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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jul 2

● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

← Jun 25Jul 2Jul 16 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

859 head

▼ 170 vs last sale 1,029▲ 859 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

380 head

▼ 77 vs last sale 457▲ 380 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 and feeder steers over 600 lbs 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers over 600 lbs steady. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade fairly active. Demand fairly good. No sale next week due to the holiday weekend.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.13/cwt on 381 head.

Average price

$143.13

381 head · 652 lb average

Value per head Derived

$933

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

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

$25.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	631	147.33	930	301
Medium and Large 1-2	759	128.57	975	65
Medium and Large 2	608	121.83	740	15thin

One grade step is worth $25.50/cwt here — about $189 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 sale381 hd

143.13

—

TX average1 barns · 381 hd

143.13

+0.00

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	—	Average	1,575	84.75	1,335	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,208	63.91	772	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,673	59.00	987	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,038	48.07	499	264

Every lot

72 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	267	176.98/cwt	172.00–191.00	473	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	275	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	426	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	331	177.62/cwt	174.00–183.00	588	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	360	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	608	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	690	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	415	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	523	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	169.08/cwt	161.00–177.00	719	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	437	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	686	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	460	148.87/cwt	143.00–155.00	685	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	157.92/cwt	157.00–160.00	753	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	477	126.61/cwt	125.00–130.00	604	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	501	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	719	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	515	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	670	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	537	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	827	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	553	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	697	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	152.45/cwt	146.50–155.00	864	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	132.67/cwt	132.00–133.00	763	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	600	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	855	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	604	149.60/cwt	142.00–150.00	904	92
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	622	126.43/cwt	124.00–129.00	786	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	142.42/cwt	136.75–146.00	953	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	694	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	902	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	713	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	927	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	714	139.46/cwt	137.00–139.75	996	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	765	106.96/cwt	104.00–110.00	818	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	134.79/cwt	127.00–135.50	1,046	82
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	801	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,025	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	815	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	897	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	873	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,078	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	995	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,124	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,030	94.49/cwt	93.00–96.00	973	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	317	155.92/cwt	154.00–160.00	494	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	548	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	398	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	557	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	408	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	653	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	417	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	605	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	550	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	679	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	509	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	646	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	510	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	587	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	137.80/cwt	134.00–146.00	729	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	648	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	583	131.10/cwt	129.00–136.00	764	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	595	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	738	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	600	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	690	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	127.19/cwt	125.00–133.00	808	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	120.50/cwt	120.00–121.00	765	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	814	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	127.23/cwt	125.00–130.00	865	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	709	127.24/cwt	125.00–129.00	902	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	710	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	667	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	718	117.23/cwt	117.00–120.00	842	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	855	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	761	121.84/cwt	119.00–122.00	927	78
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	768	94.60/cwt	93.00–95.00	727	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	801	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	961	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	838	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	897	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	890	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	774	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	925	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	907	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	970	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	922	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,061	84.57/cwt	79.00–86.00	897	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,178	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	942	9
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,135	70.19/cwt	68.00–72.00	797	2
Bulls	—	—	1,596	85.45/cwt	80.00–90.00	1,364	8
Bulls	—	—	1,930	96.50/cwt	96.00–97.00	1,862	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	779	20.69/cwt	19.00–30.00	161	27
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	952	41.21/cwt	34.00–50.00	392	51
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,097	51.05/cwt	44.50–59.00	560	145
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,104	64.07/cwt	61.00–66.00	707	41
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,200	61.50/cwt	61.50–61.50	738	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,210	64.67/cwt	62.00–67.50	783	19
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,673	59.00/cwt	58.00–60.00	987	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 Jul 2, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 859Last week 1,029Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 380Last week 457Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	801	128.00	128.00
5	—	331	174.00–183.00	177.62
4	—	375	184.00	184.00
4	—	267	172.00–191.00	176.98
2	—	995	113.00	113.00
92	—	604	142.00–150.00	149.60
82	—	776	127.00–135.50	134.79
23	—	567	146.50–155.00	152.45
19	—	714	137.00–139.75	139.46
19	—	425	161.00–177.00	169.08
16	—	669	136.75–146.00	142.42
16	—	537	154.00	154.00
13	—	477	157.00–160.00	157.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	622	124.00–129.00	126.43
3	—	477	125.00–130.00	126.61
2	—	815	110.00	110.00
2	—	765	104.00–110.00	106.96
2	—	553	126.00	126.00
1	—	515	130.00	130.00
1	—	415	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	873	123.50	123.50
8	—	694	130.00	130.00
8	—	501	143.50	143.50
3	—	575	132.00–133.00	132.67
2	—	1,030	93.00–96.00	94.49
2	—	713	130.00	130.00
2	—	460	143.00–155.00	148.87
1	—	600	142.50	142.50
1	—	437	157.00	157.00
1	—	275	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	768	93.00–95.00	94.60
4	—	600	115.00	115.00
3	—	890	87.00	87.00
3	—	510	115.00	115.00
1	—	710	94.00	94.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	718	117.00–120.00	117.23
9	—	1,178	80.00	80.00
5	—	1,061	79.00–86.00	84.57
5	—	678	120.00	120.00
4	—	925	98.00	98.00
2	—	838	107.00	107.00
2	—	635	120.00–121.00	120.50
2	—	423	130.00	130.00
1	—	970	95.00	95.00
1	—	750	114.00	114.00
1	—	595	124.00	124.00
1	—	540	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	417	145.00	145.00
7	—	509	127.00	127.00
2	—	398	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	761	119.00–122.00	121.84
38	—	801	120.00	120.00
30	—	709	125.00–129.00	127.24
27	—	529	134.00–146.00	137.80
20	—	680	125.00–130.00	127.23
18	—	635	125.00–133.00	127.19
13	—	583	129.00–136.00	131.10
9	—	408	160.00	160.00
3	—	317	154.00–160.00	155.92
1	—	465	146.00	146.00
1	—	375	146.00	146.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
145	—	1,097	44.50–59.00	51.05
51	—	952	34.00–50.00	41.21
41	—	1,104	61.00–66.00	64.07
27	—	779	19.00–30.00	20.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,673	58.00–60.00	59.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,210	62.00–67.50	64.67
6	—	1,200	61.50	61.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,596	80.00–90.00	85.45
2	—	1,930	96.00–97.00	96.50
2	—	1,135	68.00–72.00	70.19

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.