Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2020-12-10

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Dec 10
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,192 head
▲ 2,192 vs last sale 0▲ 2,192 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
502 head
▲ 502 vs last sale 0▲ 502 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. Feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs mostly steady, instances 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to weak. Slaughter bulls not well tested. Trade fairly active. Demand fairly good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.34/cwt on 1,127 head.
Average price
$148.34
1,127 head · 617 lb average
Value per head Derived
$916
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$167
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.10
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1623148.509251,066
Medium and Large 1-2521145.5475861
One grade step is worth $2.96/cwt here — about $167 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 sale1,127 hd
148.34
—
TX average4 barns · 2,714 hd
142.23
+6.10
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,66555.509241thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,57352.4782568
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,08039.16423186

Every lot

79 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1285219.00/cwt219.00–219.006241
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned300163.00/cwt163.00–163.004891
Steers—Medium and Large 1345187.00/cwt187.00–187.006452
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed359203.62/cwt201.00–205.007319
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned360167.00/cwt167.00–167.006011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375183.26/cwt178.00–184.0068716
Steers—Medium and Large 1376195.37/cwt194.00–198.0073511
Steers—Medium and Large 1431175.87/cwt168.00–182.0075818
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned437158.31/cwt158.00–161.006929
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2448151.00/cwt151.00–151.006762
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed452189.00/cwt189.00–189.0085435
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2455154.00/cwt154.00–154.007013
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned484161.44/cwt156.00–167.0078113
Steers—Medium and Large 1485176.57/cwt171.00–178.00856114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned518133.73/cwt133.00–138.0069321
Steers—Medium and Large 1520176.04/cwt172.00–177.5091576
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned542156.33/cwt153.00–157.0084712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned558132.00/cwt132.00–132.007373
Steers—Medium and Large 1585150.79/cwt148.00–161.00882188
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned592137.47/cwt133.50–140.0081460
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned634137.14/cwt135.00–138.0086930
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned645117.00/cwt117.00–117.007551
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned664132.51/cwt127.00–137.00880204
Steers—Medium and Large 1701131.50/cwt131.50–131.5092220
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned731117.64/cwt112.00–120.0086010
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned745120.00/cwt120.00–120.008941
Steers—Medium and Large 1782131.25/cwt125.00–136.501,026258
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned784117.96/cwt117.00–120.009253
Steers—Medium and Large 1801136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0895
Feeder Cattle · Heifers43 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1270169.00/cwt169.00–169.004562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed278180.00/cwt180.00–180.005002
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned283150.00/cwt150.00–150.004252
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2283150.00/cwt150.00–150.004252
Heifers—Medium and Large 1313176.00/cwt176.00–176.0055113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325158.00/cwt158.00–158.005143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned335165.35/cwt164.00–166.005543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2355144.00/cwt144.00–144.005111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned369157.86/cwt155.00–161.005839
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned373131.63/cwt130.00–135.004913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1386167.62/cwt163.50–175.0064740
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned415149.55/cwt149.00–150.506218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427157.11/cwt157.00–158.006719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned440129.28/cwt125.00–132.005695
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned460110.10/cwt107.00–116.005063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468159.02/cwt155.00–162.00744131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned480151.04/cwt149.00–153.0072517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned480124.69/cwt122.00–129.0059911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483139.09/cwt137.00–139.506726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed503152.00/cwt152.00–152.007652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned524133.80/cwt133.00–136.0070115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1542139.75/cwt139.00–145.0075794
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575130.00/cwt130.00–130.007481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned575117.12/cwt114.00–119.006737
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578137.92/cwt131.00–141.50797143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned584124.00/cwt124.00–124.0072419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed599144.00/cwt144.00–144.0086314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622127.86/cwt126.00–129.5079537
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625114.00/cwt114.00–114.007132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned630120.00/cwt120.00–120.007567
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2636120.00/cwt120.00–120.007635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned645110.00/cwt110.00–110.007102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned660112.57/cwt110.00–116.007437
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676127.82/cwt125.00–130.0086433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2679124.00/cwt124.00–124.0084239
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned679118.26/cwt115.00–123.0080312
Heifers—Medium and Large 2690105.00/cwt105.00–105.007252
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned710121.88/cwt121.00–123.0086517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723129.84/cwt129.75–130.00939122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned735105.00/cwt105.00–105.007724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772123.06/cwt122.00–124.0095052
Heifers—Medium and Large 1803119.50/cwt119.50–119.509608
Heifers—Medium and Large 1959135.28/cwt110.50–155.001,29718
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight75021.00/cwt21.00–21.001582
Cows—Lean 85-90%99530.40/cwt21.00–33.5030247
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07738.27/cwt33.00–43.5041265
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14846.18/cwt43.00–51.0053072
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35045.99/cwt42.00–49.006214
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,58752.87/cwt52.50–53.5083964
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,66555.50/cwt55.50–55.509241

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.