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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Aug 15

● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

← Aug 8Aug 15Aug 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,529 head

▲ 675 vs last sale 854▼ 264 vs year ago 1,793 · −14.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

359 head

▲ 38 vs last sale 321▲ 44 vs year ago 315 · +14.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There was few comparable sales on calves which were in mixed demand. With the upcoming week expecting temperatures at or above 100 degrees, smaller calves sold lower on less demand. Feeder steers and heifers fared better with an abundance of well conditioned 700 and 800 pounders selling exceptionally higher on good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to lower yet still maintaining a good market on higher yielding cattle. Trading was moderate to active.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $280.22/cwt on 72 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −172.69 against this barn's trailing median of $452.91.

Average price

$280.22

72 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,556

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$185

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

$32.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.20

vs TX average

−0.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	282.72	1,570	66
Medium and Large 2	548	258.00	1,414	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	554	250.00	1,385	4thin

One grade step is worth $32.72/cwt here — about $185 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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

280.22

—

TX average5 barns · 399 hd

266.01

+14.20

National average153 barns · 6,707 hd

280.34

−0.12

This barn, trailing median31 sales

452.91

−172.69

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

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.66, low $369.71, median $452.91 across 31 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	1,805	163.72	2,955	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,457	140.57	2,048	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,164	131.85	1,535	133
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	883	92.44	816	21
Steers	Choice	High	1,484	163.95	2,433	6thin

Every lot

51 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	260	960.00/head	960.00–960.00	960	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,110	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	295.38/cwt	282.00–310.00	1,267	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,416	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	296.70/cwt	290.00–301.00	1,519	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,414	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	554	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,385	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	277.07/cwt	268.00–283.00	1,588	47
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,799	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	648	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,685	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	649	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,661	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,727	32
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,601	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	708	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,671	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,314	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	256.06/cwt	254.00–260.00	1,831	20
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	249.74/cwt	246.00–253.00	1,958	223
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	841	245.45/cwt	239.00–246.50	2,064	142
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	853	244.78/cwt	236.00–245.00	2,088	126
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,063	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,211	2
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1-2	1,105	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,100	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	357	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	807	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,012	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	282.46/cwt	277.00–286.00	1,251	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,347	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	248.92/cwt	246.00–258.00	1,334	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,403	30
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,407	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	644	242.30/cwt	240.00–246.00	1,560	21
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,307	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	691	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,596	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	237.19/cwt	229.00–240.50	1,696	126
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	229.21/cwt	225.00–231.00	1,776	40
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	808	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,794	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	841	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,825	9
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	880	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,760	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	907	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,905	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,524	3
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	504	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	993	5
Beef/Dairy Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	628	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,086	3
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	604	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,450	9
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,484	163.95/cwt	160.00–174.00	2,433	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,490	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,086	1
Bulls	—	—	1,826	165.30/cwt	160.00–169.00	3,018	15
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	875	92.51/cwt	85.00–94.00	809	18
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	932	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	857	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	948	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,185	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,066	126.01/cwt	119.00–130.00	1,343	71
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,171	145.00/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,698	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,330	136.80/cwt	131.00–139.50	1,819	44
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,457	140.57/cwt	139.00–142.00	2,048	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 Aug 15, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,529Last week 854Year ago 1,793

Slaughter CattleReceipts 359Last week 321Year ago 315

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	960.00	960.00
8	400–450	429	282.00–310.00	295.38
2	450–500	480	295.00	295.00
19	500–550	512	290.00–301.00	296.70
47	550–600	573	268.00–283.00	277.07
3	600–650	638	282.00	282.00
32	650–700	672	257.00	257.00
20	700–750	715	254.00–260.00	256.06
223	750–800	784	246.00–253.00	249.74
142	800–850	841	239.00–246.50	245.45
126	850–900	853	236.00–245.00	244.78
2	1050–1100	1,063	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	554	250.00	250.00
6	600–650	649	256.00	256.00
3	650–700	690	232.00	232.00
3	700–750	708	236.00	236.00
6	1100–1150	1,105	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	427	260.00	260.00
2	500–550	548	258.00	258.00
2	600–650	648	260.00	260.00
4	700–750	710	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	357	226.00	226.00
5	400–450	443	277.00–286.00	282.46
10	450–500	481	280.00	280.00
16	500–550	536	246.00–258.00	248.92
30	550–600	574	244.50	244.50
21	600–650	644	240.00–246.00	242.30
7	650–700	691	231.00	231.00
126	700–750	715	229.00–240.50	237.19
40	750–800	775	225.00–231.00	229.21
9	800–850	841	217.00	217.00
10	900–950	907	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	440	230.00	230.00
5	650–700	660	198.00	198.00
2	850–900	880	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	620	227.00	227.00
3	800–850	808	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	504	197.00	197.00
3	600–650	628	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	604	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	657	232.00	232.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,066	119.00–130.00	126.01
16	—	1,171	140.00–146.00	145.00
44	—	1,330	131.00–139.50	136.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	932	92.00	92.00
18	—	875	85.00–94.00	92.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,457	139.00–142.00	140.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	948	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,826	160.00–169.00	165.30
1	—	1,490	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,484	160.00–174.00	163.95

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.