Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2021-03-11

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Mar 11
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,216 head
▲ 2,216 vs last sale 0▲ 2,216 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
469 head
▲ 469 vs last sale 0▲ 469 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 steady to weak: feeder steers over 700 lbs firm with instances 1.00 higher. Heifer calves and feeder heifers mostly firm, instances over 500 lbs 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 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 $142.02/cwt on 927 head.
Average price
$142.02
927 head · 728 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,034
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$129
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$13.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.98
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2559151.5084697
Medium and Large 1750140.941,056824
Medium and Large 2520137.847176thin
One grade step is worth $13.66/cwt here — about $129 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 sale927 hd
142.02
—
TX average4 barns · 4,010 hd
134.05
+7.98
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—High1,58377.851,2336thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,69356.469568thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,32553.0170280
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00941.67420146

Every lot

68 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2345165.00/cwt165.00–165.005691
Steers—Medium and Large 1366188.86/cwt185.00–191.0069115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2385174.03/cwt170.00–180.006705
Steers—Medium and Large 1411196.37/cwt194.00–200.0080713
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2423179.00/cwt179.00–179.007578
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned425163.00/cwt163.00–163.006934
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned433172.00/cwt172.00–172.007454
Steers—Medium and Large 2470135.00/cwt135.00–135.006352
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2474165.00/cwt165.00–165.007827
Steers—Medium and Large 1475176.90/cwt172.00–185.0084013
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned491159.00/cwt159.00–159.007814
Steers—Medium and Large 1508167.24/cwt167.00–168.0085051
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530151.18/cwt145.00–155.0080118
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned536156.51/cwt155.00–160.0083916
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2567144.16/cwt143.00–145.0081714
Steers—Medium and Large 1586157.39/cwt155.00–162.5092237
Steers—Medium and Large 2612130.68/cwt130.00–132.008003
Steers—Medium and Large 1630150.92/cwt150.50–151.5095113
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned633145.00/cwt145.00–145.009186
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2637144.64/cwt140.00–150.0092126
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned641135.00/cwt135.00–135.008656
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2655140.00/cwt140.00–140.009171
Steers—Medium and Large 1680139.02/cwt137.00–139.2594520
Steers—Medium and Large 1728137.45/cwt136.00–139.001,00181
Steers—Medium and Large 1776137.09/cwt135.00–138.001,064282
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2838125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0484
Steers—Medium and Large 1839131.30/cwt129.00–134.001,10266
Steers—Medium and Large 1874131.23/cwt126.00–133.001,147152
Steers—Medium and Large 1924126.41/cwt126.00–126.501,16850
Steers—Medium and Large 1993113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,1225
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330165.00/cwt165.00–165.005453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned340140.00/cwt140.00–140.004761
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned360140.00/cwt140.00–140.005041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1362174.00/cwt174.00–174.006306
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2370150.00/cwt150.00–150.005552
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385140.00/cwt140.00–140.005396
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned415125.00/cwt125.00–125.005192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419159.68/cwt157.00–164.0066927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2428141.74/cwt139.00–150.0060715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474136.52/cwt130.00–140.0064740
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned512136.25/cwt136.25–136.256987
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515144.79/cwt144.00–145.0074669
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535127.73/cwt124.00–135.0068341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2566127.00/cwt127.00–127.007194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570133.61/cwt131.00–136.0076218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619129.04/cwt125.00–131.0079990
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2670123.50/cwt123.50–123.508272
Heifers—Medium and Large 1672128.50/cwt128.50–128.5086423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1716127.32/cwt122.00–128.00912132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2718114.00/cwt114.00–114.008192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1766125.04/cwt124.50–125.50958215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2778114.06/cwt114.00–115.0088716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1819126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0328
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2820110.00/cwt110.00–110.009021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1857122.05/cwt116.00–123.001,04646
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2865110.00/cwt110.00–110.009521
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,01096.00/cwt96.00–96.0097011
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,52876.52/cwt75.00–80.001,1695
Bulls——1,86084.50/cwt84.50–84.501,5721
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91039.76/cwt36.00–44.0036281
Cows—Lean 85-90%91830.94/cwt25.00–33.0028413
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18447.51/cwt43.00–49.0056333
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18547.33/cwt44.00–81.0056152
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27060.83/cwt60.00–62.007732
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,43156.69/cwt53.00–59.0081145
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,62456.74/cwt56.00–58.009215
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,73544.00/cwt44.00–44.007631
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,84562.00/cwt62.00–62.001,1442

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.