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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jul 11

● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

← Jun 27Jul 11Jul 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,703 head

▲ 572 vs last sale 1,131▼ 590 vs year ago 2,293 · −25.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

327 head

▲ 75 vs last sale 252▼ 278 vs year ago 605 · −46.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Coming off of the Independence Day holiday, the feeder and calf market was steady to sharply higher in all classes. Medium and large number one steer calves were steady to 4.00 higher while their #550 counterparts rallied to $18.00 higher. Heifer calves remained steady with #860 medium and large number one's gaining 15.00. Slaughter cows remained steady and slaughter bulls also remained steady to 2.00 lower. Trading was active with high demand.

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 $267.86/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −129.28 against this barn's trailing median of $397.14.

Average price

$267.86

49 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,495

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$328

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

$45.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.26

vs TX average

−1.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	274.33	1,544	42
Medium and Large 1-2	531	229.00	1,216	7thin

One grade step is worth $45.33/cwt here — about $328 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 sale49 hd

267.86

—

TX average5 barns · 252 hd

253.60

+14.26

National average164 barns · 12,328 hd

268.86

−1.00

This barn, trailing median27 sales

397.14

−129.28

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	1,524	165.86	2,528	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,351	142.55	1,926	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,032	125.64	1,296	57
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	861	90.94	783	27
Heifers	Choice	High	916	203.00	1,859	5thin

Every lot

86 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	100–150	Medium and Large 1	110	550.00/head	550.00–550.00	550	1
Steers	150–200	Medium and Large 1-2	158	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	2
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	200	350.00/head	350.00–350.00	350	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	326	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,265	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,350	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	390	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,400	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	411	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	986	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	413	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,454	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	353.02/cwt	339.00–368.00	1,479	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,102	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	995	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	313.81/cwt	307.00–320.00	1,676	35
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	558	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,713	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Full	575	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,432	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	589	281.52/cwt	280.00–303.00	1,658	29
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	282.48/cwt	279.00–287.00	1,743	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,155	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	266.75/cwt	258.00–269.50	1,827	24
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Full	695	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,543	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	250.58/cwt	250.00–252.00	1,817	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	246.55/cwt	241.00–255.00	1,792	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	743	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,122	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,984	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	225.46/cwt	220.00–229.00	1,747	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	809	245.57/cwt	245.00–246.00	1,987	14
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Full	850	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,057	13
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	240.47/cwt	238.00–243.00	2,092	120
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	903	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,095	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Full	908	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,143	14
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	979	221.63/cwt	220.00–223.00	2,170	15
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,030	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,307	3
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,030	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	2,132	1
Steers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1	1,150	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	2,208	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	150–200	Medium and Large 1-2	167	609.90/head	435.00–700.00	610	3
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	293	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	990	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,228	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	304.59/cwt	304.00–305.00	1,304	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	298.07/cwt	287.00–304.00	1,276	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	295.61/cwt	291.00–296.00	1,354	92
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,373	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,216	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,453	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	274.60/cwt	263.00–278.00	1,549	40
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	603	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,610	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,444	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	250.85/cwt	241.00–253.00	1,683	158
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	694	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,659	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	237.71/cwt	225.00–239.00	1,735	22
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	235.06/cwt	233.00–235.50	1,831	54
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	792	227.28/cwt	225.00–227.50	1,800	66
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	804	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,833	59
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	809	218.94/cwt	184.00–226.00	1,771	91
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	854	226.25/cwt	226.25–226.25	1,932	86
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	944	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,001	4
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	982	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,846	3
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,042	205.94/cwt	199.00–206.50	2,146	13
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1Full	1,070	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,012	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	496	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,369	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	513	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,344	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	253.26/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,466	9
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	644	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,539	6
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	383	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	536	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	413	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	620	3
Beef/Dairy Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	466	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	666	4
Beef/Dairy Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	863	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,355	27
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	313	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	712	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	384	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	730	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	463	156.29/cwt	155.00–158.00	724	7
Beef/Dairy Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,061	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	603	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	905	3
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	916	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,859	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,483	152.47/cwt	150.00–154.00	2,261	3
Bulls	—	—	1,545	172.55/cwt	160.00–177.50	2,666	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	733	118.75/cwt	116.00–120.00	870	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	790	88.62/cwt	79.00–97.00	700	20
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Light Weight	880	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,179	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	899	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,205	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	933	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	774	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,100	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,331	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	1,118	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,107	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,154	103.01/cwt	95.00–110.00	1,189	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,156	123.17/cwt	114.00–131.00	1,424	23
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,179	143.47/cwt	143.00–144.00	1,692	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,270	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,816	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,409	143.67/cwt	138.00–146.00	2,024	24
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Light Weight	1,460	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	2,059	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 Jul 11, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,703Last week 1,131Year ago 2,293

Slaughter CattleReceipts 327Last week 252Year ago 605

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	110	550.00	550.00
7	300–350	326	388.00	388.00
3	350–400	363	372.00	372.00
6	400–450	419	339.00–368.00	353.02
35	500–550	534	307.00–320.00	313.81
29	550–600	589	280.00–303.00	281.52
9	600–650	617	279.00–287.00	282.48
24	650–700	685	258.00–269.50	266.75
10	700–750	727	241.00–255.00	246.55
3	750–800	760	261.00	261.00
14	800–850	809	245.00–246.00	245.57
120	850–900	870	238.00–243.00	240.47
15	950–1000	979	220.00–223.00	221.63
3	1000–1050	1,030	224.00	224.00
1	1150–1200	1,150	192.00	192.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	575	249.00	249.00
7	650–700	695	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	158	700.00	700.00
1	350–400	390	359.00	359.00
2	400–450	413	352.00	352.00
6	550–600	558	307.00	307.00
7	700–750	725	250.00–252.00	250.58
5	750–800	775	220.00–229.00	225.46
2	900–950	903	232.00	232.00
1	1000–1050	1,030	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
1	200–250	200	350.00	350.00
6	400–450	411	240.00	240.00
6	450–500	473	233.00	233.00
2	500–550	510	195.00	195.00
3	650–700	660	175.00	175.00
2	700–750	743	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	850–900	850	242.00	242.00
14	900–950	908	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	150–200	167	435.00–700.00	609.90
1	350–400	385	319.00	319.00
6	400–450	428	287.00–304.00	298.07
3	450–500	475	289.00	289.00
7	500–550	531	229.00	229.00
4	600–650	628	230.00	230.00
6	650–700	694	239.00	239.00
66	750–800	792	225.00–227.50	227.28
59	800–850	804	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	293	338.00	338.00
10	400–450	428	304.00–305.00	304.59
92	450–500	458	291.00–296.00	295.61
2	500–550	540	269.00	269.00
40	550–600	564	263.00–278.00	274.60
2	600–650	603	267.00	267.00
158	650–700	671	241.00–253.00	250.85
22	700–750	730	225.00–239.00	237.71
54	750–800	779	233.00–235.50	235.06
91	800–850	809	184.00–226.00	218.94
86	850–900	854	226.25	226.25
4	900–950	944	212.00	212.00
3	950–1000	982	188.00	188.00
13	1000–1050	1,042	199.00–206.50	205.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1050–1100	1,070	188.00	188.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	496	276.00	276.00
2	500–550	513	262.00	262.00
6	600–650	644	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	579	250.00–256.00	253.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	140.00	140.00
3	400–450	413	150.00	150.00
4	450–500	466	143.00	143.00
27	850–900	863	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	313	227.50	227.50
4	350–400	384	190.00	190.00
7	450–500	463	155.00–158.00	156.29
3	500–550	505	210.00	210.00
3	600–650	603	150.00	150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	899	134.00	134.00
13	—	733	116.00–120.00	118.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,118	99.00	99.00
20	—	790	79.00–97.00	88.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,179	143.00–144.00	143.47
4	—	1,154	95.00–110.00	103.01
23	—	1,156	114.00–131.00	123.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	121.00	121.00
2	—	933	83.00	83.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,409	138.00–146.00	143.67
1	—	1,270	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	141.00	141.00
3	—	880	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	916	203.00	203.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,545	160.00–177.50	172.55
3	—	1,483	150.00–154.00	152.47

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.