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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-31

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Oct 31

● Final92 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

← Oct 24Oct 31Nov 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,181 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 2,182▼ 8 vs year ago 2,189 · −0.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

431 head

▲ 81 vs last sale 350▼ 128 vs year ago 559 · −22.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

29 head

▲ 29 vs last sale 0▲ 29 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There was a good turn out of feeders and calves but too few comparable sales to trend. Undertone was mixed steady higher with steer calves steady to a tick lower with 800 pound steers up $4-11. The heifers followed suit with calves steady to lower and 600-700 punters up $11-28. The gap between weaned and fresh cattle also widened this week. With the promised approach of seasonal weather, grass calves and open heifers made up a large part of the sale. Slaughter cattle remained steady with a good showing of high yielding cull cows. Bulls remained steady as well. Trading was active on good 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 $236.33/cwt on 124 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −160.81 against this barn's trailing median of $397.14.

Average price

$236.33

124 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,314

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$389

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

$59.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.97

vs TX average

−24.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	249.32	1,387	96
Medium and Large 1-2	560	192.00	1,075	25
Medium and Large 2	525	190.00	998	3thin

One grade step is worth $59.32/cwt here — about $389 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale124 hd

236.33

—

TX average5 barns · 609 hd

234.36

+1.97

National average194 barns · 26,693 hd

260.46

−24.13

This barn, trailing median27 sales

397.14

−160.81

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	1,547	139.44	2,157	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,622	119.48	1,938	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,258	110.68	1,392	197
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	951	74.43	708	14
Heifers	Choice	High	1,052	193.00	2,030	5thin

Every lot

92 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	210	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Fancy	290	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,160	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	313	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	931	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	336	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,369	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	345	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,095	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	369	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	775	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	389	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,470	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	397	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,465	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	409	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,370	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	419	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,106	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	290.02/cwt	286.00–296.00	1,256	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	453	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	951	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	296.02/cwt	285.00–309.00	1,365	29
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	476	316.89/cwt	311.00–321.00	1,508	42
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,305	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	287.14/cwt	270.00–296.00	1,496	125
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	566	210.29/cwt	200.00–230.00	1,190	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	272.27/cwt	260.00–288.00	1,557	25
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,409	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	588	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,764	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	272.76/cwt	269.00–277.00	1,656	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	247.60/cwt	246.00–250.00	1,533	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,724	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	687	211.96/cwt	197.00–222.00	1,456	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	688	222.08/cwt	214.00–230.00	1,528	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	711	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,493	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	731	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,725	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	753	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,634	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	251.70/cwt	249.00–258.00	1,963	112
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	785	217.01/cwt	215.00–223.00	1,704	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	788	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,663	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	246.83/cwt	242.00–247.50	2,004	77
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	233.74/cwt	221.00–241.00	2,045	64
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	958	189.50/cwt	189.00–190.00	1,815	4
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	995	225.07/cwt	225.00–225.50	2,239	99
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	281	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	520	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	347	291.01/cwt	285.00–297.00	1,010	10
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	349	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,138	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	370	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,304	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	570	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	384	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,114	29
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	398	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,085	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	400	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	720	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,236	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	441	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	882	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	443	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,028	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	269.94/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,239	60
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	480	272.40/cwt	269.00–295.00	1,308	29
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	488	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	888	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	499	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,198	56
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	998	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	264.54/cwt	230.00–272.00	1,410	49
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,075	25
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	254.09/cwt	226.00–273.00	1,469	25
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	583	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,224	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	623	208.87/cwt	208.00–210.00	1,301	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	223.97/cwt	210.00–235.00	1,407	39
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,549	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	688	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,431	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	721	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,384	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Full	723	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,526	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,714	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	743	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,542	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	233.30/cwt	225.00–239.00	1,794	152
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	788	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,497	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	809	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,731	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	816	229.56/cwt	221.00–233.00	1,873	18
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	852	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,789	8
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	210.75/cwt	210.75–210.75	1,954	85
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	932	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,771	3
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	975	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	2,043	28
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	987	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,073	34
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	1,045	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,986	7
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,058	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,894	6
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	1,063	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,285	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,089	3
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,052	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	2,030	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,110	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,665	1
Bulls	—	—	1,522	145.94/cwt	144.00–149.00	2,221	3
Bulls	—	—	1,675	131.93/cwt	128.00–133.00	2,210	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	931	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	633	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	941	74.00/cwt	70.00–78.00	696	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,030	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	917	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,145	80.61/cwt	75.00–87.00	923	30
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,169	101.29/cwt	96.00–105.00	1,184	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,284	116.93/cwt	112.00–122.00	1,501	158
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,622	119.48/cwt	112.00–122.50	1,938	7
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,075	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,226	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,120	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,243	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,143	131.72/cwt	130.00–133.50	1,506	18
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,144	119.80/cwt	119.00–121.00	1,371	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,408	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,605	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.

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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Dalhart, TX

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,181Last week 2,182Year ago 2,189

Slaughter CattleReceipts 431Last week 350Year ago 559

Replacement CattleReceipts 29Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	347	285.00–297.00	291.01
3	350–400	398	272.50	272.50
16	400–450	432	286.00	286.00
60	450–500	459	260.00–277.00	269.94
49	500–550	533	230.00–272.00	264.54
25	550–600	578	226.00–273.00	254.09
39	600–650	628	210.00–235.00	223.97
9	650–700	662	234.00	234.00
9	700–750	731	234.50	234.50
152	750–800	769	225.00–239.00	233.30
9	800–850	809	214.00	214.00
85	900–950	927	210.75	210.75
28	950–1000	975	209.50	209.50
6	1050–1100	1,058	179.00	179.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	350–400	384	290.00	290.00
4	400–450	443	232.00	232.00
56	450–500	499	240.00	240.00
22	550–600	583	210.00	210.00
7	600–650	623	208.00–210.00	208.87
4	650–700	688	208.00	208.00
3	700–750	743	207.50	207.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	441	200.00	200.00
25	550–600	560	192.00	192.00
8	850–900	852	210.00	210.00
3	900–950	932	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	281	185.00	185.00
3	350–400	380	150.00	150.00
4	400–450	400	180.00	180.00
5	450–500	488	182.00	182.00
3	500–550	525	190.00	190.00
4	700–750	721	192.00	192.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	788	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	349	326.00	326.00
2	350–400	370	352.50	352.50
29	450–500	480	269.00–295.00	272.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
18	800–850	816	221.00–233.00	229.56
34	950–1000	987	210.00	210.00
7	1000–1050	1,045	190.00	190.00
3	1050–1100	1,063	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	723	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	317.50	317.50
3	500–550	500	261.00	261.00
8	650–700	688	214.00–230.00	222.08
5	700–750	711	210.00	210.00
3	750–800	788	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	419	264.00	264.00
4	550–600	575	245.00	245.00
10	600–650	619	246.00–250.00	247.60
12	700–750	731	236.00	236.00
4	750–800	753	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	297.50	297.50
6	350–400	369	210.00	210.00
3	450–500	453	210.00	210.00
6	550–600	566	200.00–230.00	210.29
5	650–700	687	197.00–222.00	211.96
8	750–800	785	215.00–223.00	217.01
4	950–1000	958	189.00–190.00	189.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	290	400.00	400.00
4	300–350	336	407.50	407.50
9	350–400	389	378.00	378.00
14	400–450	409	335.00	335.00
42	450–500	476	311.00–321.00	316.89
6	550–600	588	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
1	200–250	210	700.00	700.00
3	350–400	397	369.00	369.00
5	400–450	433	286.00–296.00	290.02
29	450–500	461	285.00–309.00	296.02
125	500–550	521	270.00–296.00	287.14
25	550–600	572	260.00–288.00	272.27
17	600–650	607	269.00–277.00	272.76
6	650–700	663	260.00	260.00
112	750–800	780	249.00–258.00	251.70
77	800–850	812	242.00–247.50	246.83
64	850–900	875	221.00–241.00	233.74
99	950–1000	995	225.00–225.50	225.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	605	180.00	180.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,075	114.00	114.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	18	—	1,143	130.00–133.50	131.72
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,144	119.00–121.00	119.80

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,120	111.00	111.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,408	114.00	114.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,145	75.00–87.00	80.61
158	—	1,284	112.00–122.00	116.93
9	—	1,169	96.00–105.00	101.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,030	89.00	89.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	931	68.00	68.00
8	—	941	70.00–78.00	74.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,622	112.00–122.50	119.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	150.00	150.00
3	—	1,522	144.00–149.00	145.94
4	—	1,675	128.00–133.00	131.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,052	193.00	193.00

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.