Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There was few comparable sales on feeders and calves this week. The fall run has seemed to have started as there were more calves and less feeders that came to town than the previous week. Steer calves in the #500 range and feeders noted a higher undertone while their heifer counterparts seemed steady to slightly down. There was little test on high yielding slaughter cows and bulls. Trading was moderate to active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $278.33/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −176.58 against this barn's trailing median of $454.91.

Average price

$278.33

88 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,449

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

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

$21.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.27

vs TX average

+4.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	526	287.51	1,511	51
Medium and Large 1-2	514	265.68	1,365	37

One grade step is worth $21.83/cwt here — about $146 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 sale88 hd

278.33

—

TX average4 barns · 177 hd

269.06

+9.27

National average169 barns · 10,664 hd

274.29

+4.04

This barn, trailing median31 sales

454.91

−176.58

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	1,528	135.00	2,062	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,286	121.00	1,556	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,134	109.36	1,240	118
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	980	88.46	867	61

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	873	$910	2thin

Every lot, as filed

74 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 1-2	750–800	755	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,737	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,398	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,371	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	293.72/cwt	292.00–299.00	1,439	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	338.26/cwt	336.00–350.00	1,427	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	469	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,126	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	429	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	978	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	506	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,366	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,485	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	615	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,550	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,207	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,250	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	248.63/cwt	248.00–249.00	1,564	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	955	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	400–450	421	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,221	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	345	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	725	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	396	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,228	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	750–800	758	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,342	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	983	11
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	435	6
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	504	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,329	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,071	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	739	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,367	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	939	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	886	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,683	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	699	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,398	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,443	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	873	910.00/head	910.00–910.00	910	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	679	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,133	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	863	80.95/cwt	75.00–89.00	699	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	954	106.70/cwt	104.00–109.00	1,018	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,286	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,556	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	962	100.16/cwt	95.00–115.00	964	18
Bulls	—	—	1,490	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,012	1
Bulls	—	—	1,565	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,113	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	845	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,470	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	114.44/cwt	111.00–118.00	1,401	48
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	99.00/cwt	95.00–106.00	1,196	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	121.16/cwt	116.00–125.00	1,345	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	981	104.60/cwt	104.50–105.00	1,026	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	80.78/cwt	74.00–86.00	832	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	413	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,074	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,074	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	753	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,054	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	414	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	750	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,416	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	550–600	588	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,476	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	754	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,855	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	801	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,922	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	361.05/cwt	355.00–372.50	1,336	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	668	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,423	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	266.89/cwt	264.00–272.00	1,668	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,805	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,199	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	253.43/cwt	244.50–255.50	1,465	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,106	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	447	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,390	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	600–650	628	245.84/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,544	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	252.52/cwt	244.00–262.00	1,710	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,128	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	483	243.48/cwt	239.00–257.00	1,176	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,572	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,735	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	260.26/cwt	249.00–264.00	1,476	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,272	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	247.69/cwt	238.00–250.00	1,340	56
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,088	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,948	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	650–700	669	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	1,482	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	252.74/cwt	251.00–254.50	1,956	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	292.58/cwt	288.00–299.00	1,516	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	948	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,915	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

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,357Last week 2,171Year ago 2,244

Slaughter CattleReceipts 380Last week 410Year ago 432

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 5Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	445	308.00	308.00
33	500–550	506	270.00	270.00
4	550–600	578	230.00	230.00
25	600–650	629	248.00–249.00	248.63
5	650–700	660	225.00	225.00
3	750–800	755	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	352.50	352.50
14	350–400	370	355.00–372.50	361.05
12	400–450	422	336.00–350.00	338.26
12	450–500	490	292.00–299.00	293.72
43	500–550	518	288.00–299.00	292.58
8	550–600	567	249.00–264.00	260.26
22	600–650	625	264.00–272.00	266.89
34	650–700	677	244.00–262.00	252.52
60	700–750	701	257.50	257.50
124	750–800	774	251.00–254.50	252.74
20	800–850	801	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	396	310.00	310.00
33	450–500	469	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	447	311.00	311.00
29	600–650	615	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	421	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	750–800	758	177.00	177.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	426	252.00	252.00
3	450–500	453	250.00	250.00
2	600–650	613	231.00	231.00
7	650–700	699	200.00	200.00
4	700–750	739	185.00	185.00
7	800–850	845	174.00	174.00
4	850–900	886	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
15	750–800	754	246.00	246.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	669	221.50	221.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	330.00	330.00
5	350–400	357	316.00	316.00
3	400–450	443	272.50	272.50
22	450–500	456	279.00	279.00
56	500–550	541	238.00–250.00	247.69
26	550–600	578	244.50–255.50	253.43
8	600–650	608	230.00	230.00
3	750–800	767	205.00	205.00
2	900–950	948	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	345	210.00	210.00
15	400–450	429	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	397	247.50	247.50
4	400–450	448	239.00	239.00
3	550–600	568	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	340	281.00	281.00
5	400–450	447	210.00	210.00
3	700–750	718	201.00	201.00
2	750–800	753	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	413	260.00	260.00
54	450–500	483	239.00–257.00	243.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	588	251.00	251.00
41	600–650	628	245.00–247.00	245.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
12	650–700	668	213.00	213.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	290	150.00	150.00
3	450–500	458	110.00	110.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	172.50	172.50
3	350–400	367	185.00	185.00
4	400–450	441	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	900–950	918	189.00	189.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	873	910.00	910.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,088	179.00	179.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	863	75.00–89.00	80.95
18	—	954	104.00–109.00	106.70
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,286	121.00	121.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	962	95.00–115.00	100.16
15	—	981	104.50–105.00	104.60
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,224	111.00–118.00	114.44
20	—	1,208	95.00–106.00	99.00
17	—	1,110	116.00–125.00	121.16
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,030	74.00–86.00	80.78
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	135.00	135.00
1	—	1,565	135.00	135.00

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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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Dalhart, TX

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Replacement Cattle

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