Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs steady to weak in a limited test. Feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs weak to 2.00 lower in a limited test except a few load lots sold firm. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Trade fairly active. Demand fairly good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.71/cwt on 338 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −136.84 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.

Average price

$143.71

338 head · 669 lb average

Value per head Derived

$962

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$253

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

$25.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.05

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	675	144.57	976	319
Medium and Large 1-2	568	132.85	755	14thin
Medium and Large 2	606	119.20	723	5thin

One grade step is worth $25.37/cwt here — about $253 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 sale338 hd

143.71

—

TX average4 barns · 1,644 hd

138.66

+5.05

This barn, trailing median4 sales

280.54

−136.84

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	1,752	92.51	1,621	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,642	75.07	1,233	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,252	65.42	819	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,012	43.79	443	172

Every lot, as filed

56 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	390	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	601	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,180	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	500	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	815	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	820	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	581	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	831	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	527	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	759	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	585	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	761	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	872	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	355	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	568	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	671	137.37/cwt	137.00–139.00	922	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	735	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	932	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	889	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,342	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	152.68/cwt	150.00–153.00	1,026	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	630	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	882	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	494	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	869	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	698	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	963	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,191	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,236	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	578	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	861	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	940	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	155.12/cwt	151.00–157.00	1,111	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	800	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	1,118	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	707	115.00/cwt	114.00–115.50	813	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	585	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,006	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	620	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	946	80
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,006	44.67/cwt	41.50–47.00	449	87
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,201	52.51/cwt	50.00–55.00	631	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,097	36.75/cwt	33.00–39.00	403	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,642	75.07/cwt	72.00–78.00	1,233	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	65.41/cwt	63.00–69.00	714	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	61.48/cwt	60.00–64.00	737	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,354	72.19/cwt	71.50–75.00	977	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	68.14/cwt	65.00–70.00	873	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	872	28.46/cwt	23.00–32.00	248	34
Bulls	—	—	1,508	85.20/cwt	85.00–86.00	1,285	5
Bulls	—	—	1,996	99.81/cwt	99.00–100.00	1,992	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	120.25/cwt	120.00–121.00	877	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	615	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	784	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	478	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	655	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	743	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	881	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	147.52/cwt	146.00–148.00	845	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	547	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	782	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,036	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	508	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	131.12/cwt	129.00–135.00	897	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	843	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,071	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	425	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	595	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	704	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	707	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	675	122.43/cwt	120.00–125.00	826	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	627	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.

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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Dalhart, TX

Thu Sep 16, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 933Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 595Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	390	154.00	154.00
5	—	581	143.00	143.00
5	—	527	144.00	144.00
4	—	615	127.50	127.50
2	—	425	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	130.00	130.00
2	—	478	137.00	137.00
2	—	675	120.00–125.00	122.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	800	139.75	139.75
80	—	620	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	707	114.00–115.50	115.00
1	—	510	124.00	124.00
1	—	400	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	390	150.00	150.00
4	—	729	120.00–121.00	120.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	762	132.00	132.00
8	—	470	158.00	158.00
6	—	636	138.50	138.50
60	—	573	146.00–148.00	147.52
1	—	320	171.00	171.00
13	—	684	129.00–135.00	131.12
2	—	843	127.00	127.00
2	—	373	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	776	152.00	152.00
2	—	443	185.00	185.00
8	—	474	184.00	184.00
6	—	362	203.00	203.00
3	—	545	171.00	171.00
10	—	889	151.00	151.00
16	—	672	150.00–153.00	152.68
1	—	805	148.00	148.00
55	—	580	162.00	162.00
22	—	716	151.00–157.00	155.12
70	—	632	164.00	164.00
1	—	345	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	163.00	163.00
11	—	671	137.00–139.00	137.37
5	—	494	176.00	176.00
6	—	578	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	160.00	160.00
9	—	630	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	698	138.00	138.00
9	—	883	140.00	140.00
1	—	525	149.00	149.00
1	—	400	176.00	176.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	1,006	41.50–47.00	44.67
11	—	1,201	50.00–55.00	52.51
18	—	1,097	33.00–39.00	36.75
22	—	1,091	63.00–69.00	65.41
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,642	72.00–78.00	75.07
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,198	60.00–64.00	61.48
8	—	1,354	71.50–75.00	72.19
9	—	1,281	65.00–70.00	68.14
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	872	23.00–32.00	28.46
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,508	85.00–86.00	85.20
5	—	1,996	99.00–100.00	99.81

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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