Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2021-01-14

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jan 14
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,436 head
▲ 1,436 vs last sale 0▲ 1,436 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
651 head
▲ 651 vs last sale 0▲ 651 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves and feeders under 700 lbs and heifer calves under 500 lbs unevenly steady with more attractive kinds showing the most strength. Steers over 700 lbs and heifers over 500 lbs mostly 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls not well tested. Trade fairly active. Demand fairly good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.29/cwt on 692 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −154.25 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.
Average price
$126.29
692 head · 646 lb average
Value per head Derived
$816
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$280
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$47.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.18
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1653130.40851551
Medium and Large 1-2614112.35690131
Medium and Large 268982.9057110thin
One grade step is worth $47.50/cwt here — about $280 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 sale692 hd
126.29
—
TX average4 barns · 2,292 hd
126.11
+0.18
This barn, trailing median4 sales
280.54
−154.25
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

4 sales
314252191129median 280.5404/0905/1405/2110/1510/15
Heifers 0–100 lb: high $299.90, low $143.00, median $280.54 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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%High1,63454.7689545
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,19644.53532232
CowsLean 85-90%Average98737.00365108

Every lot

72 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1329186.95/cwt180.00–195.006157
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2365177.00/cwt177.00–177.006462
Steers—Medium and Large 1371193.18/cwt181.00–199.0071716
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2413162.00/cwt162.00–162.006696
Steers—Medium and Large 1421186.69/cwt179.00–190.0078634
Steers—Medium and Large 1471180.42/cwt179.00–184.0085032
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned473163.34/cwt163.00–164.007739
Steers—Medium and Large 1528170.98/cwt159.00–179.0090366
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2540151.51/cwt150.00–153.008182
Steers—Medium and Large 1573153.99/cwt148.00–158.0088241
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned583143.00/cwt143.00–143.0083428
Steers—Medium and Large 2596122.50/cwt122.50–122.507306
Steers—Medium and Large 1609144.21/cwt139.00–149.7587867
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned639116.57/cwt110.00–118.007457
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed662155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0266
Steers—Medium and Large 1684134.99/cwt133.00–135.5092348
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned703115.00/cwt115.00–115.008083
Steers—Medium and Large 1726132.35/cwt130.00–134.5096122
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned758118.00/cwt118.00–118.008944
Steers—Medium and Large 1764129.90/cwt129.50–130.5099240
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned778104.00/cwt104.00–104.008094
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2788125.00/cwt125.00–125.009852
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned820114.00/cwt114.00–114.009352
Steers—Medium and Large 1841127.20/cwt125.50–127.501,07040
Steers—Medium and Large 1851125.28/cwt121.00–126.501,0669
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1310165.77/cwt164.00–169.005143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed348179.00/cwt179.00–179.006232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2372143.74/cwt139.00–153.005353
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376170.22/cwt167.00–171.006405
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed383177.00/cwt177.00–177.006782
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424169.41/cwt169.00–170.0071817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned434119.00/cwt119.00–119.005163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned460120.00/cwt120.00–120.0055214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471129.33/cwt128.00–132.0060912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479156.25/cwt151.00–161.0074843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned488137.45/cwt135.00–140.0067118
Heifers—Medium and Large 2498113.00/cwt113.00–113.005632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned543114.73/cwt114.00–115.0062311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1548129.00/cwt129.00–129.007076
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned566115.60/cwt113.00–118.0065417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed569139.00/cwt139.00–139.0079129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579125.96/cwt125.00–127.0072918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned582120.89/cwt120.00–122.007049
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623129.91/cwt125.00–131.00809129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned632110.00/cwt110.00–110.006956
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2636113.09/cwt113.00–113.507195
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned643117.00/cwt117.00–117.007522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned661117.69/cwt117.00–119.007786
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned665106.72/cwt106.00–110.0071025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2670119.00/cwt115.00–119.507979
Heifers—Medium and Large 1681123.88/cwt123.00–124.5084417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned705115.00/cwt115.00–115.008115
Heifers—Medium and Large 271173.79/cwt73.00–77.005255
Heifers—Medium and Large 1737123.69/cwt123.50–124.00912188
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2746109.00/cwt109.00–109.008134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned749100.00/cwt100.00–100.007495
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned76795.10/cwt91.00–100.007296
Heifers—Medium and Large 277878.00/cwt78.00–78.006073
Heifers—Medium and Large 1830116.03/cwt115.00–118.0096346
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-283892.00/cwt90.00–96.007719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1920102.00/cwt102.00–102.009381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-293886.00/cwt86.00–86.008072
Heifers—Medium and Large 197996.37/cwt95.00–98.509435
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96128.17/cwt23.00–29.0027124
Cows—Lean 85-90%97935.85/cwt30.00–43.0035168
Cows—Lean 85-90%99755.63/cwt55.00–56.005559
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05338.00/cwt38.00–38.0040031
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13454.50/cwt54.50–54.506187
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18243.95/cwt41.00–47.00519160
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35751.72/cwt48.00–55.0070241
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59754.34/cwt52.50–55.5086836
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,78056.44/cwt56.00–57.001,0059

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.