Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded 2.00 to 6.00 higher. There were not enough comparable sales on the other classes of calves and feeders to call a market trend. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 1.00 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 $257.67/cwt on 1,205 head.

Average price

$257.67

1,205 head · 713 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,836

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$791

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

$45.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.70

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	735	261.24	1,921	1,002
Medium and Large 1-2	623	246.85	1,538	158
Medium and Large 2	523	216.08	1,129	45

One grade step is worth $45.17/cwt here — about $791 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 sale1,205 hd

257.67

—

TX average4 barns · 2,301 hd

253.97

+3.70

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	1,659	111.66	1,853	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,268	105.25	1,335	145
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,118	78.55	878	74
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	967	59.44	575	129

Every lot, as filed

81 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 1	—	510	273.38/cwt	270.00–291.00	1,394	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	229.64/cwt	225.00–239.00	1,410	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,110	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	259.90/cwt	252.00–263.00	1,921	420
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	321	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	883	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	502	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,155	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	345	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	835	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	972	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	550	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,161	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,540	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,077	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	618	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,205	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	686	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,249	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	418	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	920	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	585	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,053	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	240.90/cwt	237.00–255.00	1,291	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	211.14/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,328	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,048	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	245.38/cwt	239.00–251.00	1,413	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	238.49/cwt	231.00–245.00	1,617	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	238.78/cwt	231.00–246.00	1,485	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	896	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,971	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	774	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,602	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	979	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	234.59/cwt	233.50–244.00	1,781	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,408	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	996	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	241.63/cwt	231.00–257.00	1,044	5
Bulls	—	—	1,780	126.35/cwt	124.00–129.00	2,249	4
Bulls	—	—	1,268	80.62/cwt	78.00–84.00	1,022	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	827	51.00/cwt	45.00–57.00	422	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	263.57/cwt	259.00–269.00	1,487	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,053	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,064	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	229.12/cwt	224.00–235.00	1,744	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,679	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	493	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,129	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	804	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,042	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,254	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	268.60/cwt	265.00–269.00	1,695	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,187	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	256.84/cwt	247.00–264.00	1,726	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,509	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	696	228.21/cwt	226.00–231.00	1,588	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,295	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	802	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,845	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,291	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	243.98/cwt	240.00–247.00	1,393	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,797	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,150	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,359	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,314	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	251.01/cwt	250.50–251.50	2,176	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	259.54/cwt	256.00–263.00	2,006	281
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	288	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	812	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,183	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	403	235.49/cwt	220.00–255.00	949	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,055	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	250.31/cwt	243.00–255.00	1,191	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	473	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,041	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	238.25/cwt	229.00–248.75	1,751	252
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	307	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	629	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	591	224.38/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,326	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	535	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,247	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	965	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	618	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	942	73.53/cwt	70.00–75.00	693	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	70.25/cwt	70.00–72.00	834	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	86.16/cwt	85.00–88.00	1,076	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,225	111.82/cwt	108.25–117.00	1,370	81
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	67.94/cwt	67.00–69.00	719	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	45.51/cwt	45.00–46.00	500	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	935	90.29/cwt	89.00–91.00	844	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,102	64.47/cwt	63.00–66.00	710	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,077	58.51/cwt	58.00–62.00	630	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	863	79.95/cwt	76.00–83.00	690	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,146	77.49/cwt	75.00–83.00	888	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,274	99.70/cwt	97.00–106.50	1,270	22
Bulls	—	—	1,960	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	2,254	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	941	67.59/cwt	67.00–69.00	636	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	882	58.53/cwt	57.50–61.00	516	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,349	95.48/cwt	93.00–97.00	1,288	42

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 28, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,244Last week 2,275Year ago 1,772

Slaughter CattleReceipts 432Last week 489Year ago 655

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	510	270.00–291.00	273.38
5	—	317	350.00	350.00
420	—	739	252.00–263.00	259.90
2	—	290	335.00	335.00
17	—	564	259.00–269.00	263.57
2	—	1,053	196.00	196.00
17	—	804	254.00	254.00
10	—	631	265.00–269.00	268.60
49	—	672	247.00–264.00	256.84
7	—	490	308.00	308.00
4	—	411	315.00	315.00
122	—	867	250.50–251.50	251.01
281	—	773	256.00–263.00	259.54
16	—	372	318.00	318.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	614	225.00–239.00	229.64
11	—	761	224.00–235.00	229.12
11	—	730	230.00	230.00
29	—	434	289.00	289.00
9	—	696	226.00–231.00	228.21
35	—	802	230.00	230.00
21	—	571	240.00–247.00	243.98
7	—	496	274.00	274.00
3	—	532	247.00	247.00
2	—	860	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	321	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	502	230.00	230.00
1	—	345	242.00	242.00
20	—	550	211.00	211.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	493	229.00	229.00
1	—	560	212.00	212.00
3	—	713	181.00	181.00
3	—	625	184.00	184.00
9	—	403	220.00–255.00	235.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	770	200.00	200.00
26	—	629	210.00–220.00	211.14
2	—	335	231.00	231.00
7	—	733	218.50	218.50
2	—	443	221.00	221.00
4	—	655	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	555	194.00	194.00
7	—	532	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	536	237.00–255.00	240.90
32	—	576	239.00–251.00	245.38
36	—	678	231.00–245.00	238.49
37	—	622	231.00–246.00	238.78
11	—	896	220.00	220.00
78	—	759	233.50–244.00	234.59
5	—	373	267.00	267.00
5	—	432	231.00–257.00	241.63
4	—	903	199.00	199.00
2	—	288	282.00	282.00
10	—	476	243.00–255.00	250.31
252	—	735	229.00–248.75	238.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	220.00	220.00
8	—	591	220.00–227.00	224.38
2	—	535	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	307	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	618	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	686	182.00	182.00
2	—	418	220.00	220.00
2	—	585	180.00	180.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,780	124.00–129.00	126.35
2	—	1,268	78.00–84.00	80.62
1	—	1,960	115.00	115.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	827	45.00–57.00	51.00
1	—	965	64.00	64.00
12	—	941	67.00–69.00	67.59
25	—	882	57.50–61.00	58.53
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	942	70.00–75.00	73.53
3	—	935	89.00–91.00	90.29
10	—	863	76.00–83.00	79.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,187	70.00–72.00	70.25
20	—	1,249	85.00–88.00	86.16
16	—	1,146	75.00–83.00	77.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,225	108.25–117.00	111.82
22	—	1,274	97.00–106.50	99.70
42	—	1,349	93.00–97.00	95.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,058	67.00–69.00	67.94
2	—	1,098	45.00–46.00	45.51
31	—	1,102	63.00–66.00	64.47
15	—	1,077	58.00–62.00	58.51

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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