Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs mostly firm, instances 500 to 550 lb heifer calves 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs steady, instances 600 to 650 lb steers 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to weak. Trade fairly active. Demand fairly good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $159.11/cwt on 971 head.

Average price

$159.11

971 head · 677 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,078

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$282

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

$38.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.23

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	161.15	1,087	852
Medium and Large 1-2	698	149.53	1,044	88
Medium and Large 4	765	149.00	1,140	9thin
Medium and Large 2	659	122.28	805	22

One grade step is worth $38.88/cwt here — about $282 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 sale971 hd

159.11

—

TX average4 barns · 2,700 hd

153.87

+5.23

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	1,658	90.37	1,499	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,592	68.10	1,084	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,275	60.61	773	121
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	43.85	449	240

Every lot, as filed

67 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	—	537	138.55/cwt	137.00–140.00	744	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	380	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	532	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	575	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	719	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	425	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	659	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	670	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	129.77/cwt	129.00–130.00	928	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	750	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	149.75/cwt	149.75–149.75	1,385	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	155.86/cwt	153.50–157.00	901	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	824	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	491	166.43/cwt	166.00–167.00	817	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	150.00/cwt	149.00–151.00	1,251	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	793	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,190	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	934	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,233	8
Steers	Medium and Large 4Unweaned	—	765	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,140	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	807	137.13/cwt	137.00–138.00	1,107	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	730	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,161	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	572	167.12/cwt	162.00–169.00	956	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	525	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	641	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	161.50/cwt	161.00–162.10	1,244	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	628	142.85/cwt	142.50–143.00	897	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	580	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	812	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	656	135.33/cwt	135.00–138.00	888	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	385	180.86/cwt	180.00–182.00	696	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	415	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	726	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	707	135.50/cwt	135.00–138.00	958	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	515	148.01/cwt	144.00–150.00	762	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	463	160.98/cwt	160.00–162.00	745	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	310	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	598	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	713	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	927	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	581	145.16/cwt	142.50–147.00	843	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	781	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	976	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	662	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	821	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	824	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	723	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	810	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	880	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,056	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	840	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,042	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	582	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	838	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	133.95/cwt	133.00–134.00	818	44
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,627	72.69/cwt	70.50–74.50	1,183	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,388	67.06/cwt	65.50–69.50	931	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,311	63.21/cwt	62.00–65.00	829	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	52.54/cwt	51.00–56.00	583	91
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	46.43/cwt	45.00–49.00	489	61
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	40.71/cwt	38.00–42.00	402	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,556	63.50/cwt	62.00–65.00	988	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	54.20/cwt	52.50–55.00	636	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	884	25.45/cwt	24.00–30.00	225	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	915	34.48/cwt	33.00–36.50	315	54
Bulls	—	—	1,985	96.50/cwt	96.50–96.50	1,916	1
Bulls	—	—	1,495	87.30/cwt	86.00–88.50	1,305	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	139.86/cwt	138.00–140.00	1,136	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	145.69/cwt	142.00–146.00	740	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	409	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	614	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	748	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	611	127.71/cwt	125.00–129.00	780	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,146	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	164.23/cwt	162.50–164.50	1,005	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	513	174.95/cwt	174.50–176.00	897	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	301	162.76/cwt	160.00–165.00	490	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	463	139.74/cwt	135.00–140.00	647	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	161.20/cwt	160.50–162.00	1,169	256
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	384	164.42/cwt	160.00–165.00	631	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,101	62
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	533	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	200.72/cwt	200.00–201.00	672	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	768	114.27/cwt	114.00–118.00	878	15

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 Nov 4, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,683Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 702Last 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
25	—	537	137.00–140.00	138.55
1	—	425	155.00	155.00
14	—	611	125.00–129.00	127.71
8	—	301	160.00–165.00	162.76
40	—	463	135.00–140.00	139.74
8	—	384	160.00–165.00	164.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	715	129.00–130.00	129.77
10	—	572	144.00	144.00
44	—	611	133.00–134.00	133.95
72	—	812	138.00–140.00	139.86
26	—	508	142.00–146.00	145.69
4	—	489	153.00	153.00
7	—	917	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	723	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	880	120.00	120.00
4	—	840	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	582	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	409	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	141.00	141.00
4	—	373	143.00	143.00
15	—	768	114.00–118.00	114.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	484	155.00	155.00
8	—	934	132.00	132.00
8	—	807	137.00–138.00	137.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	925	149.75	149.75
54	—	578	153.50–157.00	155.86
9	—	448	184.00	184.00
7	—	491	166.00–167.00	166.43
4	—	834	149.00–151.00	150.00
138	—	770	161.00–162.10	161.50
172	—	612	162.50–164.50	164.23
256	—	725	160.50–162.00	161.20
62	—	688	160.00	160.00
7	—	335	200.00–201.00	200.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	793	150.00	150.00
10	—	628	142.50–143.00	142.85
9	—	656	135.00–138.00	135.33
9	—	385	180.00–182.00	180.86
1	—	415	175.00	175.00
18	—	707	135.00–138.00	135.50
6	—	515	144.00–150.00	148.01
4	—	463	160.00–162.00	160.98
1	—	310	193.00	193.00
9	—	581	142.50–147.00	145.16
Steers — Medium and Large 4 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	765	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	730	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	572	162.00–169.00	167.12
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	580	140.00	140.00
3	—	713	130.00	130.00
4	—	781	125.00	125.00
3	—	662	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	513	174.50–176.00	174.95

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,627	70.50–74.50	72.69
8	—	1,556	62.00–65.00	63.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,388	65.50–69.50	67.06
49	—	1,311	62.00–65.00	63.21
46	—	1,173	52.50–55.00	54.20
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,110	51.00–56.00	52.54
61	—	1,053	45.00–49.00	46.43
12	—	988	38.00–42.00	40.71
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	884	24.00–30.00	25.45
54	—	915	33.00–36.50	34.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,985	96.50	96.50
2	—	1,495	86.00–88.50	87.30

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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