Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-07-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder Steers did not have enough comparable sales to call a trend but generally higher prices were noted. Feeder Heifers traded 5.00 to 10.00 higher. There were not enough comparable sales on steer or heifer calves to call a market trend. Slaughter Cows traded mostly steady. Slaughter Bulls traded 5.00 higher. 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 $233.51/cwt on 969 head. That ranks 2 of 4 comparable sales and sits −47.03 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.

Average price

$233.51

969 head · 649 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,516

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$588

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

$56.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.08

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	668	239.72	1,600	483
Medium and Large 1-2	638	231.11	1,474	448
Medium and Large 2	553	183.06	1,012	38

One grade step is worth $56.66/cwt here — about $588 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 sale969 hd

233.51

—

TX average4 barns · 1,819 hd

225.44

+8.08

This barn, trailing median4 sales

280.54

−47.03

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	1,595	118.15	1,885	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,316	101.73	1,338	135
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,047	79.88	837	135
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	928	57.81	536	128

Every lot, as filed

79 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,267	101.67/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,288	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	747	63.57/cwt	63.00–65.00	475	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	886	52.37/cwt	45.00–58.00	464	36
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	108.57/cwt	106.00–114.00	1,563	49
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	911	80.28/cwt	76.00–83.00	731	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	895	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	662	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,106	80.69/cwt	79.00–84.00	892	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	86.24/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,029	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	435	295.50/cwt	281.00–303.00	1,285	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,433	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,480	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	600	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,338	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,507	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	180.03/cwt	170.00–220.00	1,032	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	888	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,687	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,247	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	219	260.56/cwt	255.00–263.00	571	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	236.49/cwt	233.00–242.00	1,828	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	242.84/cwt	240.00–243.00	1,763	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	318.18/cwt	314.00–325.00	1,053	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	323.06/cwt	316.00–330.00	1,370	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	855	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,129	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,898	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	853	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	210	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,110	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	246.62/cwt	230.00–253.00	1,455	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	691	234.27/cwt	226.00–237.00	1,619	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,153	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	306.97/cwt	300.00–318.00	1,446	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	900	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,170	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	179.70/cwt	174.00–233.00	1,154	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	952	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	559	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,652	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	252.24/cwt	242.00–256.00	1,685	286
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,217	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	276.27/cwt	274.00–277.00	1,467	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	238.01/cwt	236.50–241.50	1,492	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	240.84/cwt	239.00–241.25	1,614	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	296.40/cwt	291.00–299.00	1,559	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	598	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,477	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	951	67.45/cwt	66.00–68.00	641	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,049	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	682	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	67.35/cwt	66.00–69.00	710	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	47.82/cwt	45.00–55.00	505	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,211	91.95/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,114	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,085	72.36/cwt	70.00–75.00	785	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	888	57.98/cwt	56.00–61.00	515	28
Bulls	—	—	1,515	117.59/cwt	116.00–120.00	1,781	3
Bulls	—	—	1,625	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	2,145	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,132	60.10/cwt	57.00–62.00	680	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	894	88.71/cwt	86.00–89.00	793	22
Bulls	—	—	1,805	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,913	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,307	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	287.40/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,092	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	226.26/cwt	224.00–229.00	1,643	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	265.46/cwt	245.00–268.00	1,468	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	339	289.58/cwt	289.00–290.00	982	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	264	207.71/cwt	192.00–246.00	548	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,436	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	671	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,141	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	186.55/cwt	171.00–210.00	976	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,342	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	833	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	334	201.26/cwt	200.00–203.00	672	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	260.20/cwt	259.00–264.00	1,657	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	985	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,478	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	266.15/cwt	264.00–278.00	1,144	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	793	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,372	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	231.15/cwt	228.00–232.00	1,463	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	229.35/cwt	220.00–233.50	1,541	337
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	190.15/cwt	184.00–220.00	890	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,709	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,284	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	722	159.68/cwt	150.00–170.00	1,153	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	256.68/cwt	245.00–259.00	1,407	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	282.84/cwt	273.00–302.00	1,338	15

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 Jul 13, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,293Last week 981Year ago 1,091

Slaughter CattleReceipts 605Last week 520Year ago 1,418

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,267	100.00–110.00	101.67
49	—	1,440	106.00–114.00	108.57
34	—	1,211	90.00–95.00	91.95
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	747	63.00–65.00	63.57
36	—	886	45.00–58.00	52.37
11	—	951	66.00–68.00	67.45
28	—	888	56.00–61.00	57.98
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	911	76.00–83.00	80.28
11	—	895	74.00	74.00
22	—	894	86.00–89.00	88.71
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,106	79.00–84.00	80.69
21	—	1,193	85.00–90.00	86.24
39	—	1,085	70.00–75.00	72.36
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,049	65.00	65.00
8	—	1,054	66.00–69.00	67.35
15	—	1,057	45.00–55.00	47.82
7	—	1,132	57.00–62.00	60.10
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,515	116.00–120.00	117.59
1	—	1,625	132.00	132.00
1	—	1,805	106.00	106.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	435	281.00–303.00	295.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	615	233.00	233.00
6	—	578	256.00	256.00
7	—	721	209.00	209.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	573	170.00–220.00	180.03
10	—	671	170.00	170.00
6	—	523	171.00–210.00	186.55
2	—	645	208.00	208.00
1	—	395	211.00	211.00
9	—	334	200.00–203.00	201.26
5	—	722	150.00–170.00	159.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	470	259.00	259.00
15	—	264	192.00–246.00	207.71
13	—	430	264.00–278.00	266.15
3	—	793	173.00	173.00
53	—	633	228.00–232.00	231.15
337	—	672	220.00–233.50	229.35
2	—	568	226.00	226.00
12	—	548	245.00–259.00	256.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	531	274.00–277.00	276.27
24	—	627	236.50–241.50	238.01
155	—	670	239.00–241.25	240.84
6	—	446	293.00	293.00
6	—	380	280.00–295.00	287.40
149	—	726	224.00–229.00	226.26
39	—	553	245.00–268.00	265.46
7	—	339	289.00–290.00	289.58
4	—	835	172.00	172.00
1	—	985	150.00	150.00
61	—	763	224.00	224.00
15	—	473	273.00–302.00	282.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	179.00	179.00
2	—	888	190.00	190.00
2	—	370	337.00	337.00
3	—	219	255.00–263.00	260.56
15	—	773	233.00–242.00	236.49
149	—	726	240.00–243.00	242.84
8	—	331	314.00–325.00	318.18
18	—	424	316.00–330.00	323.06
76	—	820	231.50	231.50
21	—	471	300.00–318.00	306.97
286	—	668	242.00–256.00	252.24
29	—	526	291.00–299.00	296.40
20	—	637	259.00–264.00	260.20
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	855	132.00	132.00
1	—	210	238.00	238.00
7	—	590	230.00–253.00	246.62
2	—	725	159.00	159.00
2	—	900	130.00	130.00
10	—	642	174.00–233.00	179.70
2	—	428	222.50	222.50
1	—	265	211.00	211.00
6	—	468	184.00–220.00	190.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	328	260.00	260.00
2	—	405	274.00	274.00
16	—	691	226.00–237.00	234.27
3	—	765	216.00	216.00
4	—	598	247.00	247.00

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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