Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves and feeder steers and heifers mostly firm, instances 2.00 higher. Fleshy beef slaughter cows and bulls firm to 3.00 higher, instances 5.00 higher; lean beef cows and dairy slaughter cows firm. Area pastures are in good shape following significant rainfall over the past two to three weeks. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.64/cwt on 473 head.

Average price

$163.64

473 head · 655 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,073

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$363

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

$11.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.29

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	452	173.82	786	36
Medium and Large 2	398	163.52	650	48
Medium and Large 1	706	162.71	1,149	389

One grade step is worth $11.11/cwt here — about −$363 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 sale473 hd

163.64

—

TX average3 barns · 1,222 hd

157.35

+6.29

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	1,711	97.38	1,666	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,612	81.00	1,306	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,263	72.08	911	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,021	50.55	516	163

Every lot, as filed

68 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,613	77.42/cwt	75.00–80.00	1,249	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	85.08/cwt	83.00–87.00	1,054	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	904	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,220	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	253	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	476	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	324	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	590	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	938	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	532	140.68/cwt	140.00–141.00	748	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	796	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,218	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,178	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	781	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	680	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	165.87/cwt	165.50–166.00	952	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	218	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	410	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,321	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	539	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	965	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	425	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,243	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	152.52/cwt	151.00–153.50	875	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	621	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	139.86/cwt	139.00–142.00	1,022	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	561	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	987	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	972	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,232	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	183.52/cwt	182.50–185.00	881	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	730	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	168.36/cwt	167.00–168.50	1,022	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	169.51/cwt	168.00–171.00	975	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	207	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	435	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	741	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,071	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	153.75/cwt	153.50–154.00	1,288	111
Bulls	—	—	1,789	100.37/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,796	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,611	86.96/cwt	84.50–87.50	1,401	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	910	41.28/cwt	40.00–43.00	376	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,329	78.23/cwt	73.00–80.00	1,040	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	868	34.84/cwt	32.00–36.50	302	48
Bulls	—	—	1,478	88.39/cwt	86.00–91.00	1,306	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,176	53.78/cwt	52.50–55.50	632	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,107	79.15/cwt	77.50–82.50	876	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	691	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,130	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	687	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,010	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	47.98/cwt	45.00–50.50	521	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,138	65.13/cwt	64.00–66.00	741	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	866	37.00/cwt	37.00–37.00	320	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,364	68.65/cwt	67.00–72.00	936	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	760	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	599	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	631	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	576	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	910	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	1,127	58.56/cwt	57.00–62.00	660	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	220	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	880	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	408	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	571	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	290	157.36/cwt	154.00–158.00	456	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	384	166.84/cwt	166.00–170.00	641	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	202.10/cwt	201.00–203.00	667	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	320	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	474	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	300	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	492	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	543	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	205	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	346	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	336	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	571	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	485	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	655	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	436	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	746	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	607	137.99/cwt	137.00–140.00	838	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,149	2

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 22, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,306Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 470Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,613	75.00–80.00	77.42
6	—	1,611	84.50–87.50	86.96
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,239	83.00–87.00	85.08
18	—	1,329	73.00–80.00	78.23
11	—	1,364	67.00–72.00	68.65
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	910	40.00–43.00	41.28
48	—	868	32.00–36.50	34.84
4	—	866	37.00	37.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,176	52.50–55.50	53.78
25	—	1,107	77.50–82.50	79.15
37	—	1,085	45.00–50.50	47.98
17	—	1,138	64.00–66.00	65.13
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,127	57.00–62.00	58.56
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,789	100.00–102.00	100.37
2	—	1,478	86.00–91.00	88.39

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	904	135.00	135.00
67	—	741	144.50	144.50
15	—	687	147.00	147.00
9	—	576	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	532	140.00–141.00	140.68
11	—	408	140.00	140.00
11	—	290	154.00–158.00	157.36
1	—	300	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	535	146.00	146.00
1	—	425	160.00	160.00
1	—	720	135.00	135.00
1	—	350	171.00	171.00
1	—	310	175.00	175.00
3	—	607	137.00–140.00	137.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	218	188.00	188.00
5	—	574	151.00–153.50	152.52
18	—	322	193.00	193.00
7	—	731	139.00–142.00	139.86
8	—	432	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	320	148.00	148.00
1	—	485	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	253	188.00	188.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	324	182.00	182.00
1	—	205	169.00	169.00
4	—	436	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	665	141.00	141.00
1	—	400	150.00	150.00
1	—	490	155.00	155.00
1	—	265	151.00	151.00
1	—	220	159.00	159.00
1	—	620	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	207.00	207.00
19	—	796	153.00	153.00
57	—	875	151.00	151.00
15	—	480	182.50–185.00	183.52
73	—	607	167.00–168.50	168.36
6	—	575	168.00–171.00	169.51
3	—	207	210.00	210.00
111	—	838	153.50–154.00	153.75
68	—	691	163.50	163.50
7	—	330	201.00–203.00	202.10
2	—	718	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	780	151.00	151.00
4	—	574	165.50–166.00	165.87
2	—	240	177.00	177.00
2	—	840	148.00	148.00
1	—	880	140.00	140.00
10	—	332	190.00	190.00
1	—	280	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	539	179.00	179.00
4	—	561	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	384	166.00–170.00	166.84
23	—	336	170.00	170.00

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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