Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs steady compared to last week's limited offering. Feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.18/cwt on 1,141 head.

Average price

$157.18

1,141 head · 770 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,211

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$245

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

$7.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.57

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	779	159.20	1,240	754
Medium and Large 1-2	764	153.40	1,172	353
Medium and Large 2	655	151.76	994	34

One grade step is worth $7.43/cwt here — about $245 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 sale1,141 hd

157.18

—

TX average4 barns · 2,676 hd

157.75

−0.57

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	1,816	107.41	1,951	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,537	93.53	1,438	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,509	85.68	1,293	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,237	81.00	1,002	154
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,042	63.75	664	163

Every lot, as filed

79 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 1-2	—	463	159.88/cwt	159.00–160.00	740	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	741	139.57/cwt	139.00–142.50	1,034	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	971	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,257	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	157.50/cwt	157.00–158.00	701	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	784	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,019	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	515	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	695	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,126	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	396	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	554	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	669	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	828	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,317	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	151.14/cwt	151.00–151.75	1,303	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	671	137.31/cwt	136.00–138.00	921	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	603	142.41/cwt	142.00–145.00	859	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	899	140.75/cwt	140.75–140.75	1,265	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	517	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	770	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	918	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	150.48/cwt	150.00–151.50	1,163	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	154.53/cwt	154.00–155.50	1,114	62
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	830	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,129	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	400	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	840	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	150.74/cwt	149.85–151.00	1,253	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,225	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,010	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	209.38/cwt	208.00–211.00	1,070	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,291	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	178.42/cwt	177.50–183.50	1,046	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	150.45/cwt	150.00–151.00	1,074	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	694	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,103	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	742	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	432	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	933	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	863	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	733	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	179.17/cwt	179.00–180.00	840	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	209.91/cwt	209.00–210.00	961	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	493	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	937	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	535	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	904	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	186.08/cwt	184.50–187.00	1,157	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	464	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,007	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	190.24/cwt	190.00–192.00	1,101	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	629	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,069	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	652	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,154	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	577	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	998	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	178.34/cwt	177.00–181.00	706	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	786	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,104	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	879	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	525	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	887	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	624	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	604	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	936	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	81.56/cwt	79.00–83.00	1,021	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,509	85.68/cwt	84.00–88.00	1,293	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	71.14/cwt	71.00–72.00	876	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	86.72/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,134	74
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	957	58.61/cwt	56.00–60.00	561	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,097	57.32/cwt	55.00–60.00	629	30
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,537	93.53/cwt	93.00–96.00	1,438	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,034	48.75/cwt	45.00–52.00	504	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,172	81.32/cwt	78.00–84.00	953	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	73.09/cwt	71.00–74.00	771	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	944	48.97/cwt	46.00–52.00	462	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	1,066	71.12/cwt	70.00–74.00	758	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	1,157	77.32/cwt	77.00–78.00	895	34
Bulls	—	—	2,398	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	2,902	2
Bulls	—	—	1,661	109.11/cwt	108.00–113.00	1,812	5
Bulls	—	—	1,719	98.50/cwt	98.00–100.00	1,693	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	141.17/cwt	140.00–142.00	728	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	141.22/cwt	141.00–145.00	621	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	141.31/cwt	140.50–143.00	1,094	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	439	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	768	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	168.87/cwt	168.00–169.00	699	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	435	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	653	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	162.94/cwt	160.00–165.00	842	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	767	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	148.93/cwt	147.00–150.00	1,007	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	398	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	617	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	464	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	696	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,074	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	954	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,059	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	530	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	843	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.

Texas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Dalhart, TX

Thu Mar 3, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,237Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 703Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	463	159.00–160.00	159.88
23	—	741	139.00–142.50	139.57
6	—	445	157.00–158.00	157.50
6	—	828	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	971	129.50	129.50
6	—	396	177.00–181.00	178.34
2	—	560	157.00	157.00
3	—	330	189.00	189.00
112	—	774	140.50–143.00	141.31
8	—	414	168.00–169.00	168.87
51	—	517	160.00–165.00	162.94
7	—	465	165.00	165.00
65	—	676	147.00–150.00	148.93
9	—	640	149.00	149.00
7	—	711	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	784	130.00	130.00
10	—	396	140.00	140.00
5	—	478	140.00	140.00
5	—	516	140.00–142.00	141.17
49	—	440	141.00–145.00	141.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	515	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	671	136.00–138.00	137.31
29	—	603	142.00–145.00	142.41
5	—	517	149.00	149.00
3	—	435	150.00	150.00
2	—	398	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	786	140.50	140.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	525	169.00	169.00
11	—	604	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	439	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	464	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	828	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	862	151.00–151.75	151.14
89	—	773	150.00–151.50	150.48
62	—	721	154.00–155.50	154.53
2	—	400	210.00	210.00
242	—	831	149.85–151.00	150.74
21	—	511	208.00–211.00	209.38
4	—	694	159.00	159.00
1	—	380	227.00	227.00
1	—	320	229.00	229.00
22	—	458	209.00–210.00	209.91
14	—	622	184.50–187.00	186.08
16	—	579	190.00–192.00	190.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
155	—	899	140.75	140.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	570	161.00	161.00
2	—	830	136.00	136.00
22	—	678	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	833	147.00	147.00
2	—	903	143.00	143.00
33	—	586	177.50–183.50	178.42
13	—	714	150.00–151.00	150.45
3	—	412	180.00	180.00
18	—	469	179.00–180.00	179.17
75	—	682	157.50	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	432	216.00	216.00
10	—	464	217.00	217.00
13	—	652	177.00	177.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	493	190.00	190.00
4	—	629	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	169.00	169.00
3	—	577	173.00	173.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,252	79.00–83.00	81.56
15	—	1,232	71.00–72.00	71.14
74	—	1,308	84.00–89.00	86.72
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,509	84.00–88.00	85.68
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	957	56.00–60.00	58.61
24	—	944	46.00–52.00	48.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,097	55.00–60.00	57.32
5	—	1,034	45.00–52.00	48.75
28	—	1,172	78.00–84.00	81.32
36	—	1,055	71.00–74.00	73.09
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,537	93.00–96.00	93.53
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,066	70.00–74.00	71.12
34	—	1,157	77.00–78.00	77.32
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,398	121.00	121.00
5	—	1,661	108.00–113.00	109.11
4	—	1,719	98.00–100.00	98.50

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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