Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No market comparison on feeder steers and heifers due to the last two weeks holiday but a firm undertone noted. Steady undertone noted on slaughter cows and bulls. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.02/cwt on 1,124 head.

Average price

$144.02

1,124 head · 661 lb average

Value per head Derived

$952

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$272

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

$20.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.38

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	673	146.94	989	821
Medium and Large 1-2	639	137.90	882	256
Medium and Large 2	567	126.26	716	47

One grade step is worth $20.68/cwt here — about $272 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,124 hd

144.02

—

TX average4 barns · 3,683 hd

140.63

+3.38

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	—	Average	2,195	75.00	1,646	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,537	51.85	797	54
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,370	47.11	645	91
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,034	33.98	351	120

Every lot, as filed

82 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	129.00/cwt	128.00–130.00	835	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	588	116.34/cwt	113.00–117.00	684	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	297	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	535	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	148.00/cwt	139.00–155.00	912	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	151.03/cwt	150.00–154.00	565	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	951	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	134.42/cwt	127.00–137.50	1,113	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	619	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	693	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	156.20/cwt	148.00–159.00	711	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	873	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	794	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	522	119.12/cwt	119.00–120.00	622	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	134.20/cwt	129.00–135.25	1,051	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	128.20/cwt	127.50–128.50	858	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	161.45/cwt	148.00–169.00	928	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	177.56/cwt	174.00–188.00	756	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	927	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,112	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	135.15/cwt	134.00–140.00	565	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	622	132.28/cwt	131.00–136.00	823	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	672	121.19/cwt	120.00–124.00	814	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	172.82/cwt	167.00–177.00	830	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	1,163	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	119.61/cwt	117.00–120.00	818	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	125.23/cwt	125.00–125.50	956	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	597	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	131.14/cwt	129.00–132.00	793	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	138.25/cwt	133.50–143.00	928	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	535	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	813	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	197.72/cwt	190.00–207.00	737	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	176.70/cwt	170.00–180.00	580	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	242	197.41/cwt	192.00–208.00	478	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	524	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	136.92/cwt	135.00–138.50	969	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	495	135.00/cwt	134.00–136.00	668	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	141.47/cwt	137.00–144.00	751	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	169.84/cwt	161.00–176.00	900	65
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,312	48.50/cwt	48.50–48.50	636	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	50.22/cwt	49.00–51.50	753	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,586	54.05/cwt	54.00–55.00	857	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,365	36.00/cwt	36.00–36.00	491	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	47.23/cwt	44.00–51.00	647	90
Bulls	—	—	2,195	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,646	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	594	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	509	114.57/cwt	112.00–116.00	583	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	152.90/cwt	150.00–160.00	719	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	155.78/cwt	151.00–167.00	637	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	122.28/cwt	121.50–123.00	1,053	254
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	132.25/cwt	129.00–141.00	760	84
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	513	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	621	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	581	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	873	26.37/cwt	23.00–28.00	230	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,021	33.26/cwt	31.00–39.50	340	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	127.24/cwt	125.00–128.50	985	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	123.39/cwt	123.00–125.00	892	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	616	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	788	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	723	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	635	121.22/cwt	119.00–123.50	770	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	471	161.07/cwt	160.00–164.00	759	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	778	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	660	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	779	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	93.42/cwt	92.00–94.00	586	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	534	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	502	129.00/cwt	125.00–130.00	648	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	517	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	631	111.19/cwt	110.00–112.00	702	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	152.38/cwt	151.00–152.50	861	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	811	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,030	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	697	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	720	108.01/cwt	106.50–111.00	778	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	662	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	671	107.99/cwt	105.00–111.00	725	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	557	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	741	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	512	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	717	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	130.91/cwt	125.00–134.00	893	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	717	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	159.44/cwt	159.00–159.50	706	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	434	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	129.49/cwt	121.00–134.50	680	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	458	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	568	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	445	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	561	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	339	164.45/cwt	159.50–169.00	557	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	760	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	912	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	120.45/cwt	120.00–122.00	870	27

How this sale compares

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 Jan 7, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 627Last week 882Year ago 2,771

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,314Last week 420Year ago 521

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	647	128.00–130.00	129.00
12	—	455	148.00–159.00	156.20
6	—	927	120.00	120.00
70	—	774	125.00–128.50	127.24
5	—	723	123.00–125.00	123.39
1	—	515	151.00	151.00
60	—	565	151.00–152.50	152.38
4	—	811	127.00	127.00
21	—	682	125.00–134.00	130.91
31	—	443	159.00–159.50	159.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	616	139.00–155.00	148.00
109	—	828	127.00–137.50	134.42
135	—	783	129.00–135.25	134.20
89	—	575	148.00–169.00	161.45
17	—	426	174.00–188.00	177.56
46	—	480	167.00–177.00	172.82
82	—	876	132.75	132.75
59	—	671	133.50–143.00	138.25
4	—	373	190.00–207.00	197.72
3	—	242	192.00–208.00	197.41
1	—	280	187.00	187.00
74	—	708	135.00–138.50	136.92
65	—	530	161.00–176.00	169.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	619	112.00	112.00
2	—	873	91.00	91.00
9	—	660	118.00	118.00
9	—	557	133.00	133.00
3	—	512	140.00	140.00
2	—	760	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	622	131.00–136.00	132.28
7	—	672	120.00–124.00	121.19
23	—	535	152.00	152.00
53	—	471	160.00–164.00	161.07
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	513	121.00	121.00
3	—	720	106.50–111.00	108.01
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	140.00	140.00
16	—	616	128.00	128.00
15	—	574	126.00	126.00
5	—	502	125.00–130.00	129.00
4	—	395	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	588	113.00–117.00	116.34
8	—	522	119.00–120.00	119.12
10	—	631	110.00–112.00	111.19
6	—	671	105.00–111.00	107.99
2	—	458	124.00	124.00
1	—	445	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	297	180.00	180.00
73	—	669	127.50–128.50	128.20
49	—	763	125.00–125.50	125.23
9	—	385	155.00	155.00
7	—	605	129.00–132.00	131.14
3	—	328	170.00–180.00	176.70
57	—	531	137.00–144.00	141.47
25	—	470	150.00–160.00	152.90
11	—	409	151.00–167.00	155.78
254	—	861	121.50–123.00	122.28
84	—	575	129.00–141.00	132.25
27	—	722	120.00–122.00	120.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	374	150.00–154.00	151.03
23	—	758	125.50	125.50
5	—	418	134.00–140.00	135.15
15	—	684	117.00–120.00	119.61
15	—	581	120.00	120.00
2	—	255	170.00	170.00
71	—	525	121.00–134.50	129.49
7	—	339	159.50–169.00	164.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	495	134.00–136.00	135.00
24	—	635	119.00–123.50	121.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	553	107.50	107.50
37	—	509	112.00–116.00	114.57
10	—	627	92.00–94.00	93.42
8	—	371	144.00	144.00
3	—	735	90.00	90.00
3	—	755	95.00	95.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,312	48.50	48.50
3	—	873	23.00–28.00	26.37
110	—	1,021	31.00–39.50	33.26
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,500	49.00–51.50	50.22
23	—	1,586	54.00–55.00	54.05
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	36.00	36.00
90	—	1,370	44.00–51.00	47.23
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,195	75.00	75.00

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.

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