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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs firm to 2.00 higher in a limited test; feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs firm to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Trade fairly active. Demand fairly good. The trade area has received beneficial moisture several days on the week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $161.09/cwt on 269 head.

Average price

$161.09

269 head · 649 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,046

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$252

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

$35.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.91

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	660	162.82	1,075	230
Medium and Large 1-2	561	159.97	898	28
Medium and Large 2	644	127.82	823	11thin

One grade step is worth $35.00/cwt here — about $252 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 sale269 hd

161.09

—

TX average2 barns · 401 hd

154.18

+6.91

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	1,807	95.80	1,731	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,552	75.55	1,173	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,249	62.45	780	85
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,098	47.83	525	204

Every lot, as filed

58 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	—	—	1,735	96.29/cwt	93.50–99.00	1,671	6
Bulls	—	—	2,283	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	2,443	2
Bulls	—	—	1,632	87.35/cwt	86.00–89.00	1,426	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,383	71.27/cwt	70.00–72.00	986	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,148	48.65/cwt	45.50–51.00	559	83
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,244	43.84/cwt	42.00–44.00	545	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	729	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	144.97/cwt	144.50–145.00	892	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	174.32/cwt	170.00–174.50	978	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	901	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	886	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	956	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,262	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	879	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	547	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	859	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	818	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	661	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,071	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	848	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,009	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	862	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	129.21/cwt	125.00–132.00	864	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	978	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,201	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	533	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	150.31/cwt	149.00–153.50	1,156	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	615	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	842	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	947	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	748	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	677	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	651	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,058	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,264	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	773	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	578	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	904	34.47/cwt	30.00–37.00	312	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	932	39.99/cwt	38.00–42.00	373	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	906	45.88/cwt	44.00–49.00	416	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	56.95/cwt	52.00–60.00	672	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	124.50/cwt	123.00–125.00	791	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	654	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,319	63.75/cwt	62.50–66.00	841	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	60.26/cwt	58.00–61.50	715	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,017	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,109	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	938	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	697	118.75/cwt	117.00–124.00	828	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	757	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,237	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	792	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,552	75.55/cwt	74.00–76.00	1,173	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	465	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	758	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	519	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	856	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	139.03/cwt	137.00–143.00	918	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,153	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,105	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,073	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,068	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	960	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	532	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	670	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	365	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	551	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	762	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	490	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	735	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	994	4

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 Jul 1, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 918Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 493Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,735	93.50–99.00	96.29
2	—	2,283	107.00	107.00
3	—	1,632	86.00–89.00	87.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,383	70.00–72.00	71.27
28	—	1,319	62.50–66.00	63.75
49	—	1,187	58.00–61.50	60.26
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,148	45.50–51.00	48.65
14	—	1,244	42.00–44.00	43.84
48	—	1,180	52.00–60.00	56.95
3	—	1,237	64.00	64.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	904	30.00–37.00	34.47
10	—	932	38.00–42.00	39.99
17	—	906	44.00–49.00	45.88
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,552	74.00–76.00	75.55

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	460	158.50	158.50
82	—	615	144.50–145.00	144.97
15	—	848	119.00	119.00
17	—	571	151.00	151.00
4	—	515	150.00	150.00
2	—	335	172.50	172.50
5	—	1,017	109.00	109.00
5	—	695	135.00	135.00
67	—	786	136.50	136.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	669	125.00–132.00	129.21
5	—	795	123.00	123.00
1	—	355	150.00	150.00
5	—	842	112.50	112.50
7	—	558	134.00	134.00
1	—	505	134.00	134.00
1	—	465	140.00	140.00
4	—	635	123.00–125.00	124.50
1	—	445	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	532	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	490	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	561	170.00–174.50	174.32
1	—	530	170.00	170.00
14	—	474	187.00	187.00
18	—	956	132.00	132.00
1	—	415	197.00	197.00
2	—	828	145.00	145.00
37	—	769	149.00–153.50	150.31
1	—	300	205.00	205.00
2	—	1,058	119.50	119.50
9	—	722	153.00	153.00
4	—	625	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	491	179.00	179.00
7	—	547	157.00	157.00
3	—	660	137.00–143.00	139.03
2	—	795	145.00	145.00
1	—	815	131.00	131.00
1	—	640	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	661	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	697	117.00–124.00	118.75
2	—	473	160.00	160.00
1	—	560	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	163.00	163.00
1	—	365	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	519	165.00	165.00

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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