Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded 3.00 to 5.00 higher. There were not enough comparable sales on steer and heifer calves to call a trend. Slaughter cows traded 1.00 to 2.00 higher with the fleshier kinds trading up to 10.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were 3.00 lower. Trading was active on good buyer demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $256.99/cwt on 571 head.

Average price

$256.99

571 head · 660 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,696

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$378

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

$37.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.47

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	541	261.93	1,418	53
Medium and Large 1	697	260.26	1,814	463
Medium and Large 2	463	224.78	1,040	55

One grade step is worth $37.15/cwt here — about $378 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.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale571 hd

256.99

—

TX average4 barns · 2,101 hd

247.53

+9.47

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	1,585	123.53	1,958	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,239	109.10	1,352	250
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,039	81.82	850	93
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	971	64.84	630	92

Every lot, as filed

80 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	—	—	1,448	120.44/cwt	119.00–122.00	1,744	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,240	107.46/cwt	102.00–111.50	1,333	78
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	67.70/cwt	67.00–68.00	699	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	974	60.77/cwt	60.00–63.00	592	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	880	67.39/cwt	66.00–69.00	593	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,732	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	855	185.48/cwt	182.00–189.00	1,586	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,081	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,119	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	216.88/cwt	212.00–224.00	1,329	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,597	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	619	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	261.74/cwt	250.00–274.00	1,492	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	265.31/cwt	260.00–272.00	865	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,398	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,452	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	274.65/cwt	268.00–276.00	1,294	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,568	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,463	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,370	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	895	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	357	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	725	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,929	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	242.80/cwt	235.00–251.00	1,246	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,718	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,225	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	266	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	599	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	909	217.90/cwt	217.00–220.00	1,981	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,835	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,114	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,469	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,868	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	230	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	524	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,372	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,229	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,095	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,300	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	319	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	798	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,015	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	292.39/cwt	281.00–298.00	1,251	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	256.74/cwt	252.00–260.00	1,099	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	250.77/cwt	248.00–255.00	953	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,614	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	262.60/cwt	262.00–263.00	1,670	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	255.66/cwt	254.25–256.75	1,887	328
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	914	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	635	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	950	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	287.83/cwt	285.00–289.00	1,307	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,247	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	999	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,524	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	299	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	885	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	206.31/cwt	186.00–218.00	1,065	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,059	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,551	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	248.80/cwt	245.00–259.00	1,480	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	297.14/cwt	289.00–316.00	960	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	919	194.11/cwt	192.00–197.00	1,784	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	398	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,075	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	320	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	730	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	604	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,317	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	544	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,289	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	451	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,128	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	795	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,367	1
Bulls	—	—	1,719	128.43/cwt	125.00–129.50	2,208	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	918	65.25/cwt	65.00–66.00	599	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	917	88.92/cwt	88.00–89.00	815	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,237	73.38/cwt	70.00–75.00	908	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,138	81.70/cwt	80.00–84.00	930	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Light Weight	—	915	110.29/cwt	110.00–111.00	1,009	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,113	89.46/cwt	85.00–92.00	996	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,306	121.21/cwt	113.00–127.50	1,583	81
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,266	96.83/cwt	93.00–100.00	1,226	68
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,143	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	743	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,185	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	711	3
Bulls	—	—	935	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	842	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	53.40/cwt	53.00–55.00	558	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	753	56.20/cwt	55.00–58.00	423	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	893	71.62/cwt	70.00–75.00	640	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	978	78.12/cwt	76.00–83.00	764	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Light Weight	—	929	107.48/cwt	102.00–109.00	998	16

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 Sep 7, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,370Last week 828Year ago 1,250

Slaughter CattleReceipts 628Last week 430Year ago 426

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,448	119.00–122.00	120.44
10	—	1,719	125.00–129.50	128.43
1	—	935	90.00	90.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,240	102.00–111.50	107.46
81	—	1,306	113.00–127.50	121.21
68	—	1,266	93.00–100.00	96.83
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,033	67.00–68.00	67.70
4	—	1,143	65.00	65.00
3	—	1,185	60.00	60.00
5	—	1,045	53.00–55.00	53.40
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	974	60.00–63.00	60.77
19	—	880	66.00–69.00	67.39
16	—	918	65.00–66.00	65.25
5	—	753	55.00–58.00	56.20
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	917	88.00–89.00	88.92
12	—	893	70.00–75.00	71.62
23	—	978	76.00–83.00	78.12
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,237	70.00–75.00	73.38
15	—	1,138	80.00–84.00	81.70
24	—	1,113	85.00–92.00	89.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	915	110.00–111.00	110.29
16	—	929	102.00–109.00	107.48

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	763	227.00	227.00
5	—	674	237.00	237.00
32	—	570	250.00–274.00	261.74
26	—	326	260.00–272.00	265.31
54	—	471	268.00–276.00	274.65
51	—	700	224.00	224.00
20	—	861	224.00	224.00
28	—	266	225.00	225.00
27	—	909	217.00–220.00	217.90
2	—	838	219.00	219.00
2	—	230	228.00	228.00
33	—	1,095	210.00	210.00
19	—	428	252.00–260.00	256.74
16	—	380	248.00–255.00	250.77
27	—	638	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	855	182.00–189.00	185.48
1	—	760	191.00	191.00
4	—	471	190.00	190.00
1	—	700	196.00	196.00
1	—	585	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,081	196.00	196.00
5	—	613	212.00–224.00	216.88
7	—	650	215.00	215.00
3	—	735	199.00	199.00
2	—	578	237.00	237.00
6	—	357	203.00	203.00
6	—	513	235.00–251.00	242.80
2	—	468	238.00	238.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	342	181.00	181.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	398	270.00	270.00
1	—	320	228.00	228.00
15	—	604	218.00	218.00
5	—	544	237.00	237.00
5	—	451	250.00	250.00
1	—	795	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	671	256.00	256.00
18	—	927	240.00	240.00
22	—	787	256.00	256.00
17	—	428	281.00–298.00	292.39
29	—	636	262.00–263.00	262.60
328	—	738	254.25–256.75	255.66
7	—	454	285.00–289.00	287.83
6	—	358	279.00	279.00
10	—	522	292.00	292.00
5	—	299	296.00	296.00
3	—	560	277.00	277.00
14	—	323	289.00–316.00	297.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	545	269.50	269.50
7	—	772	242.00	242.00
4	—	330	277.00	277.00
3	—	360	264.00	264.00
11	—	462	270.00	270.00
11	—	595	245.00–259.00	248.80
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	319	250.00	250.00
23	—	270	235.00	235.00
8	—	516	186.00–218.00	206.31
2	—	443	239.00	239.00
12	—	919	192.00–197.00	194.11

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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