Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2021-01-28

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jan 28
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,783 head
▼ 464 vs last sale 2,247▲ 76 vs year ago 1,707 · +4.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
400 head
▼ 106 vs last sale 506▲ 27 vs year ago 373 · +7.2%
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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 steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls 5.00 higher to 7.00 higher with high dressing kinds experiencing the greater price increase. 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 $146.46/cwt on 863 head.
Average price
$146.46
863 head · 673 lb average
Value per head Derived
$986
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$133
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$23.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.57
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2579147.2185347
Medium and Large 1679146.56995811
Medium and Large 2581124.007205thin
One grade step is worth $23.21/cwt here — about $133 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 sale863 hd
146.46
—
TX average4 barns · 3,104 hd
141.89
+4.57
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—Average1,60785.501,37417
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,49858.868818thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23254.9567794
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02440.31413115

Every lot

65 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1275227.24/cwt227.00–228.006254
Steers—Medium and Large 1334212.20/cwt209.00–219.007094
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2355203.00/cwt203.00–203.007211
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed361224.00/cwt224.00–224.008097
Steers—Medium and Large 1382215.54/cwt212.00–216.008238
Steers—Medium and Large 1406206.42/cwt200.00–208.008389
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2432188.38/cwt186.00–190.008145
Steers—Medium and Large 2460131.00/cwt131.00–131.006032
Steers—Medium and Large 1468177.58/cwt162.00–186.5083146
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471157.05/cwt155.00–166.007408
Steers—Medium and Large 1530172.50/cwt167.00–180.0091481
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533153.04/cwt145.00–161.008162
Steers—Medium and Large 2580125.00/cwt125.00–125.007251
Steers—Medium and Large 1582155.61/cwt147.00–162.5090688
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2587147.60/cwt146.00–151.008663
Steers—Medium and Large 1631147.33/cwt145.50–151.0093030
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2637135.31/cwt132.00–140.0086224
Steers—Medium and Large 2645121.00/cwt121.00–121.007801
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned680128.00/cwt128.00–128.008703
Steers—Medium and Large 1684143.23/cwt132.00–148.50980110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2693130.00/cwt130.00–130.009012
Steers—Medium and Large 1703136.55/cwt134.00–138.00960198
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725130.51/cwt130.00–131.009462
Steers—Medium and Large 1760134.19/cwt130.00–135.501,02063
Steers—Medium and Large 2760112.00/cwt112.00–112.008511
Steers—Medium and Large 1855126.83/cwt124.50–127.001,084135
Steers—Medium and Large 1945123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,16213
Steers—Medium and Large 11,043112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,16812
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1200180.00/cwt180.00–180.003601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1263187.77/cwt180.00–196.004942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2328148.00/cwt148.00–148.004852
Heifers—Medium and Large 1369167.19/cwt154.00–178.0061719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed408169.00/cwt169.00–169.006907
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432156.71/cwt154.00–160.0067721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2438149.32/cwt143.00–150.0065410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed463159.50/cwt159.50–159.5073826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477138.00/cwt138.00–138.006588
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478141.00/cwt141.00–141.006744
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531141.69/cwt137.00–150.0075240
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned535120.00/cwt120.00–120.006423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2537130.22/cwt130.00–131.006999
Heifers—Medium and Large 1562134.00/cwt132.00–137.5075356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2565125.00/cwt125.00–125.007061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623123.35/cwt122.00–125.0076815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625132.12/cwt127.00–136.5082695
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned643116.50/cwt116.50–116.507495
Heifers—Medium and Large 1662131.95/cwt130.00–133.0087445
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2679116.00/cwt116.00–116.007884
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned683107.00/cwt107.00–107.007313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720125.70/cwt122.00–128.5090581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2795104.50/cwt101.00–108.008312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1816117.50/cwt117.50–117.509598
Heifers—Medium and Large 1922112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,0378
Heifers—Medium and Large 1969111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,0764
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,60785.50/cwt85.50–85.501,37417
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99234.26/cwt25.00–39.0034036
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00141.60/cwt39.00–45.5041651
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10061.00/cwt61.00–61.006712
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10644.55/cwt38.50–50.0049326
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13350.35/cwt48.50–53.0057048
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25163.50/cwt63.50–63.5079414
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35964.00/cwt64.00–64.008704
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37158.11/cwt54.00–60.0079732
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49049.00/cwt49.00–49.007301
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,68555.28/cwt54.00–56.009313

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.