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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Apr 23

● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

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Feeder Cattle receipts

625 head

▼ 584 vs last sale 1,209▲ 625 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

293 head

▼ 203 vs last sale 496▲ 293 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 not well tested, however a lower undertone noted. Feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs 3.00-5.00 lower in a limited test. Slaughter cows firm. No slaughter bulls last week for a test of today's receipts. Trade and demand moderate.

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 $103.84/cwt on 211 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −176.70 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.

Average price

$103.84

211 head · 716 lb average

Value per head Derived

$744

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$236

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

$16.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.64

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	443	119.00	527	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	544	112.80	613	25
Medium and Large 1	746	102.28	763	182

One grade step is worth $16.72/cwt here — about −$236 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 sale211 hd

103.84

—

TX average4 barns · 2,491 hd

105.48

−1.64

This barn, trailing median4 sales

280.54

−176.70

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
Bulls	—	High	1,635	88.66	1,450	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,547	61.88	957	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,214	60.79	738	69
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,089	51.42	560	94

Every lot

46 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	381	170.34/cwt	170.00–173.00	649	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	435	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	696	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	169.11/cwt	168.75–169.50	800	72
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	478	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	741	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	502	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	806	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	522	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	770	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	560	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	700	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	583	137.54/cwt	137.00–139.00	802	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	614	130.02/cwt	128.00–132.00	798	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	643	120.99/cwt	119.00–123.00	778	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	661	117.70/cwt	114.00–119.00	778	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	750	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	870	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	843	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	894	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	892	104.11/cwt	104.00–104.50	929	75
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	950	99.50/cwt	99.50–99.50	945	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	280	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	420	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	320	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	445	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	340	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	534	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	373	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	522	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	415	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	515	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	445	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	498	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	455	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	546	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	135.23/cwt	133.00–136.50	629	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	126.99/cwt	120.00–129.00	606	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	564	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	519	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	588	108.34/cwt	108.00–109.00	637	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	652	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	663	111.28/cwt	103.00–113.00	738	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	740	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	703	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	787	97.83/cwt	97.75–97.85	770	149
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	800	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	784	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	820	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	730	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Small and Medium 3	605	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	182	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Small and Medium 3	678	37.73/cwt	36.00–39.00	256	7
Dairy Heifers	—	Small and Medium 3	712	42.30/cwt	41.50–42.50	301	20
Dairy Heifers	—	Small and Medium 3	778	45.68/cwt	45.00–47.00	355	3
Dairy Heifers	—	Small and Medium 3	860	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	404	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,611	85.96/cwt	85.00–87.00	1,385	4
Bulls	—	—	1,683	94.07/cwt	93.00–95.00	1,583	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,012	37.85/cwt	33.00–41.00	383	21
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,029	62.60/cwt	62.00–63.00	644	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,120	54.55/cwt	48.50–60.00	611	66
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,173	54.10/cwt	51.00–61.00	635	29
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,243	65.64/cwt	63.00–70.00	816	40
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,542	66.63/cwt	63.00–69.00	1,027	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,549	59.50/cwt	59.50–59.50	922	6

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 Apr 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 625Last week 1,209Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 293Last week 496Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,683	93.00–95.00	94.07
4	—	1,611	85.00–87.00	85.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,549	59.50	59.50
3	—	1,542	63.00–69.00	66.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,029	62.00–63.00	62.60
21	—	1,012	33.00–41.00	37.85
66	—	1,120	48.50–60.00	54.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,173	51.00–61.00	54.10
40	—	1,243	63.00–70.00	65.64

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	30.00	30.00
3	—	778	45.00–47.00	45.68
5	—	860	47.00	47.00
7	—	678	36.00–39.00	37.73
20	—	712	41.50–42.50	42.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	583	137.00–139.00	137.54
8	—	843	106.00	106.00
12	—	950	99.50	99.50
1	—	750	116.00	116.00
9	—	381	170.00–173.00	170.34
72	—	473	168.75–169.50	169.11
75	—	892	104.00–104.50	104.11
2	—	502	160.50	160.50
2	—	614	128.00–132.00	130.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	125.00	125.00
2	—	643	119.00–123.00	120.99
4	—	661	114.00–119.00	117.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	478	155.00	155.00
3	—	435	160.00	160.00
6	—	522	147.50	147.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	455	120.00	120.00
1	—	415	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	477	120.00–129.00	126.99
1	—	320	139.00	139.00
1	—	615	106.00	106.00
1	—	820	89.00	89.00
9	—	588	108.00–109.00	108.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	465	133.00–136.50	135.23
12	—	663	103.00–113.00	111.28
149	—	787	97.75–97.85	97.83
1	—	340	157.00	157.00
1	—	800	98.00	98.00
4	—	740	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	564	92.00	92.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	280	150.00	150.00
2	—	373	140.00	140.00

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.