Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Weather forecasts of extreme cold temperatures for the next four days had a dampening affect on today's market. Steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs mostly 3.00 to 5.00 lower in a limited test. Feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 lower except a few loadlots on offer sold steady to weak. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly 4.00 higher. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.89/cwt on 425 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −152.65 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.

Average price

$127.89

425 head · 658 lb average

Value per head Derived

$842

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$195

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

$3.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.18

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	700	128.96	903	298
Medium and Large 2	520	125.50	652	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	564	125.38	708	117

One grade step is worth $3.58/cwt here — about $195 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 sale425 hd

127.89

—

TX average4 barns · 1,223 hd

126.71

+1.18

This barn, trailing median4 sales

280.54

−152.65

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	—	High	1,670	90.00	1,503	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,570	63.95	1,004	81
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,150	55.59	639	160
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,066	48.86	521	188

Every lot, as filed

75 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	—	626	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	914	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	828	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	506	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	633	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,022	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,155	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	483	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	840	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	598	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	867	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	866	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	575	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	834	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	731	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	803	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	923	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	163.69/cwt	163.00–164.00	863	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	688	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	853	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	790	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	798	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	174.44/cwt	174.00–178.00	659	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	817	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	143.02/cwt	139.00–146.00	661	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	125.25/cwt	125.25–125.25	986	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	420	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	630	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	139.45/cwt	139.00–145.00	591	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	813	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	138.09/cwt	136.00–138.50	997	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	183.20/cwt	179.00–186.00	856	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,055	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	824	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	137.06/cwt	135.00–139.00	711	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,069	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	538	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	855	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	626	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	165.00/cwt	159.00–165.50	927	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	973	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,109	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,128	54.59/cwt	53.00–59.00	616	136
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,062	53.34/cwt	50.00–55.00	566	97
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,019	37.61/cwt	34.00–40.50	383	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	45.08/cwt	40.00–50.00	458	37
Bulls	—	—	1,815	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,706	1
Bulls	—	—	1,525	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,312	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	588	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	726	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	338	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	544	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	197.74/cwt	190.00–200.00	856	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	129.21/cwt	127.00–130.00	875	38
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,569	64.34/cwt	62.50–66.00	1,009	74
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,057	47.12/cwt	45.00–48.00	498	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,019	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	459	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	620	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	898	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	853	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	64.10/cwt	63.00–65.00	845	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,414	63.72/cwt	63.00–66.00	901	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,576	59.87/cwt	59.50–60.00	944	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	651	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	743	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	817	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	842	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	785	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	934	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	124.71/cwt	122.00–125.50	893	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	991	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	510	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	158.71/cwt	158.00–160.00	744	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	169.70/cwt	164.00–181.00	755	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	668	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	723	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	128.78/cwt	126.50–130.00	862	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	754	134.84/cwt	127.00–136.00	1,017	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	988	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,028	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	435	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	536	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	643	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	147.76/cwt	145.00–150.00	618	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	131.74/cwt	131.00–134.00	711	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	139.75/cwt	138.00–145.50	938	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	209.58/cwt	200.00–212.00	805	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	515	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	582	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	403	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	800	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	609	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	780	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	738	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	863	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 Feb 11, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,061Last week 2,761Year ago 920

Slaughter CattleReceipts 565Last week 388Year ago 354

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	626	146.00	146.00
6	—	1,022	113.00	113.00
10	—	527	163.00–164.00	163.69
30	—	722	136.00–138.50	138.09
7	—	467	179.00–186.00	183.20
1	—	925	114.00	114.00
20	—	810	132.00	132.00
90	—	562	159.00–165.50	165.00
9	—	973	114.00	114.00
15	—	433	190.00–200.00	197.74
16	—	754	127.00–136.00	134.84
17	—	671	138.00–145.50	139.75
7	—	384	200.00–212.00	209.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	483	174.00	174.00
8	—	598	145.00	145.00
2	—	538	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	632	137.00	137.00
9	—	378	174.00–178.00	174.44
1	—	815	125.00	125.00
6	—	550	153.00	153.00
1	—	300	170.00	170.00
6	—	469	158.00–160.00	158.71
12	—	445	164.00–181.00	169.70
6	—	669	126.50–130.00	128.78
3	—	537	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	575	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	898	95.00	95.00
1	—	510	131.00	131.00
1	—	485	149.00	149.00
7	—	418	145.00–150.00	147.76
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	536	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	129.00	129.00
1	—	720	115.00	115.00
63	—	612	119.50	119.50
13	—	424	139.00–145.00	139.45
2	—	813	100.00	100.00
6	—	468	139.00	139.00
16	—	540	131.00–134.00	131.74
3	—	343	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	506	125.00	125.00
1	—	790	101.00	101.00
4	—	459	135.00	135.00
2	—	743	110.00	110.00
1	—	435	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	803	115.00	115.00
2	—	688	124.00	124.00
3	—	420	150.00	150.00
4	—	338	161.00	161.00
3	—	785	119.00	119.00
5	—	609	128.00	128.00
3	—	738	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	588	139.00	139.00
15	—	462	139.00–146.00	143.02
136	—	787	125.25	125.25
4	—	624	132.00	132.00
25	—	519	135.00–139.00	137.06
8	—	396	158.00	158.00
38	—	677	127.00–130.00	129.21
26	—	716	122.00–125.50	124.71
11	—	812	122.00	122.00
2	—	988	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	588	123.50	123.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	448	130.00	130.00
1	—	325	124.00	124.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	1,128	53.00–59.00	54.59
4	—	1,057	45.00–48.00	47.12
20	—	1,318	63.00–65.00	64.10
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	1,062	50.00–55.00	53.34
42	—	1,019	34.00–40.50	37.61
37	—	1,016	40.00–50.00	45.08
12	—	1,414	63.00–66.00	63.72
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,569	62.50–66.00	64.34
7	—	1,576	59.50–60.00	59.87
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,815	94.00	94.00
1	—	1,525	86.00	86.00

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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