Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded 7.00 to 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded 5.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves traded 15.00 to 25.00 higher with significant premiums paid for weaned and vaccinated calves. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly 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 $246.65/cwt on 1,261 head.

Average price

$246.65

1,261 head · 749 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,847

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$320

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

$8.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.03

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	511	249.00	1,272	24
Medium and Large 1	758	246.87	1,871	1,181
Medium and Large 1-2	661	240.87	1,593	56

One grade step is worth $8.13/cwt here — about −$320 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 sale1,261 hd

246.65

—

TX average5 barns · 2,793 hd

246.68

−0.03

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	1,620	114.00	1,847	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,357	98.24	1,333	83
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,086	82.72	898	119
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	914	64.08	586	90

Every lot, as filed

87 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	905	68.21/cwt	66.00–69.00	617	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,138	77.85/cwt	76.00–81.00	886	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,107	73.04/cwt	71.00–75.00	809	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	889	70.59/cwt	70.00–73.00	628	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	964	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	829	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	738	64.08/cwt	64.00–65.00	473	12
Bulls	—	—	1,620	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,847	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	467	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,121	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	798	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,636	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	410	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,279	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	333.75/cwt	322.00–344.00	1,585	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	227.29/cwt	223.00–230.00	1,873	269
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	275.06/cwt	270.00–281.00	1,197	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	243.08/cwt	236.00–251.00	1,403	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	420	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,096	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	454	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,317	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,659	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,210	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	902	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,741	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	215.12/cwt	213.00–220.00	1,650	116
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,260	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	349.78/cwt	340.00–352.00	1,529	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	227.47/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,504	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,768	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	214.25/cwt	208.00–219.00	1,898	198
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	592	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,356	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	276	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,074	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,680	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,656	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	284.73/cwt	270.00–299.00	1,632	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	259.51/cwt	259.00–260.00	1,474	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	591	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,383	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	306.22/cwt	297.00–310.00	1,614	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	921	211.78/cwt	211.50–212.00	1,950	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	305	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	967	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	275.06/cwt	268.00–286.00	1,703	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,872	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,030	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	2,070	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	238.98/cwt	229.00–242.00	1,747	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	548	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,534	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	490	307.83/cwt	305.00–314.00	1,508	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,808	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	362.33/cwt	350.00–366.00	1,337	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	215.09/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,577	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	258.77/cwt	253.00–265.00	1,698	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	371.53/cwt	344.00–378.00	1,230	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,243	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	288	297.56/cwt	285.00–299.00	857	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,348	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,421	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,182	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	718	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,436	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	741	58.49/cwt	57.00–60.00	433	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Light Weight	—	930	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	837	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Light Weight	—	993	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	953	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	950	76.90/cwt	75.50–78.00	731	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	68.44/cwt	68.00–69.00	748	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,344	96.52/cwt	95.00–98.00	1,297	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,167	86.76/cwt	85.00–89.50	1,012	68
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,049	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	671	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	49.31/cwt	45.00–53.00	537	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,267	91.85/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,164	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	103.61/cwt	102.00–106.00	1,505	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	784	46.90/cwt	40.00–54.00	368	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	693	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,317	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,079	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	835	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,458	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,280	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	285.23/cwt	284.00–290.00	1,118	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	235.96/cwt	233.00–238.50	1,494	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	230.84/cwt	229.50–234.00	1,547	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	175.39/cwt	167.00–184.00	1,251	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	215.69/cwt	204.00–221.00	1,480	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	978	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	265.39/cwt	257.50–268.50	1,369	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	259.79/cwt	253.00–269.00	1,257	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	329.82/cwt	322.00–338.00	1,085	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	170.72/cwt	170.00–180.00	1,601	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,545	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,614	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	331	283.99/cwt	280.00–289.00	940	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	518	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,238	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,051	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,976	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	812	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,380	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,281	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,675	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 Jan 25, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,652Last week 2,343Year ago 961

Slaughter CattleReceipts 627Last week 498Year ago 498

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	905	66.00–69.00	68.21
12	—	738	64.00–65.00	64.08
13	—	741	57.00–60.00	58.49
4	—	784	40.00–54.00	46.90
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,138	76.00–81.00	77.85
7	—	1,107	71.00–75.00	73.04
68	—	1,167	85.00–89.50	86.76
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	889	70.00–73.00	70.59
10	—	964	86.00	86.00
24	—	950	75.50–78.00	76.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	90.00	90.00
2	—	993	96.00	96.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,093	68.00–69.00	68.44
18	—	1,049	64.00	64.00
2	—	1,090	45.00–53.00	49.31
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,344	95.00–98.00	96.52
21	—	1,267	90.00–94.00	91.85
35	—	1,453	102.00–106.00	103.61
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,620	114.00	114.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	240.00	240.00
1	—	420	261.00	261.00
3	—	592	229.00	229.00
5	—	331	280.00–289.00	283.99
4	—	518	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	798	205.00	205.00
79	—	645	226.00	226.00
25	—	686	204.00–221.00	215.69
2	—	425	230.00	230.00
27	—	938	170.00–180.00	170.72
10	—	863	179.00	179.00
3	—	812	170.00	170.00
82	—	593	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	435	270.00–281.00	275.06
47	—	577	236.00–251.00	243.08
3	—	902	193.00	193.00
116	—	767	213.00–220.00	215.12
10	—	288	285.00–299.00	297.56
34	—	392	284.00–290.00	285.23
31	—	633	233.00–238.50	235.96
16	—	670	229.50–234.00	230.84
132	—	516	257.50–268.50	265.39
16	—	484	253.00–269.00	259.79
14	—	329	322.00–338.00	329.82
43	—	815	198.00	198.00
32	—	1,051	188.00	188.00
4	—	859	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	543	229.00	229.00
4	—	693	190.00	190.00
10	—	467	231.00	231.00
4	—	363	230.00	230.00
2	—	640	200.00	200.00
6	—	713	167.00–184.00	175.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	312.00	312.00
1	—	305	317.00	317.00
8	—	548	280.00	280.00
11	—	490	305.00–314.00	307.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	475	322.00–344.00	333.75
269	—	824	223.00–230.00	227.29
23	—	437	340.00–352.00	349.78
198	—	886	208.00–219.00	214.25
11	—	276	389.00	389.00
79	—	573	270.00–299.00	284.73
38	—	527	297.00–310.00	306.22
112	—	921	211.50–212.00	211.78
87	—	619	268.00–286.00	275.06
90	—	1,030	201.00	201.00
75	—	731	229.00–242.00	238.98
35	—	763	237.00	237.00
10	—	369	350.00–366.00	362.33
65	—	656	253.00–265.00	258.77
5	—	331	344.00–378.00	371.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	454	290.00	290.00
8	—	648	256.00	256.00
4	—	661	220.00–235.00	227.47
3	—	1,025	172.50	172.50
2	—	908	185.00	185.00
2	—	808	205.00	205.00
23	—	568	259.00–260.00	259.51
2	—	975	192.00	192.00
8	—	733	200.00–220.00	215.09
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	462	262.00	262.00
2	—	663	190.00	190.00
6	—	591	234.00	234.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	315.00	315.00
1	—	615	231.00	231.00
3	—	380	311.00	311.00
2	—	718	200.00	200.00

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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