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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jul 15

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

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Feeder Cattle receipts

1,312 head

▲ 1,312 vs last sale 0▲ 1,312 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

573 head

▲ 573 vs last sale 0▲ 573 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No market comparison with last week due to the closure for the holiday last week, however a firm undertone was noted on all classes of livestock on offer. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $158.37/cwt on 536 head.

Average price

$158.37

536 head · 706 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,118

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$168

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

$9.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.06

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	711	159.08	1,131	494
Medium and Large 1-2	642	150.02	963	42

One grade step is worth $9.06/cwt here — about $168 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 sale536 hd

158.37

—

TX average4 barns · 3,138 hd

151.31

+7.06

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	1,803	96.39	1,737	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,555	78.70	1,224	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,270	71.36	906	64
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,076	52.24	562	199

Every lot

62 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	297	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	618	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	323	189.53/cwt	188.00–191.00	612	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	350	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	620	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	393	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	794	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	415	187.72/cwt	186.00–188.50	779	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	489	163.95/cwt	163.00–167.00	802	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	507	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	971	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	177.78/cwt	177.00–178.00	937	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	851	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	964	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	909	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	616	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	893	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	161.15/cwt	160.25–163.00	1,004	129
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	626	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,039	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	655	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,074	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	661	160.26/cwt	158.00–160.50	1,059	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	743	152.10/cwt	151.50–152.50	1,130	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	152.35/cwt	150.50–153.50	1,165	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	766	134.29/cwt	134.00–136.00	1,029	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Gaunt	784	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,160	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	789	155.25/cwt	155.25–155.25	1,225	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	882	147.02/cwt	146.00–147.25	1,297	108
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	977	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,309	31
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	292	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	561	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	330	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	554	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	382	178.15/cwt	178.00–179.00	681	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	401	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	702	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	687	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	463	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	695	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	483	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	768	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	493	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	809	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	507	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	608	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	856	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	810	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	883	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	586	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	815	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	609	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	761	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	150.77/cwt	150.00–150.85	956	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	674	145.96/cwt	145.50–147.00	984	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	687	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	912	52
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	919	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Gaunt	740	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	977	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	760	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,094	69
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	768	130.61/cwt	127.00–132.00	1,003	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	787	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,086	67
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	860	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,032	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	928	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,197	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,074	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,085	16
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,630	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,467	1
Bulls	—	—	1,800	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,818	1
Bulls	—	—	1,890	97.28/cwt	96.00–99.00	1,839	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	941	38.48/cwt	37.00–42.00	362	25
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	951	33.99/cwt	30.00–35.00	323	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	997	42.69/cwt	40.00–45.50	426	61
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,113	75.58/cwt	72.00–77.50	841	27
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,148	54.94/cwt	51.00–58.00	631	49
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,151	59.68/cwt	59.00–62.00	687	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,207	67.28/cwt	64.00–70.00	812	16
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,300	68.96/cwt	65.00–70.50	896	24
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,327	77.61/cwt	76.00–79.50	1,030	36
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,335	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	668	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,555	78.70/cwt	78.00–80.00	1,224	23

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 Jul 15, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,312Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 573Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	483	159.00	159.00
6	—	330	168.00	168.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,074	101.00	101.00
7	—	401	175.00	175.00
5	—	564	156.50	156.50
36	—	674	145.50–147.00	145.96
2	—	493	164.00	164.00
7	—	928	129.00	129.00
35	—	768	127.00–132.00	130.61
31	—	634	150.00–150.85	150.77
9	—	292	192.00	192.00
13	—	382	178.00–179.00	178.15
17	—	522	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	540	150.00	150.00
11	—	860	120.00	120.00
52	—	687	132.75	132.75
5	—	735	125.00	125.00
3	—	463	150.00	150.00
11	—	432	159.00	159.00
26	—	586	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	740	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	609	125.00	125.00
3	—	507	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	787	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	760	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	572	159.00	159.00
11	—	616	145.00	145.00
1	—	350	177.00	177.00
1	—	535	159.00	159.00
7	—	766	134.00–136.00	134.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	784	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	626	166.00	166.00
13	—	507	191.50	191.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	572	168.50	168.50
31	—	977	134.00	134.00
7	—	297	208.00	208.00
32	—	661	158.00–160.50	160.26
18	—	527	177.00–178.00	177.78
21	—	765	150.50–153.50	152.35
5	—	743	151.50–152.50	152.10
108	—	882	146.00–147.25	147.02
129	—	623	160.25–163.00	161.15
9	—	393	202.00	202.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	489	163.00–167.00	163.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	323	188.00–191.00	189.53
13	—	415	186.00–188.50	187.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	655	164.00	164.00
68	—	789	155.25	155.25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,800	101.00	101.00
2	—	1,890	96.00–99.00	97.28
1	—	1,630	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,148	51.00–58.00	54.94
61	—	997	40.00–45.50	42.69
27	—	1,113	72.00–77.50	75.58
24	—	1,300	65.00–70.50	68.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,207	64.00–70.00	67.28
2	—	1,335	50.00	50.00
10	—	1,151	59.00–62.00	59.68
36	—	1,327	76.00–79.50	77.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	941	37.00–42.00	38.48
13	—	951	30.00–35.00	33.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,555	78.00–80.00	78.70

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.