Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves traded 7.00 to 10.00 higher, with instances of 15.00 to 20.00 higher on the the lighter weight weaned calves. Slaughter cattle traded mostly 5.00 higher. Trading activity was active on very good buyer demand. Warmer than average temperatures and limited moisture has increased drought conditions in the area. Area wheat crops and pastures are in need of a good rain or snow.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $164.92/cwt on 1,192 head.

Average price

$164.92

1,192 head · 680 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,121

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$178

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

$42.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.59

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	686	165.96	1,138	1,074
Medium and Large 1-2	614	157.45	966	111
Medium and Large 2	777	123.57	960	7thin

One grade step is worth $42.39/cwt here — about $178 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 sale1,192 hd

164.92

—

TX average4 barns · 2,880 hd

159.33

+5.59

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	1,665	84.50	1,407	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,656	78.82	1,305	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,141	65.22	744	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,035	37.45	388	108

Every lot, as filed

88 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	—	911	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,303	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	690	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	814	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	533	125.78/cwt	113.00–130.00	670	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	152.95/cwt	143.00–156.00	962	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	164.95/cwt	164.00–165.50	1,099	288
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	758	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	865	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	824	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	973	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	180.30/cwt	176.00–184.00	945	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	979	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	898	27
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	398	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	199	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	186.14/cwt	185.00–189.00	921	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,135	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	217.69/cwt	210.00–220.00	914	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	163.75/cwt	153.50–164.25	1,248	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	165.38/cwt	161.50–168.00	1,065	113
Dairy Heifers	Medium 3	—	669	46.25/cwt	45.00–50.00	309	12
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	926	76.60/cwt	70.00–80.00	709	40
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,253	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,203	11
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	899	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	800	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	163.41/cwt	158.00–165.00	1,178	426
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,159	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,054	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	991	11
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,000	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	840	14
Dairy Heifers	Medium 3	—	379	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	76	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	318	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	226	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	675	154.67/cwt	141.00–156.75	1,044	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	548	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	932	8
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	436	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	353	8
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	487	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	458	3
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	387	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	430	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	797	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	438	5
Dairy Heifers	Medium 3	—	715	48.89/cwt	45.00–50.00	350	23
Dairy Heifers	Medium 3	—	781	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	391	6
Dairy Heifers	Medium 3	—	446	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	134	5
Dairy Heifers	Medium 3	—	474	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	166	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	718	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	814	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	756	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	405	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	648	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	492	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	753	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	280	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	518	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	41.48/cwt	38.00–48.00	471	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,127	63.73/cwt	59.00–65.00	718	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	937	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	469	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	900	34.67/cwt	30.00–36.50	312	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,213	27.46/cwt	20.00–32.00	333	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,740	82.37/cwt	79.00–83.50	1,433	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,377	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	923	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,000	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	600	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	67.53/cwt	62.00–70.00	793	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	788	15.46/cwt	15.00–20.00	122	19
Bulls	—	—	1,665	84.50/cwt	84.50–84.50	1,407	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	808	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	970	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,169	844.99/cwt	735.00–885.00	9,878	77
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,217	935.00/cwt	935.00–935.00	11,379	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	161.18/cwt	155.00–165.00	856	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	255	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	472	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	522	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	851	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	640	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	800	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	755	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,034	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	875	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	138.86/cwt	133.00–140.00	707	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	739	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,027	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	564	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	599	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	875	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	718	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	144.11/cwt	143.00–145.00	961	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	155.53/cwt	147.00–157.00	960	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	710	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	180.22/cwt	179.00–182.00	762	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	148.35/cwt	140.75–151.85	1,089	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,116	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,010	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	469	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	708	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	891	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	358	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	623	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	590	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	853	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	478	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	153.67/cwt	150.00–158.00	874	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	744	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	160.46/cwt	160.00–163.00	772	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	375	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	593	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	766	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	958	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	805	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	966	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	923	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,274	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 Dec 2, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,340Last week 1,884Year ago 1,242

Slaughter CattleReceipts 535Last week 608Year ago 376

Replacement CattleReceipts 92Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	911	143.00	143.00
288	—	666	164.00–165.50	164.95
4	—	381	227.00	227.00
11	—	524	176.00–184.00	180.30
19	—	550	178.00	178.00
7	—	495	185.00–189.00	186.14
27	—	420	210.00–220.00	217.69
134	—	762	153.50–164.25	163.75
113	—	644	161.50–168.00	165.38
426	—	721	158.00–165.00	163.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	629	143.00–156.00	152.95
10	—	446	170.00	170.00
2	—	535	154.00	154.00
2	—	695	140.00	140.00
27	—	581	154.50	154.50
22	—	725	156.50	156.50
3	—	778	149.00	149.00
6	—	363	205.00	205.00
4	—	923	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	675	141.00–156.75	154.67
8	—	548	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	469	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	766	125.00	125.00
2	—	805	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	690	118.00	118.00
13	—	533	113.00–130.00	125.78
2	—	478	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	531	155.00–165.00	161.18
1	—	255	185.00	185.00
31	—	667	143.00–145.00	144.11
171	—	617	147.00–157.00	155.53
10	—	386	184.00	184.00
7	—	423	179.00–182.00	180.22
91	—	734	140.75–151.85	148.35
3	—	833	134.00	134.00
3	—	777	130.00	130.00
65	—	569	150.00–158.00	153.67
43	—	481	160.00–163.00	160.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	509	133.00–140.00	138.86
4	—	739	139.00	139.00
2	—	340	166.00	166.00
4	—	599	146.00	146.00
2	—	463	155.00	155.00
6	—	650	137.00	137.00
3	—	358	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	590	144.50	144.50
2	—	375	158.00	158.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	398	50.00	50.00
40	—	926	70.00–80.00	76.60
11	—	1,253	96.00	96.00
19	—	899	89.00	89.00
11	—	1,054	94.00	94.00
14	—	1,000	84.00	84.00
3	—	318	71.00	71.00
5	—	797	55.00	55.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	669	45.00–50.00	46.25
7	—	379	20.00	20.00
23	—	715	45.00–50.00	48.89
6	—	781	50.00	50.00
5	—	446	30.00	30.00
5	—	474	35.00	35.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	436	81.00	81.00
3	—	487	94.00	94.00
3	—	387	111.00	111.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	532	135.00	135.00
5	—	667	122.00	122.00
3	—	735	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	573	132.00	132.00
1	—	405	160.00	160.00
3	—	492	153.00	153.00
3	—	280	185.00	185.00
3	—	522	163.00	163.00
2	—	640	125.00	125.00
2	—	755	137.00	137.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,135	38.00–48.00	41.48
16	—	1,127	59.00–65.00	63.73
11	—	1,213	20.00–32.00	27.46
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	937	50.00	50.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	900	30.00–36.50	34.67
19	—	788	15.00–20.00	15.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,740	79.00–83.50	82.37
6	—	1,377	67.00	67.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	60.00	60.00
22	—	1,175	62.00–70.00	67.53
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,665	84.50	84.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	808	120.00	120.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	77	—	1,169	735.00–885.00	844.99
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,217	935.00	935.00

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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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Dalhart, TX

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle