Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Calves were too lightly tested for market trend. Slaughter cows trended weak to 2.00 lower. Trading demand 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 $265.28/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −148.67 against this barn's trailing median of $413.95.

Average price

$265.28

22 head · 576 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,529

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$260

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

$32.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.64

vs TX average

−11.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	589	280.00	1,649	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	561	247.62	1,389	10thin

One grade step is worth $32.38/cwt here — about $260 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale22 hd

265.28

—

TX average5 barns · 450 hd

246.65

+18.64

National average163 barns · 12,702 hd

276.46

−11.18

This barn, trailing median27 sales

413.95

−148.67

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	1,640	166.95	2,738	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,472	137.20	2,020	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,283	134.84	1,730	85
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,100	110.24	1,212	100

Every lot, as filed

56 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	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,454	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,036	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	950	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,188	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,229	92.17/cwt	85.00–96.00	1,133	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	833	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,749	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	243.28/cwt	230.00–257.00	1,375	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	697	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,680	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	211.22/cwt	210.00–213.00	1,519	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,444	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,513	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	899	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,987	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	919	90.67/cwt	70.00–100.00	833	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,116	136.61/cwt	128.50–138.00	1,525	26
Bulls	—	—	1,797	167.93/cwt	164.00–170.00	3,018	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	938	113.49/cwt	111.00–117.00	1,065	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	119.06/cwt	116.00–122.00	1,331	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	123.68/cwt	122.00–128.00	1,608	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	245.70/cwt	245.00–246.00	1,511	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	206.65/cwt	200.00–208.00	1,808	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,386	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,148	8
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,395	2
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,170	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,919	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,215	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,100	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,145	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,419	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,914	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	794	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,739	76
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	256	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	735	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	222.96/cwt	219.50–224.50	1,810	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,876	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,649	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,079	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	232.17/cwt	226.00–234.00	1,727	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	601	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,695	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	309.60/cwt	306.00–313.00	1,913	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,990	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	283	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	829	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,677	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	257.60/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,718	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,801	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,519	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,634	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,698	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	229.42/cwt	224.00–230.50	1,771	244
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	248.43/cwt	245.50–255.00	1,664	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	903	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,086	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,608	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,193	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,246	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	909	214.49/cwt	209.00–220.00	1,950	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,505	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,512	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,614	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,484	135.37/cwt	128.50–136.00	2,009	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,383	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,922	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,403	127.99/cwt	124.00–131.00	1,796	19

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 May 23, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,371Last week 1,385Year ago 1,294

Slaughter CattleReceipts 471Last week 382Year ago 378

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,454	140.00	140.00
23	—	1,484	128.50–136.00	135.37
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	950	125.00	125.00
30	—	919	70.00–100.00	90.67
9	—	938	111.00–117.00	113.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,229	85.00–96.00	92.17
34	—	1,118	116.00–122.00	119.06
19	—	1,403	124.00–131.00	127.99
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,116	128.50–138.00	136.61
19	—	1,300	122.00–128.00	123.68
40	—	1,383	139.00	139.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,797	164.00–170.00	167.93
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	164.00	164.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	428	377.00	377.00
3	450–500	483	313.00	313.00
3	500–550	500	301.00	301.00
3	600–650	622	273.00	273.00
2	650–700	670	240.00	240.00
8	800–850	833	210.00	210.00
11	850–900	899	221.00	221.00
4	900–950	909	209.00–220.00	214.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	392	362.00	362.00
2	400–450	430	380.00	380.00
4	450–500	474	380.00	380.00
7	500–550	539	348.00	348.00
17	600–650	618	306.00–313.00	309.60
13	650–700	667	250.00–260.00	257.60
8	700–750	725	264.00	264.00
6	800–850	809	246.00	246.00
29	850–900	859	242.00	242.00
6	900–950	903	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	256	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	283	293.00	293.00
2	450–500	495	280.00	280.00
2	500–550	545	265.00	265.00
8	550–600	565	230.00–257.00	243.28
7	600–650	615	245.00–246.00	245.70
36	650–700	697	241.00	241.00
5	700–750	719	210.00–213.00	211.22
244	750–800	772	224.00–230.50	229.42
3	800–850	818	205.00	205.00
159	850–900	875	200.00–208.00	206.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	347	350.00	350.00
12	550–600	589	280.00	280.00
6	600–650	601	282.00	282.00
89	650–700	670	245.50–255.00	248.43
23	700–750	744	226.00–234.00	232.17
76	750–800	794	219.00	219.00
106	800–850	812	219.50–224.50	222.96
2	1100–1150	1,100	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	405	375.00	375.00
3	850–900	890	170.00	170.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	463	248.00	248.00
3	500–550	510	234.00	234.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	472	264.00	264.00
2	550–600	558	250.00	250.00

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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