Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves firm to 2.00 higher, instances fancy kinds 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers steady to 2.00 higher. Calf and feeder offerings were mostly attractive in quality and carried some preconditioning protocols. Slaughter cows steady to weak. Slaughter bulls not well tested. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $166.70/cwt on 1,938 head.

Average price

$166.70

1,938 head · 655 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,092

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$290

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

$27.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.85

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	666	167.53	1,116	1,756
Medium and Large 1-2	541	161.56	875	158
Medium and Large 2	590	140.08	826	24

One grade step is worth $27.45/cwt here — about $290 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 sale1,938 hd

166.70

—

TX average4 barns · 3,401 hd

161.85

+4.85

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
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,572	80.76	1,270	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,478	73.50	1,086	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,223	61.38	751	139
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,048	40.94	429	365

Every lot, as filed

105 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 1Unweaned	—	445	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	859	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	733	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,034	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	183.96/cwt	182.00–186.00	896	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	638	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	162.91/cwt	159.50–164.50	1,196	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	154.73/cwt	154.00–155.00	1,280	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	329	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	694	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	775	145.43/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,127	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	965	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	783	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,018	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,096	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	165.97/cwt	164.00–168.00	843	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,100	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	226.14/cwt	226.00–227.00	864	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	668	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	588	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,011	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	772	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	753	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	144.80/cwt	144.75–145.00	1,006	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	177.45/cwt	176.75–182.00	942	167
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	549	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	349	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	593	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	451	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	956	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	516	188.37/cwt	184.00–191.00	972	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	166.94/cwt	166.50–168.00	1,027	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	828	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	552	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	999	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	152.43/cwt	151.00–152.50	1,312	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	212.75/cwt	210.00–216.50	919	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	801	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,081	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	459	177.48/cwt	177.00–180.00	815	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	693	148.15/cwt	147.00–150.00	1,027	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	155.87/cwt	153.00–159.00	1,227	618
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	793	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	543	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	918	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	632	130.32/cwt	130.00–133.00	824	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	536	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	847	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	885	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,212	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	632	160.69/cwt	159.00–162.00	1,016	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	396	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	705	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	561	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	870	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	592	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	947	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	721	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	865	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	468	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	702	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	763	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,045	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	612	148.45/cwt	145.50–149.00	909	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	808	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	527	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	593	150.79/cwt	150.00–151.00	894	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	696	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,023	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	155.52/cwt	152.00–156.50	807	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	364	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	703	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,034	38.45/cwt	35.00–41.00	398	101
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,159	50.52/cwt	49.50–52.00	586	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	44.80/cwt	40.00–47.00	486	123
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	56.05/cwt	55.00–58.00	680	17
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,572	80.76/cwt	80.00–81.00	1,270	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	744	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	73.50/cwt	73.50–73.50	1,086	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,267	66.23/cwt	65.00–68.50	839	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	60.27/cwt	59.00–61.00	726	84
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	1,035	28.79/cwt	28.00–30.00	298	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	932	31.21/cwt	28.00–35.00	291	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	807	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	394	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	619	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	419	171.00/cwt	168.00–177.00	716	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	524	160.71/cwt	160.00–166.00	842	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	612	158.06/cwt	156.75–160.00	967	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	799	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,063	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,192	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	161.52/cwt	159.50–166.00	767	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	471	169.76/cwt	167.00–172.00	800	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	669	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	163.39/cwt	160.00–166.00	704	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	148.65/cwt	146.50–150.00	1,075	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	581	155.56/cwt	155.50–156.00	904	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	699	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,090	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	131.95/cwt	130.00–134.00	488	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	166.27/cwt	165.00–169.00	979	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	606	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	697	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	532	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	782	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	569	137.90/cwt	137.00–139.00	785	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	714	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	939	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	582	141.75/cwt	141.75–141.75	825	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	481	138.77/cwt	135.00–141.00	667	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	323	141.17/cwt	140.00–142.00	456	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	526	135.56/cwt	135.00–139.00	713	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	403	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	879	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	658	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,096	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	615	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	738	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	619	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	584	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	707	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	302	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	580	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	627	140.46/cwt	140.00–141.00	881	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	391	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	626	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	406	143.53/cwt	140.00–145.00	583	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,236	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	146.14/cwt	145.00–147.00	1,136	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	686	122.00/cwt	121.00–123.00	837	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	667	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	960	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	151.29/cwt	148.50–152.00	958	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	695	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	131.66/cwt	129.00–135.00	840	6

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

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,662Last week 2,340Year ago 2,192

Slaughter CattleReceipts 835Last week 535Year ago 502

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	445	193.00	193.00
5	—	733	141.00	141.00
6	—	329	211.00	211.00
10	—	775	140.00–149.00	145.43
20	—	459	177.00–180.00	177.48
19	—	693	147.00–150.00	148.15
2	—	543	169.00	169.00
35	—	632	159.00–162.00	160.69
9	—	592	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	487	182.00–186.00	183.96
49	—	734	159.50–164.50	162.91
33	—	827	154.00–155.00	154.73
17	—	683	161.00	161.00
34	—	382	226.00–227.00	226.14
167	—	531	176.75–182.00	177.45
245	—	615	166.50–168.00	166.94
116	—	861	151.00–152.50	152.43
30	—	432	210.00–216.50	212.75
618	—	787	153.00–159.00	155.87
5	—	348	228.00	228.00
85	—	589	165.00–169.00	166.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	334	191.00	191.00
11	—	613	157.50	157.50
2	—	780	140.50	140.50
4	—	508	164.00–168.00	165.97
5	—	446	173.00	173.00
15	—	695	144.75–145.00	144.80
6	—	484	171.00	171.00
16	—	589	159.50	159.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	783	130.00	130.00
1	—	395	169.00	169.00
3	—	462	163.00	163.00
2	—	318	172.50	172.50
2	—	438	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	588	172.00	172.00
6	—	451	212.00	212.00
111	—	516	184.00–191.00	188.37
22	—	403	218.00	218.00
13	—	658	166.50	166.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	552	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	801	135.00	135.00
6	—	536	158.00	158.00
1	—	885	137.00	137.00
14	—	396	178.00	178.00
8	—	561	155.00	155.00
5	—	468	150.00	150.00
3	—	763	137.00	137.00
32	—	612	145.50–149.00	148.45
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	632	130.00–133.00	130.32
5	—	721	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	349	170.00	170.00
6	—	532	147.00	147.00
40	—	582	141.75	141.75
15	—	627	140.00–141.00	140.46
32	—	391	160.00	160.00
13	—	667	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	137.00	137.00
2	—	405	130.00	130.00
2	—	370	130.00–134.00	131.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	593	150.00–151.00	150.79
9	—	696	147.00	147.00
45	—	519	152.00–156.50	155.52
23	—	811	147.00	147.00
138	—	475	159.50–166.00	161.52
7	—	378	177.00	177.00
85	—	431	160.00–166.00	163.39
18	—	723	146.50–150.00	148.65
5	—	348	178.00	178.00
4	—	864	143.00	143.00
16	—	777	145.00–147.00	146.14
48	—	633	148.50–152.00	151.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	364	193.00	193.00
30	—	419	168.00–177.00	171.00
66	—	524	160.00–166.00	160.71
110	—	612	156.75–160.00	158.06
25	—	471	167.00–172.00	169.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	553	146.00	146.00
4	—	394	157.00	157.00
4	—	799	133.00	133.00
1	—	430	147.00	147.00
7	—	479	145.00	145.00
6	—	638	129.00–135.00	131.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	581	155.50–156.00	155.56
12	—	699	156.00	156.00
5	—	302	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	606	115.00	115.00
13	—	569	137.00–139.00	137.90
11	—	481	135.00–141.00	138.77
6	—	323	140.00–142.00	141.17
22	—	526	135.00–139.00	135.56
7	—	406	140.00–145.00	143.53
6	—	686	121.00–123.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	615	120.00	120.00
5	—	584	121.00	121.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	1,034	35.00–41.00	38.45
50	—	1,159	49.50–52.00	50.52
123	—	1,084	40.00–47.00	44.80
6	—	1,145	65.00	65.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,214	55.00–58.00	56.05
38	—	1,267	65.00–68.50	66.23
84	—	1,205	59.00–61.00	60.27
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,572	80.00–81.00	80.76
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,478	73.50	73.50
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,035	28.00–30.00	28.79
77	—	932	28.00–35.00	31.21

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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