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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Oct 21

● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

← Oct 14Oct 21Oct 28 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,431 head

▲ 1,431 vs last sale 0▲ 1,431 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

459 head

▲ 459 vs last sale 0▲ 459 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves under 650 lbs firm except a few unweaned fleshy kinds 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers over 650 lbs steady to weak in a limited test with receipts on offer last week. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls not well tested. Trade fairly active. Demand fairly 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 $154.79/cwt on 623 head.

Average price

$154.79

623 head · 701 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,085

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$461

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

$32.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.86

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	710	157.45	1,118	555
Medium and Large 1-2	645	134.33	866	59
Medium and Large 2	526	124.89	657	9thin

One grade step is worth $32.56/cwt here — about $461 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 sale623 hd

154.79

—

TX average4 barns · 2,620 hd

150.93

+3.86

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%	High	1,545	67.42	1,042	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,316	66.04	869	81
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,049	45.77	480	153

Every lot

84 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	219	192.16/cwt	192.00–192.50	421	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	315	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	532	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	746	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	377	172.31/cwt	172.00–175.00	650	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	404	178.38/cwt	176.00–179.00	721	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	418	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	786	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	445	167.40/cwt	167.00–168.00	745	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	463	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	732	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	473	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	710	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	483	127.31/cwt	126.00–128.00	615	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	494	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	884	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	508	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	752	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	158.22/cwt	156.00–159.00	827	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	523	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	654	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	682	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	555	138.48/cwt	136.00–140.00	769	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	864	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	581	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	872	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	592	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	938	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	870	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	629	146.06/cwt	145.00–147.50	919	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	631	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	801	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	645	160.19/cwt	160.00–162.00	1,033	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	676	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	859	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	691	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,026	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	692	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	969	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	987	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	702	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,109	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	708	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	927	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	723	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,088	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	755	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	982	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,071	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	797	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,255	227
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	815	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,284	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	818	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,186	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	884	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,370	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	933	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,306	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	320	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	493	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	330	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	465	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	361	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	545	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	383	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	536	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	430	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	559	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	441	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	657	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	442	143.01/cwt	141.00–145.00	632	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	458	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	714	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	472	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	604	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	477	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	687	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	480	117.97/cwt	115.00–120.00	566	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	518	121.02/cwt	120.00–125.00	627	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	145.48/cwt	145.00–149.00	762	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	540	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	680	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	567	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	680	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	570	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	770	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	585	148.98/cwt	145.00–149.50	872	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	593	127.86/cwt	125.00–128.50	758	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	605	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	666	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	631	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	726	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	639	130.75/cwt	129.00–131.00	835	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	642	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	944	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	650	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	715	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	918	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	674	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	775	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	700	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	770	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	723	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	954	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	728	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	946	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	768	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	968	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	772	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,089	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	775	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	860	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	840	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,176	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	841	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,161	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	882	139.84/cwt	139.00–140.50	1,233	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	933	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,199	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,130	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,243	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	876	31.01/cwt	26.00–32.00	272	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	933	38.63/cwt	36.00–40.00	360	21
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,023	38.11/cwt	37.50–40.00	390	46
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,121	52.64/cwt	50.50–55.00	590	38
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,121	44.09/cwt	42.50–45.50	494	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,134	61.21/cwt	58.00–63.00	694	28
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,287	66.07/cwt	63.00–68.00	850	23
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,302	57.15/cwt	55.00–60.50	744	26
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,348	73.24/cwt	71.00–75.50	987	32
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,535	66.53/cwt	64.00–68.50	1,021	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,587	70.96/cwt	69.00–72.00	1,126	3

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 Oct 21, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,431Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 459Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	523	156.00–159.00	158.22
8	—	884	155.00	155.00
5	—	404	176.00–179.00	178.38
3	—	219	192.00–192.50	192.16
85	—	645	160.00–162.00	160.19
227	—	797	157.50	157.50
2	—	375	199.00	199.00
2	—	463	158.00	158.00
56	—	702	158.00	158.00
4	—	561	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	933	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	723	150.50	150.50
13	—	818	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	508	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	765	140.00	140.00
8	—	692	140.00	140.00
2	—	624	139.50	139.50
1	—	700	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	169.00	169.00
5	—	445	167.00–168.00	167.40
17	—	629	145.00–147.50	146.06
9	—	377	172.00–175.00	172.31
8	—	473	150.00	150.00
27	—	581	150.00	150.00
4	—	691	148.50	148.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	494	179.00	179.00
4	—	418	188.00	188.00
16	—	815	157.50	157.50
12	—	592	158.50	158.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	676	127.00	127.00
6	—	483	126.00–128.00	127.31
2	—	708	131.00	131.00
1	—	755	130.00	130.00
12	—	631	127.00	127.00
8	—	555	136.00–140.00	138.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	124.00	124.00
8	—	523	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	441	149.00	149.00
34	—	841	138.00	138.00
8	—	723	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,130	110.00	110.00
15	—	840	140.00	140.00
30	—	524	145.00–149.00	145.48
11	—	772	141.00	141.00
17	—	585	145.00–149.50	148.98
2	—	670	137.00	137.00
41	—	882	139.00–140.50	139.84
10	—	933	128.50	128.50
3	—	642	147.00	147.00
3	—	458	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	110.00	110.00
11	—	480	115.00–120.00	117.97
3	—	775	111.00	111.00
3	—	605	110.00	110.00
3	—	567	120.00	120.00
1	—	650	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	768	126.00	126.00
2	—	383	140.00	140.00
53	—	472	128.00	128.00
15	—	518	120.00–125.00	121.02
1	—	430	130.00	130.00
1	—	330	141.00	141.00
9	—	728	130.00	130.00
8	—	674	115.00	115.00
8	—	631	115.00	115.00
11	—	593	125.00–128.50	127.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	639	129.00–131.00	130.75
9	—	477	144.00	144.00
8	—	540	126.00	126.00
7	—	361	151.00	151.00
2	—	570	135.00	135.00
1	—	320	154.00	154.00
4	—	442	141.00–145.00	143.01

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,587	69.00–72.00	70.96
12	—	1,535	64.00–68.50	66.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,023	37.50–40.00	38.11
8	—	1,121	42.50–45.50	44.09
28	—	1,134	58.00–63.00	61.21
38	—	1,121	50.50–55.00	52.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,302	55.00–60.50	57.15
32	—	1,348	71.00–75.50	73.24
23	—	1,287	63.00–68.00	66.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	876	26.00–32.00	31.01
21	—	933	36.00–40.00	38.63

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.