Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 2.00 to 5.00 higher on limited comparable sales, which is inline with the gains noticed on the board throughout the week. Not enough comparable sales on steer or heifer calves for a market trend. Slaughter cows traded mostly steady on Lean cows and 2.00 to 3.00 lower on Breaking and Boning Utility cows. Trading activity was moderate to active on moderate to good buyer demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $271.49/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −142.46 against this barn's trailing median of $413.95.

Average price

$271.49

82 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,419

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$126

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

$3.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.92

vs TX average

+6.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	502	273.00	1,370	51
Medium and Large 1	556	269.02	1,497	31

One grade step is worth $3.98/cwt here — about −$126 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 sale82 hd

271.49

—

TX average5 barns · 373 hd

245.58

+25.92

National average180 barns · 13,997 hd

264.52

+6.97

This barn, trailing median27 sales

413.95

−142.46

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	—	Low	1,310	146.26	1,916	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,568	131.34	2,059	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,265	127.26	1,610	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,134	113.87	1,291	105

Every lot, as filed

57 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	650–700	685	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,480	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,678	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	808	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,749	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	502	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,370	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	297.37/cwt	285.00–304.00	1,740	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	262.62/cwt	253.00–266.00	1,796	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	246.79/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,866	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,850	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,539	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,714	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,775	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	270.13/cwt	262.00–271.00	1,551	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,531	3
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,205	6
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	451	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,240	8
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	509	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,349	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	459	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,561	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	527	260.97/cwt	259.00–266.00	1,375	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,406	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	963	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,868	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,353	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,793	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	97.52/cwt	95.00–101.00	1,085	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,096	110.41/cwt	104.00–114.00	1,210	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	741	89.99/cwt	86.00–96.00	667	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	115.48/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,522	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	134.65/cwt	132.00–136.00	1,741	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	123.63/cwt	119.00–129.00	1,535	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	893	102.11/cwt	99.00–109.00	912	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	954	117.48/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,121	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	842	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	842	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,275	123.13/cwt	117.00–126.50	1,570	52
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,360	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,890	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,620	129.42/cwt	128.00–133.00	2,097	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	484	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,404	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	364	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	983	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	418	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	982	2
Bulls	—	—	1,588	142.39/cwt	141.00–143.00	2,261	3
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,153	146.84/cwt	134.00–152.00	1,693	10
Bulls	—	—	2,050	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	3,116	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	359.88/cwt	359.00–364.00	1,720	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,989	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	304.97/cwt	301.00–313.00	1,592	9
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,034	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,750	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	343	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,163	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,729	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,906	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,118	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,524	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,290	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	549	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,636	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,359	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,378	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,640	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	423	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,244	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,792	5

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 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 976Last week 1,307Year ago 1,764

Slaughter CattleReceipts 258Last week 272Year ago 550

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	391.00	391.00
2	500–550	520	293.00	293.00
3	650–700	685	216.00	216.00
5	950–1000	953	188.00	188.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	485	279.00	279.00
51	500–550	502	273.00	273.00
143	700–750	739	227.00	227.00
71	800–850	808	216.50	216.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	298.00	298.00
12	400–450	430	316.00	316.00
10	450–500	492	280.00	280.00
3	500–550	502	280.00	280.00
21	550–600	574	262.00–271.00	270.13
3	600–650	610	251.00	251.00
16	650–700	678	255.00	255.00
3	700–750	737	222.50	222.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	423	294.00	294.00
7	500–550	527	259.00–266.00	260.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	418	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	478	359.00–364.00	359.88
9	500–550	522	301.00–313.00	304.97
24	550–600	585	285.00–304.00	297.37
5	600–650	608	292.00	292.00
23	650–700	684	253.00–266.00	262.62
14	750–800	756	245.00–250.00	246.79
36	800–850	811	235.00	235.00
54	900–950	908	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	343	339.00	339.00
16	450–500	498	309.00	309.00
3	650–700	683	251.00	251.00
30	700–750	713	245.50	245.50
2	750–800	763	235.00	235.00
2	900–950	925	200.00	200.00
2	950–1000	963	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	459	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	364	270.00	270.00
5	450–500	484	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	549	298.00	298.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	270.00	270.00
6	450–500	459	262.50	262.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	451	275.00	275.00
6	500–550	509	265.00	265.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,113	95.00–101.00	97.52
23	—	1,096	104.00–114.00	110.41
52	—	1,275	117.00–126.50	123.13
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	741	86.00–96.00	89.99
3	—	893	99.00–109.00	102.11
5	—	954	115.00–121.00	117.48
8	—	842	100.00	100.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,318	110.00–118.00	115.48
20	—	1,293	132.00–136.00	134.65
31	—	1,242	119.00–129.00	123.63
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	139.00	139.00
4	—	1,620	128.00–133.00	129.42
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,588	141.00–143.00	142.39
1	—	2,050	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,153	134.00–152.00	146.84

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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