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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-19

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

● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

← Nov 12Nov 19Dec 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,819 head

▲ 1,819 vs last sale 0▲ 1,819 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

339 head

▲ 339 vs last sale 0▲ 339 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 700 lbs steady, instances pre-conditioned kinds 2.00 higher. Heifer calves under 600 lbs steady, over 600 lbs weak to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers steady except a few fleshy packages 2.00 lower; feeder heifers not well tested. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Trade and demand moderate.

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 $143.98/cwt on 819 head.

Average price

$143.98

819 head · 618 lb average

Value per head Derived

$889

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$238

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

$26.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.39

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	611	148.10	905	660
Medium and Large 1-2	665	128.07	851	131
Medium and Large 2	550	121.33	667	28

One grade step is worth $26.77/cwt here — about $238 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 sale819 hd

143.98

—

TX average4 barns · 2,348 hd

135.59

+8.39

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	1,772	66.84	1,184	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,490	50.00	745	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,288	43.35	558	59
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,105	35.02	387	98

Every lot

90 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 · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	305	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	628	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	335	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	628	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	338	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	477	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	359	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	707	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	365	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	548	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	374	187.22/cwt	182.00–193.00	700	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	780	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	424	121.05/cwt	119.00–123.00	513	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	172.68/cwt	169.00–178.00	748	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	442	161.22/cwt	158.00–166.00	713	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	448	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	668	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	457	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	823	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	468	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	744	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	167.34/cwt	158.00–172.00	803	62
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	487	119.23/cwt	119.00–120.00	581	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	490	138.26/cwt	136.00–147.00	677	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	495	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	653	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	726	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	515	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	664	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	158.98/cwt	156.00–166.00	846	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	538	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	923	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	539	152.94/cwt	145.00–155.00	824	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	563	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	805	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	145.59/cwt	140.00–155.00	836	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	596	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	721	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	139.51/cwt	134.00–142.50	868	106
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	642	129.29/cwt	129.00–132.00	830	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	654	139.84/cwt	136.00–142.00	915	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	660	115.70/cwt	115.00–120.00	764	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	669	127.29/cwt	125.00–130.00	852	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	710	121.45/cwt	120.00–124.00	862	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	732	128.98/cwt	126.00–132.50	944	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	752	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	827	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	758	134.25/cwt	134.25–134.25	1,018	118
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	914	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	779	123.38/cwt	123.00–123.50	961	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	822	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	978	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	878	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,089	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	983	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,130	25
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	318	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	512	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	331	152.52/cwt	150.00–155.00	505	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	340	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	476	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	355	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	533	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	166.54/cwt	165.00–170.00	621	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	374	131.91/cwt	131.00–133.00	493	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	379	116.26/cwt	115.00–120.00	441	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	406	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	652	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	151.37/cwt	148.00–158.00	634	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	572	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	429	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	515	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	430	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	447	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	434	141.43/cwt	137.00–146.00	614	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	447	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	532	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	144.48/cwt	140.00–149.00	686	87
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	128.13/cwt	126.00–131.00	611	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	484	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	765	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	495	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	579	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	512	113.24/cwt	105.00–120.00	580	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	140.52/cwt	138.00–145.50	749	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	136.44/cwt	131.00–140.00	730	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	535	126.67/cwt	126.00–128.00	678	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	134.71/cwt	131.00–137.00	775	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	586	124.43/cwt	120.00–127.00	729	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	596	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	703	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	610	115.00/cwt	114.00–116.00	702	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	125.52/cwt	122.00–130.00	772	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	624	118.27/cwt	117.00–120.00	738	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	652	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	776	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	662	120.81/cwt	119.00–124.00	800	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	674	116.82/cwt	115.00–117.00	787	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	677	105.33/cwt	105.00–106.00	713	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	715	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	822	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	729	121.27/cwt	120.00–122.50	884	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	733	115.20/cwt	115.00–116.00	844	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	878	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	120.45/cwt	120.00–120.50	1,000	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	838	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	930	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	860	120.57/cwt	119.00–122.00	1,037	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	972	94.55/cwt	94.50–95.00	919	11
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,763	71.75/cwt	71.50–72.00	1,265	2
Bulls	—	—	1,780	61.93/cwt	61.00–63.00	1,102	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	737	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	147	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	994	26.66/cwt	20.00–30.00	265	26
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,078	28.00/cwt	28.00–28.00	302	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,149	33.67/cwt	31.00–35.00	387	27
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,171	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	609	15
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,171	42.14/cwt	37.00–48.50	493	42
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,298	32.39/cwt	30.00–35.00	420	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,377	45.60/cwt	43.00–51.00	628	28
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,490	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	745	1

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 19, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,819Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 339Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	355	150.00	150.00
12	—	434	137.00–146.00	141.43
23	—	674	115.00–117.00	116.82
6	—	838	111.00	111.00
4	—	331	150.00–155.00	152.52
7	—	624	117.00–120.00	118.27
4	—	750	117.00	117.00
5	—	733	115.00–116.00	115.20
19	—	586	120.00–127.00	124.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	535	126.00–128.00	126.67
2	—	340	140.00	140.00
6	—	610	114.00–116.00	115.00
7	—	374	131.00–133.00	131.91
9	—	652	119.00	119.00
1	—	495	117.00	117.00
16	—	429	120.00	120.00
2	—	715	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	484	158.00	158.00
21	—	406	160.50	160.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	533	138.00–145.50	140.52
11	—	972	94.50–95.00	94.55
8	—	729	120.00–122.50	121.27
2	—	318	161.00	161.00
19	—	615	122.00–130.00	125.52
41	—	830	120.00–120.50	120.45
26	—	419	148.00–158.00	151.37
87	—	475	140.00–149.00	144.48
10	—	373	165.00–170.00	166.54
12	—	662	119.00–124.00	120.81
70	—	575	131.00–137.00	134.71
40	—	860	119.00–122.00	120.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	596	118.00	118.00
17	—	430	104.00	104.00
8	—	379	115.00–120.00	116.26
3	—	677	105.00–106.00	105.33
36	—	512	105.00–120.00	113.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	447	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	477	126.00–131.00	128.13
15	—	424	135.00	135.00
58	—	535	131.00–140.00	136.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	642	129.00–132.00	129.29
25	—	983	115.00	115.00
4	—	448	149.00	149.00
27	—	490	136.00–147.00	138.26
1	—	515	141.00	141.00
2	—	765	119.50	119.50
6	—	563	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	442	158.00–166.00	161.22
41	—	539	145.00–155.00	152.94
13	—	669	125.00–130.00	127.29
13	—	468	159.00	159.00
8	—	779	123.00–123.50	123.38
22	—	710	120.00–124.00	121.45
2	—	335	187.50	187.50
3	—	822	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	457	180.00	180.00
4	—	359	197.00	197.00
17	—	538	171.50	171.50
19	—	400	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	532	156.00–166.00	158.98
34	—	878	124.00	124.00
26	—	433	169.00–178.00	172.68
62	—	480	158.00–172.00	167.34
25	—	654	136.00–142.00	139.84
118	—	758	134.25	134.25
106	—	622	134.00–142.50	139.51
6	—	305	206.00	206.00
51	—	574	140.00–155.00	145.59
20	—	732	126.00–132.50	128.98
7	—	374	182.00–193.00	187.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	129.00	129.00
4	—	487	119.00–120.00	119.23
18	—	596	121.00	121.00
4	—	424	119.00–123.00	121.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	150.00	150.00
7	—	660	115.00–120.00	115.70
2	—	495	132.00	132.00
2	—	338	141.00	141.00
9	—	752	110.00	110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,078	28.00	28.00
12	—	1,298	30.00–35.00	32.39
15	—	1,171	52.00	52.00
28	—	1,377	43.00–51.00	45.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	994	20.00–30.00	26.66
27	—	1,149	31.00–35.00	33.67
42	—	1,171	37.00–48.50	42.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	737	20.00	20.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,780	61.00–63.00	61.93
2	—	1,763	71.50–72.00	71.75

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.