Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There was few comparable sales on calves which were in mixed demand. With the upcoming week expecting temperatures at or above 100 degrees, smaller calves sold lower on less demand. Feeder steers and heifers fared better with an abundance of well conditioned 700 and 800 pounders selling exceptionally higher on good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to lower yet still maintaining a good market on higher yielding cattle. Trading was moderate to active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $280.22/cwt on 72 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −174.70 against this barn's trailing median of $454.91.

Average price

$280.22

72 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,556

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$185

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

$32.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.20

vs TX average

−0.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	282.72	1,570	66
Medium and Large 2	548	258.00	1,414	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	554	250.00	1,385	4thin

One grade step is worth $32.72/cwt here — about $185 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale72 hd

280.22

—

TX average5 barns · 399 hd

266.01

+14.20

National average153 barns · 6,707 hd

280.34

−0.12

This barn, trailing median31 sales

454.91

−174.70

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	1,805	163.72	2,955	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,457	140.57	2,048	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,164	131.85	1,535	133
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	883	92.44	816	21
Steers	Choice	High	1,484	163.95	2,433	6thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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	600–650	638	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,799	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	277.07/cwt	268.00–283.00	1,588	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	256.06/cwt	254.00–260.00	1,831	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,727	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,105	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,100	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,661	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	554	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,385	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	295.38/cwt	282.00–310.00	1,267	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	296.70/cwt	290.00–301.00	1,519	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	237.19/cwt	229.00–240.50	1,696	126
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,110	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,012	3
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,086	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	960.00/head	960.00–960.00	960	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,063	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,211	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,403	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,671	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,407	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	808	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,794	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,066	126.01/cwt	119.00–130.00	1,343	71
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	932	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	857	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	875	92.51/cwt	85.00–94.00	809	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,457	140.57/cwt	139.00–142.00	2,048	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	145.00/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,698	16
Bulls	—	—	1,826	165.30/cwt	160.00–169.00	3,018	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,601	3
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	604	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,450	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	282.46/cwt	277.00–286.00	1,251	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	691	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,596	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,825	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	248.92/cwt	246.00–258.00	1,334	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,905	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	229.21/cwt	225.00–231.00	1,776	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,416	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,524	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	807	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	244.78/cwt	236.00–245.00	2,088	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	242.30/cwt	240.00–246.00	1,560	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	245.45/cwt	239.00–246.50	2,064	142
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,314	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,685	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	880	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,760	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,414	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,347	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	249.74/cwt	246.00–253.00	1,958	223
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	136.80/cwt	131.00–139.50	1,819	44
Steers	Choice	—	1,484	163.95/cwt	160.00–174.00	2,433	6
Bulls	—	—	1,490	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,086	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	948	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,185	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,307	5
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	504	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	993	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 Aug 15, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,529Last week 854Year ago 1,793

Slaughter CattleReceipts 359Last week 321Year ago 315

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	960.00	960.00
8	400–450	429	282.00–310.00	295.38
2	450–500	480	295.00	295.00
19	500–550	512	290.00–301.00	296.70
47	550–600	573	268.00–283.00	277.07
3	600–650	638	282.00	282.00
32	650–700	672	257.00	257.00
20	700–750	715	254.00–260.00	256.06
223	750–800	784	246.00–253.00	249.74
142	800–850	841	239.00–246.50	245.45
126	850–900	853	236.00–245.00	244.78
2	1050–1100	1,063	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	554	250.00	250.00
6	600–650	649	256.00	256.00
3	650–700	690	232.00	232.00
3	700–750	708	236.00	236.00
6	1100–1150	1,105	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	427	260.00	260.00
2	500–550	548	258.00	258.00
2	600–650	648	260.00	260.00
4	700–750	710	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	357	226.00	226.00
5	400–450	443	277.00–286.00	282.46
10	450–500	481	280.00	280.00
16	500–550	536	246.00–258.00	248.92
30	550–600	574	244.50	244.50
21	600–650	644	240.00–246.00	242.30
7	650–700	691	231.00	231.00
126	700–750	715	229.00–240.50	237.19
40	750–800	775	225.00–231.00	229.21
9	800–850	841	217.00	217.00
10	900–950	907	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	440	230.00	230.00
5	650–700	660	198.00	198.00
2	850–900	880	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	620	227.00	227.00
3	800–850	808	222.00	222.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	504	197.00	197.00
3	600–650	628	173.00	173.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	604	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	657	232.00	232.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,066	119.00–130.00	126.01
16	—	1,171	140.00–146.00	145.00
44	—	1,330	131.00–139.50	136.80
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	932	92.00	92.00
18	—	875	85.00–94.00	92.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,457	139.00–142.00	140.57
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	948	125.00	125.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,826	160.00–169.00	165.30
1	—	1,490	140.00	140.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,484	160.00–174.00	163.95

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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