Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-06-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: all classes of steers traded sharply higher. There were not enough comparable sales for a market trend on heifers. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady. 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 $216.67/cwt on 503 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −63.87 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.

Average price

$216.67

503 head · 620 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,344

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$25.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.73

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	652	218.24	1,424	386
Medium and Large 2	506	212.15	1,073	113
Medium and Large 1-2	733	193.00	1,415	4thin

One grade step is worth $25.24/cwt here — about $9 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 sale503 hd

216.67

—

TX average4 barns · 858 hd

215.95

+0.73

This barn, trailing median4 sales

280.54

−63.87

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	1,564	113.47	1,775	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,256	104.09	1,308	195
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,147	80.50	924	89
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	994	57.73	574	145

Every lot, as filed

60 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,232	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	188.92/cwt	188.00–189.00	1,653	54
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	178.01/cwt	174.00–185.00	1,219	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	183.85/cwt	179.00–198.00	1,153	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	222.87/cwt	210.00–224.00	1,244	53
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,124	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	1,576	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	198.30/cwt	196.00–199.00	1,057	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	861	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,378	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	301.88/cwt	287.00–316.00	1,280	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	230.06/cwt	221.00–235.00	1,539	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	298.49/cwt	296.00–301.00	1,567	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,205	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	281.33/cwt	280.00–282.00	1,336	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	200.03/cwt	197.00–201.00	1,458	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,132	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,798	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,792	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	216.96/cwt	213.00–224.00	1,651	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	207.11/cwt	197.00–211.00	1,437	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,020	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,065	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	205.57/cwt	173.00–209.00	1,141	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,287	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,101	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,267	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,109	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	348	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	842	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	235.63/cwt	235.00–252.00	1,287	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	222.40/cwt	221.00–225.50	1,354	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	275.15/cwt	271.00–276.00	1,566	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	306.19/cwt	300.00–320.00	811	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	224.51/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,610	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	247.71/cwt	235.00–258.00	1,551	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,415	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	254.47/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,191	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	264	285.29/cwt	277.00–303.00	753	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	212.78/cwt	207.00–220.00	1,406	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	190.18/cwt	188.50–206.00	1,449	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	209.00/cwt	204.00–211.00	1,526	177
Bulls	—	—	1,402	109.76/cwt	104.00–114.00	1,539	5
Bulls	—	—	1,822	125.47/cwt	123.00–129.00	2,286	3
Bulls	—	—	1,600	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,536	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Light Weight	—	950	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,045	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Light Weight	—	893	98.76/cwt	97.00–104.00	882	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	896	65.63/cwt	65.00–69.00	588	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,372	92.70/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,272	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,392	97.31/cwt	96.00–103.00	1,355	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,227	57.28/cwt	56.50–60.00	703	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,224	54.04/cwt	50.00–55.00	661	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	835	77.30/cwt	75.00–80.00	645	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	72.83/cwt	70.00–74.00	843	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,111	81.26/cwt	78.00–84.50	903	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	87.74/cwt	85.00–88.00	1,092	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	906	59.51/cwt	56.00–61.00	539	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,092	67.21/cwt	66.00–68.00	734	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	62.47/cwt	62.00–65.00	689	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,217	108.58/cwt	104.00–112.00	1,321	126
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	920	62.96/cwt	62.00–64.00	579	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	833	49.72/cwt	44.00–55.00	414	43

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 Jun 15, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,462Last week 945Year ago 844

Slaughter CattleReceipts 438Last week 500Year ago 615

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	157.00	157.00
15	—	685	174.00–185.00	178.01
4	—	627	179.00–198.00	183.85
1	—	565	199.00	199.00
8	—	533	196.00–199.00	198.30
4	—	861	160.00	160.00
2	—	730	165.00	165.00
41	—	482	230.00	230.00
4	—	348	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	875	188.00–189.00	188.92
53	—	558	210.00–224.00	222.87
13	—	786	200.50	200.50
12	—	729	197.00–201.00	200.03
18	—	694	197.00–211.00	207.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	424	287.00–316.00	301.88
16	—	669	221.00–235.00	230.06
6	—	525	296.00–301.00	298.49
3	—	475	280.00–282.00	281.33
3	—	345	328.00	328.00
4	—	821	219.00	219.00
45	—	874	205.00	205.00
16	—	761	213.00–224.00	216.96
24	—	569	271.00–276.00	275.15
29	—	265	300.00–320.00	306.19
34	—	717	220.00–228.00	224.51
39	—	626	235.00–258.00	247.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	468	218.00	218.00
2	—	638	167.00	167.00
45	—	555	173.00–209.00	205.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	220.00	220.00
1	—	425	259.00	259.00
51	—	546	235.00–252.00	235.63
16	—	609	221.00–225.50	222.40
19	—	468	250.00–265.00	254.47
28	—	264	277.00–303.00	285.29
29	—	661	207.00–220.00	212.78
63	—	762	188.50–206.00	190.18
177	—	730	204.00–211.00	209.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	733	193.00	193.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	563	225.00	225.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,402	104.00–114.00	109.76
3	—	1,822	123.00–129.00	125.47
1	—	1,600	96.00	96.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	110.00	110.00
7	—	893	97.00–104.00	98.76
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	896	65.00–69.00	65.63
11	—	906	56.00–61.00	59.51
19	—	920	62.00–64.00	62.96
43	—	833	44.00–55.00	49.72
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,372	90.00–95.00	92.70
35	—	1,392	96.00–103.00	97.31
126	—	1,217	104.00–112.00	108.58
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,227	56.50–60.00	57.28
10	—	1,224	50.00–55.00	54.04
12	—	1,092	66.00–68.00	67.21
12	—	1,103	62.00–65.00	62.47
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	835	75.00–80.00	77.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,158	70.00–74.00	72.83
26	—	1,111	78.00–84.50	81.26
29	—	1,245	85.00–88.00	87.74

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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