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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jan 20

● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

← Jan 13Jan 20Jan 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,350 head

▲ 2,350 vs last sale 0▲ 2,350 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

408 head

▲ 408 vs last sale 0▲ 408 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 600 lbs firm to 2.00 higher, instances 4.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers steady to 1.00 lower, instances 2.00 lower. Offerings were mostly attractive in quality and conditioning. Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls not well tested. 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 $168.61/cwt on 1,275 head.

Average price

$168.61

1,275 head · 669 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,128

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$28

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

$23.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.76

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	537	179.91	967	95
Medium and Large 1	690	169.32	1,169	1,034
Medium and Large 2	601	156.22	939	146

One grade step is worth $23.69/cwt here — about $28 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 sale1,275 hd

168.61

—

TX average4 barns · 2,962 hd

164.85

+3.76

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	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,543	83.27	1,285	38
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,480	75.65	1,120	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,286	67.07	863	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,012	39.19	396	132

Every lot

76 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	303	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	712	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	320	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	480	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	357	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	828	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	383	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	689	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	839	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	413	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	950	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	751	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	428	218.35/cwt	216.00–219.00	935	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	443	191.10/cwt	191.00–192.00	847	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	465	172.54/cwt	170.00–173.00	802	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	898	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	482	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	978	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	490	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	965	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	506	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,002	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	191.34/cwt	189.00–194.00	1,024	103
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	543	185.26/cwt	184.00–188.00	1,006	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	554	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,014	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	567	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	896	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	174.92/cwt	172.00–176.00	1,006	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	588	179.64/cwt	179.00–180.50	1,056	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	607	179.56/cwt	179.50–180.00	1,090	87
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	169.51/cwt	167.00–170.00	1,048	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	666	166.48/cwt	164.50–167.25	1,109	101
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	158.37/cwt	155.00–160.00	1,064	106
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	681	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,022	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	694	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,065	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	158.77/cwt	155.00–160.50	1,148	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	738	161.74/cwt	161.00–162.75	1,194	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	763	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,068	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	772	157.62/cwt	156.00–158.00	1,217	79
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	827	155.98/cwt	154.00–156.50	1,290	124
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	857	153.25/cwt	153.25–153.25	1,313	126
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	880	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,232	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	915	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,354	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	918	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,267	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,010	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,414	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	307	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	660	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	324	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	661	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	703	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	401	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	798	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	403	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	564	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	190.93/cwt	188.00–194.00	825	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	456	139.03/cwt	139.00–140.00	634	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	814	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	489	179.81/cwt	177.00–180.00	879	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	518	174.61/cwt	172.00–176.00	904	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	520	160.68/cwt	160.00–162.00	836	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	530	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	705	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	536	170.21/cwt	168.00–171.00	912	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	560	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	952	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	571	122.82/cwt	120.00–124.00	701	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	160.15/cwt	157.00–162.00	916	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	879	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	625	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	988	102
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	152.49/cwt	150.00–155.00	958	64
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	643	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	810	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	670	154.25/cwt	154.25–154.25	1,033	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	143.89/cwt	143.00–145.00	976	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	678	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	814	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	722	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	866	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	153.41/cwt	152.25–154.50	1,114	111
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	771	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,064	77
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	148.60/cwt	146.00–150.00	1,153	105
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,189	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	937	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,190	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	968	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,113	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	857	32.84/cwt	31.00–34.00	281	18
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	869	26.91/cwt	26.00–28.00	234	18
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,028	36.82/cwt	35.00–41.00	379	53
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,049	43.16/cwt	43.00–43.50	453	16
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,155	53.93/cwt	52.00–59.00	623	27
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,273	65.64/cwt	63.00–68.00	836	40
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,331	71.84/cwt	71.00–73.00	956	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,459	76.59/cwt	76.00–79.00	1,117	18
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,543	83.27/cwt	83.00–83.50	1,285	38
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,607	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,125	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 Jan 20, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,350Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 408Last 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
124	—	827	154.00–156.50	155.98
48	—	723	155.00–160.50	158.77
25	—	915	148.00	148.00
1	—	385	218.00	218.00
12	—	618	167.00–170.00	169.51
106	—	672	155.00–160.00	158.37
9	—	443	191.00–192.00	191.10
2	—	490	197.00	197.00
79	—	772	156.00–158.00	157.62
13	—	575	172.00–176.00	174.92
12	—	1,010	140.00	140.00
103	—	535	189.00–194.00	191.34
126	—	857	153.25	153.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	738	161.00–162.75	161.74
18	—	413	230.00	230.00
101	—	666	164.50–167.25	166.48
87	—	607	179.50–180.00	179.56
40	—	506	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	554	183.00	183.00
29	—	480	187.00	187.00
4	—	880	140.00	140.00
34	—	543	184.00–188.00	185.26
5	—	694	153.50	153.50
3	—	918	138.00	138.00
2	—	383	180.00	180.00
13	—	415	181.00	181.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	763	140.00	140.00
2	—	320	150.00	150.00
55	—	567	158.00	158.00
48	—	681	150.00	150.00
27	—	465	170.00–173.00	172.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	428	216.00–219.00	218.35
10	—	357	232.00	232.00
11	—	482	203.00	203.00
26	—	588	179.00–180.50	179.64
3	—	303	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	403	140.00	140.00
3	—	722	120.00	120.00
34	—	456	139.00–140.00	139.03
21	—	643	126.00	126.00
13	—	571	120.00–124.00	122.82
2	—	678	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	479	170.00	170.00
13	—	937	127.00	127.00
13	—	572	157.00–162.00	160.15
111	—	726	152.25–154.50	153.41
105	—	776	146.00–150.00	148.60
64	—	628	150.00–155.00	152.49
16	—	432	188.00–194.00	190.93
5	—	820	145.00	145.00
27	—	536	168.00–171.00	170.21
20	—	678	143.00–145.00	143.89
3	—	378	186.00	186.00
10	—	324	204.00	204.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	625	158.00	158.00
12	—	670	154.25	154.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	968	115.00	115.00
4	—	590	149.00	149.00
77	—	771	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	307	215.00	215.00
48	—	489	177.00–180.00	179.81
30	—	518	172.00–176.00	174.61
14	—	560	170.00	170.00
13	—	401	199.00	199.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	530	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	520	160.00–162.00	160.68

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,607	70.00	70.00
18	—	1,459	76.00–79.00	76.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,331	71.00–73.00	71.84
40	—	1,273	63.00–68.00	65.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,155	52.00–59.00	53.93
53	—	1,028	35.00–41.00	36.82
16	—	1,049	43.00–43.50	43.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,543	83.00–83.50	83.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	869	26.00–28.00	26.91
18	—	857	31.00–34.00	32.84

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.