Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded 5.00 higher. There were not enough comparable sales on steer and heifer calves to call a market trend. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady. Trading was light on moderate buyer demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $223.78/cwt on 239 head. That ranks 2 of 4 comparable sales and sits −56.77 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.

Average price

$223.78

239 head · 512 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,147

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$422

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

$73.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.77

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	508	230.43	1,171	212
Medium and Large 1-2	570	176.58	1,007	20
Medium and Large 2	476	157.14	749	7thin

One grade step is worth $73.29/cwt here — about $422 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

4 sales

Heifers 0–100 lb: high $299.90, low $219.55, median $280.54 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale239 hd

223.78

—

TX average3 barns · 642 hd

216.01

+7.77

This barn, trailing median4 sales

280.54

−56.77

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,456	95.79	1,395	62
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,176	81.14	954	145
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	995	61.58	613	58

Every lot, as filed

56 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	Medium and Large 1	—	590	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,168	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	182.36/cwt	164.00–190.00	981	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	840	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	216.58/cwt	198.00–220.00	1,222	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	212.22/cwt	210.00–218.00	1,303	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	668	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,463	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,379	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	284.73/cwt	274.00–301.00	1,318	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	266.07/cwt	261.00–269.00	1,418	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	330	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	848	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	540	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,188	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	384	280.56/cwt	241.00–290.00	1,077	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	589	236.20/cwt	236.00–238.00	1,391	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	645	188.00/cwt	186.00–189.00	1,213	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,622	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	520	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,300	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	440	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,122	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	282.62/cwt	270.00–296.00	1,173	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	229.65/cwt	228.00–235.00	1,552	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	430	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	946	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	388	212.32/cwt	210.00–222.00	824	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,759	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	488	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,220	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	569	173.66/cwt	170.00–176.00	988	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	515	179.13/cwt	170.00–183.00	923	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,151	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,408	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,091	70.80/cwt	70.00–72.00	772	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,354	87.44/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,184	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	860	48.26/cwt	45.00–52.00	415	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,178	52.51/cwt	50.00–54.00	619	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	641	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,569	95.69/cwt	95.00–99.00	1,501	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,189	67.48/cwt	66.00–69.00	802	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	915	72.03/cwt	70.00–73.00	659	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Light Weight	—	924	91.92/cwt	90.00–92.50	849	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	911	62.36/cwt	61.00–64.00	568	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	80.50/cwt	76.00–84.00	910	68
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,521	101.05/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,537	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,381	93.00/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,284	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	916	57.80/cwt	57.00–59.00	529	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	899	67.84/cwt	66.00–69.00	610	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	900	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	765	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	923	78.92/cwt	76.00–84.00	728	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,237	56.67/cwt	56.00–57.00	701	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	487	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	779	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	182.75/cwt	176.00–189.00	1,239	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	440	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	761	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	719	175.86/cwt	170.00–180.00	1,264	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	483	230.02/cwt	220.00–239.00	1,111	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,191	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	325	234.42/cwt	230.00–243.00	762	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	450	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	675	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	238.08/cwt	237.00–239.00	1,526	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	596	242.99/cwt	238.00–246.00	1,448	24

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 Dec 14, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 783Last week 1,812Year ago 2,068

Slaughter CattleReceipts 327Last week 466Year ago 521

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	538	164.00–190.00	182.36
5	—	706	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	350	240.00	240.00
1	—	870	171.00	171.00
13	—	564	198.00–220.00	216.58
26	—	614	210.00–218.00	212.22
1	—	765	184.00	184.00
10	—	678	176.00–189.00	182.75
97	—	460	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	645	186.00–189.00	188.00
1	—	430	220.00	220.00
5	—	388	210.00–222.00	212.32
8	—	569	170.00–176.00	173.66
10	—	515	170.00–183.00	179.13
5	—	719	170.00–180.00	175.86
15	—	483	220.00–239.00	230.02
12	—	325	230.00–243.00	234.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	487	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	173.00	173.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	450	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	668	219.00	219.00
1	—	330	257.00	257.00
5	—	384	241.00–290.00	280.56
30	—	589	236.00–238.00	236.20
3	—	520	250.00	250.00
3	—	440	255.00	255.00
3	—	488	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	711	194.00	194.00
5	—	463	274.00–301.00	284.73
15	—	533	261.00–269.00	266.07
2	—	858	189.00	189.00
10	—	415	270.00–296.00	282.62
13	—	676	228.00–235.00	229.65
6	—	926	190.00	190.00
33	—	641	237.00–239.00	238.08
24	—	596	238.00–246.00	242.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	540	220.00	220.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,091	70.00–72.00	70.80
45	—	1,354	85.00–89.00	87.44
68	—	1,130	76.00–84.00	80.50
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	860	45.00–52.00	48.26
15	—	911	61.00–64.00	62.36
5	—	916	57.00–59.00	57.80
11	—	899	66.00–69.00	67.84
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,178	50.00–54.00	52.51
2	—	1,018	63.00	63.00
12	—	1,189	66.00–69.00	67.48
3	—	1,237	56.00–57.00	56.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,569	95.00–99.00	95.69
14	—	1,521	100.00–102.00	101.05
20	—	1,381	90.00–94.00	93.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	915	70.00–73.00	72.03
1	—	900	85.00	85.00
9	—	923	76.00–84.00	78.92
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	924	90.00–92.50	91.92

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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