235.82
20	—	435	229.00–255.00	235.29
3	—	943	146.00	146.00
206	—	728	184.00–191.00	188.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	521	200.00–210.00	206.16
18	—	688	190.00	190.00
11	—	455	202.00–206.00	202.76
10	—	613	184.00–195.00	193.30
4	—	759	156.00–161.00	158.50
6	—	813	146.00–162.00	151.30
8	—	726	153.00–170.00	159.20
16	—	583	187.00–211.00	206.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	477	160.00	160.00
12	—	682	142.00	142.00
14	—	423	172.50–173.00	172.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	535	259.00–270.00	263.12
3	—	952	172.50	172.50
4	—	434	293.00	293.00
195	—	884	174.00–184.00	180.77
3	—	193	297.00	297.00
73	—	737	191.00–201.00	195.39
30	—	837	193.00	193.00
35	—	565	269.00–270.00	269.47
24	—	378	290.00–298.00	292.33
2	—	295	261.00	261.00
6	—	907	160.00	160.00
52	—	752	207.00–208.50	208.07
15	—	634	207.00–221.00	219.09
20	—	462	267.00–287.00	272.12
3	—	248	256.00	256.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	385	220.00–240.00	234.50
12	—	874	157.00–161.00	160.32
13	—	593	237.00	237.00
17	—	770	165.00–185.00	176.82
9	—	831	176.00	176.00
4	—	620	193.00–211.00	202.50
14	—	486	245.00–254.00	250.09
7	—	444	252.00	252.00
70	—	724	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	466	139.00–170.00	166.19
6	—	440	160.00–191.00	180.82
4	—	594	176.00	176.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	909	60.00–66.00	62.65
2	—	880	45.00–52.00	48.58
6	—	961	67.00–69.00	67.98
7	—	894	56.00–59.00	56.67
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,208	53.00–58.00	54.52
8	—	1,069	68.00–69.00	68.76
7	—	1,145	50.00	50.00
9	—	1,258	64.00–66.00	64.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,105	70.00–75.00	72.74
164	—	1,165	75.00–85.00	80.46
26	—	1,326	85.00–89.00	87.20
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,352	89.00–93.00	90.57
17	—	1,395	101.00–105.00	103.27
53	—	1,286	94.00–99.00	96.77
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	866	86.00–90.00	88.18
8	—	892	76.00–86.00	79.12
1	—	875	74.00	74.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	880	92.00–94.50	93.30
3	—	737	107.00–109.00	107.97
1	—	930	98.00	98.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,630	104.00–113.00	109.37
4	—	2,077	120.00–122.00	121.57
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	100.00	100.00

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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