Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded 4.00 to 6.00 lower. There were not enough comparable sales on steer and heifer calves to call a trend. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady. 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 $254.10/cwt on 1,391 head.

Average price

$254.10

1,391 head · 664 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,687

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$580

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

$28.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.89

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	690	258.01	1,781	1,123
Medium and Large 1-2	570	242.00	1,379	173
Medium and Large 2	522	229.88	1,201	95

One grade step is worth $28.13/cwt here — about $580 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 sale1,391 hd

254.10

—

TX average4 barns · 2,755 hd

247.21

+6.89

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	2,202	126.68	2,789	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,204	102.52	1,234	92
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,110	80.44	893	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,044	59.27	619	81

Every lot, as filed

94 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 1-2	—	683	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,530	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	421	174.13/cwt	171.00–180.00	733	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	507	209.04/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,060	53
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	926	179.39/cwt	170.00–193.00	1,661	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	241.84/cwt	235.00–246.50	1,952	186
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	679	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,317	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	254	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	848	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	648	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,439	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	609	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,127	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	235.31/cwt	233.00–237.00	1,464	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,228	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	744	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,406	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,403	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	268.85/cwt	267.00–275.00	1,524	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	254.65/cwt	253.50–257.00	1,607	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	322.34/cwt	319.00–323.00	1,325	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	217.18/cwt	201.00–221.00	1,668	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,165	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	731	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,674	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	252.49/cwt	240.00–253.50	1,654	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,495	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	580	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,218	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	524	249.20/cwt	240.00–254.00	1,306	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,158	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	372	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	941	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	251.70/cwt	250.00–252.50	1,800	279
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	331.33/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,276	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	448	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,165	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	421	302.98/cwt	294.00–311.00	1,276	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	228.33/cwt	225.00–230.50	2,135	200
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	416	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,040	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	588	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,529	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	367	314.86/cwt	300.00–322.00	1,156	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	473	244.90/cwt	241.00–250.00	1,158	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	617	233.47/cwt	220.00–237.00	1,441	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	668	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,389	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	637	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,338	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	373	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,082	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	534	270.54/cwt	265.00–273.00	1,445	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	486	275.57/cwt	272.00–281.00	1,339	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	683	229.05/cwt	224.00–239.00	1,564	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,566	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	989	174.54/cwt	170.00–179.00	1,726	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	238.32/cwt	234.00–241.00	1,468	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	715	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,287	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	370	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,029	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	617	222.66/cwt	222.00–223.00	1,374	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	951	67.83/cwt	66.00–68.00	645	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,235	62.53/cwt	62.00–63.00	772	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,162	96.03/cwt	92.00–99.00	1,116	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,246	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,433	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,082	72.71/cwt	70.00–74.00	787	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,327	79.95/cwt	77.00–82.00	1,061	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,378	58.27/cwt	58.00–60.00	803	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,148	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	758	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,223	103.57/cwt	101.00–107.00	1,267	56
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	88.57/cwt	84.00–91.00	1,085	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	985	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	778	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	54.24/cwt	54.00–55.00	580	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Light Weight	—	860	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	860	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	827	70.65/cwt	70.00–72.00	584	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	838	51.57/cwt	47.00–55.00	432	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	832	58.79/cwt	58.00–60.00	489	7
Bulls	—	—	2,202	126.68/cwt	126.00–128.00	2,789	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	287.38/cwt	284.00–289.00	925	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	802	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,564	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,483	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	227.74/cwt	224.75–230.00	1,760	235
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	792	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,750	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	230.13/cwt	230.00–231.75	1,710	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	402	144.53/cwt	141.00–150.00	581	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	260.39/cwt	260.00–261.00	1,354	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,214	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	278.92/cwt	267.00–290.00	1,038	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	406	269.83/cwt	269.00–270.00	1,096	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	396	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	836	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	368	198.55/cwt	190.00–204.00	731	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	225.65/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,307	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	212.56/cwt	210.00–220.50	1,567	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	340	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	680	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	672	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,364	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	424	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	975	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	711	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,301	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	338	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	514	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,597	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	679	182.30/cwt	170.00–196.00	1,238	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	331	262.13/cwt	240.00–269.00	868	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	462	176.20/cwt	169.00–198.00	814	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	947	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,951	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	620	209.71/cwt	204.00–217.00	1,300	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	555	210.23/cwt	208.00–214.00	1,167	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	550	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	974	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	515	230.78/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,189	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	289	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	584	5

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 19, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,348Last week 2,037Year ago 1,591

Slaughter CattleReceipts 482Last week 800Year ago 546

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	683	224.00	224.00
5	—	254	334.00	334.00
7	—	622	233.00–237.00	235.31
7	—	534	230.00	230.00
29	—	768	201.00–221.00	217.18
3	—	463	250.00	250.00
6	—	947	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	926	170.00–193.00	179.39
4	—	679	194.00	194.00
9	—	744	189.00	189.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
186	—	807	235.00–246.50	241.84
109	—	487	288.00	288.00
56	—	567	267.00–275.00	268.85
44	—	631	253.50–257.00	254.65
38	—	411	319.00–323.00	322.34
2	—	330	353.00	353.00
35	—	655	240.00–253.50	252.49
14	—	536	279.00	279.00
279	—	715	250.00–252.50	251.70
36	—	385	330.00–335.00	331.33
200	—	935	225.00–230.50	228.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	648	222.00	222.00
6	—	731	229.00	229.00
13	—	421	294.00–311.00	302.98
3	—	588	260.00	260.00
28	—	367	300.00–322.00	314.86
22	—	534	265.00–273.00	270.54
18	—	486	272.00–281.00	275.57
32	—	683	224.00–239.00	229.05
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	580	210.00	210.00
21	—	372	253.00	253.00
35	—	416	250.00	250.00
4	—	668	208.00	208.00
12	—	637	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	524	240.00–254.00	249.20
23	—	448	260.00	260.00
31	—	473	241.00–250.00	244.90
19	—	617	220.00–237.00	233.47
2	—	373	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	421	171.00–180.00	174.13
53	—	507	205.00–210.00	209.04
4	—	609	185.00	185.00
13	—	368	190.00–204.00	198.55
7	—	340	200.00	200.00
4	—	711	183.00	183.00
10	—	679	170.00–196.00	182.30
16	—	462	169.00–198.00	176.20
6	—	550	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	672	233.00	233.00
4	—	989	170.00–179.00	174.54
28	—	616	234.00–241.00	238.32
12	—	322	284.00–289.00	287.38
168	—	802	195.00	195.00
235	—	773	224.75–230.00	227.74
190	—	743	230.00–231.75	230.13
18	—	520	260.00–261.00	260.39
80	—	476	255.00	255.00
11	—	372	267.00–290.00	278.92
42	—	406	269.00–270.00	269.83
13	—	579	220.00–228.00	225.65
7	—	887	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	677	219.00	219.00
64	—	792	221.00	221.00
4	—	396	211.00	211.00
186	—	737	210.00–220.50	212.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	402	141.00–150.00	144.53
16	—	338	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	672	203.00	203.00
11	—	424	230.00	230.00
17	—	331	240.00–269.00	262.13
9	—	620	204.00–217.00	209.71
8	—	555	208.00–214.00	210.23
18	—	515	230.00–231.00	230.78
5	—	289	202.00	202.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	180.00	180.00
3	—	617	222.00–223.00	222.66
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	278.00	278.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	951	66.00–68.00	67.83
16	—	838	47.00–55.00	51.57
7	—	832	58.00–60.00	58.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,235	62.00–63.00	62.53
8	—	1,378	58.00–60.00	58.27
14	—	1,148	66.00	66.00
17	—	1,069	54.00–55.00	54.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,162	92.00–99.00	96.03
9	—	1,246	115.00	115.00
56	—	1,223	101.00–107.00	103.57
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,082	70.00–74.00	72.71
3	—	1,327	77.00–82.00	79.95
18	—	1,225	84.00–91.00	88.57
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	985	79.00	79.00
6	—	827	70.00–72.00	70.65
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	100.00	100.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,202	126.00–128.00	126.68

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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