Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves firm in a limited test; feeder steers and heifers firm to 2.00 higher in a limited test. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls not well tested. Trade fairly active. Demand fairly good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.61/cwt on 517 head.

Average price

$157.61

517 head · 781 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,231

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$234

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

$5.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.04

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	621	163.31	1,014	16thin
Medium and Large 2	511	161.69	826	13thin
Medium and Large 1	794	157.32	1,249	488

One grade step is worth $5.99/cwt here — about −$234 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 sale517 hd

157.61

—

TX average4 barns · 1,999 hd

158.65

−1.04

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	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,640	92.73	1,520	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,346	88.61	1,193	226
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,077	76.76	826	253

Every lot, as filed

67 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 2	—	663	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	961	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	570	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	878	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	995	139.23/cwt	139.00–141.75	1,385	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	144.09/cwt	139.50–145.00	1,317	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	846	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	208.33/cwt	207.00–209.00	844	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,151	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	701	163.25/cwt	163.25–163.25	1,144	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,062	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	208.44/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,011	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	908	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	608	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	912	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	529	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,063	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	871	142.49/cwt	142.00–143.00	1,241	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	160.56/cwt	160.00–163.00	1,063	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,096	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	166.67/cwt	166.00–168.00	790	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	552	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	650	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	969	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	714	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	437	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,001	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	415	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	714	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	597	184.00/cwt	182.50–186.00	1,098	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	895	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,302	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	498	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	896	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	571	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,091	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	396	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	883	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	148.75/cwt	148.00–149.00	846	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	172.48/cwt	171.00–174.00	824	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	617	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	706	151.10/cwt	151.10–151.10	1,067	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	680	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	887	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,332	84.89/cwt	82.00–87.00	1,131	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,375	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,100	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	74.06/cwt	72.00–74.50	809	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,061	76.40/cwt	75.00–78.00	811	53
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,138	80.60/cwt	79.00–83.00	917	120
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,565	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,409	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,652	93.19/cwt	93.00–94.00	1,539	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,384	91.18/cwt	89.50–92.50	1,262	163
Cows	Lean 85-90%Natural	—	973	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	730	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	992	74.54/cwt	73.00–76.50	739	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	903	55.98/cwt	53.00–57.00	505	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	1,169	81.01/cwt	79.00–84.00	947	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	943	135.75/cwt	135.75–135.75	1,280	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	793	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	150.43/cwt	148.50–151.00	931	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	178.83/cwt	178.00–180.00	771	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	466	185.28/cwt	179.00–186.00	863	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	913	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	148.25/cwt	148.25–148.25	1,048	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	871	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	408	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	783	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	787	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	443	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	784	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	964	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	483	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	705	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,148	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	345	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	593	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	538	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	942	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,254	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	308	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	517	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	494	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	682	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	529	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	762	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	548	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	869	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	455	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	760	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 24, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,178Last week 2,216Year ago 1,044

Slaughter CattleReceipts 707Last week 890Year ago 285

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	663	145.00	145.00
2	—	608	150.00	150.00
6	—	474	166.00–168.00	166.67
1	—	425	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	995	139.00–141.75	139.23
86	—	914	139.50–145.00	144.09
2	—	387	218.50	218.50
3	—	405	207.00–209.00	208.33
37	—	740	155.50	155.50
16	—	485	205.00–210.00	208.44
42	—	662	160.00–163.00	160.56
31	—	641	171.00	171.00
14	—	597	182.50–186.00	184.00
60	—	895	145.50	145.50
12	—	825	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	701	163.25	163.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	703	151.00	151.00
3	—	483	188.00	188.00
4	—	871	142.00–143.00	142.49
2	—	300	184.00	184.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	529	201.00	201.00
3	—	437	229.00	229.00
18	—	571	191.00	191.00
4	—	396	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	650	149.00	149.00
2	—	498	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	570	154.00	154.00
7	—	548	158.50	158.50
2	—	455	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	569	148.00–149.00	148.75
6	—	620	143.00	143.00
2	—	525	151.00	151.00
2	—	498	158.00	158.00
2	—	308	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	478	171.00–174.00	172.48
8	—	382	178.00	178.00
62	—	943	135.75	135.75
9	—	619	148.50–151.00	150.43
7	—	431	178.00–180.00	178.83
27	—	707	148.25	148.25
12	—	520	167.50	167.50
4	—	584	165.00	165.00
129	—	820	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	148.00	148.00
2	—	713	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	706	151.10	151.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	466	179.00–186.00	185.28
2	—	408	192.00	192.00
31	—	538	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	443	177.00	177.00
3	—	345	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	483	146.00	146.00
5	—	529	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	494	138.00	138.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,332	82.00–87.00	84.89
10	—	1,375	80.00	80.00
163	—	1,384	89.50–92.50	91.18
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,093	72.00–74.50	74.06
53	—	1,061	75.00–78.00	76.40
120	—	1,138	79.00–83.00	80.60
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,565	90.00	90.00
6	—	1,652	93.00–94.00	93.19
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	973	75.00	75.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	992	73.00–76.50	74.54
14	—	903	53.00–57.00	55.98
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,169	79.00–84.00	81.01

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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