Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Though there were few comparable sales, better quality feeder steers and heifers traded higher. Steers brought 7.00 to 9.00 higher while heifers brought 4.00 to 8.00 higher. High quality calves also trading higher with four weight steers jumping 16.00 and the heifer mates up 7.00. Trade was active. Slaughter cattle trade was quieter with high yielding cows bringing 10.00 less. High yielding slaughter bulls were steady to slightly lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $271.97/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −141.98 against this barn's trailing median of $413.95.

Average price

$271.97

24 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,516

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$293

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

$70.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.26

vs TX average

+14.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	280.83	1,549	21
Medium and Large 2	598	210.00	1,256	3thin

One grade step is worth $70.83/cwt here — about $293 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 sale24 hd

271.97

—

TX average5 barns · 272 hd

246.71

+25.26

National average156 barns · 7,883 hd

257.80

+14.17

This barn, trailing median27 sales

413.95

−141.98

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	1,607	162.98	2,619	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,733	133.50	2,314	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,164	129.30	1,505	120
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	863	94.81	818	35
Heifers	Choice	High	998	160.00	1,597	2thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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	300–350	335	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,313	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	245.54/cwt	238.00–247.00	1,783	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	232.98/cwt	231.00–236.00	1,782	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,312	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	650–700	689	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,660	58
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,428	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,510	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,779	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,298	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,021	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,434	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	670	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,836	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,755	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,551	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	700–750	703	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,743	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	600–650	635	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,664	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,655	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,267	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,235	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	909	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,036	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	839	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,014	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	248.99/cwt	247.00–250.00	1,678	6
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,152	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,787	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	266	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,494	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,061	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	1050–1100	1,054	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,161	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,160	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	850–900	866	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,949	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,239	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	278.01/cwt	274.00–282.00	1,610	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	284.58/cwt	278.00–289.00	1,466	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	246.49/cwt	244.00–256.00	1,545	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	369.19/cwt	352.00–373.00	1,510	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	293.28/cwt	292.00–295.00	1,211	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	400–450	420	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,079	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	598	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,256	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,293	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,727	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	800–850	826	222.88/cwt	217.00–224.50	1,841	74
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,733	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	2,314	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	957	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,053	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	858	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,167	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	863	90.95/cwt	80.00–96.00	785	32
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,204	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,094	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	872	212.85/cwt	212.00–220.00	1,856	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	347	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,211	3
Bulls	—	—	1,452	157.24/cwt	155.00–159.00	2,283	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,166	122.36/cwt	119.00–131.00	1,427	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,184	139.36/cwt	138.50–140.50	1,650	57
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,373	6
Bulls	—	—	1,700	166.43/cwt	160.00–170.00	2,829	5
Heifers	Choice	—	998	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,597	2

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 Jul 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 977Last week 1,703Year ago 2,020

Slaughter CattleReceipts 390Last week 327Year ago 482

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	266	850.00	850.00
4	250–300	283	410.00	410.00
4	300–350	335	392.00	392.00
3	350–400	353	359.00	359.00
12	400–450	409	352.00–373.00	369.19
6	450–500	481	314.00	314.00
2	500–550	533	324.00	324.00
4	550–600	556	320.00	320.00
154	600–650	614	291.00	291.00
15	800–850	818	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	347	349.00	349.00
3	550–600	591	280.00	280.00
2	600–650	610	235.00	235.00
6	650–700	674	247.00–250.00	248.99
9	800–850	839	240.00	240.00
4	900–950	909	224.00	224.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	670	274.00	274.00
7	1050–1100	1,054	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	635	262.00	262.00
3	700–750	703	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	257.00	257.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	517	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	314.00	314.00
4	350–400	386	321.00	321.00
8	400–450	403	322.00	322.00
3	450–500	467	281.00	281.00
9	500–550	515	278.00–289.00	284.58
12	550–600	579	274.00–282.00	278.01
10	600–650	627	244.00–256.00	246.49
24	700–750	726	238.00–247.00	245.54
6	750–800	765	231.00–236.00	232.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
58	650–700	689	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	371	295.00	295.00
7	400–450	413	292.00–295.00	293.28
2	450–500	473	261.00	261.00
4	700–750	718	216.00	216.00
5	750–800	780	225.00	225.00
19	850–900	872	212.00–220.00	212.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
74	800–850	826	217.00–224.50	222.88
59	850–900	866	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	598	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	372	384.00	384.00
3	450–500	450	332.00	332.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	474	243.00	243.00
6	500–550	521	231.00	231.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,733	133.50	133.50
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	957	110.00	110.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	858	136.00	136.00
32	—	863	80.00–96.00	90.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,166	119.00–131.00	122.36
57	—	1,184	138.50–140.50	139.36
6	—	1,204	114.00	114.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,452	155.00–159.00	157.24
5	—	1,700	160.00–170.00	166.43
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	998	160.00	160.00

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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