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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Nov 12

● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

← Nov 5Nov 12Nov 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,800 head

▲ 221 vs last sale 1,579▼ 391 vs year ago 2,191 · −17.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

587 head

▲ 105 vs last sale 482▲ 207 vs year ago 380 · +54.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves under 550 lbs firm to 5.00 higher; over 550 lbs steady. Feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs firm. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade fairly active. Demand fairly 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 $131.81/cwt on 867 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −148.74 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.

Average price

$131.81

867 head · 603 lb average

Value per head Derived

$795

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$139

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

$28.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.15

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	602	133.61	805	784
Medium and Large 1-2	602	119.76	721	55
Medium and Large 2	634	105.00	666	28

One grade step is worth $28.61/cwt here — about $139 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 sale867 hd

131.81

—

TX average4 barns · 2,579 hd

126.65

+5.15

This barn, trailing median4 sales

280.54

−148.74

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	—	Low	1,807	78.37	1,416	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,533	52.04	798	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,275	46.94	599	97
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,095	42.07	461	219

Every lot

85 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	232	182.32/cwt	173.00–186.00	423	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	260	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	564	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	283	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	464	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	345	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	518	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	603	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	380	203.59/cwt	202.50–205.00	774	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	407	159.81/cwt	159.00–162.00	650	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	428	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	760	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	443	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	669	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	460	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	644	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	470	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	837	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	492	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	713	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	494	166.07/cwt	162.50–168.00	820	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	515	171.78/cwt	168.00–176.00	885	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	159.80/cwt	153.00–163.00	829	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	545	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	779	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	550	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	710	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	146.49/cwt	126.50–153.00	838	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	574	154.22/cwt	144.00–158.00	885	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	585	127.91/cwt	121.00–136.00	748	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	603	122.00/cwt	121.00–123.00	736	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	615	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	879	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	136.10/cwt	132.00–139.00	863	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	666	120.89/cwt	120.00–123.00	805	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	827	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	126.94/cwt	124.00–131.00	911	90
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	719	122.95/cwt	120.00–124.50	884	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	769	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	888	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	782	123.19/cwt	122.25–130.00	963	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	960	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	810	129.54/cwt	128.00–130.00	1,049	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	814	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	871	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	859	121.33/cwt	120.00–122.00	1,042	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	927	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,020	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	938	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,154	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	970	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,067	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	334	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	564	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	338	136.47/cwt	133.00–140.00	461	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	342	153.28/cwt	152.00–158.00	524	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	559	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	385	168.92/cwt	164.00–175.00	650	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	554	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	615	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	434	148.52/cwt	145.00–153.50	645	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	436	161.51/cwt	161.00–164.00	704	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	451	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	618	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	470	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	738	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	140.19/cwt	135.00–148.00	672	72
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	511	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	746	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	511	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	588	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	138.94/cwt	134.00–142.50	729	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	544	127.65/cwt	122.00–132.00	694	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	561	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	595	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	573	122.24/cwt	115.00–126.00	700	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	132.72/cwt	127.00–136.00	768	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	608	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	663	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	620	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	626	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	637	131.89/cwt	126.00–134.00	840	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	642	126.58/cwt	125.00–127.00	813	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	663	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	815	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	111.53/cwt	110.00–113.00	742	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	669	116.87/cwt	115.00–119.00	782	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	687	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	721	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	709	110.79/cwt	110.00–114.00	786	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	721	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	757	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	734	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	734	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	742	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	879	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	742	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	853	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	756	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	862	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	127.53/cwt	127.00–128.00	982	126
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	816	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	947	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	878	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	975	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,043	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,053	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,160	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,044	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,570	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	1,083	1
Bulls	—	—	1,863	83.24/cwt	83.00–83.50	1,551	2
Bulls	—	—	1,930	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,505	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	826	36.08/cwt	32.00–36.50	298	22
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,041	32.77/cwt	29.00–36.00	341	49
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,123	47.18/cwt	43.50–49.00	530	104
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,202	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	625	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,225	42.72/cwt	39.00–44.50	523	41
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,261	50.81/cwt	49.00–52.00	641	45
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,288	43.59/cwt	40.00–48.00	561	52
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,533	52.04/cwt	50.00–54.00	798	10

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 Nov 12, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,800Last week 1,579Year ago 2,191

Slaughter CattleReceipts 587Last week 482Year ago 380

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	525	134.00–142.50	138.94
63	—	742	118.50	118.50
10	—	342	152.00–158.00	153.28
72	—	479	135.00–148.00	140.19
4	—	816	116.00	116.00
26	—	663	123.00	123.00
8	—	370	151.00	151.00
62	—	579	127.00–136.00	132.72
31	—	637	126.00–134.00	131.89
3	—	1,043	101.00	101.00
31	—	434	145.00–153.50	148.52
5	—	1,160	90.00	90.00
126	—	770	127.00–128.00	127.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	436	161.00–164.00	161.51
36	—	511	146.00	146.00
5	—	334	169.00	169.00
3	—	470	157.00	157.00
28	—	385	164.00–175.00	168.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	642	125.00–127.00	126.58
18	—	756	114.00	114.00
41	—	573	115.00–126.00	122.24
3	—	742	115.00	115.00
4	—	451	137.00	137.00
53	—	669	115.00–119.00	116.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	142.00	142.00
5	—	709	110.00–114.00	110.79
4	—	430	143.00	143.00
5	—	608	109.00	109.00
18	—	544	122.00–132.00	127.65
14	—	665	110.00–113.00	111.53
2	—	338	133.00–140.00	136.47
2	—	878	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	734	100.00	100.00
1	—	620	101.00	101.00
9	—	561	106.00	106.00
5	—	687	105.00	105.00
4	—	511	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	721	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	585	121.00–136.00	127.91
5	—	492	145.00	145.00
4	—	814	107.00	107.00
10	—	666	120.00–123.00	120.89
10	—	927	110.00	110.00
7	—	769	115.50	115.50
4	—	545	143.00	143.00
2	—	283	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	615	143.00	143.00
3	—	260	217.00	217.00
37	—	515	168.00–176.00	171.78
7	—	428	177.50	177.50
18	—	380	202.50–205.00	203.59
29	—	574	144.00–158.00	154.22
40	—	470	178.00	178.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	494	162.50–168.00	166.07
9	—	810	128.00–130.00	129.54
3	—	667	124.00	124.00
3	—	859	120.00–122.00	121.33
36	—	519	153.00–163.00	159.80
70	—	572	126.50–153.00	146.49
27	—	634	132.00–139.00	136.10
4	—	232	173.00–186.00	182.32
90	—	718	124.00–131.00	126.94
3	—	938	123.00	123.00
11	—	407	159.00–162.00	159.81
8	—	782	122.25–130.00	123.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	719	120.00–124.50	122.95
4	—	443	151.00	151.00
2	—	550	129.00	129.00
3	—	800	120.00	120.00
2	—	603	121.00–123.00	122.00
3	—	370	163.00	163.00
2	—	970	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	345	150.00	150.00
2	—	460	140.00	140.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,225	39.00–44.50	42.72
3	—	1,202	52.00	52.00
49	—	1,041	29.00–36.00	32.77
104	—	1,123	43.50–49.00	47.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,288	40.00–48.00	43.59
45	—	1,261	49.00–52.00	50.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,533	50.00–54.00	52.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	826	32.00–36.50	36.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	69.00	69.00
2	—	1,863	83.00–83.50	83.24
1	—	1,930	78.00	78.00

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.