Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves and feeder steers firm to 2.00 higher. Heifer calves steady to 1.00 lower in a limited test; feeder heifers weak to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.07/cwt on 904 head.

Average price

$156.07

904 head · 742 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,159

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$267

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

$7.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.58

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	750	158.66	1,189	528
Medium and Large 1-2	751	152.67	1,147	324
Medium and Large 2	611	150.92	922	52

One grade step is worth $7.74/cwt here — about $267 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 sale904 hd

156.07

—

TX average4 barns · 2,144 hd

156.64

−0.58

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	1,933	111.99	2,164	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,437	89.05	1,280	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,290	79.75	1,028	225
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,086	70.48	766	222

Every lot, as filed

74 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	—	799	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,175	7
Bulls	—	—	2,220	115.53/cwt	115.00–116.00	2,565	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	193.69/cwt	193.00–195.00	994	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	733	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,187	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	588	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	882	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	148.59/cwt	146.00–150.00	1,079	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	541	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	730	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	914	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,248	92
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	147.14/cwt	146.00–150.00	902	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	739	142.00/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,049	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	901	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	158.18/cwt	158.00–158.50	1,158	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	881	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	986	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	155.39/cwt	155.00–155.50	1,069	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	179.17/cwt	175.00–180.00	1,000	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	533	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	986	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	725	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,135	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	923	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	988	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,266	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	160.86/cwt	160.50–161.50	1,058	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	549	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	933	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	473	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,007	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,052	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	631	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	965	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	802	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,183	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	147.62/cwt	147.25–149.00	1,219	221
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	595	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	988	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	489	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	968	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	424	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	933	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	514	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	894	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	825	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	799	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,047	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	133.01/cwt	132.00–135.00	1,024	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,017	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	145.60/cwt	143.50–147.00	1,040	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	693	146.66/cwt	144.50–147.50	1,016	163
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,143	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	994	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,437	89.05/cwt	87.00–90.00	1,280	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,332	78.78/cwt	75.00–81.00	1,049	60
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,387	85.97/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,192	69
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,172	75.34/cwt	73.50–77.00	883	63
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,107	71.17/cwt	69.00–73.00	788	82
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,072	62.25/cwt	60.00–64.00	667	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	82.35/cwt	82.00–83.00	1,112	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	982	67.88/cwt	65.00–68.50	667	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	913	57.47/cwt	55.00–62.00	525	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	1,107	72.35/cwt	70.00–75.50	801	62
Bulls	—	—	1,789	110.22/cwt	110.00–111.00	1,972	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	860	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	147.19/cwt	145.00–150.00	826	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	406	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	613	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	1,135	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	155.83/cwt	155.00–156.25	888	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	681	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	942	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	693	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	926	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	467	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	682	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	620	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	791	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	136.89/cwt	136.00–137.00	1,069	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	618	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	834	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	513	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	846	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	403	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	725	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	503	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	699	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	460	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	681	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	167.43/cwt	167.00–168.00	780	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	449	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	678	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	333	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	553	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	437	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	734	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	866	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,208	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,014	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	493	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	789	12

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 17, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,216Last week 1,089Year ago 1,136

Slaughter CattleReceipts 890Last week 799Year ago 343

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	799	147.00	147.00
23	—	513	193.00–195.00	193.69
3	—	427	211.00	211.00
53	—	732	158.00–158.50	158.18
7	—	475	208.00	208.00
34	—	914	138.50	138.50
17	—	658	160.50–161.50	160.86
7	—	551	191.00	191.00
221	—	826	147.25–149.00	147.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	733	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	726	146.00–150.00	148.59
92	—	914	136.50	136.50
18	—	434	203.00	203.00
3	—	548	180.00	180.00
40	—	688	155.00–155.50	155.39
12	—	558	175.00–180.00	179.17
4	—	478	193.00	193.00
31	—	866	139.50	139.50
28	—	646	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	613	146.00–150.00	147.14
4	—	739	140.00–144.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	533	185.00	185.00
57	—	802	147.50	147.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	725	156.50	156.50
7	—	473	213.00	213.00
13	—	424	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	549	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	631	153.00	153.00
7	—	514	174.00	174.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	595	166.00	166.00
5	—	489	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	588	150.00	150.00
10	—	437	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	541	135.00	135.00
2	—	620	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	536	154.00	154.00
194	—	714	143.50–147.00	145.60
163	—	693	144.50–147.50	146.66
96	—	842	134.75	134.75
51	—	570	155.00–156.25	155.83
8	—	385	177.00	177.00
68	—	628	150.00	150.00
73	—	781	136.00–137.00	136.89
9	—	466	167.00–168.00	167.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	799	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	770	132.00–135.00	133.01
22	—	737	138.00	138.00
37	—	632	136.00	136.00
9	—	561	145.00–150.00	147.19
4	—	406	151.00	151.00
27	—	671	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	495	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	146.00	146.00
7	—	618	135.00	135.00
4	—	449	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	513	165.00	165.00
3	—	403	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	503	139.00	139.00
2	—	460	148.00	148.00
3	—	333	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	493	160.00	160.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,220	115.00–116.00	115.53
4	—	1,789	110.00–111.00	110.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,143	87.00	87.00
63	—	1,172	73.50–77.00	75.34
82	—	1,107	69.00–73.00	71.17
14	—	1,072	60.00–64.00	62.25
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,437	87.00–90.00	89.05
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,332	75.00–81.00	78.78
69	—	1,387	84.00–89.00	85.97
34	—	1,350	82.00–83.00	82.35
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	982	65.00–68.50	67.88
19	—	913	55.00–62.00	57.47
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,107	70.00–75.50	72.35

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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