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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jun 27

● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

← Jun 20Jun 27Jul 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,131 head

▲ 287 vs last sale 844▲ 150 vs year ago 981 · +15.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

252 head

▲ 9 vs last sale 243▼ 268 vs year ago 520 · −51.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There were few comparable sales to form a trend on feeders and calves. Prices were steady to lower on most classes with active trading. Slaughter cattle were also mostly steady with exception of average to higher yielding cows which brought 4.00-6.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $262.25/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −134.89 against this barn's trailing median of $397.14.

Average price

$262.25

62 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,482

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

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

$42.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.75

vs TX average

−7.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	576	267.50	1,540	45
Medium and Large 1-2	525	253.34	1,329	14thin
Medium and Large 2	592	225.00	1,332	3thin

One grade step is worth $42.50/cwt here — about $208 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale62 hd

262.25

—

TX average5 barns · 342 hd

253.50

+8.75

National average153 barns · 8,958 hd

269.28

−7.03

This barn, trailing median27 sales

397.14

−134.89

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,361	159.05	2,165	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,431	143.00	2,046	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,133	129.15	1,463	69
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,046	102.35	1,071	18

Every lot

60 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	275	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	855	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,135	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	365	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,177	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,455	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,482	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,587	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	543	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,390	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	547	295.23/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,615	23
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,464	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	595	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,815	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	618	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,477	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	284.78/cwt	281.00–300.00	1,791	56
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	643	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,736	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,874	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	662	250.95/cwt	248.00–258.00	1,661	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,920	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Full	786	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,004	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	799	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,806	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,989	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	901	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,072	12
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Full	921	233.53/cwt	227.50–236.00	2,151	81
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	235	600.00/head	600.00–600.00	600	5
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	238	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	678	3
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	290	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,061	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	344	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,221	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	398	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,095	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	288.58/cwt	287.00–295.00	1,353	40
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	508	256.28/cwt	242.00–260.00	1,302	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	273.55/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,431	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	566	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,392	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	589	265.99/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,567	36
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	592	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,332	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	649	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,519	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	692	246.52/cwt	239.00–247.50	1,706	221
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	703	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,687	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	740	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,480	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,774	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Full	784	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,646	8
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	858	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,502	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Full	861	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,799	33
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,432	2
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	315	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	898	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	599	11
Beef/Dairy Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	244.90/cwt	238.00–287.00	1,193	19
Beef/Dairy Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	658	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,316	4
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	300	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	540	8
Beef/Dairy Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	408	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	653	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	419	244.81/cwt	240.00–257.50	1,026	7
Beef/Dairy Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	506	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,199	9
Beef/Dairy Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	568	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	863	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,190	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,785	5
Bulls	—	—	1,647	174.12/cwt	160.00–181.00	2,868	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	710	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	703	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	801	148.00/cwt	145.00–151.00	1,185	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	878	116.33/cwt	114.00–119.00	1,021	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,088	102.77/cwt	95.00–110.00	1,118	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,166	126.81/cwt	123.50–134.00	1,479	29
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,213	115.73/cwt	112.00–119.00	1,404	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,232	139.68/cwt	139.00–140.00	1,721	17
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,431	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	2,046	9

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 Jun 27, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,131Last week 844Year ago 981

Slaughter CattleReceipts 252Last week 243Year ago 520

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
5	200–250	235	600.00	600.00
2	250–300	290	366.00	366.00
10	500–550	508	242.00–260.00	256.28
4	550–600	566	246.00	246.00
4	600–650	649	234.00	234.00
3	700–750	740	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	344	355.00	355.00
40	450–500	469	287.00–295.00	288.58
9	500–550	523	265.00–285.00	273.55
36	550–600	589	255.00–270.00	265.99
221	650–700	692	239.00–247.50	246.52
2	700–750	703	240.00	240.00
3	750–800	768	231.00	231.00
2	850–900	858	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	238	285.00	285.00
3	350–400	398	275.00	275.00
3	550–600	592	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	750–800	784	210.00	210.00
33	850–900	861	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	685	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	379	384.00	384.00
3	400–450	405	366.00	366.00
5	450–500	475	334.00	334.00
23	500–550	547	290.00–305.00	295.23
3	550–600	595	305.00	305.00
56	600–650	629	281.00–300.00	284.78
2	650–700	653	287.00	287.00
2	750–800	750	256.00	256.00
3	800–850	822	242.00	242.00
12	900–950	901	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	275	311.00	311.00
3	300–350	345	329.00	329.00
3	350–400	365	322.50	322.50
4	500–550	543	256.00	256.00
2	550–600	588	249.00	249.00
3	600–650	643	270.00	270.00
7	650–700	662	248.00–258.00	250.95
4	750–800	799	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	618	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	786	255.00	255.00
81	900–950	921	227.50–236.00	233.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	285.00	285.00
19	450–500	487	238.00–287.00	244.90
4	650–700	658	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	420	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	419	240.00–257.50	244.81
9	500–550	506	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	300	180.00	180.00
2	400–450	408	160.00	160.00
2	550–600	568	152.00	152.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,232	139.00–140.00	139.68
29	—	1,166	123.50–134.00	126.81
11	—	1,213	112.00–119.00	115.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	878	114.00–119.00	116.33
6	—	801	145.00–151.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,088	95.00–110.00	102.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	710	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,431	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,647	160.00–181.00	174.12
5	—	1,190	150.00	150.00

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.