Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs steady in a limited test, instances 500 to 550 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower. 700 to 750 lb feeder steers steady to weak; other feeder steer weight categories not well tested. Feeder heifers over 600 lbs steady to weak. Slaughter cows and bulls weak to 2.00 lower. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $153.48/cwt on 573 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −127.06 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.

Average price

$153.48

573 head · 613 lb average

Value per head Derived

$941

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$256

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

$17.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.32

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	631	154.51	974	466
Medium and Large 1-2	539	150.70	812	94
Medium and Large 2	525	136.77	719	13thin

One grade step is worth $17.74/cwt here — about $256 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 sale573 hd

153.48

—

TX average4 barns · 1,875 hd

147.16

+6.32

This barn, trailing median4 sales

280.54

−127.06

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	1,917	106.01	2,032	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,494	85.54	1,278	78
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,272	77.45	985	126
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,047	61.56	645	189

Every lot, as filed

61 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	—	604	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	894	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	155.86/cwt	155.00–158.00	810	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	514	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	797	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	211.72/cwt	209.00–212.00	923	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	344	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	705	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	194.34/cwt	193.00–198.00	1,005	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	856	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	161.35/cwt	161.00–162.00	1,065	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	517	168.65/cwt	166.00–169.00	872	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	986	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	478	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	789	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	830	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	156.49/cwt	155.00–157.00	947	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,037	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,177	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	981	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	154.19/cwt	152.00–155.00	1,119	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	409	217.39/cwt	217.00–218.00	889	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	849	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,172	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,030	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	529	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	984	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	175.48/cwt	175.00–175.50	1,072	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,043	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	497	144.12/cwt	144.00–145.00	716	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	141.27/cwt	140.00–142.00	883	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	169.53/cwt	169.00–170.00	776	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	702	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	983	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	765	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	880	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	689	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,392	84.26/cwt	83.00–85.50	1,173	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	77.01/cwt	75.50–80.50	979	56
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	58.95/cwt	58.00–59.50	631	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	64.06/cwt	63.00–66.00	700	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,198	71.54/cwt	69.00–73.00	857	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,519	86.23/cwt	85.50–87.50	1,310	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,205	80.44/cwt	79.00–81.50	969	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,434	83.88/cwt	82.00–84.50	1,203	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	919	50.96/cwt	49.00–55.00	468	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	983	60.06/cwt	57.00–62.00	590	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	1,145	70.97/cwt	68.50–72.50	813	34
Bulls	—	—	1,917	106.01/cwt	104.00–107.00	2,032	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	298	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	602	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	945	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	841	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	160.41/cwt	159.00–161.00	768	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	803	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	1,086	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	689	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	930	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	962	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	955	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	176.48/cwt	176.00–177.50	685	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	146.71/cwt	145.00–147.50	783	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	420	179.08/cwt	177.00–183.00	752	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	445	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	563	164.83/cwt	164.00–165.00	928	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	906	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	658	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,007	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	383	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	693	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	629	154.13/cwt	153.00–157.00	969	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	142.15/cwt	142.00–147.00	1,022	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	441	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	745	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

Thu Mar 10, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,089Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 799Last 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
7	—	604	148.00	148.00
2	—	478	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	520	155.00–158.00	155.86
13	—	458	169.00–170.00	169.53
3	—	298	202.00	202.00
145	—	803	135.25	135.25
6	—	659	146.00	146.00
3	—	628	152.00	152.00
3	—	388	176.00–177.50	176.48
5	—	577	157.00	157.00
32	—	719	142.00–147.00	142.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	514	155.00	155.00
6	—	441	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	344	205.00	205.00
25	—	517	166.00–169.00	168.65
70	—	420	177.00–183.00	179.08
23	—	563	164.00–165.00	164.83
24	—	658	153.00	153.00
4	—	383	181.00	181.00
65	—	629	153.00–157.00	154.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	497	144.00–145.00	144.12
1	—	765	115.00	115.00
2	—	725	116.00	116.00
2	—	320	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	625	140.00–142.00	141.27
2	—	428	161.00	161.00
3	—	700	135.00	135.00
17	—	479	159.00–161.00	160.41
5	—	689	135.00	135.00
29	—	534	145.00–147.50	146.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	702	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	436	209.00–212.00	211.72
23	—	517	193.00–198.00	194.34
21	—	389	220.00	220.00
17	—	660	161.00–162.00	161.35
21	—	474	207.00	207.00
45	—	726	152.00–155.00	154.19
25	—	611	175.00–175.50	175.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	548	180.00	180.00
1	—	415	200.00	200.00
19	—	586	177.00	177.00
4	—	853	138.00	138.00
62	—	849	138.00	138.00
1	—	450	200.00	200.00
16	—	636	162.00	162.00
6	—	673	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	605	155.00–157.00	156.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	409	217.00–218.00	217.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	529	186.00	186.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,392	83.00–85.50	84.26
56	—	1,271	75.50–80.50	77.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,070	58.00–59.50	58.95
42	—	1,093	63.00–66.00	64.06
28	—	1,198	69.00–73.00	71.54
12	—	1,205	79.00–81.50	80.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,519	85.50–87.50	86.23
23	—	1,434	82.00–84.50	83.88
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	919	49.00–55.00	50.96
39	—	983	57.00–62.00	60.06
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,145	68.50–72.50	70.97
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,917	104.00–107.00	106.01

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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