Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs and feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs mostly steady, instances 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Trade fairly active. Demand fairly good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.13/cwt on 459 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −149.41 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.

Average price

$131.13

459 head · 694 lb average

Value per head Derived

$910

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$297

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

$27.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.54

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	703	131.50	925	420
Medium and Large 1-2	594	130.49	775	34
Medium and Large 2	601	104.50	628	5thin

One grade step is worth $27.00/cwt here — about $297 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 sale459 hd

131.13

—

TX average4 barns · 1,890 hd

130.60

+0.54

This barn, trailing median4 sales

280.54

−149.41

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	1,720	82.05	1,411	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,532	59.10	905	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,332	53.33	711	150
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	994	36.49	363	168

Every lot, as filed

51 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
Bulls	—	—	1,883	86.75/cwt	85.00–88.00	1,634	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,620	55.64/cwt	54.50–57.50	901	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	61.79/cwt	59.50–62.50	904	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,178	47.65/cwt	45.00–54.50	561	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	39.21/cwt	35.00–43.00	402	100
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	863	27.04/cwt	22.00–33.00	233	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	149.14/cwt	145.00–150.00	944	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	348	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	574	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	147.08/cwt	144.50–148.00	774	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	894	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	355	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	746	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	833	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	823	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	127.75/cwt	126.50–129.00	855	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	128.16/cwt	127.00–143.00	915	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	132.04/cwt	126.50–132.50	1,126	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	126.15/cwt	125.50–127.00	903	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	145.25/cwt	145.00–146.00	709	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	124.01/cwt	121.00–127.25	1,009	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	178.62/cwt	175.00–181.00	809	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	105.75/cwt	104.00–107.00	978	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	779	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	163.24/cwt	160.00–170.00	797	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	87.50/cwt	84.50–89.00	687	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	969	107.97/cwt	105.00–108.50	1,046	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	772	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	841	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	423	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,102	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	182.58/cwt	180.00–188.00	593	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	805	4
Bulls	—	—	1,600	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,280	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	115.17/cwt	114.00–120.00	795	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	753	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	901	5
Bulls	—	—	1,350	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	945	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,359	55.10/cwt	52.00–59.00	749	121
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,221	45.97/cwt	44.00–49.00	561	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,020	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,030	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,034	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	358	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	659	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	126.15/cwt	118.00–127.50	956	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	946	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	683	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	931	126.25/cwt	125.50–126.50	1,175	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,133	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,076	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	142.41/cwt	141.00–146.00	628	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	882	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	863	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	132.90/cwt	132.00–134.00	877	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	139.88/cwt	138.00–140.50	1,074	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	153.93/cwt	152.00–160.00	737	20

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 Mar 18, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,136Last week 2,216Year ago 219

Slaughter CattleReceipts 343Last week 469Year ago 466

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,883	85.00–88.00	86.75
1	—	1,600	80.00	80.00
1	—	1,350	70.00	70.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,620	54.50–57.50	55.64
18	—	1,463	59.50–62.50	61.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,178	45.00–54.50	47.65
100	—	1,026	35.00–43.00	39.21
50	—	863	22.00–33.00	27.04
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
121	—	1,359	52.00–59.00	55.10
29	—	1,221	44.00–49.00	45.97

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	633	145.00–150.00	149.14
39	—	559	160.00	160.00
184	—	714	127.00–143.00	128.16
67	—	853	126.50–132.50	132.04
5	—	453	175.00–181.00	178.62
4	—	816	135.00	135.00
6	—	657	144.00	144.00
12	—	931	125.50–126.50	126.25
8	—	768	138.00–140.50	139.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	355	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	488	160.00–170.00	163.24
1	—	430	175.00	175.00
2	—	795	130.00	130.00
2	—	358	184.00	184.00
5	—	600	147.00	147.00
1	—	575	150.00	150.00
11	—	660	132.00–134.00	132.90
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	772	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	348	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	526	144.50–148.00	147.08
10	—	605	136.00	136.00
41	—	669	126.50–129.00	127.75
28	—	716	125.50–127.00	126.15
140	—	814	121.00–127.25	124.01
4	—	925	104.00–107.00	105.75
13	—	969	105.00–108.50	107.97
3	—	325	180.00–188.00	182.58
4	—	561	143.50	143.50
11	—	1,020	101.00	101.00
61	—	758	118.00–127.50	126.15
23	—	427	160.00	160.00
20	—	479	152.00–160.00	153.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	750	111.00	111.00
4	—	488	145.00–146.00	145.25
2	—	613	127.00	127.00
5	—	690	114.00–120.00	115.17
5	—	727	124.00	124.00
2	—	1,133	95.00	95.00
14	—	441	141.00–146.00	142.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	785	84.50–89.00	87.50
2	—	325	130.00	130.00

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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