Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady to firm on comparable sales. Not enough comparable sales on steer and heifer calves due to last weeks light test. Slaughter cows traded 7.00 to 8.00 higher. Not enough comparable sales on slaughter bulls for a market trend. Trading activity was moderate to active on good buyer demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $268.99/cwt on 1,580 head.

Average price

$268.99

1,580 head · 669 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,799

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$318

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

$40.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.09

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	638	277.02	1,767	359
Medium and Large 1	694	274.16	1,902	978
Medium and Large 2	613	236.36	1,449	243

One grade step is worth $40.66/cwt here — about $318 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 sale1,580 hd

268.99

—

TX average5 barns · 3,731 hd

267.90

+1.09

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	1,635	132.00	2,158	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,532	115.26	1,766	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,260	111.17	1,401	79
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,087	94.85	1,031	144

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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,016	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,093	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	295.83/cwt	290.00–304.00	1,819	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	239.80/cwt	223.00–241.00	1,695	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	242.23/cwt	241.00–245.00	1,972	318
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	264.37/cwt	258.00–265.00	1,769	84
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,433	57
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	689	207.05/cwt	198.00–240.00	1,427	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	486	258.43/cwt	250.00–299.00	1,256	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,449	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	368.51/cwt	367.00–369.00	1,592	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,067	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	493	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,223	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	343	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,012	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	800	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,520	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,040	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	926	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,908	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	504	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,094	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	843	233.58/cwt	233.50–235.00	1,969	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	403	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,350	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	766	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,455	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,311	11
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	406	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	914	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	555	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,665	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	316.65/cwt	260.00–320.00	1,656	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	248.91/cwt	244.50–253.50	1,907	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	276.39/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,758	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	268.60/cwt	264.00–276.00	1,794	105
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,533	2
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,139	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	252.15/cwt	246.00–252.50	1,858	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	318.00/cwt	315.00–331.00	1,676	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,400	12
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	451	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	916	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	444	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,394	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,066	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	309.07/cwt	304.00–312.00	1,783	48
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,027	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	764	220.15/cwt	218.00–221.50	1,682	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,196	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,057	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	451	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,281	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,467	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	657	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,643	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,142	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,214	82.09/cwt	79.00–83.00	997	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,117	93.70/cwt	87.00–98.00	1,047	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,299	98.50/cwt	97.00–100.00	1,280	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	922	94.97/cwt	94.00–97.00	876	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	822	62.85/cwt	60.00–65.00	517	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,171	103.72/cwt	99.00–109.00	1,215	69
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,532	115.26/cwt	113.00–117.00	1,766	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,633	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,992	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,186	113.12/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,342	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	887	75.15/cwt	70.00–80.00	667	13
Bulls	—	—	1,635	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	2,158	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,461	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	285.86/cwt	279.00–306.00	1,206	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,584	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	928	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	218.27/cwt	209.00–222.00	1,770	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	842	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,751	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,149	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	284.74/cwt	283.00–298.00	1,372	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,892	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	225.08/cwt	223.00–249.00	1,182	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	439	222.05/cwt	220.00–231.00	975	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	273.33/cwt	268.00–281.00	1,460	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	257.13/cwt	250.00–263.50	1,604	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	458	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,310	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,152	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	754	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	240.64/cwt	230.00–251.00	1,405	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,851	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	686	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,784	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	461	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,231	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	267.09/cwt	264.00–274.00	1,533	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	696	234.42/cwt	233.00–250.00	1,632	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,186	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	222.25/cwt	222.00–222.50	1,705	145
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	723	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,714	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	278.09/cwt	275.00–292.00	1,630	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	375	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,103	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	406	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,080	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	229.28/cwt	226.00–232.00	1,669	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	338.65/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,568	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,367	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	751	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,727	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	391	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,044	20

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 Feb 22, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,260Last week 1,167Year ago 1,933

Slaughter CattleReceipts 624Last week 360Year ago 774

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,016	206.00	206.00
57	—	573	250.00	250.00
22	—	689	198.00–240.00	207.05
75	—	486	250.00–299.00	258.43
10	—	800	190.00	190.00
14	—	355	293.00	293.00
4	—	504	217.00	217.00
35	—	766	190.00	190.00
12	—	723	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	615	290.00–304.00	295.83
318	—	814	241.00–245.00	242.23
80	—	432	367.00–369.00	368.51
3	—	865	239.00	239.00
11	—	322	407.00	407.00
152	—	766	244.50–253.50	248.91
105	—	668	264.00–276.00	268.60
73	—	737	246.00–252.50	252.15
19	—	527	315.00–331.00	318.00
12	—	350	400.00	400.00
22	—	918	225.00	225.00
48	—	577	304.00–312.00	309.07
42	—	463	330.00–355.00	338.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	707	223.00–241.00	239.80
84	—	669	258.00–265.00	264.37
13	—	460	315.00	315.00
5	—	926	206.00	206.00
55	—	843	233.50–235.00	233.58
4	—	403	335.00	335.00
73	—	523	260.00–320.00	316.65
13	—	636	270.00–285.00	276.39
43	—	586	275.00–292.00	278.09
20	—	355	385.00	385.00
19	—	751	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	555	300.00	300.00
6	—	444	314.00	314.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	686	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	493	248.00	248.00
20	—	391	267.00	267.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	343	295.00	295.00
11	—	461	267.00	267.00
2	—	375	294.00	294.00
4	—	406	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	764	218.00–221.50	220.15
11	—	1,196	172.00	172.00
23	—	842	208.00	208.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	545	268.00	268.00
63	—	644	246.00	246.00
14	—	584	230.00–251.00	240.64
25	—	374	317.00	317.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	422	279.00–306.00	285.86
25	—	811	209.00–222.00	218.27
7	—	383	300.00	300.00
99	—	482	283.00–298.00	284.74
2	—	923	205.00	205.00
93	—	534	268.00–281.00	273.33
47	—	624	250.00–263.50	257.13
26	—	857	216.00	216.00
90	—	574	264.00–274.00	267.09
114	—	696	233.00–250.00	234.42
145	—	767	222.00–222.50	222.25
18	—	728	226.00–232.00	229.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	371	250.00	250.00
72	—	525	223.00–249.00	225.08
53	—	439	220.00–231.00	222.05
15	—	576	200.00	200.00
6	—	313	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	458	286.00	286.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	406	225.00	225.00
2	—	670	170.00	170.00
5	—	451	203.00	203.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	713	215.00	215.00
9	—	437	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	451	284.00	284.00
6	—	573	256.00	256.00
3	—	337	339.00	339.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	657	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,214	79.00–83.00	82.09
23	—	1,117	87.00–98.00	93.70
69	—	1,171	99.00–109.00	103.72
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,299	97.00–100.00	98.50
9	—	1,633	122.00	122.00
54	—	1,186	110.00–118.00	113.12
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	922	94.00–97.00	94.97
6	—	822	60.00–65.00	62.85
13	—	887	70.00–80.00	75.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,532	113.00–117.00	115.26
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,635	132.00	132.00

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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