Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded steady. There were not enough comparable sales on steer and heifer calves to call a market trend, but a higher undertone was noted on weaned calves. Slaughter cows traded 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls traded 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 $256.35/cwt on 1,056 head.

Average price

$256.35

1,056 head · 688 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,763

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$641

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

$16.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.69

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	694	256.78	1,781	1,006
Medium and Large 1-2	613	250.64	1,537	36
Medium and Large 2	474	240.29	1,140	14thin

One grade step is worth $16.49/cwt here — about $641 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 sale1,056 hd

256.35

—

TX average4 barns · 2,424 hd

248.66

+7.69

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	1,632	114.19	1,863	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,294	104.02	1,346	181
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,147	90.23	1,035	146
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,004	57.19	574	71

Every lot, as filed

75 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	—	521	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,407	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	709	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,574	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	279.23/cwt	279.00–280.00	1,081	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,483	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	249.90/cwt	248.00–253.25	1,969	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	238.56/cwt	236.00–241.00	1,844	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	378	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,021	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	848	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,577	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	691	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,202	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	560	222.03/cwt	220.00–224.00	1,243	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	516	229.33/cwt	228.00–230.00	1,183	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	538	207.30/cwt	200.00–213.00	1,115	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,483	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,892	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	253.33/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,307	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	433	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	996	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	467	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,027	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	638	224.74/cwt	224.00–225.50	1,434	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,742	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	748	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,272	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	253.87/cwt	238.00–257.00	1,412	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,053	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,026	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	987	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	219.05/cwt	219.00–220.00	1,706	74
Bulls	—	—	1,547	106.29/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,644	3
Bulls	—	—	1,731	119.67/cwt	116.00–124.00	2,071	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	969	92.06/cwt	90.00–95.00	892	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	928	82.53/cwt	81.00–85.00	766	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Light Weight	—	917	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	908	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	296.38/cwt	291.00–303.00	1,399	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	292.51/cwt	292.00–293.00	1,267	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	258.27/cwt	252.00–261.00	1,748	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	473	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,206	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	328	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	886	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,896	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	339	329.46/cwt	329.00–330.00	1,117	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	247.69/cwt	243.00–249.50	2,021	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	258.48/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,846	274
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,338	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,002	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,194	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	270.18/cwt	270.00–271.00	1,581	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	387	333.97/cwt	308.00–339.00	1,292	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	489	270.98/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,325	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	664	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,467	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	897	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,000	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	496	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,156	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	510	269.38/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,374	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	396	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,026	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	595	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,303	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	584	249.41/cwt	241.00–250.00	1,457	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,892	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	322.84/cwt	321.00–329.00	1,240	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	472	292.67/cwt	282.00–301.00	1,381	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	628	232.34/cwt	224.00–249.00	1,459	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,229	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	234.55/cwt	229.00–237.00	1,717	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	850	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,292	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	945	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,229	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	978	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,663	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	515	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,174	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,374	110.20/cwt	108.00–116.00	1,514	61
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,137	63.88/cwt	63.00–65.00	726	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,182	58.65/cwt	57.00–59.00	693	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	842	51.58/cwt	48.00–55.00	434	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	92.82/cwt	88.00–95.00	1,081	113
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,250	103.97/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,300	65
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	72.53/cwt	70.00–75.00	852	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,102	53.56/cwt	50.00–56.00	590	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,291	97.06/cwt	96.00–99.00	1,253	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,134	81.49/cwt	77.00–87.00	924	16
Bulls	—	—	1,090	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,025	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	776	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	466	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	927	57.86/cwt	57.00–58.00	536	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,212	67.54/cwt	67.00–68.00	819	4

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 Oct 12, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,037Last week 1,263Year ago 1,574

Slaughter CattleReceipts 800Last week 557Year ago 775

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	521	270.00	270.00
162	—	788	248.00–253.25	249.90
18	—	472	291.00–303.00	296.38
4	—	433	292.00–293.00	292.51
86	—	677	252.00–261.00	258.27
10	—	862	220.00	220.00
9	—	339	329.00–330.00	329.46
159	—	816	243.00–249.50	247.69
274	—	714	250.00–260.00	258.48
13	—	1,002	219.00	219.00
43	—	585	270.00–271.00	270.18
8	—	384	321.00–329.00	322.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	656	226.00	226.00
4	—	773	236.00–241.00	238.56
2	—	478	280.00	280.00
3	—	897	223.00	223.00
2	—	805	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	387	308.00–339.00	333.97
34	—	664	221.00	221.00
16	—	510	260.00–270.00	269.38
44	—	584	241.00–250.00	249.41
9	—	472	282.00–301.00	292.67
34	—	628	224.00–249.00	232.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	489	270.00–274.00	270.98
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	496	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	396	259.00	259.00
2	—	595	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	709	222.00	222.00
2	—	848	186.00	186.00
10	—	671	221.00	221.00
6	—	458	230.00	230.00
5	—	380	270.00	270.00
4	—	429	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	387	279.00–280.00	279.23
17	—	864	219.00	219.00
132	—	516	250.00–257.00	253.33
5	—	670	260.00	260.00
12	—	556	238.00–257.00	253.87
74	—	779	219.00–220.00	219.05
41	—	732	229.00–237.00	234.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	378	270.00	270.00
6	—	560	220.00–224.00	222.03
6	—	516	228.00–230.00	229.33
48	—	638	224.00–225.50	224.74
29	—	473	255.00	255.00
4	—	328	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	691	174.00	174.00
2	—	748	170.00	170.00
2	—	585	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	538	200.00–213.00	207.30
4	—	433	230.00	230.00
5	—	467	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	850	152.00	152.00
1	—	945	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	978	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	228.00	228.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,547	100.00–110.00	106.29
8	—	1,731	116.00–124.00	119.67
1	—	1,090	94.00	94.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	969	90.00–95.00	92.06
5	—	928	81.00–85.00	82.53
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	917	99.00	99.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,374	108.00–116.00	110.20
65	—	1,250	100.00–107.00	103.97
50	—	1,291	96.00–99.00	97.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,137	63.00–65.00	63.88
10	—	1,182	57.00–59.00	58.65
11	—	1,102	50.00–56.00	53.56
4	—	1,212	67.00–68.00	67.54
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	842	48.00–55.00	51.58
6	—	776	60.00	60.00
7	—	927	57.00–58.00	57.86
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	1,165	88.00–95.00	92.82
7	—	1,175	70.00–75.00	72.53
16	—	1,134	77.00–87.00	81.49

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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