Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: 300 to 600 lb steer and heifer calves firm to 2.00 higher compared to last week's limited test. Steer and heifer calves and feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows mostly 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls not well tested. Trade fairly active. Demand fairly good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $159.31/cwt on 432 head.

Average price

$159.31

432 head · 705 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,123

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$221

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

$34.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.19

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	688	165.44	1,139	264
Medium and Large 1-2	733	150.51	1,103	161
Medium and Large 2	702	130.71	918	7thin

One grade step is worth $34.72/cwt here — about $221 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 sale432 hd

159.31

—

TX average4 barns · 1,276 hd

153.12

+6.19

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	1,760	105.00	1,848	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,636	80.50	1,317	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,305	76.09	993	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,012	50.33	509	178

Every lot, as filed

57 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 1-2	—	762	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,143	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	462	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	753	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	154.66/cwt	152.50–155.00	1,137	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	855	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	731	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	162.29/cwt	162.00–165.00	935	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	886	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	149.24/cwt	149.00–151.00	1,209	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	421	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	817	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	714	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	452	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	791	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	927	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,097	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	889	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	166.76/cwt	166.00–169.00	722	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,033	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	133.75/cwt	133.00–135.00	982	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	578	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	959	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,039	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	203.31/cwt	200.00–207.00	667	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	427	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	743	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	385	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	678	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	78.22/cwt	76.00–80.50	979	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,371	73.45/cwt	69.50–75.00	1,007	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	830	37.05/cwt	34.00–41.00	308	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	913	41.35/cwt	40.00–44.00	378	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,148	55.70/cwt	52.00–58.00	639	29
Bulls	—	—	1,760	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,848	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	721	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	865	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	800	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	544	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	919	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	911	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	563	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	918	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,156	65.08/cwt	64.00–69.00	752	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	160.38/cwt	159.00–162.00	850	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	591	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	824	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	149.79/cwt	149.00–150.00	1,028	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	47.78/cwt	44.00–49.50	492	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,636	80.50/cwt	79.50–82.50	1,317	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,239	76.14/cwt	71.00–78.50	943	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	664	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	846	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,227	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	410	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	677	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	665	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,064	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	320	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	691	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	809	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	537	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	154.85/cwt	153.00–156.00	959	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	503	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	755	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	962	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,308	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	137.14/cwt	135.00–141.00	846	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	619	157.44/cwt	154.00–159.50	975	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,343	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	137.41/cwt	136.00–140.00	1,139	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,021	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	677	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	982	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	527	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	833	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 Jul 29, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,234Last week 1,306Year ago 849

Slaughter CattleReceipts 522Last week 470Year ago 343

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	762	150.00	150.00
2	—	420	174.00	174.00
10	—	576	162.00–165.00	162.29
8	—	452	175.00	175.00
8	—	530	159.00–162.00	160.38
23	—	686	149.00–150.00	149.79
23	—	846	145.00	145.00
8	—	619	153.00–156.00	154.85
31	—	962	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	735	152.50–155.00	154.66
4	—	415	206.00	206.00
51	—	810	149.00–151.00	149.24
1	—	350	204.00	204.00
3	—	508	175.00	175.00
73	—	579	179.50	179.50
2	—	328	200.00–207.00	203.31
12	—	482	189.00	189.00
56	—	923	145.50	145.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	421	194.00	194.00
7	—	578	166.00	166.00
8	—	544	169.00	169.00
6	—	665	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	721	120.00	120.00
3	—	677	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	165.00	165.00
3	—	527	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	619	154.00–159.50	157.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	462	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	587	151.00	151.00
8	—	734	133.00–135.00	133.75
3	—	415	160.00	160.00
9	—	503	150.00	150.00
16	—	617	135.00–141.00	137.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	587	158.00	158.00
117	—	850	129.00	129.00
4	—	433	166.00–169.00	166.76
2	—	738	140.00	140.00
4	—	515	157.00	157.00
14	—	318	169.00	169.00
122	—	829	136.00–140.00	137.41
9	—	667	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	427	174.00	174.00
1	—	385	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	615	130.00	130.00
50	—	591	139.50	139.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	563	163.00	163.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,252	76.00–80.50	78.22
21	—	1,371	69.50–75.00	73.45
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	830	34.00–41.00	37.05
23	—	913	40.00–44.00	41.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,148	52.00–58.00	55.70
13	—	1,156	64.00–69.00	65.08
32	—	1,030	44.00–49.50	47.78
26	—	1,239	71.00–78.50	76.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,636	79.50–82.50	80.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,760	105.00	105.00

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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