Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves and feeders under 700 lbs and heifer calves under 500 lbs unevenly steady with more attractive kinds showing the most strength. Steers over 700 lbs and heifers over 500 lbs mostly 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls not well tested. Trade fairly active. Demand fairly good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.29/cwt on 692 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −154.25 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.

Average price

$126.29

692 head · 646 lb average

Value per head Derived

$816

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$280

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

$47.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.18

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	653	130.40	851	551
Medium and Large 1-2	614	112.35	690	131
Medium and Large 2	689	82.90	571	10thin

One grade step is worth $47.50/cwt here — about $280 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

4 sales

Heifers 0–100 lb: high $299.90, low $219.55, median $280.54 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale692 hd

126.29

—

TX average4 barns · 2,292 hd

126.11

+0.18

This barn, trailing median4 sales

280.54

−154.25

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,634	54.76	895	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,196	44.53	532	232
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	987	37.00	365	108

Every lot, as filed

72 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	—	726	132.35/cwt	130.00–134.50	961	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	116.03/cwt	115.00–118.00	963	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	979	96.37/cwt	95.00–98.50	943	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	851	125.28/cwt	121.00–126.50	1,066	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	134.99/cwt	133.00–135.50	923	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	169.41/cwt	169.00–170.00	718	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	841	127.20/cwt	125.50–127.50	1,070	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	186.69/cwt	179.00–190.00	786	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	180.42/cwt	179.00–184.00	850	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	144.21/cwt	139.00–149.75	878	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	129.91/cwt	125.00–131.00	809	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	123.88/cwt	123.00–124.50	844	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	153.99/cwt	148.00–158.00	882	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	170.98/cwt	159.00–179.00	903	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	383	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	678	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	348	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	623	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	662	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,026	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	125.96/cwt	125.00–127.00	729	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	643	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	752	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	193.18/cwt	181.00–199.00	717	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	186.95/cwt	180.00–195.00	615	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	129.90/cwt	129.50–130.50	992	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	473	163.34/cwt	163.00–164.00	773	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	758	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	894	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	661	117.69/cwt	117.00–119.00	778	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	705	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	811	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	583	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	834	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	488	137.45/cwt	135.00–140.00	671	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	582	120.89/cwt	120.00–122.00	704	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	569	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	791	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,134	54.50/cwt	54.50–54.50	618	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,780	56.44/cwt	56.00–57.00	1,005	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,597	54.34/cwt	52.50–55.50	868	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,053	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	400	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,182	43.95/cwt	41.00–47.00	519	160
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,357	51.72/cwt	48.00–55.00	702	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	170.22/cwt	167.00–171.00	640	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	165.77/cwt	164.00–169.00	514	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	938	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	961	28.17/cwt	23.00–29.00	271	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	979	35.85/cwt	30.00–43.00	351	68
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	55.63/cwt	55.00–56.00	555	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	596	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	730	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	498	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	563	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	711	73.79/cwt	73.00–77.00	525	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	707	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	156.25/cwt	151.00–161.00	748	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	123.69/cwt	123.50–124.00	912	188
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	778	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	607	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	639	116.57/cwt	110.00–118.00	745	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	985	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	807	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	151.51/cwt	150.00–153.00	818	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	646	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	129.33/cwt	128.00–132.00	609	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	749	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	749	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	778	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	809	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	703	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	808	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	820	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	935	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	460	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	552	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	543	114.73/cwt	114.00–115.00	623	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	434	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	516	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	665	106.72/cwt	106.00–110.00	710	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	566	115.60/cwt	113.00–118.00	654	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	767	95.10/cwt	91.00–100.00	729	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	632	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	695	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	669	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	838	92.00/cwt	90.00–96.00	771	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	119.00/cwt	115.00–119.50	797	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	113.09/cwt	113.00–113.50	719	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	746	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	813	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	143.74/cwt	139.00–153.00	535	3

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 14, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,436Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 651Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	726	130.00–134.50	132.35
9	—	851	121.00–126.50	125.28
48	—	684	133.00–135.50	134.99
40	—	841	125.50–127.50	127.20
34	—	421	179.00–190.00	186.69
32	—	471	179.00–184.00	180.42
67	—	609	139.00–149.75	144.21
41	—	573	148.00–158.00	153.99
66	—	528	159.00–179.00	170.98
16	—	371	181.00–199.00	193.18
7	—	329	180.00–195.00	186.95
40	—	764	129.50–130.50	129.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	662	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	473	163.00–164.00	163.34
4	—	758	118.00	118.00
28	—	583	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	596	122.50	122.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	639	110.00–118.00	116.57
4	—	778	104.00	104.00
3	—	703	115.00	115.00
2	—	820	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	788	125.00	125.00
2	—	540	150.00–153.00	151.51
2	—	365	177.00	177.00
6	—	413	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	830	115.00–118.00	116.03
5	—	979	95.00–98.50	96.37
17	—	424	169.00–170.00	169.41
129	—	623	125.00–131.00	129.91
17	—	681	123.00–124.50	123.88
18	—	579	125.00–127.00	125.96
5	—	376	167.00–171.00	170.22
3	—	310	164.00–169.00	165.77
1	—	920	102.00	102.00
6	—	548	129.00	129.00
43	—	479	151.00–161.00	156.25
188	—	737	123.50–124.00	123.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	383	177.00	177.00
2	—	348	179.00	179.00
29	—	569	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	643	117.00	117.00
6	—	661	117.00–119.00	117.69
5	—	705	115.00	115.00
18	—	488	135.00–140.00	137.45
9	—	582	120.00–122.00	120.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	498	113.00	113.00
5	—	711	73.00–77.00	73.79
3	—	778	78.00	78.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	938	86.00	86.00
12	—	471	128.00–132.00	129.33
9	—	838	90.00–96.00	92.00
9	—	670	115.00–119.50	119.00
5	—	636	113.00–113.50	113.09
4	—	746	109.00	109.00
3	—	372	139.00–153.00	143.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	749	100.00	100.00
14	—	460	120.00	120.00
11	—	543	114.00–115.00	114.73
3	—	434	119.00	119.00
25	—	665	106.00–110.00	106.72
17	—	566	113.00–118.00	115.60
6	—	767	91.00–100.00	95.10
6	—	632	110.00	110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,134	54.50	54.50
24	—	961	23.00–29.00	28.17
68	—	979	30.00–43.00	35.85
9	—	997	55.00–56.00	55.63
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,780	56.00–57.00	56.44
36	—	1,597	52.50–55.50	54.34
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,053	38.00	38.00
160	—	1,182	41.00–47.00	43.95
41	—	1,357	48.00–55.00	51.72

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