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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Dec 16

● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

← Dec 9Dec 16Jan 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,696 head

▼ 1,966 vs last sale 3,662▲ 814 vs year ago 882 · +92.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

422 head

▼ 413 vs last sale 835▲ 2 vs year ago 420 · +0.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs firm to 1.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers steady, instances load lots 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls firm to 2.00 higher. Trade active. Demand good. Due to the holiday break the next auction will be January 6, 2022.

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 $164.50/cwt on 612 head.

Average price

$164.50

612 head · 666 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,095

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$432

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

$7.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.33

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	682	164.70	1,123	548
Medium and Large 1-2	552	164.24	907	50
Medium and Large 2	439	157.57	691	14thin

One grade step is worth $7.13/cwt here — about $432 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 sale612 hd

164.50

—

TX average4 barns · 1,693 hd

159.17

+5.33

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	—	Average	1,600	87.65	1,403	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,562	74.41	1,162	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,324	66.17	876	84
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,024	41.42	424	220

Every lot

80 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 1-2	312	188.79/cwt	185.00–190.00	589	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	328	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	738	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	330	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	528	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	350	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	774	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	358	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	687	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	360	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	673	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	367	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	617	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	373	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	847	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	751	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	417	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	855	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	425	214.48/cwt	212.00–217.00	912	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	431	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	806	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	445	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	881	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	461	189.32/cwt	188.00–193.00	873	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	485	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	728	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	493	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	833	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	519	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	804	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	520	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	978	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	529	160.87/cwt	160.00–162.00	851	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	963	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	588	157.49/cwt	156.00–158.00	926	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	589	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,019	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	595	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	833	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	611	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	984	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	619	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,034	77
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	622	145.59/cwt	145.00–146.00	906	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	633	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	968	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	646	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,014	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	670	150.80/cwt	150.00–151.50	1,010	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	674	161.49/cwt	157.00–162.00	1,088	112
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	685	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,024	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	705	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,029	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	712	154.54/cwt	153.00–157.00	1,100	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	752	162.01/cwt	161.00–163.00	1,218	145
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	780	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,170	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	809	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,125	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	843	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,340	62
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	330	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	551	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	622	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	372	178.53/cwt	176.00–180.00	664	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	399	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	614	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	416	153.68/cwt	152.50–156.00	639	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	167.78/cwt	164.00–170.00	703	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	422	180.06/cwt	177.00–183.00	760	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	477	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	677	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	481	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	827	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	487	149.77/cwt	149.00–151.00	729	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	499	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	798	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	516	153.35/cwt	151.00–154.00	791	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	520	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	702	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	523	167.97/cwt	167.00–170.00	878	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	160.29/cwt	156.00–162.50	850	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	742	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	551	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	849	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	808	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	610	153.75/cwt	151.00–158.00	938	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	626	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	814	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	141.98/cwt	140.00–142.25	894	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	647	145.81/cwt	145.00–148.00	943	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	653	138.45/cwt	138.25–140.00	904	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	657	145.35/cwt	145.25–146.00	955	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	685	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	877	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	731	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,031	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	738	131.35/cwt	130.00–134.00	969	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,033	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	792	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	1,150	94
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	806	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,128	39
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,315	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,091	1
Bulls	—	—	1,743	89.97/cwt	89.00–91.00	1,568	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	888	26.91/cwt	25.00–29.00	239	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	897	35.38/cwt	32.00–38.50	317	42
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,054	43.34/cwt	40.00–46.00	457	88
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,059	59.10/cwt	58.00–62.00	626	16
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,088	37.63/cwt	33.00–39.50	409	41
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,104	49.91/cwt	48.00–55.00	551	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,280	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	717	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,318	70.63/cwt	69.00–73.00	931	31
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,331	64.01/cwt	61.00–67.00	852	50
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,552	76.18/cwt	72.50–78.00	1,182	20
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,587	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,111	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 Dec 16, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,696Last week 3,662Year ago 882

Slaughter CattleReceipts 422Last week 835Year ago 420

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	792	145.25	145.25
4	—	499	160.00	160.00
13	—	372	176.00–180.00	178.53
10	—	731	141.00	141.00
15	—	610	151.00–158.00	153.75
61	—	657	145.25–146.00	145.35
20	—	419	164.00–170.00	167.78
18	—	530	156.00–162.50	160.29
9	—	551	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	806	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	167.00	167.00
26	—	630	140.00–142.25	141.98
23	—	487	149.00–151.00	149.77
15	—	370	168.00	168.00
3	—	738	130.00–134.00	131.35
1	—	765	135.00	135.00
3	—	530	140.00	140.00
2	—	573	141.00	141.00
21	—	416	152.50–156.00	153.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	481	172.00	172.00
19	—	523	167.00–170.00	167.97
34	—	422	177.00–183.00	180.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	685	128.00	128.00
17	—	399	154.00	154.00
3	—	477	142.00	142.00
2	—	520	135.00	135.00
4	—	626	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	516	151.00–154.00	153.35
11	—	647	145.00–148.00	145.81
9	—	653	138.25–140.00	138.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	445	198.00	198.00
2	—	358	192.00	192.00
11	—	529	160.00–162.00	160.87
21	—	670	150.00–151.50	150.80
25	—	646	157.00	157.00
4	—	588	156.00–158.00	157.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	160.00	160.00
3	—	595	140.00	140.00
3	—	485	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	493	169.00	169.00
5	—	622	145.00–146.00	145.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	843	159.00	159.00
4	—	611	161.00	161.00
1	—	350	221.00	221.00
2	—	580	166.00	166.00
112	—	674	157.00–162.00	161.49
8	—	461	188.00–193.00	189.32
3	—	417	205.00	205.00
32	—	712	153.00–157.00	154.54
145	—	752	161.00–163.00	162.01
2	—	328	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	425	212.00–217.00	214.48
2	—	373	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	431	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	181.00	181.00
6	—	705	146.00	146.00
2	—	685	149.50	149.50
1	—	780	150.00	150.00
5	—	809	139.00	139.00
1	—	360	187.00	187.00
4	—	633	153.00	153.00
5	—	312	185.00–190.00	188.79
4	—	519	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	367	168.00	168.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	520	188.00	188.00
77	—	619	167.00	167.00
4	—	589	173.00	173.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,280	56.00	56.00
31	—	1,318	69.00–73.00	70.63
50	—	1,331	61.00–67.00	64.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,088	33.00–39.50	37.63
19	—	1,104	48.00–55.00	49.91
88	—	1,054	40.00–46.00	43.34
16	—	1,059	58.00–62.00	59.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,552	72.50–78.00	76.18
8	—	1,587	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	897	32.00–38.50	35.38
14	—	888	25.00–29.00	26.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,743	89.00–91.00	89.97
1	—	1,315	83.00	83.00

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.