Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers traded mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves were mostly 5.00 to 10.00 lower on comparable sales. Quality was mixed as a large portion of the sale consisted of plainer type cattle, with the exception of some bigger drafts of wheat cattle. Trading activity was moderate on moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $273.01/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −140.94 against this barn's trailing median of $413.95.

Average price

$273.01

43 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,456

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$37

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

$12.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+24.55

vs TX average

+9.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	274.41	1,460	38
Medium and Large 1-2	542	262.40	1,423	5thin

One grade step is worth $12.01/cwt here — about $37 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $444.69, low $367.59, median $413.95 across 27 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 sale43 hd

273.01

—

TX average5 barns · 263 hd

248.46

+24.55

National average181 barns · 13,137 hd

263.96

+9.05

This barn, trailing median27 sales

413.95

−140.94

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	1,498	144.18	2,159	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,516	131.09	1,987	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,278	125.23	1,601	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,099	103.68	1,139	94

Every lot, as filed

76 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	901	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	1,843	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,845	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	228.43/cwt	224.50–229.50	1,926	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	892	219.41/cwt	219.00–219.50	1,957	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	752	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,805	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	243.27/cwt	243.00–244.00	1,671	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,023	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,903	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	244.37/cwt	242.00–245.00	1,737	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,297	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650–700	660	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,617	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,362	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	313	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,246	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,511	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	409	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,632	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,651	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	814	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,530	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	850–900	889	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,511	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,576	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	277.61/cwt	276.00–278.00	1,718	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	418	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,200	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,603	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	223.42/cwt	215.00–226.00	1,506	13
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,171	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,502	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,586	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	404	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,519	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	245.09/cwt	241.00–250.00	1,145	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	950–1000	974	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,821	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	224.42/cwt	224.00–225.00	1,860	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	244.02/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,547	11
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,244	10
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,135	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Mexican Origin	—	905	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	959	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,304	119.48/cwt	116.00–126.00	1,558	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	888	93.76/cwt	90.00–99.00	833	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	935	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	991	3
Bulls	—	—	1,648	152.41/cwt	145.00–157.00	2,512	3
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,340	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,997	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,081	94.60/cwt	91.00–100.00	1,023	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,156	106.59/cwt	104.00–110.00	1,232	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,995	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	2,554	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,356	132.12/cwt	130.00–137.00	1,792	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,357	129.63/cwt	128.00–132.00	1,759	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,118	117.67/cwt	116.00–121.00	1,316	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	700–750	706	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,440	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	511	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,359	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,599	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	406	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,068	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,970	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	2,699	1
Bulls	—	—	1,400	134.35/cwt	133.00–135.00	1,881	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	276.12/cwt	269.00–286.00	1,433	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,680	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	953	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,944	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	505	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,520	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	234.29/cwt	220.00–238.00	1,464	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	721	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,456	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	227.60/cwt	227.50–228.00	1,545	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,014	203.31/cwt	200.00–203.75	2,062	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	455	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,210	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	925	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,758	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	272.19/cwt	271.00–275.00	1,821	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,091	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	2,095	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,552	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,509	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,191	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,338	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,612	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,301	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,257	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,557	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	326.76/cwt	319.00–328.00	1,765	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	966	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,980	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	205.14/cwt	205.00–205.50	1,758	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	220.10/cwt	218.00–225.00	1,631	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,623	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,120	3

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 Apr 11, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,307Last week 1,099Year ago 1,170

Slaughter CattleReceipts 272Last week 305Year ago 411

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	362	329.00	329.00
15	400–450	432	291.00	291.00
2	450–500	463	289.00	289.00
30	500–550	519	269.00–286.00	276.12
8	550–600	581	268.00	268.00
2	600–650	620	260.00	260.00
15	650–700	679	227.50–228.00	227.60
35	700–750	741	218.00–225.00	220.10
43	850–900	857	205.00–205.50	205.14
86	900–950	901	204.50	204.50
2	1000–1050	1,023	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	418	268.00	268.00
2	450–500	470	276.00	276.00
3	500–550	512	266.00	266.00
2	550–600	588	257.00	257.00
11	600–650	634	240.00–249.00	244.02
13	650–700	674	215.00–226.00	223.42
6	700–750	711	223.00	223.00
3	750–800	755	215.00	215.00
5	800–850	814	188.00	188.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	418	287.00	287.00
4	650–700	660	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	850–900	889	170.00	170.00
17	950–1000	974	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	467	241.00–250.00	245.09
30	600–650	625	220.00–238.00	234.29
10	700–750	721	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
24	700–750	706	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	455	266.00	266.00
2	900–950	925	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	347	375.00	375.00
3	350–400	387	390.00	390.00
4	450–500	455	341.00	341.00
33	500–550	540	319.00–328.00	326.76
4	600–650	600	280.00	280.00
10	650–700	669	271.00–275.00	272.19
29	700–750	711	242.00–245.00	244.37
19	750–800	764	241.50	241.50
51	800–850	843	224.50–229.50	228.43
33	850–900	892	219.00–219.50	219.41
14	950–1000	966	205.00	205.00
51	1000–1050	1,014	200.00–203.75	203.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	398.00	398.00
4	400–450	404	376.00	376.00
3	450–500	462	347.00	347.00
8	550–600	563	280.00	280.00
18	600–650	619	276.00–278.00	277.61
30	650–700	687	243.00–244.00	243.27
2	700–750	718	230.00	230.00
8	750–800	752	240.00	240.00
22	800–850	829	224.00–225.00	224.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	409	399.00	399.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	511	266.00	266.00
2	550–600	575	278.00	278.00
12	650–700	650	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	505	301.00	301.00
2	950–1000	953	204.00	204.00
7	1050–1100	1,091	192.00	192.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	406	263.00	263.00
9	450–500	474	247.00	247.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	419	271.00	271.00
10	450–500	466	267.00	267.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Mexican Origin$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	905	106.00	106.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,304	116.00–126.00	119.48
27	—	1,081	91.00–100.00	94.60
12	—	1,156	104.00–110.00	106.59
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	888	90.00–99.00	93.76
3	—	935	106.00	106.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,995	128.00	128.00
3	—	1,356	130.00–137.00	132.12
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,357	128.00–132.00	129.63
19	—	1,118	116.00–121.00	117.67
1	—	1,970	137.00	137.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,648	145.00–157.00	152.41
3	—	1,400	133.00–135.00	134.35
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	149.00	149.00

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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