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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, May 27

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

← May 20May 27Jun 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,389 head

▲ 368 vs last sale 1,021▼ 221 vs year ago 1,610 · −13.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

463 head

▲ 97 vs last sale 366▲ 276 vs year ago 187 · +147.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs firm to 4.00 higher in a limited test. Feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Receipts included a large reputation offering of thin steer and heifer calves under 550 lbs and several loads of 750-900 lb feeder heifers off wheat pasture. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Trade active. Demand 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 $133.34/cwt on 749 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −147.21 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.

Average price

$133.34

749 head · 723 lb average

Value per head Derived

$964

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$333

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

$29.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.38

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	726	134.51	977	713
Medium and Large 1-2	721	116.62	840	16thin
Medium and Large 2	613	104.96	644	20

One grade step is worth $29.55/cwt here — about $333 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 sale749 hd

133.34

—

TX average4 barns · 1,988 hd

128.95

+4.38

This barn, trailing median4 sales

280.54

−147.21

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	2,248	104.02	2,338	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,671	75.44	1,261	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,300	69.88	908	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,107	52.22	578	153

Every lot

55 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	315	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	536	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	320	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	656	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	405	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	587	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	410	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	652	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	424	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	806	91
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	460	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	690	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	163.94/cwt	163.00–164.00	787	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	842	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	505	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	667	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	531	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	935	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	545	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	758	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	856	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	825	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	150.63/cwt	146.00–151.00	957	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	679	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	917	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	685	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	829	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	718	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	869	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	996	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	133.45/cwt	131.00–138.50	1,034	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	803	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	1,126	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	843	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,054	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	286	184.07/cwt	184.00–185.00	526	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	342	118.55/cwt	117.50–124.00	405	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	620	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	389	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	685	86
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	439	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	702	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	651	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	712	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	498	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	777	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	739	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	555	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	694	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	824	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	632	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	863	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	634	117.22/cwt	116.00–118.00	743	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	707	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	863	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	712	100.16/cwt	99.00–101.00	713	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	118.55/cwt	115.00–121.00	907	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	768	126.75/cwt	126.75–126.75	973	122
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	808	125.78/cwt	125.00–126.75	1,016	240
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	835	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	944	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	835	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	777	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	875	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	954	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	895	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,020	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	903	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	903	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	919	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,080	115
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,064	110.25/cwt	110.25–110.25	1,173	21
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,615	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,550	1
Bulls	—	—	2,318	104.91/cwt	103.00–109.00	2,432	9
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	981	41.03/cwt	35.00–42.00	403	27
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	985	46.84/cwt	44.00–52.00	461	61
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,207	58.16/cwt	55.00–62.00	702	45
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,285	71.60/cwt	69.00–75.00	920	33
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,334	65.82/cwt	63.00–67.00	878	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,423	70.35/cwt	68.50–73.50	1,001	20
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,671	75.44/cwt	74.00–76.50	1,261	8

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 May 27, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,389Last week 1,021Year ago 1,610

Slaughter CattleReceipts 463Last week 366Year ago 187

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	903	100.00	100.00
1	—	875	109.00	109.00
5	—	765	115.00–121.00	118.55
1	—	835	113.00	113.00
1	—	555	125.00	125.00
1	—	465	140.00	140.00
5	—	634	116.00–118.00	117.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	895	114.00	114.00
122	—	768	126.75	126.75
16	—	582	141.50	141.50
115	—	919	117.50	117.50
21	—	1,064	110.25	110.25
15	—	439	160.00	160.00
15	—	632	136.50	136.50
240	—	808	125.00–126.75	125.78
4	—	707	122.00	122.00
5	—	481	148.00	148.00
10	—	524	141.00	141.00
2	—	385	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	389	176.00	176.00
13	—	286	184.00–185.00	184.07
39	—	498	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	835	93.00	93.00
12	—	712	99.00–101.00	100.16
6	—	342	117.50–124.00	118.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	843	125.00	125.00
9	—	582	147.00	147.00
8	—	679	135.00	135.00
2	—	315	170.00	170.00
2	—	730	136.50	136.50
1	—	545	139.00	139.00
1	—	410	159.00	159.00
16	—	480	163.00–164.00	163.94
1	—	630	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	803	140.25	140.25
13	—	635	146.00–151.00	150.63
6	—	775	131.00–138.50	133.45
7	—	481	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	320	205.00	205.00
30	—	531	176.00	176.00
91	—	424	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	505	132.00	132.00
1	—	685	121.00	121.00
1	—	405	145.00	145.00
1	—	460	150.00	150.00
2	—	718	121.00	121.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	985	44.00–52.00	46.84
20	—	1,423	68.50–73.50	70.35
45	—	1,207	55.00–62.00	58.16
27	—	981	35.00–42.00	41.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,671	74.00–76.50	75.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,285	69.00–75.00	71.60
14	—	1,334	63.00–67.00	65.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	2,318	103.00–109.00	104.91
1	—	1,615	96.00	96.00

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.