Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder heifers traded mostly 4.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder steers too lightly tested for a market trend. Not enough comparable sales on steer or heifer calves for a market trend but a higher undertone was noted. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady to 3.00 lower. Trading activity was moderate on moderate to good buyer demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $202.76/cwt on 439 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −77.78 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.

Average price

$202.76

439 head · 680 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,378

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

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

$60.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.45

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	665	206.92	1,375	409
Medium and Large 1-2	883	146.10	1,291	30

One grade step is worth $60.82/cwt here — about $85 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 sale439 hd

202.76

—

TX average4 barns · 2,482 hd

197.31

+5.45

This barn, trailing median4 sales

280.54

−77.78

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	1,668	113.22	1,889	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,288	94.69	1,220	113
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,182	76.29	902	82
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	986	59.72	589	94

Every lot, as filed

51 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	—	287	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	832	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,013	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,256	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,220	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,533	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	351	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	979	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	211.93/cwt	209.00–217.00	1,233	21
Bulls	—	—	1,687	114.12/cwt	111.00–119.00	1,925	6
Bulls	—	—	2,080	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	2,600	1
Bulls	—	—	1,145	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,099	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	912	63.82/cwt	63.00–68.00	582	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	893	73.22/cwt	70.00–76.00	654	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Light Weight	—	973	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	905	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,200	61.19/cwt	61.00–62.00	734	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	985	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	837	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,311	83.78/cwt	82.00–87.00	1,098	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,351	98.02/cwt	96.00–102.00	1,324	58
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,300	89.15/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,159	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	51.47/cwt	51.00–55.00	565	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	65.46/cwt	64.00–66.00	753	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	71.80/cwt	70.00–73.00	863	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Light Weight	—	974	90.56/cwt	88.00–91.00	882	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,134	78.08/cwt	74.00–81.00	885	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,313	93.20/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,224	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	904	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	560	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	883	51.50/cwt	51.00–53.00	455	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,015	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	266.91/cwt	251.00–274.00	1,489	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	190.53/cwt	188.00–192.00	1,391	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	203	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	623	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,169	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	859	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,297	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,378	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	301.50/cwt	300.00–302.00	1,140	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	894	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,386	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	849	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,520	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,390	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	856	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,532	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,050	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	849	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,490	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	254	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	709	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	285.49/cwt	280.00–291.00	1,322	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,399	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,237	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	315.06/cwt	315.00–317.00	1,081	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,186	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	224	274.10/cwt	264.00–285.00	614	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	223.10/cwt	211.00–227.00	1,093	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	193.70/cwt	176.00–195.75	1,364	78
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,352	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	619	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,374	10

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 27, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 993Last week 1,764Year ago 1,268

Slaughter CattleReceipts 436Last week 550Year ago 428

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	287	290.00	290.00
18	—	517	236.00	236.00
64	—	861	178.00	178.00
23	—	351	279.00	279.00
21	—	582	209.00–217.00	211.93
6	—	421	241.00	241.00
20	—	635	217.00	217.00
62	—	849	179.00	179.00
62	—	764	182.00	182.00
19	—	224	264.00–285.00	274.10
12	—	490	211.00–227.00	223.10
78	—	704	176.00–195.75	193.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,013	124.00	124.00
4	—	576	203.00	203.00
5	—	859	151.00	151.00
4	—	670	177.00	177.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	558	251.00–274.00	266.91
11	—	730	188.00–192.00	190.53
11	—	203	307.00	307.00
8	—	378	300.00–302.00	301.50
4	—	676	205.00	205.00
11	—	856	179.00	179.00
16	—	849	175.50	175.50
30	—	254	279.00	279.00
12	—	463	280.00–291.00	285.49
8	—	518	270.00	270.00
2	—	415	298.00	298.00
30	—	343	315.00–317.00	315.06
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	483	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	445	236.00	236.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	568	238.00	238.00
10	—	619	222.00	222.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,687	111.00–119.00	114.12
1	—	2,080	125.00	125.00
1	—	1,145	96.00	96.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	912	63.00–68.00	63.82
19	—	904	62.00	62.00
12	—	883	51.00–53.00	51.50
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	893	70.00–76.00	73.22
1	—	985	85.00	85.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	973	93.00	93.00
11	—	974	88.00–91.00	90.56
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,200	61.00–62.00	61.19
17	—	1,098	51.00–55.00	51.47
12	—	1,150	64.00–66.00	65.46
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,311	82.00–87.00	83.78
35	—	1,202	70.00–73.00	71.80
27	—	1,134	74.00–81.00	78.08
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,351	96.00–102.00	98.02
20	—	1,300	88.00–90.00	89.15
21	—	1,313	91.00–95.00	93.20

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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