Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2021-03-04

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Mar 4
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,980 head
▲ 1,226 vs last sale 754▲ 126 vs year ago 1,854 · +6.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
518 head
▼ 231 vs last sale 749▼ 45 vs year ago 563 · −8.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs were steady; feeder steers and heifers firm. Supply of feeder steers and heifers were mostly attractive. Slaughter cows and bulls weak to 2.00 lower. 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 $145.21/cwt on 865 head.
Average price
$145.21
865 head · 703 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,021
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$20
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$27.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.02
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2519153.43796139
Medium and Large 1747144.901,083678
Medium and Large 2618125.7277648
One grade step is worth $27.71/cwt here — about $20 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 sale865 hd
145.21
—
TX average4 barns · 3,307 hd
142.19
+3.02
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—High2,02886.501,7542thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57056.288845thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26253.0767067
CowsLean 85-90%Average98342.42417223

Every lot

77 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1295219.00/cwt219.00–219.006461
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2308180.00/cwt180.00–180.005542
Steers—Medium and Large 1330210.00/cwt210.00–210.006931
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2358186.00/cwt186.00–186.006665
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned371176.00/cwt176.00–176.006535
Steers—Medium and Large 1385200.73/cwt194.00–203.0077322
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned411190.75/cwt190.00–191.007844
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2423168.00/cwt168.00–168.0071124
Steers—Medium and Large 1428199.56/cwt195.00–200.0085434
Steers—Medium and Large 2440130.00/cwt130.00–130.005723
Steers—Medium and Large 1474182.18/cwt176.00–187.0086423
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned488167.00/cwt167.00–167.008156
Steers—Medium and Large 1519173.29/cwt166.00–176.0089983
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2529151.17/cwt138.00–152.0080090
Steers—Medium and Large 2538125.00/cwt125.00–125.006732
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned540156.00/cwt155.00–161.0084212
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned578146.00/cwt146.00–146.008443
Steers—Medium and Large 1588155.58/cwt151.00–158.0091514
Steers—Medium and Large 2590120.58/cwt119.00–123.007115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2595134.53/cwt132.00–145.008005
Steers—Medium and Large 1615154.47/cwt150.00–156.5095033
Steers—Medium and Large 2622127.72/cwt127.00–130.0079430
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned635146.00/cwt146.00–146.009277
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2645143.00/cwt143.00–143.009223
Steers—Medium and Large 1658148.59/cwt145.00–149.509785
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2683131.93/cwt131.50–132.009017
Steers—Medium and Large 2684120.00/cwt120.00–120.008216
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned696132.33/cwt131.00–135.009216
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2720127.00/cwt127.00–127.009142
Steers—Medium and Large 1735138.02/cwt134.00–139.001,01415
Steers—Medium and Large 2768120.00/cwt120.00–120.009222
Steers—Medium and Large 1778127.00/cwt127.00–127.009882
Steers—Medium and Large 1808132.02/cwt130.00–132.751,06788
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2850120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0201
Steers—Medium and Large 1870128.25/cwt128.25–128.251,11668
Steers—Medium and Large 1922126.54/cwt122.00–127.251,167215
Steers—Medium and Large 1954121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,15416
Steers—Medium and Large 11,17596.50/cwt96.50–96.501,13415
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1306178.00/cwt178.00–178.005454
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2321155.69/cwt150.00–160.005007
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372173.12/cwt160.00–174.5064422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2389153.00/cwt153.00–153.0059517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412157.95/cwt157.00–159.0065113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed413169.00/cwt169.00–169.0069851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2437146.78/cwt144.00–151.0064111
Heifers—Medium and Large 2445120.00/cwt120.00–120.005341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed475159.50/cwt159.50–159.5075815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2477133.14/cwt132.00–135.0063566
Heifers—Medium and Large 2482118.00/cwt118.00–118.005693
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483149.45/cwt145.00–155.0072235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516139.65/cwt135.00–144.0072134
Heifers—Medium and Large 2527119.31/cwt118.00–120.006293
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2540125.88/cwt125.00–133.006809
Heifers—Medium and Large 2557116.84/cwt115.00–117.0065113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2558123.99/cwt120.00–125.006925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575133.21/cwt129.00–139.0076644
Heifers—Medium and Large 2608110.00/cwt110.00–110.006693
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2609121.51/cwt120.00–122.0074017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624133.74/cwt127.00–136.5083521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667128.67/cwt125.00–130.0085844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2670119.31/cwt118.00–120.007993
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2720110.00/cwt110.00–110.007922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1774125.95/cwt124.00–126.00975123
Heifers—Medium and Large 2780103.65/cwt103.00–105.008089
Heifers—Medium and Large 1815122.90/cwt122.75–124.251,002166
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2836116.00/cwt116.00–116.009708
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2860105.00/cwt105.00–105.009032
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——2,00584.00/cwt84.00–84.001,6841
Bulls——2,05089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,8251
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%82532.59/cwt22.00–39.0026941
Cows—Lean 85-90%93940.45/cwt38.00–43.5038086
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08447.66/cwt44.00–55.0051789
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14862.90/cwt61.00–66.007226
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15057.58/cwt54.00–59.506627
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23947.34/cwt47.00–51.0058713
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28253.39/cwt50.00–58.0068448
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57056.28/cwt55.00–58.008845

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.