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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Dec 19

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

← Dec 12Dec 19Jan 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,003 head

▲ 164 vs last sale 1,839▲ 2,003 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

538 head

▲ 13 vs last sale 525▲ 538 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs firm to 2.00 higher; feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs firm. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.27/cwt on 407 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −141.28 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.

Average price

$139.27

407 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$778

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$259

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

$23.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.71

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	588	141.52	833	311
Medium and Large 1-2	459	133.88	614	84
Medium and Large 2	484	118.48	573	12thin

One grade step is worth $23.04/cwt here — about $259 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale407 hd

139.27

—

TX average3 barns · 975 hd

132.55

+6.71

This barn, trailing median4 sales

280.54

−141.28

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

4 sales

Heifers 0–100 lb: high $299.90, low $143.00, median $280.54 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,763	52.43	924	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,256	45.73	574	91
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	962	23.55	227	112

Every lot

70 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	300	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	582	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	310	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	443	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	360	149.51/cwt	149.00–150.00	538	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	378	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	488	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	192.87/cwt	184.00–194.00	741	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	395	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	596	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	407	181.86/cwt	179.00–189.00	740	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	704	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	435	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	557	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	475	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	675	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	485	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	652	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	490	168.33/cwt	164.00–170.00	825	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	491	152.73/cwt	151.00–153.00	750	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	507	153.74/cwt	153.00–160.00	779	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	168.13/cwt	165.00–172.00	874	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	540	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	837	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	549	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	769	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	588	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	900	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	610	149.51/cwt	149.00–150.50	912	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	144.04/cwt	141.00–145.00	905	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	905	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	146.72/cwt	145.00–149.00	986	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	690	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	856	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	738	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,018	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	741	146.84/cwt	143.00–147.25	1,088	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	144.42/cwt	142.50–146.00	1,116	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	810	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,077	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	816	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,151	87
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	260	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	411	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	303	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	467	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	336	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	454	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	354	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	566	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	377	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	471	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	379	150.36/cwt	150.00–151.00	570	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	386	136.07/cwt	136.00–138.00	525	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	410	150.25/cwt	135.00–157.00	616	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	433	120.98/cwt	120.00–125.00	524	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	443	133.99/cwt	133.00–135.00	594	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	144.40/cwt	143.00–152.00	680	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	509	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	708	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	517	127.95/cwt	126.00–129.00	662	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	519	131.05/cwt	130.00–135.00	680	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	146.26/cwt	141.00–151.00	772	112
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	128.95/cwt	125.00–130.00	729	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	143.06/cwt	140.00–145.00	827	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	587	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	734	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	605	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	787	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	139.39/cwt	138.00–140.00	878	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	843	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	687	137.25/cwt	135.00–137.50	943	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	737	136.82/cwt	136.00–137.00	1,008	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	738	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	782	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	755	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	936	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	778	135.98/cwt	135.00–137.00	1,058	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	814	134.47/cwt	133.50–135.25	1,095	23
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Small and Medium 2Thin Fleshed	724	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	181	9
Dairy Heifers	—	Small and Medium 2Thin Fleshed	762	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	191	2
Dairy Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	830	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	332	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Small and Medium 2Thin Fleshed	864	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	216	3
Dairy Heifers	—	Small and Medium 2	891	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	312	55
Dairy Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	1,021	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	511	5
Dairy Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	1,083	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	487	25
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	847	15.57/cwt	10.00–22.00	132	46
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,021	24.69/cwt	21.00–27.50	252	49
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,031	38.36/cwt	35.00–39.00	395	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,101	36.97/cwt	32.50–45.00	407	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,113	50.82/cwt	48.00–51.50	566	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,290	52.06/cwt	51.00–54.00	672	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,294	45.84/cwt	42.50–47.00	593	64
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,763	52.43/cwt	50.50–54.50	924	2

This sale against other markets

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 Dec 19, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,003Last week 1,839Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 538Last week 525Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	260	158.00	158.00
10	—	778	135.00–137.00	135.98
15	—	471	143.00–152.00	144.40
23	—	814	133.50–135.25	134.47
6	—	354	160.00	160.00
14	—	687	135.00–137.50	137.25
19	—	578	140.00–145.00	143.06
112	—	528	141.00–151.00	146.26
2	—	303	154.00	154.00
13	—	630	138.00–140.00	139.39
43	—	737	136.00–137.00	136.82
18	—	410	135.00–157.00	150.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	509	139.00	139.00
24	—	587	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	443	133.00–135.00	133.99
5	—	336	135.00	135.00
31	—	386	136.00–138.00	136.07
1	—	605	130.00	130.00
4	—	755	124.00	124.00
14	—	519	130.00–135.00	131.05
10	—	565	125.00–130.00	128.95
2	—	680	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	377	125.00	125.00
3	—	517	126.00–129.00	127.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	433	120.00–125.00	120.98
2	—	738	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	379	150.00–151.00	150.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	490	164.00–170.00	168.33
87	—	816	141.00	141.00
16	—	520	165.00–172.00	168.13
3	—	432	163.00	163.00
45	—	610	149.00–150.50	149.51
16	—	773	142.50–146.00	144.42
3	—	588	153.00	153.00
45	—	672	145.00–149.00	146.72
25	—	741	143.00–147.25	146.84
9	—	384	184.00–194.00	192.87
1	—	300	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	135.00	135.00
2	—	360	149.00–150.00	149.51
10	—	507	153.00–160.00	153.74
4	—	628	141.00–145.00	144.04
1	—	738	138.00	138.00
7	—	491	151.00–153.00	152.73
1	—	810	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	549	140.00	140.00
1	—	475	142.00	142.00
1	—	690	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	435	128.00	128.00
2	—	485	134.50	134.50
4	—	310	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	540	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	395	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	407	179.00–189.00	181.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	378	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	864	25.00	25.00
2	—	762	25.00	25.00
9	—	724	25.00	25.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,083	45.00	45.00
5	—	1,021	50.00	50.00
1	—	830	40.00	40.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	891	35.00	35.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,113	48.00–51.50	50.82
11	—	1,101	32.50–45.00	36.97
49	—	1,021	21.00–27.50	24.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,031	35.00–39.00	38.36
64	—	1,294	42.50–47.00	45.84
14	—	1,290	51.00–54.00	52.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,763	50.50–54.50	52.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	847	10.00–22.00	15.57

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.