Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2024-06-13

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jun 13
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,231 head
▼ 462 vs last sale 1,693▼ 231 vs year ago 1,462 · −15.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
318 head
▼ 424 vs last sale 742▼ 120 vs year ago 438 · −27.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There was limited comparable sales on feeder steers and heifers to trend, but prices on all classes showed to be 4.00-6.00 lower. There was a run of of 600-700 lb. no.1 feeder bulls that kept pace with their steer counterparts. High yielding slaughter cows were 8.00 lower. Good flesh high yielding bulls sold 1.00 higher. Trade was moderate to active.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $272.24/cwt on 72 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −124.90 against this barn's trailing median of $397.14.
Average price
$272.24
72 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,451
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$340
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$70.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.65
vs TX average
+6.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1531276.651,46963
Medium and Large 1-2547251.451,3747thin
Medium and Large 2548206.001,1292thin
One grade step is worth $70.65/cwt here — about $340 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale72 hd
272.24
—
TX average5 barns · 240 hd
255.59
+16.65
National average154 barns · 8,969 hd
265.37
+6.87
This barn, trailing median27 sales
397.14
−124.90
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 500–600 lb

27 sales
459408357307median 397.1403/0504/3006/1809/0310/29
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $444.69, low $320.90, median $397.14 across 27 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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,511160.992,4329thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,308139.831,82949
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,267127.311,61332
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low838110.0592333

Every lot

57 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2278339.00/cwt339.00–339.009422
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2337361.15/cwt360.00–363.001,2175
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2358346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,2392
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1404365.74/cwt353.00–373.001,47825
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460345.10/cwt345.00–346.001,58731
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477332.49/cwt320.00–339.001,5866
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2495304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,5052
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Full506322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,6297
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,6844
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2548308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,6883
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580303.81/cwt286.00–317.001,76212
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1595280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6663
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1609293.04/cwt290.00–296.001,7854
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2611283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,7294
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1681271.41/cwt270.50–272.501,84824
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2783213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,6683
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1840245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,0589
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1286280.00/cwt280.00–280.008015
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2287240.00/cwt240.00–240.006897
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1358351.72/cwt340.00–361.001,2598
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2389313.49/cwt310.00–319.001,2195
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Full412299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,2323
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1441293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,2924
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2443279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,2363
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465291.66/cwt286.00–293.001,35627
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Full468210.00/cwt210.00–210.009832
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1531276.65/cwt274.00–283.001,46963
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538264.53/cwt259.00–270.001,4234
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Full548206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,1292
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2558234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,3063
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621259.41/cwt258.00–261.001,61117
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Full650211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,3724
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665245.89/cwt232.00–270.001,63590
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1729227.83/cwt220.00–229.001,66115
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1756236.50/cwt236.50–236.501,78865
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1419362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,5174
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2470296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,3912
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1485327.56/cwt317.00–333.001,58912
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1514319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,64018
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2593280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6603
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1598295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,76453
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1609276.22/cwt252.00–283.001,6829
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1698260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,81541
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2753233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,7542
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2245225.00/cwt225.00–225.005512
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0753
Beef/Dairy Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480202.50/cwt202.50–202.509722
Beef/Dairy Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2500228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,1402
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,010135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,3642
Bulls——1,654168.42/cwt160.00–172.002,7867
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight71189.49/cwt88.00–91.0063611
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight865138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1946
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight916113.70/cwt107.00–120.001,04116
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,038120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,2462
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,265124.13/cwt120.00–129.001,57023
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,308139.83/cwt139.00–144.001,82949
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,340139.86/cwt133.00–143.001,8747

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.