Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves and feeder steers 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Supply included unweaned or short weaned calves, feeder steers and heifers coming off confined feeding operations and feeder steers and heifers off graze-out wheat. Slaughter cows on offer included several thin beef cows as the trade area's extreme drought conditions continues to take a toll. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $141.16/cwt on 794 head.

Average price

$141.16

794 head · 843 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,190

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$393

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

$30.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.24

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	489	168.70	826	24
Medium and Large 1-2	744	149.21	1,110	166
Medium and Large 1	884	137.86	1,219	604

One grade step is worth $30.85/cwt here — about −$393 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 sale794 hd

141.16

—

TX average4 barns · 1,820 hd

151.40

−10.24

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	2,224	107.26	2,385	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,393	73.19	1,020	128
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,205	64.27	775	240

Every lot, as filed

75 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 1-2Fleshy	—	680	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,020	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	795	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,161	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	944	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,199	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	870	138.27/cwt	138.00–138.50	1,203	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,038	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	806	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	136.97/cwt	136.25–137.50	1,267	276
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,001	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Gaunt	—	760	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,136	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	786	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,077	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	792	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	862	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,254	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	894	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	143.90/cwt	143.00–144.00	1,137	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	838	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	501	172.00/cwt	170.00–175.00	862	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	568	156.98/cwt	156.00–160.00	892	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	696	150.67/cwt	150.00–152.00	1,049	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	567	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	921	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	195.44/cwt	194.00–197.00	711	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	270	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	489	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	148.89/cwt	148.00–150.00	1,079	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	320	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	586	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	710	151.33/cwt	151.00–152.00	1,074	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	494	165.34/cwt	164.00–168.00	817	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	338	181.96/cwt	180.00–184.00	615	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	412	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	764	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	648	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,024	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	545	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	883	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	405	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	672	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	395	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	715	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	731	127.18/cwt	126.00–130.00	930	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	931	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	942	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	728	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	576	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	720	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	994	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,247	77.07/cwt	74.00–79.00	961	56
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,270	66.01/cwt	64.00–67.50	838	54
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,396	69.63/cwt	68.00–72.00	972	60
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,166	45.75/cwt	45.00–50.00	533	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,160	59.63/cwt	55.00–62.75	692	115
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,324	77.84/cwt	76.00–79.50	1,031	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,458	74.81/cwt	73.00–76.50	1,091	34
Bulls	—	—	2,045	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	2,290	1
Bulls	—	—	2,283	105.68/cwt	105.00–106.00	2,413	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	153.18/cwt	153.00–153.50	956	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	749	141.25/cwt	141.25–141.25	1,058	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	756	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	979	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	808	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,015	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,050	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	994	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,143	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	749	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,004	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	562	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	516	156.90/cwt	156.00–158.00	810	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	434	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	716	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	470	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	759	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	677	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	168.77/cwt	168.50–170.00	749	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	673	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	270	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	456	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	894	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	598	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	888	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	580	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	841	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	791	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,066	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	376	155.46/cwt	154.00–160.00	585	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	280	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	454	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	533	152.73/cwt	152.00–153.00	814	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	488	155.88/cwt	155.00–158.00	761	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	625	146.61/cwt	145.50–149.00	916	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	556	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	859	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	951	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,241	54
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	480	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	797	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 May 19, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,536Last week 1,588Year ago 1,021

Slaughter CattleReceipts 756Last week 536Year ago 366

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	680	150.00	150.00
4	—	786	137.00	137.00
54	—	951	130.50	130.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	795	146.00	146.00
128	—	944	127.00	127.00
134	—	870	138.00–138.50	138.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	655	158.50	158.50
9	—	422	191.00	191.00
276	—	925	136.25–137.50	136.97
4	—	614	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	760	149.50	149.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	445	178.00	178.00
6	—	862	145.50	145.50
6	—	517	173.00	173.00
29	—	790	143.00–144.00	143.90
11	—	467	179.50	179.50
4	—	364	194.00–197.00	195.44
11	—	725	148.00–150.00	148.89
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	501	170.00–175.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	568	156.00–160.00	156.98
3	—	494	164.00–168.00	165.34
2	—	338	180.00–184.00	181.96
1	—	545	162.00	162.00
1	—	405	166.00	166.00
1	—	395	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	696	150.00–152.00	150.67
19	—	710	151.00–152.00	151.33
6	—	412	185.50	185.50
2	—	648	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	567	162.50	162.50
3	—	270	181.00	181.00
5	—	320	183.00	183.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	731	126.00–130.00	127.18
3	—	495	147.00	147.00
1	—	360	160.00	160.00
7	—	756	129.50	129.50
1	—	535	151.00	151.00
1	—	345	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	660	141.00	141.00
2	—	645	146.00	146.00
3	—	763	133.00	133.00
7	—	749	134.00	134.00
2	—	408	165.00	165.00
3	—	820	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	720	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	624	153.00–153.50	153.18
43	—	749	141.25	141.25
65	—	758	138.50	138.50
7	—	994	115.00	115.00
26	—	374	181.00	181.00
16	—	444	168.50–170.00	168.77
27	—	559	160.00	160.00
30	—	468	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	516	156.00–158.00	156.90
7	—	434	165.00	165.00
2	—	470	161.50	161.50
2	—	270	169.00	169.00
19	—	625	145.50–149.00	146.61
7	—	556	154.50	154.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	598	148.50	148.50
8	—	376	154.00–160.00	155.46
6	—	280	162.00	162.00
7	—	533	152.00–153.00	152.73
10	—	488	155.00–158.00	155.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	580	145.00	145.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,247	74.00–79.00	77.07
54	—	1,270	64.00–67.50	66.01
15	—	1,166	45.00–50.00	45.75
115	—	1,160	55.00–62.75	59.63
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,396	68.00–72.00	69.63
34	—	1,324	76.00–79.50	77.84
34	—	1,458	73.00–76.50	74.81
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,045	112.00	112.00
3	—	2,283	105.00–106.00	105.68

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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