Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: All classes of steers and heifers traded steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 2.00 lower. Trading activity on steers and heifers was active on good buyer demand. Trading activity was moderate on moderate buyer demand for slaughter cows and bulls.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $255.73/cwt on 1,211 head.

Average price

$255.73

1,211 head · 745 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,905

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

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

$30.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.55

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	458	271.57	1,244	170
Medium and Large 1	799	253.43	2,026	1,017
Medium and Large 2	467	241.16	1,126	24

One grade step is worth $30.41/cwt here — about $118 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 sale1,211 hd

255.73

—

TX average4 barns · 2,195 hd

259.29

−3.55

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	—	High	1,355	128.19	1,737	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,217	103.19	1,255	146
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,078	80.88	872	108
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	991	54.76	543	67

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	994	$2,587	81

Every lot, as filed

92 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	—	446	287.20/cwt	277.00–292.00	1,281	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	274	249.64/cwt	243.00–257.00	684	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	435	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,144	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	523	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,255	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,022	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	889	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,938	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	266.05/cwt	255.00–268.00	1,612	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	330.06/cwt	306.00–342.00	1,403	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	285.49/cwt	282.00–293.00	1,168	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	273.65/cwt	269.00–275.00	1,409	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	245.23/cwt	238.00–245.50	1,648	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	241.49/cwt	230.00–249.00	1,490	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	841	220.21/cwt	220.00–225.50	1,852	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	238.67/cwt	234.00–240.00	1,740	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	283.36/cwt	274.00–295.00	1,051	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,126	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,540	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	285.50/cwt	282.00–289.00	871	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	272.39/cwt	269.00–274.00	1,310	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	233.69/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,797	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	245.78/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,305	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	766	178.45/cwt	163.00–190.00	1,367	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	755	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,393	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	231.43/cwt	230.00–260.00	900	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,311	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	291	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	695	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	738	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,358	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	223.46/cwt	222.00–225.00	1,046	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,434	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	204.99/cwt	202.00–206.00	1,406	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,260	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	900	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,647	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	278	253.86/cwt	249.00–259.00	706	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,023	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,127	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	459	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,372	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	549	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,373	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,617	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,591	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,538	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,305	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,573	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	265.68/cwt	252.00–271.00	1,520	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	294.47/cwt	294.00–296.00	1,087	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	896	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	261.55/cwt	254.00–263.00	2,058	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	301.07/cwt	291.00–307.00	1,433	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	493	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,183	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	880	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,786	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	324.97/cwt	312.00–331.00	1,040	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,299	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	324.27/cwt	307.00–330.00	1,151	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,165	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	289	332.86/cwt	320.00–340.00	962	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	246.51/cwt	235.00–256.50	2,026	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	299	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	867	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,737	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	264.41/cwt	260.00–273.00	740	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	292.06/cwt	286.00–299.00	1,519	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	239.63/cwt	239.00–240.50	2,185	221
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	291.50/cwt	291.50–291.50	1,656	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	239.97/cwt	236.00–245.00	2,114	326
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,367	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	569	246.74/cwt	246.00–247.00	1,404	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	433	297.15/cwt	293.00–300.00	1,287	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	485	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,314	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,051	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	657	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,577	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	347	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	902	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	220.82/cwt	218.00–222.50	1,714	11
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	994	2,586.83/head	2,550.00–2,600.00	2,587	81
Bulls	—	—	1,300	136.37/cwt	134.00–140.00	1,773	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	902	52.41/cwt	50.00–55.00	473	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Light Weight	—	844	111.13/cwt	110.00–114.00	938	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,299	103.76/cwt	100.00–108.00	1,348	66
Bulls	—	—	1,410	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,692	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,220	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	793	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	87.25/cwt	85.00–91.00	960	47
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	71.88/cwt	70.00–75.00	870	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,361	110.88/cwt	108.50–115.00	1,509	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	49.29/cwt	45.00–55.00	546	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	68.07/cwt	67.00–69.00	749	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,143	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	720	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	870	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	513	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	79.25/cwt	76.00–81.00	903	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	905	64.34/cwt	64.00–65.00	582	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	956	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	650	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	965	74.94/cwt	74.00–75.00	723	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	889	79.63/cwt	78.00–84.00	708	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	995	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	846	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,194	96.59/cwt	92.00–100.00	1,153	46

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.

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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Dalhart, TX

Thu Sep 21, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,275Last week 1,199Year ago 1,276

Slaughter CattleReceipts 489Last week 387Year ago 690

Replacement CattleReceipts 81Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	446	277.00–292.00	287.20
6	—	274	243.00–257.00	249.64
1	—	395	259.00	259.00
7	—	529	213.00	213.00
1	—	610	214.00	214.00
1	—	760	207.00	207.00
2	—	493	240.00	240.00
1	—	880	203.00	203.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	606	255.00–268.00	266.05
33	—	425	306.00–342.00	330.06
145	—	787	254.00–263.00	261.55
5	—	476	291.00–307.00	301.07
3	—	320	312.00–331.00	324.97
13	—	355	307.00–330.00	324.27
8	—	289	320.00–340.00	332.86
162	—	822	235.00–256.50	246.51
19	—	684	254.00	254.00
13	—	520	286.00–299.00	292.06
221	—	912	239.00–240.50	239.63
10	—	568	291.50	291.50
326	—	881	236.00–245.00	239.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	459	299.00	299.00
16	—	299	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	549	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	735	220.00	220.00
2	—	660	241.00	241.00
3	—	603	255.00	255.00
17	—	572	252.00–271.00	265.68
17	—	369	294.00–296.00	294.47
16	—	310	289.00	289.00
50	—	445	292.00	292.00
49	—	466	250.00	250.00
3	—	280	260.00–273.00	264.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	435	263.00	263.00
6	—	523	240.00	240.00
21	—	291	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	911	222.00	222.00
8	—	889	218.00	218.00
27	—	409	282.00–293.00	285.49
20	—	515	269.00–275.00	273.65
28	—	672	238.00–245.50	245.23
5	—	617	230.00–249.00	241.49
51	—	841	220.00–225.50	220.21
107	—	729	234.00–240.00	238.67
16	—	371	274.00–295.00	283.36
4	—	305	282.00–289.00	285.50
6	—	481	269.00–274.00	272.39
132	—	769	230.00–238.00	233.69
4	—	278	249.00–259.00	253.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	260.00	260.00
2	—	700	220.00	220.00
14	—	531	240.00–250.00	245.78
6	—	683	204.00	204.00
60	—	389	230.00–260.00	231.43
5	—	570	230.00	230.00
6	—	626	229.00	229.00
11	—	347	260.00	260.00
11	—	776	218.00–222.50	220.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	766	163.00–190.00	178.45
42	—	363	208.00	208.00
4	—	738	184.00	184.00
2	—	468	222.00–225.00	223.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	686	202.00–206.00	204.99
8	—	613	223.00	223.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	240.00	240.00
4	—	569	246.00–247.00	246.74
5	—	433	293.00–300.00	297.15
1	—	485	271.00	271.00
1	—	340	309.00	309.00
7	—	657	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	183.00	183.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	81	—	994	2,550.00–2,600.00	2,586.83

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,300	134.00–140.00	136.37
3	—	1,410	120.00	120.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	902	50.00–55.00	52.41
3	—	870	59.00	59.00
3	—	905	64.00–65.00	64.34
5	—	956	68.00	68.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	844	110.00–114.00	111.13
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,299	100.00–108.00	103.76
16	—	1,361	108.50–115.00	110.88
46	—	1,194	92.00–100.00	96.59
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	65.00	65.00
20	—	1,108	45.00–55.00	49.29
2	—	1,100	67.00–69.00	68.07
4	—	1,143	63.00	63.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,100	85.00–91.00	87.25
22	—	1,210	70.00–75.00	71.88
8	—	1,140	76.00–81.00	79.25
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	965	74.00–75.00	74.94
14	—	889	78.00–84.00	79.63
3	—	995	85.00	85.00

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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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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