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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Apr 29

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

← Apr 22Apr 29May 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,387 head

▲ 737 vs last sale 650▼ 106 vs year ago 1,493 · −7.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

302 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 310▲ 150 vs year ago 152 · +98.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs last week for a market comparison this week but a much lower undertone noted. Feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs steady. Slaughter cows and bulls firm. Trade fairly active. Demand fairly good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.63/cwt on 671 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −151.91 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.

Average price

$128.63

671 head · 710 lb average

Value per head Derived

$913

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$55

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

$29.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.05

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	497	135.50	673	60
Medium and Large 1	732	128.61	942	593
Medium and Large 2	684	106.34	728	18thin

One grade step is worth $29.16/cwt here — about −$55 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 sale671 hd

128.63

—

TX average4 barns · 1,417 hd

127.58

+1.05

This barn, trailing median4 sales

280.54

−151.91

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

4 sales

Heifers 0–100 lb: high $299.90, low $143.00, 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.

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	1,577	94.84	1,496	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,638	71.69	1,174	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,288	61.28	789	85
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,121	50.57	567	73

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	285	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	513	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	290	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	461	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	298	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	536	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	350	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	490	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	354	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	697	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	380	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	684	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	597	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	415	183.66/cwt	179.00–185.00	762	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	740	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	791	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	515	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	917	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	168.05/cwt	163.50–172.00	865	118
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	144.54/cwt	140.00–149.00	744	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	159.41/cwt	146.00–170.00	904	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	864	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	598	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	748	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	145.95/cwt	141.00–152.00	909	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	623	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	748	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	865	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	670	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	784	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	141.59/cwt	141.50–142.00	951	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,084	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	753	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,009	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	783	122.95/cwt	120.00–126.00	963	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	822	106.63/cwt	101.00–111.00	876	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	918	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,148	76
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	300	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	420	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	335	158.75/cwt	158.00–159.00	532	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	372	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	632	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	378	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	559	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	407	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	570	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	155.10/cwt	154.00–158.00	665	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	151.44/cwt	145.00–152.00	709	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	139.90/cwt	138.00–142.00	659	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	494	123.51/cwt	120.00–127.00	610	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	142.83/cwt	136.75–146.00	743	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	702	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	133.21/cwt	131.00–140.00	758	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	126.78/cwt	125.00–127.00	723	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	580	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	673	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	614	130.33/cwt	130.00–130.50	800	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	792	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	668	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	715	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	680	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	748	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	812	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	719	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	712	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	738	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	941	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	781	124.89/cwt	124.00–127.00	975	194
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	785	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	816	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	824	93.53/cwt	92.00–95.00	771	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	869	119.02/cwt	118.50–120.25	1,034	198
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	890	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	890	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,577	94.84/cwt	94.50–95.00	1,496	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,015	37.92/cwt	34.00–40.00	385	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,054	41.52/cwt	40.00–44.00	438	19
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,138	51.48/cwt	49.00–59.00	586	26
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,151	55.22/cwt	52.50–65.00	636	44
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,216	64.37/cwt	63.00–67.50	783	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,434	67.79/cwt	65.00–76.00	972	41
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,590	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	1,034	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,642	72.20/cwt	67.00–74.00	1,186	13

This sale against other markets

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 Apr 29, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,387Last week 650Year ago 1,493

Slaughter CattleReceipts 302Last week 310Year ago 152

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	700	116.00	116.00
29	—	471	138.00–142.00	139.90
3	—	407	140.00	140.00
1	—	660	120.00	120.00
1	—	300	140.00	140.00
9	—	540	130.00	130.00
5	—	378	148.00	148.00
9	—	570	125.00–127.00	126.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	372	170.00	170.00
198	—	869	118.50–120.25	119.02
194	—	781	124.00–127.00	124.89
13	—	468	145.00–152.00	151.44
66	—	520	136.75–146.00	142.83
4	—	335	158.00–159.00	158.75
19	—	429	154.00–158.00	155.10
24	—	569	131.00–140.00	133.21
20	—	614	130.00–130.50	130.33
39	—	738	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	580	116.00	116.00
1	—	785	104.00	104.00
4	—	494	120.00–127.00	123.51
4	—	824	92.00–95.00	93.53
4	—	719	99.00	99.00
1	—	890	100.00	100.00
2	—	668	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	465	170.00	170.00
2	—	515	140.00–149.00	144.54
1	—	660	131.00	131.00
1	—	380	157.00	157.00
13	—	572	151.00	151.00
5	—	433	171.00	171.00
2	—	783	120.00–126.00	122.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	623	141.00–152.00	145.95
18	—	415	179.00–185.00	183.66
11	—	672	141.50–142.00	141.59
33	—	567	146.00–170.00	159.41
118	—	515	163.50–172.00	168.05
10	—	753	134.00	134.00
76	—	918	125.00	125.00
46	—	725	149.50	149.50
10	—	354	197.00	197.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	515	178.00	178.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	180.00	180.00
2	—	298	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	159.00	159.00
3	—	822	101.00–111.00	106.63
1	—	350	140.00	140.00
2	—	598	125.00	125.00
1	—	670	117.00	117.00
2	—	623	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,054	40.00–44.00	41.52
19	—	1,216	63.00–67.50	64.37
26	—	1,138	49.00–59.00	51.48
9	—	1,015	34.00–40.00	37.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,434	65.00–76.00	67.79
44	—	1,151	52.50–65.00	55.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,642	67.00–74.00	72.20
1	—	1,590	65.00	65.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,577	94.50–95.00	94.84

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.