Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2021-01-07

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jan 7
● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
627 head
▼ 255 vs last sale 882▼ 2,144 vs year ago 2,771 · −77.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2,314 head
▲ 1,894 vs last sale 420▲ 1,793 vs year ago 521 · +344.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No market comparison on feeder steers and heifers due to the last two weeks holiday but a firm undertone noted. Steady undertone noted on slaughter cows and bulls. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $144.02/cwt on 1,124 head.
Average price
$144.02
1,124 head · 661 lb average
Value per head Derived
$952
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$272
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.38
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1673146.94989821
Medium and Large 1-2639137.90882256
Medium and Large 2567126.2671647
One grade step is worth $20.68/cwt here — about $272 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 sale1,124 hd
144.02
—
TX average4 barns · 3,683 hd
140.63
+3.38
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
Bulls—Average2,19575.001,6461thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53751.8579754
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,37047.1164591
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03433.98351120

Every lot

82 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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1242197.41/cwt192.00–208.004783
Steers—Medium and Large 1280187.00/cwt187.00–187.005241
Steers—Medium and Large 1373197.72/cwt190.00–207.007374
Steers—Medium and Large 2395131.00/cwt131.00–131.005174
Steers—Medium and Large 2415140.00/cwt140.00–140.005811
Steers—Medium and Large 1426177.56/cwt174.00–188.0075617
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2443159.44/cwt159.00–159.5070631
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2455156.20/cwt148.00–159.0071112
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned471161.07/cwt160.00–164.0075953
Steers—Medium and Large 1480172.82/cwt167.00–177.0083046
Steers—Medium and Large 2502129.00/cwt125.00–130.006485
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned512140.00/cwt140.00–140.007173
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned513121.00/cwt121.00–121.006213
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2515151.00/cwt151.00–151.007781
Steers—Medium and Large 1530169.84/cwt161.00–176.0090065
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned535152.00/cwt152.00–152.0081323
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned557133.00/cwt133.00–133.007419
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2565152.38/cwt151.00–152.5086160
Steers—Medium and Large 2574126.00/cwt126.00–126.0072315
Steers—Medium and Large 1575161.45/cwt148.00–169.0092889
Steers—Medium and Large 1616148.00/cwt139.00–155.0091246
Steers—Medium and Large 2616128.00/cwt128.00–128.0078816
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned619112.00/cwt112.00–112.006937
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned622132.28/cwt131.00–136.008238
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2647129.00/cwt128.00–130.0083514
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned660118.00/cwt118.00–118.007799
Steers—Medium and Large 1671138.25/cwt133.50–143.0092859
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned672121.19/cwt120.00–124.008147
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2682130.91/cwt125.00–134.0089321
Steers—Medium and Large 1708136.92/cwt135.00–138.5096974
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned720108.01/cwt106.50–111.007783
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2723123.39/cwt123.00–125.008925
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned760120.00/cwt120.00–120.009122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2774127.24/cwt125.00–128.5098570
Steers—Medium and Large 1783134.20/cwt129.00–135.251,051135
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2811127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0304
Steers—Medium and Large 1828134.42/cwt127.00–137.501,113109
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned87391.00/cwt91.00–91.007942
Steers—Medium and Large 1876132.75/cwt132.75–132.751,16382
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2927120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1126
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2255170.00/cwt170.00–170.004342
Heifers—Medium and Large 1297180.00/cwt180.00–180.005353
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328176.70/cwt170.00–180.005803
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2339164.45/cwt159.50–169.005577
Heifers—Medium and Large 2371144.00/cwt144.00–144.005348
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2374151.03/cwt150.00–154.0056526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385155.00/cwt155.00–155.005979
Heifers—Medium and Large 1409155.78/cwt151.00–167.0063711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2418135.15/cwt134.00–140.005655
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned445126.00/cwt126.00–126.005611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned458124.00/cwt124.00–124.005682
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470152.90/cwt150.00–160.0071925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned495135.00/cwt134.00–136.0066811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2509114.57/cwt112.00–116.0058337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned522119.12/cwt119.00–120.006228
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525129.49/cwt121.00–134.5068071
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531141.47/cwt137.00–144.0075157
Heifers—Medium and Large 2553107.50/cwt107.50–107.505942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575132.25/cwt129.00–141.0076084
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2581120.00/cwt120.00–120.0069715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned588116.34/cwt113.00–117.0068412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1605131.14/cwt129.00–132.007937
Heifers—Medium and Large 262793.42/cwt92.00–94.0058610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned631111.19/cwt110.00–112.0070210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned635121.22/cwt119.00–123.5077024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669128.20/cwt127.50–128.5085873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned671107.99/cwt105.00–111.007256
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2684119.61/cwt117.00–120.0081815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1722120.45/cwt120.00–122.0087027
Heifers—Medium and Large 273590.00/cwt90.00–90.006623
Heifers—Medium and Large 275595.00/cwt95.00–95.007173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2758125.50/cwt125.50–125.5095123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1763125.23/cwt125.00–125.5095649
Heifers—Medium and Large 1861122.28/cwt121.50–123.001,053254
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,19575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,6461
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87326.37/cwt23.00–28.002303
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02133.26/cwt31.00–39.50340110
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,31248.50/cwt48.50–48.506367
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36536.00/cwt36.00–36.004911
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37047.23/cwt44.00–51.0064790
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50050.22/cwt49.00–51.5075331
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58654.05/cwt54.00–55.0085723

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.