Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Dalhart, Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, August 1, 2024

1,560 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $259.46/cwt -1.84 vs last sale · ≈ $2,011/hd at 775 lb · 131 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $242.20/cwt +8.20 vs last sale · ≈ $2,214/hd at 914 lb · 70 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $248.50/cwt -0.34 vs last sale · ≈ $2,152/hd at 866 lb · 62 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,560	2,077	2,301
Feeder cattle	955	1,684	1,810
Slaughter cattle	605	393	491

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Both steer and heifer feeders and calves were steady with a slightly lower undertone. Slaughter cows also remained steady with a slightly lower undertone on leaner yielding cows. Slaughter bulls were the exception as high yielding bulls were up 6.00. Trade was active.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	417.00	$417.00	$1,126	—
325–329	328	7	367.00–370.00	$369.15	$1,211	—
373	373	6	370.00	$370.00	$1,380	—
411	411	7	308.00	$308.00	$1,266	-28.11
490	490	4	317.00	$317.00	$1,553	—
518	518	4	294.00	$294.00	$1,523	-18.14
582–585	582	43	281.00–297.00	$294.66	$1,715	—
615	615	2	289.00	$289.00	$1,777	—
607–649	635	6	273.00–282.00	$275.87	$1,752	—
680	680	45	274.00	$274.00	$1,863	+7.83
711–742	732	26	259.00–268.00	$261.69	$1,916	-4.49
751–790	775	131	258.00–260.00	$259.46	$2,011	-1.84
866	866	62	248.50	$248.50	$2,152	+0.37
913–919	914	70	235.00–243.00	$242.20	$2,214	+8.20
1120	1120	5	170.00	$170.00	$1,904	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
541	541	4	288.00	$288.00	$1,558	—
551	551	4	278.00	$278.00	$1,532	-0.37
698	698	4	253.00	$253.00	$1,766	-9.79
770	770	3	240.00	$240.00	$1,848	+4.00
855–895	860	22	234.50–235.00	$234.93	$2,020	—
919	919	6	215.00	$215.00	$1,976	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,200	—
960	960	2	191.00	$191.00	$1,834	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
215	215	1	700.00	$700.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	280.00	$280.00	$686	—
340	340	1	288.00	$288.00	$979	—
478	478	8	299.00	$299.00	$1,429	+3.00
558–586	583	61	250.00–268.50	$266.66	$1,555	-6.17
604–643	630	34	245.00–266.00	$250.79	$1,580	+1.29
661–694	680	23	248.00–255.00	$250.96	$1,707	+0.76
702–725	710	14	240.00	$240.00	$1,704	-1.15
757	757	6	235.00	$235.00	$1,779	-1.50
840	840	38	228.50	$228.50	$1,919	+1.50
905	905	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,629	—
981	981	6	189.00	$189.00	$1,854	-26.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
488	488	4	270.00	$270.00	$1,318	—
511–548	524	11	235.00–247.00	$239.56	$1,255	—
552	552	3	260.00	$260.00	$1,435	+10.00
668–685	678	5	240.00	$240.00	$1,627	-8.00
717	717	5	200.00	$200.00	$1,434	-26.16
783	783	6	215.00	$215.00	$1,683	-22.50
809	809	5	220.00	$220.00	$1,780	+10.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680–685	683	4	214.00–229.00	$221.53	$1,513	—
728–739	734	7	174.00–195.00	$182.92	$1,343	—
833	833	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,250	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	3	300.00	$300.00	$1,284	—
493	493	5	289.00	$289.00	$1,425	-13.50
585	585	3	280.00	$280.00	$1,638	-3.00
750	750	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,500	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
493	493	3	261.00	$261.00	$1,287	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
897	897	80-85%	6	121.00	$121.00	$1,085	—
954	954	80-85%	8	121.00	$121.00	$1,154	—
1000–1205	1089	80-85%	70	123.00–129.50	$126.46	$1,377	—
1093–1578	1328	80-85%	133	135.00–145.50	$141.30	$1,876	+7.56
1158–1572	1344	80-85%	58	131.00–139.00	$135.47	$1,821	+1.73

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
721–839	785	85-90%	13	86.00–87.00	$86.58	$680	+0.50
863	863	85-90%	3	104.00	$104.00	$898	-4.31
763–990	920	85-90%	38	91.00–112.00	$98.64	$907	-26.36
1033–1109	1076	85-90%	7	108.00–110.00	$108.82	$1,171	+27.82
1072–1101	1090	85-90%	8	119.00–125.76	$123.27	$1,344	+42.27

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985	985	75-80%	4	130.00	$130.00	$1,280	—
1274–1548	1371	75-80%	62	136.00–142.50	$140.07	$1,920	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1325	1173	5	132.00–140.00	$138.19	$1,621	—
1395–1988	1794	5	158.00–166.00	$164.55	$2,952	—
1825–1855	1840	2	169.00–175.00	$171.98	$3,164	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2140	2140	1	181.00	$181.00	$3,873	—

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Beef Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
488	488	5	195.00	$195.00	$952	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	2	162.50	$162.50	$301	—
298	298	2	150.00	$150.00	$447	—
453	453	6	217.00	$217.00	$983	—
1275	1275	5	143.00	$143.00	$1,823	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.