Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers weighing under 800 pounds traded mostly 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers weighing over 800 pounds traded mostly 5.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers traded mostly 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Not enough comparable sales on steer and heifer calves for a market trend but a lower undertone was noted. Breaking and Boning Utility cows traded 5.00 higher, and lean cows were mostly steady. Trading activity was moderate on moderate to good buyer demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $278.50/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −176.41 against this barn's trailing median of $454.91.

Average price

$278.50

23 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,519

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$383

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

$43.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.69

vs TX average

−31.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	569	297.35	1,691	13thin
Medium and Large 2	515	254.00	1,308	10thin

One grade step is worth $43.35/cwt here — about $383 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.66, low $409.27, median $454.91 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale23 hd

278.50

—

TX average5 barns · 159 hd

296.19

−17.69

National average156 barns · 8,291 hd

310.26

−31.76

This barn, trailing median31 sales

454.91

−176.41

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	1,690	153.00	2,586	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,815	142.00	2,577	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,283	128.12	1,644	85
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,117	112.45	1,256	156

Every lot, as filed

58 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	700–750	742	257.07/cwt	254.00–257.50	1,907	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,513	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	796	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,688	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,478	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,396	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	222.36/cwt	222.00–223.50	1,628	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	298.53/cwt	286.00–311.00	1,421	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,801	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,720	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,727	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	215.41/cwt	214.00–224.00	1,672	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	251.05/cwt	244.00–268.00	1,702	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	238.49/cwt	237.00–239.00	1,863	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	694	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,485	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1150–1200	1,163	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,977	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	423	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,337	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	653	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,273	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	324.12/cwt	320.00–337.00	1,585	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,473	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	225.87/cwt	225.00–229.00	1,976	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	286.32/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,669	8
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,219	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	647	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,656	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,365	133.46/cwt	129.00–136.00	1,822	56
Bulls	—	—	1,690	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	2,586	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,343	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,853	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,101	96.35/cwt	94.50–97.00	1,061	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	930	96.46/cwt	92.00–103.00	897	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	957	108.71/cwt	104.00–114.00	1,040	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,094	109.20/cwt	101.00–115.00	1,195	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	762	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	671	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,240	122.61/cwt	118.00–130.00	1,520	57
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,815	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	2,577	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	116.09/cwt	115.00–117.00	1,277	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,465	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	2,066	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,052	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,788	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	767	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,388	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,308	10
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	509	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,201	7
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	454	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,076	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,126	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	232.20/cwt	229.00–234.75	1,895	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	251.41/cwt	240.00–252.50	1,886	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	268.21/cwt	262.00–271.00	1,534	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	257.49/cwt	249.00–262.00	1,578	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,849	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,269	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	206.99/cwt	189.00–209.00	1,772	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,526	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	938	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,820	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,553	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	363.07/cwt	349.00–369.00	1,656	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	225.37/cwt	217.00–228.75	2,064	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	273.80/cwt	271.50–290.00	1,468	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	242.37/cwt	239.00–245.00	1,583	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	894	225.21/cwt	225.00–226.00	2,013	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	297.23/cwt	295.00–298.00	1,822	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,088	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,132	12

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 Mar 28, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,511Last week 2,468Year ago 1,043

Slaughter CattleReceipts 400Last week 482Year ago 450

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	413.00	413.00
4	350–400	376	393.00	393.00
13	400–450	441	346.00	346.00
21	450–500	456	349.00–369.00	363.07
23	600–650	613	295.00–298.00	297.23
66	700–750	742	254.00–257.50	257.07
23	750–800	750	240.00–252.50	251.41
40	800–850	816	229.00–234.75	232.20
47	850–900	894	225.00–226.00	225.21
85	900–950	916	217.00–228.75	225.37
12	1050–1100	1,088	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	489	320.00–337.00	324.12
5	500–550	546	315.00	315.00
8	550–600	583	280.00–290.00	286.32
18	600–650	606	243.00	243.00
7	650–700	678	244.00–268.00	251.05
11	700–750	735	245.00	245.00
20	750–800	781	237.00–239.00	238.49
50	850–900	875	225.00–229.00	225.87
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	515	254.00	254.00
32	600–650	647	256.00	256.00
7	650–700	694	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	600–650	644	235.00	235.00
48	750–800	796	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	388	327.00	327.00
92	450–500	476	286.00–311.00	298.53
54	500–550	536	271.50–290.00	273.80
19	550–600	572	262.00–271.00	268.21
9	600–650	613	249.00–262.00	257.49
25	650–700	653	239.00–245.00	242.37
60	700–750	732	222.00–223.50	222.36
42	750–800	776	214.00–224.00	215.41
20	800–850	809	213.50	213.50
50	850–900	856	189.00–209.00	206.99
2	900–950	938	194.00	194.00
4	950–1000	953	194.00	194.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	767	181.00	181.00
7	1050–1100	1,052	170.00	170.00
14	1150–1200	1,163	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	423	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	653	195.00	195.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	456	247.00	247.00
6	500–550	508	240.00	240.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	454	237.00	237.00
7	500–550	509	236.00	236.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	530	293.00	293.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,365	129.00–136.00	133.46
27	—	1,100	115.00–117.00	116.09
2	—	1,465	141.00	141.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,343	138.00	138.00
12	—	1,101	94.50–97.00	96.35
49	—	1,094	101.00–115.00	109.20
57	—	1,240	118.00–130.00	122.61
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	930	92.00–103.00	96.46
23	—	957	104.00–114.00	108.71
3	—	762	88.00	88.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,815	142.00	142.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,690	153.00	153.00

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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