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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Dec 12

● Final98 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

← Dec 5Dec 12Dec 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,650 head

▼ 341 vs last sale 2,991▲ 1,867 vs year ago 783 · +238.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

442 head

▼ 147 vs last sale 589▲ 115 vs year ago 327 · +35.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: The market continued upward on both calf and feeder steers. With most gains $10.00 or higher with a greater demand on healthy, thin flesh calves ready to turn out. Feeders were traded somewhat less active but still strong. Heifers didn't fare as well as they made a slide backwards, but like the steers, healthy thin fleshed calves topped the sell.Slaughter cattle remained steady for high yielding breakers while boners gained $7.00.

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 $320.22/cwt on 440 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −132.68 against this barn's trailing median of $452.91.

Average price

$320.22

440 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,760

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$334

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

$68.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.32

vs TX average

−4.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	327.55	1,797	375
Medium and Large 1-2	548	290.62	1,594	39
Medium and Large 2	565	259.01	1,463	26

One grade step is worth $68.54/cwt here — about $334 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 sale440 hd

320.22

—

TX average5 barns · 955 hd

310.90

+9.32

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

−4.13

This barn, trailing median31 sales

452.91

−132.68

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	1,230	146.91	1,807	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,380	118.32	1,632	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,213	104.74	1,271	86
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	933	78.10	729	37
Heifers	Choice	High	1,093	200.50	2,191	18

Every lot

98 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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	278	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	917	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	422.64/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,395	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	378	454.00/cwt	454.00–454.00	1,716	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	390	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	1,689	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	398.28/cwt	397.50–400.00	1,573	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	420	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,785	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,142	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	424.36/cwt	409.00–427.50	1,842	51
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	445	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,558	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	453	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,676	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	312.82/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,458	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	349.12/cwt	332.50–350.00	1,644	87
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,292	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	516	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,651	55
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	317.11/cwt	271.00–337.50	1,652	64
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	521	261.74/cwt	257.50–280.00	1,364	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	292.96/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,561	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	535	356.47/cwt	342.50–360.00	1,907	70
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	559	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,616	23
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	305.54/cwt	299.00–313.00	1,726	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	574	324.41/cwt	320.00–327.00	1,862	167
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	597	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,534	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	602	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,860	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,307	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	618	323.00/cwt	322.00–324.00	1,996	137
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	274.72/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,739	27
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	283.04/cwt	281.00–294.00	1,814	32
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	271.83/cwt	262.50–277.00	1,829	45
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Full	677	264.57/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,791	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	678	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,654	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,814	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Full	728	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,867	21
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	253.93/cwt	251.00–256.00	1,859	71
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	768	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,766	18
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	258.17/cwt	252.00–260.50	2,027	97
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Full	803	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,096	39
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	807	259.91/cwt	258.50–262.00	2,097	155
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Full	854	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,152	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	883	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,854	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	886	215.45/cwt	209.00–219.00	1,909	51
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers	100–150	Medium and Large 2	140	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	278	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,143	6
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	278	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	917	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	926	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	361	379.09/cwt	377.50–385.00	1,369	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	371	309.02/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,146	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	343.51/cwt	342.50–345.00	1,288	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,224	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	284.11/cwt	282.50–285.00	1,190	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	428	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,391	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,145	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	442	335.47/cwt	335.00–337.50	1,483	36
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	465	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,525	30
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	272.90/cwt	268.00–284.00	1,302	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	479	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,509	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	486	228.10/cwt	227.50–230.00	1,109	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	292.54/cwt	278.00–300.00	1,431	47
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	508	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,168	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	272.43/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,403	39
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	527	302.41/cwt	299.00–302.50	1,594	78
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	547	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,313	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Full	553	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,421	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,736	24
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	234.46/cwt	217.50–237.00	1,329	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	268.44/cwt	258.00–276.00	1,568	59
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	603	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,417	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	262.47/cwt	261.00–263.00	1,659	23
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	637	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,226	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Full	646	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,512	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	241.05/cwt	235.00–255.00	1,620	72
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Full	685	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,685	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	746	237.00/cwt	225.00–238.00	1,768	26
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	756	228.90/cwt	227.00–238.50	1,730	24
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	787	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,771	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,805	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	889	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,894	9
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	907	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,905	7
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	983	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	2,035	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	265	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	429	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,705	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	250.30/cwt	249.00–258.00	1,534	14
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	349	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	960	4
Beef/Dairy Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	363	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	944	4
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	245	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	582	7
Beef/Dairy Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	735	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,093	200.50/cwt	200.00–201.00	2,191	18
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,230	146.91/cwt	140.00–158.00	1,807	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	859	72.86/cwt	66.00–76.00	626	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	884	74.04/cwt	70.00–79.50	655	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	895	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	752	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	903	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	894	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,074	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,117	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,092	80.70/cwt	80.00–84.00	881	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,124	93.86/cwt	91.00–97.00	1,055	32
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,283	115.70/cwt	112.00–122.00	1,484	23
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,322	111.26/cwt	107.00–118.00	1,471	26
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,372	119.18/cwt	114.00–122.00	1,635	35
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,417	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,615	7

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 Dec 12, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,650Last week 2,991Year ago 783

Slaughter CattleReceipts 442Last week 589Year ago 327

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	278	330.00	330.00
2	400–450	415	295.00	295.00
16	450–500	477	268.00–284.00	272.90
16	500–550	547	240.00	240.00
59	550–600	584	258.00–276.00	268.44
6	600–650	603	235.00	235.00
8	750–800	787	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	361	377.50–385.00	379.09
36	400–450	442	335.00–337.50	335.47
30	450–500	465	328.00	328.00
78	500–550	527	299.00–302.50	302.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	278	411.00	411.00
12	350–400	375	342.50–345.00	343.51
12	400–450	419	282.50–285.00	284.11
47	450–500	489	278.00–300.00	292.54
39	500–550	515	270.00–280.00	272.43
24	550–600	560	310.00	310.00
23	600–650	632	261.00–263.00	262.47
72	650–700	672	235.00–255.00	241.05
26	700–750	746	225.00–238.00	237.00
24	750–800	756	227.00–238.50	228.90
2	800–850	828	218.00	218.00
9	850–900	889	213.00	213.00
7	900–950	907	210.00	210.00
4	950–1000	983	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	553	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	100–150	140	500.00	500.00
2	300–350	325	285.00	285.00
5	350–400	371	300.00–315.00	309.02
8	400–450	432	265.00	265.00
8	450–500	486	227.50–230.00	228.10
4	500–550	508	230.00	230.00
16	550–600	567	217.50–237.00	234.46
5	600–650	637	192.50	192.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	428	325.00	325.00
4	450–500	479	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	646	234.00	234.00
2	650–700	685	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	278	330.00	330.00
8	450–500	466	310.00–317.50	312.82
16	500–550	533	290.00–295.00	292.96
23	550–600	559	289.00	289.00
27	600–650	633	265.00–290.00	274.72
5	650–700	682	266.00	266.00
18	750–800	768	230.00	230.00
51	850–900	886	209.00–219.00	215.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	378	454.00	454.00
4	400–450	445	350.00	350.00
55	500–550	516	320.00	320.00
167	550–600	574	320.00–327.00	324.41
137	600–650	618	322.00–324.00	323.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	330	420.00–425.00	422.64
16	350–400	395	397.50–400.00	398.28
51	400–450	434	409.00–427.50	424.36
87	450–500	471	332.50–350.00	349.12
64	500–550	521	271.00–337.50	317.11
19	550–600	565	299.00–313.00	305.54
32	600–650	641	281.00–294.00	283.04
45	650–700	673	262.50–277.00	271.83
71	700–750	732	251.00–256.00	253.93
97	750–800	785	252.00–260.50	258.17
155	800–850	807	258.50–262.00	259.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	427	267.50	267.50
2	450–500	495	261.00	261.00
11	500–550	521	257.50–280.00	261.74
15	550–600	597	257.00	257.00
4	600–650	615	212.50	212.50
8	650–700	678	244.00	244.00
2	850–900	883	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
17	650–700	677	260.00–280.00	264.57
21	700–750	728	256.50	256.50
39	800–850	803	261.00	261.00
6	850–900	854	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	390	433.00	433.00
5	400–450	420	425.00	425.00
7	450–500	453	370.00	370.00
70	500–550	535	342.50–360.00	356.47
20	600–650	602	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
1	250–300	265	900.00	900.00
14	600–650	613	249.00–258.00	250.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	429	397.50	397.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	349	275.00	275.00
4	350–400	363	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	245	237.50	237.50
2	350–400	350	210.00	210.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	884	70.00–79.50	74.04
6	—	1,092	80.00–84.00	80.70
4	—	1,074	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	903	99.00	99.00
3	—	895	84.00	84.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	859	66.00–76.00	72.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,124	91.00–97.00	93.86
26	—	1,322	107.00–118.00	111.26
23	—	1,283	112.00–122.00	115.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,417	114.00	114.00
35	—	1,372	114.00–122.00	119.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,230	140.00–158.00	146.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,093	200.00–201.00	200.50

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.