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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-02

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

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

← Oct 26Nov 2Nov 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,189 head

▲ 128 vs last sale 2,061▲ 739 vs year ago 1,450 · +51.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

559 head

▲ 13 vs last sale 546▲ 140 vs year ago 419 · +33.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded 5.00 to 10.00 higher. There were not enough comparable sales on steer calves to call a market trend. Heifer calves traded 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady. Trading was active on good buyer demand.

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 $230.00/cwt on 449 head. That ranks 2 of 4 comparable sales and sits −50.54 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.

Average price

$230.00

449 head · 670 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,541

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$201

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

$41.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.97

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	695	231.32	1,608	370
Medium and Large 1-2	532	227.10	1,208	72
Medium and Large 2	741	190.00	1,408	7thin

One grade step is worth $41.32/cwt here — about $201 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 sale449 hd

230.00

—

TX average4 barns · 1,198 hd

227.03

+2.97

This barn, trailing median4 sales

280.54

−50.54

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	—	Average	1,421	114.93	1,633	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,228	98.12	1,205	236
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,089	78.81	858	114
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,011	58.94	596	62

Every lot

69 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	330	324.88/cwt	317.00–343.00	1,072	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	342	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,094	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	389	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,225	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,307	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	433	293.05/cwt	286.00–301.00	1,269	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	445	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,215	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	453	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,318	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	485	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,271	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	513	296.41/cwt	281.00–298.00	1,521	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	536	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,453	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	549	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,389	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	558	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,479	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	569	249.52/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,420	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	608	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,040	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	624	236.77/cwt	234.00–240.00	1,477	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	652	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,571	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	671	229.84/cwt	224.00–236.50	1,542	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	716	229.81/cwt	220.00–236.00	1,645	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	737	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,621	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	764	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,811	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	826	207.05/cwt	201.00–211.00	1,710	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	870	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,992	34
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	346	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	931	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	386	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,112	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	389	256.36/cwt	254.00–270.00	997	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	408	270.35/cwt	260.00–283.00	1,103	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	433	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,005	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	472	253.95/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,199	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	475	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,093	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	511	218.25/cwt	218.00–219.00	1,115	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	538	242.00/cwt	238.00–244.00	1,302	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,344	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	578	211.18/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,221	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	618	220.07/cwt	216.00–228.00	1,360	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	637	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,344	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	659	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,440	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	683	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,400	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	741	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,408	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	745	214.50/cwt	214.00–215.00	1,598	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	759	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,518	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	791	225.80/cwt	225.00–228.00	1,786	91
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	828	224.90/cwt	223.00–227.00	1,862	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	875	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,838	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	939	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	2,000	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	963	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	2,008	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	995	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,940	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	480	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,200	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	1,020	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,632	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,421	114.93/cwt	112.00–116.00	1,633	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows20 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	797	52.98/cwt	49.00–55.00	422	15
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	883	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	494	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	899	62.94/cwt	60.00–65.00	566	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Light Weight	909	101.91/cwt	96.00–105.00	926	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	912	72.23/cwt	70.00–74.00	659	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Light Weight	915	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,007	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	954	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	859	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	963	77.81/cwt	76.00–80.00	749	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	964	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	646	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Light Weight	965	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	917	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,015	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	680	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,075	70.86/cwt	70.00–73.00	762	31
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,080	57.39/cwt	56.00–59.00	620	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,137	87.91/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,000	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,156	80.37/cwt	76.00–84.00	929	42
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,172	92.68/cwt	91.00–95.50	1,086	81
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,227	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	785	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,275	100.22/cwt	96.00–105.00	1,278	130
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,322	54.12/cwt	54.00–55.00	715	14
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,366	107.04/cwt	106.00–111.00	1,462	14

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 2, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,189Last week 2,061Year ago 1,450

Slaughter CattleReceipts 559Last week 546Year ago 419

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	759	200.00	200.00
17	—	578	210.00–220.00	211.18
17	—	618	216.00–228.00	220.07
9	—	538	238.00–244.00	242.00
8	—	386	288.00	288.00
80	—	472	250.00–257.00	253.95
18	—	408	260.00–283.00	270.35
5	—	659	218.50	218.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	511	218.00–219.00	218.25
4	—	475	230.00	230.00
19	—	389	254.00–270.00	256.36
14	—	433	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	637	211.00	211.00
16	—	683	205.00	205.00
4	—	995	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	828	223.00–227.00	224.90
3	—	572	235.00	235.00
6	—	346	269.00	269.00
91	—	791	225.00–228.00	225.80
17	—	939	213.00	213.00
6	—	745	214.00–215.00	214.50
51	—	963	208.50	208.50
17	—	875	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	741	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	419	312.00	312.00
34	—	870	229.00	229.00
6	—	558	265.00	265.00
5	—	826	201.00–211.00	207.05
5	—	652	241.00	241.00
9	—	764	237.00	237.00
7	—	342	320.00	320.00
8	—	716	220.00–236.00	229.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	608	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	536	271.00	271.00
16	—	737	220.00	220.00
7	—	445	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	433	286.00–301.00	293.05
13	—	624	234.00–240.00	236.77
26	—	453	291.00	291.00
6	—	389	315.00	315.00
45	—	513	281.00–298.00	296.41
17	—	569	240.00–260.00	249.52
3	—	330	317.00–343.00	324.88
19	—	671	224.00–236.50	229.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	549	253.00	253.00
2	—	485	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	912	70.00–74.00	72.23
6	—	954	90.00	90.00
11	—	963	76.00–80.00	77.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	915	110.00	110.00
9	—	909	96.00–105.00	101.91
1	—	965	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,322	54.00–55.00	54.12
2	—	1,080	56.00–59.00	57.39
2	—	1,015	67.00	67.00
4	—	1,227	64.00	64.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,137	85.00–90.00	87.91
42	—	1,156	76.00–84.00	80.37
31	—	1,075	70.00–73.00	70.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,172	91.00–95.50	92.68
14	—	1,366	106.00–111.00	107.04
130	—	1,275	96.00–105.00	100.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	899	60.00–65.00	62.94
11	—	964	67.00	67.00
15	—	797	49.00–55.00	52.98
3	—	883	56.00	56.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,421	112.00–116.00	114.93

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.