Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: The feeders seemed to hit an uptick in the market heading into the holiday weekend, gaining back some of the loss from last week. Feeder steers gained from 5.00 to 10.00 higher higher while their heifer counterparts gained 4.00 to 7.00 higher. Calves continued to move slightly downward with the better kind staying steady. High yielding slaughter cows slid back 1.00 and bulls presented a lower undertone with little comparable sales. Trading was active on feeders while calves and slaughter cattle were moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $244.44/cwt on 113 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −169.51 against this barn's trailing median of $413.95.

Average price

$244.44

113 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,338

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

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

$26.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.61

vs TX average

+2.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	252.23	1,376	77
Medium and Large 2	536	231.45	1,241	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	558	226.16	1,262	25

One grade step is worth $26.07/cwt here — about $114 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 sale113 hd

244.44

—

TX average5 barns · 350 hd

236.83

+7.61

National average160 barns · 7,566 hd

241.88

+2.56

This barn, trailing median27 sales

413.95

−169.51

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	1,180	133.16	1,571	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,350	135.00	1,823	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,177	123.58	1,454	213
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	924	90.02	831	100

Every lot, as filed

61 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	400–450	423	263.03/cwt	259.00–268.00	1,113	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,273	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	232.96/cwt	220.00–237.00	1,652	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,243	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	332.46/cwt	324.00–350.00	1,237	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,434	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,544	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	928	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	245.90/cwt	245.00–246.00	1,928	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	750–800	783	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,644	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	277	824.78/head	810.00–835.00	825	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,505	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,673	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	293	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	850	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,007	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,571	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,274	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	215	475.00/head	475.00–475.00	475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	659	221.05/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,457	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	234.83/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,101	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2Mexican Origin	650–700	692	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,529	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	614	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,412	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,593	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	717	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,506	3
Bulls	—	—	1,010	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,111	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	130.39/cwt	125.00–133.00	1,617	107
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,350	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,823	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	120.12/cwt	115.00–125.00	1,515	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	985	108.44/cwt	108.00–109.00	1,068	32
Bulls	—	—	1,265	144.74/cwt	138.00–150.00	1,831	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,416	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	504	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,215	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,090	120.40/cwt	118.00–126.00	1,312	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	880	74.41/cwt	70.00–84.00	655	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	878	87.32/cwt	84.00–93.00	767	62
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,059	104.85/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,110	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	800–850	809	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,739	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	260.58/cwt	250.00–267.00	1,623	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,265	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,216	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	768	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,682	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	251.48/cwt	251.00–254.00	923	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	252.13/cwt	251.00–268.00	1,369	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	234.37/cwt	227.00–239.00	1,615	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	800–850	807	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,909	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	780	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,888	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	251.92/cwt	240.00–254.00	1,449	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	850–900	897	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,839	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	218.60/cwt	216.00–220.00	1,790	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	252.02/cwt	249.00–265.00	1,200	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	273.50/cwt	264.00–289.00	1,447	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,798	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,280	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	292.69/cwt	286.00–300.00	1,411	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	237.54/cwt	235.00–244.00	1,511	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	263.30/cwt	261.00–264.00	1,730	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	253.22/cwt	249.00–255.00	1,441	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	276.57/cwt	270.00–288.00	1,062	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	258	817.91/head	775.00–860.00	818	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 Aug 29, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,538Last week 1,174Year ago 828

Slaughter CattleReceipts 501Last week 384Year ago 430

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	750.00	750.00
2	250–300	258	775.00–860.00	817.91
2	300–350	320	290.00	290.00
56	350–400	384	270.00–288.00	276.57
15	400–450	423	259.00–268.00	263.03
53	450–500	476	249.00–265.00	252.02
70	500–550	543	251.00–268.00	252.13
7	550–600	569	249.00–255.00	253.22
21	600–650	636	235.00–244.00	237.54
94	650–700	689	227.00–239.00	234.37
47	700–750	709	220.00–237.00	232.96
58	800–850	819	216.00–220.00	218.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	531	234.00	234.00
14	550–600	579	220.00	220.00
20	650–700	683	210.00	210.00
7	700–750	735	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	783	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
1	200–250	215	475.00	475.00
20	350–400	367	251.00–254.00	251.48
11	450–500	469	220.00–240.00	234.83
6	500–550	504	241.00	241.00
5	550–600	575	220.00	220.00
5	650–700	659	215.00–225.00	221.05
4	750–800	768	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	800–850	809	215.00	215.00
8	850–900	897	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	277	810.00–835.00	824.78
6	300–350	335	380.00	380.00
36	350–400	372	324.00–350.00	332.46
7	400–450	409	313.00	313.00
50	450–500	482	286.00–300.00	292.69
22	500–550	529	264.00–289.00	273.50
13	550–600	575	240.00–254.00	251.92
69	600–650	623	250.00–267.00	260.58
13	650–700	657	261.00–264.00	263.30
15	700–750	746	241.00	241.00
90	750–800	784	245.00–246.00	245.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	293	290.00	290.00
10	350–400	373	270.00	270.00
5	650–700	660	228.00	228.00
10	700–750	724	220.00	220.00
5	750–800	750	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	590	240.00	240.00
5	600–650	614	230.00	230.00
11	650–700	683	230.00	230.00
3	700–750	717	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Mexican Origin$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	692	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
63	750–800	780	242.00	242.00
63	800–850	807	236.50	236.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	608	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
1	250–300	265	800.00	800.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	110.00	110.00
2	—	1,265	138.00–150.00	144.74
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	1,240	125.00–133.00	130.39
34	—	1,261	115.00–125.00	120.12
40	—	1,090	118.00–126.00	120.40
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,350	135.00	135.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	985	108.00–109.00	108.44
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	880	70.00–84.00	74.41
62	—	878	84.00–93.00	87.32
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,059	100.00–110.00	104.85

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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