Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2021-02-04

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Feb 4
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,761 head
▲ 2,761 vs last sale 0▲ 2,761 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
388 head
▲ 388 vs last sale 0▲ 388 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 4.00 higher with the most increase being in the 300-500 lb weights. Feeder steers over 600 lbs firm, feeder heifers over 600 lbs steady to weak. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. 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 $156.22/cwt on 1,330 head.
Average price
$156.22
1,330 head · 625 lb average
Value per head Derived
$976
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$234
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.65
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1635157.329991,060
Medium and Large 1-2584152.96893254
Medium and Large 2569134.5576516thin
One grade step is worth $22.77/cwt here — about $234 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 sale1,330 hd
156.22
—
TX average4 barns · 2,837 hd
149.56
+6.65
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—High1,62782.391,3407thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,46364.4794328
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16453.33621136
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,07942.4945868

Every lot

86 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 · Steers44 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2245184.00/cwt184.00–184.004511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2288182.00/cwt182.00–182.005242
Steers—Medium and Large 1295227.00/cwt227.00–227.006701
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned313170.00/cwt170.00–170.005322
Steers—Medium and Large 1315215.08/cwt209.00–226.006783
Steers—Medium and Large 2320136.00/cwt136.00–136.004351
Steers—Medium and Large 1384217.88/cwt207.00–219.0083716
Steers—Medium and Large 2390139.00/cwt139.00–139.005421
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2398203.00/cwt203.00–203.0080810
Steers—Medium and Large 2403156.00/cwt156.00–156.006292
Steers—Medium and Large 1431202.94/cwt183.00–216.0087595
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2434178.06/cwt168.00–187.007736
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned438190.32/cwt190.00–196.0083418
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned442166.00/cwt166.00–166.007349
Steers—Medium and Large 2457156.00/cwt156.00–156.007133
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2460170.12/cwt170.00–171.007839
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned470175.74/cwt170.00–179.0082610
Steers—Medium and Large 1472186.93/cwt182.00–191.0088263
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy512184.09/cwt183.00–185.5094334
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned515169.00/cwt169.00–169.008703
Steers—Medium and Large 1532173.08/cwt169.00–177.00921141
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2542168.54/cwt165.00–169.0091355
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed563168.00/cwt168.00–168.009462
Steers—Medium and Large 1563162.58/cwt157.00–164.00915105
Steers—Medium and Large 2573144.40/cwt142.00–147.008272
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2592148.23/cwt147.50–155.00878103
Steers—Medium and Large 1610153.15/cwt145.00–159.0093494
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2622136.96/cwt131.00–140.008525
Steers—Medium and Large 2627120.00/cwt120.00–120.007524
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned641139.00/cwt139.00–139.008914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2651135.30/cwt135.00–136.0088110
Steers—Medium and Large 1690137.54/cwt135.00–141.0094976
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2711124.75/cwt124.00–125.008874
Steers—Medium and Large 1727135.42/cwt134.00–135.7598582
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed740133.50/cwt133.50–133.5098811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2756127.00/cwt127.00–127.009608
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned756117.85/cwt117.50–120.0089114
Steers—Medium and Large 1788131.10/cwt130.00–134.501,033150
Steers—Medium and Large 1813133.69/cwt131.00–134.001,08793
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2816126.61/cwt125.00–127.001,0335
Steers—Medium and Large 2830110.00/cwt110.00–110.009131
Steers—Medium and Large 2863109.51/cwt107.00–112.009452
Steers—Medium and Large 1864131.03/cwt129.00–131.101,13262
Steers—Medium and Large 11,152107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,2338
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed305185.00/cwt185.00–185.0056412
Heifers—Medium and Large 2305120.00/cwt120.00–120.003661
Heifers—Medium and Large 1343176.63/cwt170.00–180.0060628
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380121.00/cwt121.00–121.004601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383165.50/cwt160.00–169.0063414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420159.87/cwt154.00–161.0067124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424150.70/cwt150.00–153.0063910
Heifers—Medium and Large 2429135.00/cwt135.00–135.005796
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed457157.60/cwt157.50–157.7572053
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475149.90/cwt143.00–154.0071276
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475130.00/cwt130.00–130.006183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479137.93/cwt133.00–140.006617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2510132.69/cwt132.00–134.006773
Heifers—Medium and Large 2510126.27/cwt120.00–127.0064410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned530129.00/cwt129.00–129.006841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1536138.74/cwt136.00–143.00744215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2564131.96/cwt129.00–133.007447
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577134.06/cwt131.00–138.00774165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned578125.00/cwt125.00–125.007233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1606133.27/cwt131.00–133.50808105
Heifers—Medium and Large 2615114.00/cwt114.00–114.007012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618127.70/cwt125.00–129.0078914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655134.27/cwt124.00–135.0087995
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned670120.00/cwt120.00–120.008045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2680122.91/cwt120.00–123.0083685
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned684109.37/cwt109.00–109.507488
Heifers—Medium and Large 1718124.00/cwt124.00–124.0089022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2750120.00/cwt120.00–120.0090010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned755120.00/cwt120.00–120.009063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1792125.97/cwt123.00–126.25998150
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820126.60/cwt126.60–126.601,03835
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,55679.50/cwt79.50–79.501,2375
Bulls——1,80389.60/cwt87.00–91.751,6152
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight79226.00/cwt26.00–26.002063
Cows—Lean 85-90%99239.32/cwt35.00–42.5039030
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03826.96/cwt25.00–29.002804
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09150.57/cwt48.50–52.0055258
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17848.28/cwt43.50–52.5056929
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18954.16/cwt52.50–58.0064465
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36661.54/cwt60.00–62.0084113
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,46062.00/cwt62.00–62.009052
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46364.47/cwt62.00–69.5094328

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.