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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Oct 17

● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

← Oct 10Oct 17Oct 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,058 head

▲ 456 vs last sale 1,602▼ 1,290 vs year ago 3,348 · −38.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

353 head

▲ 108 vs last sale 245▼ 129 vs year ago 482 · −26.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

22 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 8▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: The market took an upward turn with most classes benefitting. 500 lb steer calves were up 10.00 on comparable sales with 600lb feeder steers up 6.00 and 800lb steers steady. Heifer calves trended steady to higher with few comparable sales. Trading was active with high demand. High yielding slaughter bulls and cows remained steady to slightly lower on a short test.

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 $284.75/cwt on 84 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −168.16 against this barn's trailing median of $452.91.

Average price

$284.75

84 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,578

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$40.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+24.62

vs TX average

−14.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	290.65	1,598	71
Medium and Large 2	548	259.00	1,419	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	588	250.60	1,474	10thin

One grade step is worth $40.05/cwt here — about $124 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale84 hd

284.75

—

TX average5 barns · 409 hd

260.13

+24.62

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

−14.58

This barn, trailing median31 sales

452.91

−168.16

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	1,724	147.94	2,550	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,205	127.09	1,531	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,244	113.32	1,410	80
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,039	89.01	925	63

Every lot

71 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	337	368.03/cwt	366.00–370.00	1,240	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,421	20
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	397	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,270	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	418	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,463	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	437	252.93/cwt	247.50–260.00	1,105	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	341.68/cwt	337.50–348.00	1,497	20
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	459	255.98/cwt	255.00–257.00	1,175	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	473	288.86/cwt	280.00–299.00	1,366	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,592	42
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,099	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	288.75/cwt	284.00–300.00	1,519	25
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,419	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	294.59/cwt	292.00–297.00	1,656	36
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	564	280.67/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,583	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Full	567	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,602	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	250.60/cwt	240.00–257.50	1,474	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	615	275.82/cwt	267.00–280.00	1,696	48
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	250.47/cwt	250.00–253.00	1,585	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	644	269.14/cwt	269.00–272.00	1,733	81
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,658	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	698	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,529	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	705	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,657	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	713	205.63/cwt	198.00–219.00	1,466	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	742	237.42/cwt	233.00–240.00	1,762	70
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,933	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	799	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,726	35
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	799	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,438	20
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	245.82/cwt	238.00–253.75	2,048	636
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	840	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,840	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	867	244.77/cwt	244.50–245.00	2,122	107
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	936	234.00/cwt	231.00–234.50	2,190	34
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,128	29
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	374	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,055	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	414	252.43/cwt	248.00–260.00	1,045	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	189.38/cwt	189.00–190.00	801	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	439	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	922	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	442	245.48/cwt	235.00–254.00	1,085	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,337	47
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	493	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,178	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,153	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	256.88/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,315	106
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	514	216.79/cwt	208.00–236.00	1,114	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	520	228.09/cwt	222.00–235.00	1,186	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	543	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,154	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	595	218.16/cwt	216.00–222.50	1,298	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,436	26
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,448	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	683	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,393	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	720	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,303	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	823	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,407	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	831	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,845	9
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	850	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,573	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	886	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,958	27
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	965	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,930	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,645	144.59/cwt	140.00–148.00	2,379	3
Bulls	—	—	1,960	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	3,097	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	720	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	533	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	852	80.31/cwt	60.00–86.00	684	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	922	94.55/cwt	93.00–96.00	872	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,030	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	855	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,115	98.76/cwt	90.00–106.00	1,101	23
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,127	88.65/cwt	85.00–97.00	999	23
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,171	104.27/cwt	102.00–108.00	1,221	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,205	127.09/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,531	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,291	112.16/cwt	105.00–116.00	1,448	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,298	121.94/cwt	119.00–127.00	1,583	41
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,059	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,207	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,154	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,512	11
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,195	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,315	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,234	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,518	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,373	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,703	2

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 Oct 17, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,058Last week 1,602Year ago 3,348

Slaughter CattleReceipts 353Last week 245Year ago 482

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 8Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,154	131.00	131.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,373	124.00	124.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,234	123.00	123.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,059	114.00	114.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,195	110.00	110.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	350–400	358	315.00	315.00
11	400–450	442	235.00–254.00	245.48
47	450–500	461	290.00	290.00
106	500–550	512	255.00–262.00	256.88
6	550–600	595	216.00–222.50	218.16
26	600–650	606	237.00	237.00
3	650–700	658	220.00	220.00
27	850–900	886	221.00	221.00
5	950–1000	965	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	414	248.00–260.00	252.43
2	450–500	493	239.00	239.00
24	500–550	520	222.00–235.00	228.09
6	700–750	720	181.00	181.00
2	800–850	823	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	374	282.00	282.00
8	400–450	439	210.00	210.00
10	500–550	514	208.00–236.00	216.79
9	800–850	831	222.00	222.00
2	850–900	850	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	423	189.00–190.00	189.38
2	450–500	495	233.00	233.00
5	500–550	543	212.50	212.50
3	650–700	683	204.00	204.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	337	366.00–370.00	368.03
4	400–450	418	350.00	350.00
17	450–500	473	280.00–299.00	288.86
7	550–600	564	270.00–285.00	280.67
48	600–650	615	267.00–280.00	275.82
17	700–750	705	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	650–700	698	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	437	247.50–260.00	252.93
5	450–500	478	230.00	230.00
10	550–600	588	240.00–257.50	250.60
18	600–650	633	250.00–253.00	250.47
35	750–800	799	216.00	216.00
3	800–850	840	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	397	320.00	320.00
4	450–500	459	255.00–257.00	255.98
3	500–550	548	259.00	259.00
17	700–750	713	198.00–219.00	205.63
20	750–800	799	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	385	369.00	369.00
20	400–450	438	337.50–348.00	341.68
42	450–500	478	333.00	333.00
25	500–550	526	284.00–300.00	288.75
36	550–600	562	292.00–297.00	294.59
81	600–650	644	269.00–272.00	269.14
2	650–700	658	252.00	252.00
70	700–750	742	233.00–240.00	237.42
5	750–800	761	254.00	254.00
636	800–850	833	238.00–253.75	245.82
107	850–900	867	244.50–245.00	244.77
34	900–950	936	231.00–234.50	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	567	282.50	282.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,205	125.00–130.00	127.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,115	90.00–106.00	98.76
41	—	1,298	119.00–127.00	121.94
16	—	1,291	105.00–116.00	112.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,030	83.00	83.00
23	—	1,127	85.00–97.00	88.65
12	—	1,171	102.00–108.00	104.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	852	60.00–86.00	80.31
2	—	720	74.00	74.00
4	—	922	93.00–96.00	94.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,645	140.00–148.00	144.59
1	—	1,960	158.00	158.00

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.