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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Sep 17

● Final95 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

← Sep 10Sep 17Sep 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,874 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 1,874▲ 1,874 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

634 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 634▲ 634 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; A good market comparison was not apparent due to limited receipts last week, however a much firmer undertone was noted on steer and heifer calves and feeders. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

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 $143.63/cwt on 1,062 head.

Average price

$143.63

1,062 head · 671 lb average

Value per head Derived

$964

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$321

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

$25.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.08

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	681	145.40	990	923
Medium and Large 1-2	611	133.51	815	122
Medium and Large 2	557	120.24	670	17thin

One grade step is worth $25.16/cwt here — about $321 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 sale1,062 hd

143.63

—

TX average4 barns · 2,628 hd

139.56

+4.08

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	1,759	83.26	1,464	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,481	55.85	827	78
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,192	52.80	629	123
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,008	43.32	437	253

Every lot

95 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 · Steers48 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	245	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	461	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	255	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	449	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	260	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	416	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	300	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	522	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	345	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	656	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	347	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	611	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	360	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	587	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	363	139.41/cwt	135.00–144.00	506	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	373	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	709	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	176.44/cwt	171.00–179.00	662	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	395	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	668	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	409	171.06/cwt	168.00–175.00	700	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	415	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	660	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	152.99/cwt	149.00–160.00	653	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	435	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	779	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	445	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	601	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	450	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	662	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	474	136.98/cwt	136.00–138.00	649	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	155.50/cwt	151.00–161.00	745	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	484	144.58/cwt	144.00–146.00	700	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	490	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	666	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	509	138.31/cwt	137.00–142.00	704	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	159.98/cwt	153.00–161.00	846	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	530	144.52/cwt	142.00–145.00	766	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	557	138.64/cwt	136.00–143.00	772	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	147.12/cwt	144.00–151.00	843	179
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	581	115.84/cwt	112.00–120.00	673	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	595	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	803	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	595	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	762	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	608	123.64/cwt	123.00–125.50	752	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	618	131.08/cwt	130.00–135.00	810	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	128.00/cwt	127.00–129.00	796	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	632	146.90/cwt	143.00–149.00	928	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	655	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	721	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Gaunt	674	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	910	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	143.09/cwt	137.50–147.50	966	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	688	127.62/cwt	126.00–130.00	878	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	690	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	821	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	722	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	830	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	737	137.77/cwt	135.50–144.00	1,015	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	760	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	836	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	771	139.92/cwt	131.00–142.50	1,079	136
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	822	124.70/cwt	123.00–126.00	1,025	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	828	142.37/cwt	136.25–146.00	1,179	297
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	854	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,196	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	855	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,026	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	919	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,158	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	945	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,087	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	257	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	388	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	320	147.10/cwt	146.00–148.00	471	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	325	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	423	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	361	145.36/cwt	144.00–147.00	525	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	371	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	586	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	391	130.32/cwt	127.00–138.00	510	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	419	137.80/cwt	137.00–138.00	577	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	425	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	527	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	426	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	626	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	139.42/cwt	139.00–142.00	598	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	466	143.24/cwt	138.00–149.00	667	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	483	124.68/cwt	123.00–128.00	602	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	513	107.49/cwt	105.00–110.00	551	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	528	126.67/cwt	125.00–127.00	669	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	532	115.13/cwt	113.00–120.00	612	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	143.35/cwt	138.00–144.50	767	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	558	118.58/cwt	117.00–119.00	662	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	565	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	605	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	137.50/cwt	137.00–140.00	785	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	623	115.99/cwt	115.00–119.00	723	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	131.89/cwt	130.00–136.00	826	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	626	116.60/cwt	116.00–117.00	730	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	642	105.68/cwt	105.00–110.00	678	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	655	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	786	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	838	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	685	111.99/cwt	110.00–114.00	767	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	690	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	973	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	692	142.25/cwt	142.25–142.25	984	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	714	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	857	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	715	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,001	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	949	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	730	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	803	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	762	109.75/cwt	109.00–110.00	836	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	766	125.14/cwt	124.50–131.00	959	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	828	122.30/cwt	120.00–124.00	1,013	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	835	114.33/cwt	112.00–116.00	955	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	953	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	867	19
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,380	75.51/cwt	74.00–77.00	1,042	2
Bulls	—	—	2,138	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,946	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	994	44.69/cwt	39.00–50.50	444	138
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,006	55.12/cwt	50.75–59.00	555	57
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,042	27.25/cwt	16.00–35.50	284	56
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,060	62.50/cwt	62.00–63.00	663	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,121	47.17/cwt	46.75–47.50	529	55
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,241	56.99/cwt	54.00–60.00	707	63
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,348	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	836	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,481	55.85/cwt	55.50–56.50	827	78

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 Sep 17, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,874Last week 1,874Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 634Last week 634Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	373	190.00	190.00
15	—	435	179.00	179.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	188.00	188.00
1	—	255	176.00	176.00
3	—	375	171.00–179.00	176.44
5	—	345	190.00	190.00
8	—	854	140.00	140.00
8	—	919	126.00	126.00
12	—	409	168.00–175.00	171.06
13	—	632	143.00–149.00	146.90
24	—	737	135.50–144.00	137.77
28	—	529	153.00–161.00	159.98
39	—	675	137.50–147.50	143.09
41	—	479	151.00–161.00	155.50
136	—	771	131.00–142.50	139.92
179	—	573	144.00–151.00	147.12
297	—	828	136.25–146.00	142.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	174.00	174.00
1	—	360	163.00	163.00
1	—	855	120.00	120.00
2	—	260	160.00	160.00
2	—	945	115.00	115.00
4	—	450	147.00	147.00
5	—	688	126.00–130.00	127.62
6	—	427	149.00–160.00	152.99
11	—	822	123.00–126.00	124.70
15	—	509	137.00–142.00	138.31
15	—	622	127.00–129.00	128.00
20	—	595	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	159.00	159.00
2	—	395	169.00	169.00
3	—	347	176.00	176.00
19	—	530	142.00–145.00	144.52
23	—	618	130.00–135.00	131.08
28	—	557	136.00–143.00	138.64
33	—	484	144.00–146.00	144.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	674	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	690	119.00	119.00
3	—	722	115.00	115.00
4	—	474	136.00–138.00	136.98
4	—	608	123.00–125.50	123.64
7	—	595	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	135.00	135.00
1	—	490	136.00	136.00
1	—	655	110.00	110.00
1	—	760	110.00	110.00
2	—	363	135.00–144.00	139.41
11	—	581	112.00–120.00	115.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	110.00	110.00
2	—	513	105.00–110.00	107.49
2	—	685	110.00–114.00	111.99
4	—	762	109.00–110.00	109.75
7	—	642	105.00–110.00	105.68
1	—	565	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	124.00	124.00
11	—	532	113.00–120.00	115.13
10	—	558	117.00–119.00	118.58
4	—	623	115.00–119.00	115.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	835	112.00–116.00	114.33
19	—	953	91.00	91.00
9	—	714	120.00	120.00
4	—	660	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	483	123.00–128.00	124.68
13	—	391	127.00–138.00	130.32
12	—	528	125.00–127.00	126.67
11	—	655	120.00	120.00
5	—	626	116.00–117.00	116.60
5	—	419	137.00–138.00	137.80
4	—	325	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	690	141.00	141.00
50	—	766	124.50–131.00	125.14
50	—	535	138.00–144.50	143.35
33	—	466	138.00–149.00	143.24
22	—	429	139.00–142.00	139.42
16	—	626	130.00–136.00	131.89
14	—	730	130.00	130.00
7	—	828	120.00–124.00	122.30
7	—	320	146.00–148.00	147.10
6	—	571	137.00–140.00	137.50
5	—	361	144.00–147.00	145.36
3	—	257	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	715	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	692	142.25	142.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	426	147.00	147.00
5	—	371	158.00	158.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,042	16.00–35.50	27.25
57	—	1,006	50.75–59.00	55.12
138	—	994	39.00–50.50	44.69
2	—	1,060	62.00–63.00	62.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,348	62.00	62.00
55	—	1,121	46.75–47.50	47.17
63	—	1,241	54.00–60.00	56.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,481	55.50–56.50	55.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,380	74.00–77.00	75.51
2	—	2,138	91.00	91.00

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.