Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2021-04-01

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Apr 1
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,254 head
▲ 2,254 vs last sale 0▲ 2,254 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
341 head
▲ 341 vs last sale 0▲ 341 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 compared to last weeks limited receipts. Several loads of feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs were on offer and sold firm to 2.00 higher, instances heifers 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls firm. 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 $136.79/cwt on 994 head.
Average price
$136.79
994 head · 759 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,038
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$311
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$23.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.77
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1740144.041,066500
Medium and Large 1-2783129.811,017475
Medium and Large 2627120.4175519thin
One grade step is worth $23.63/cwt here — about $311 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 sale994 hd
136.79
—
TX average4 barns · 2,784 hd
141.55
−4.77
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—High1,84394.281,7382thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58963.361,00715
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25760.8976596
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05144.16464125

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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1208192.00/cwt192.00–192.003992
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2270170.00/cwt170.00–170.004591
Steers—Medium and Large 1275201.00/cwt201.00–201.0055317
Steers—Medium and Large 1340206.00/cwt206.00–206.007001
Steers—Medium and Large 2340140.00/cwt140.00–140.004763
Steers—Medium and Large 1386197.91/cwt190.00–204.007648
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2400180.00/cwt180.00–180.007201
Steers—Medium and Large 1428200.00/cwt200.00–200.008562
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2490161.00/cwt161.00–161.007891
Steers—Medium and Large 1498183.00/cwt183.00–183.009116
Steers—Medium and Large 2498145.00/cwt145.00–145.007222
Steers—Medium and Large 2520127.50/cwt127.50–127.506632
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526145.00/cwt145.00–145.0076311
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed535182.00/cwt182.00–182.009741
Steers—Medium and Large 1535172.96/cwt171.00–175.009252
Steers—Medium and Large 1552175.00/cwt175.00–175.0096611
Steers—Medium and Large 2570128.00/cwt128.00–128.007301
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580150.41/cwt140.00–161.008722
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed606160.00/cwt159.00–162.0097012
Steers—Medium and Large 2611118.72/cwt115.00–120.007254
Steers—Medium and Large 1633143.35/cwt143.25–149.0090754
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2645136.00/cwt136.00–136.008772
Steers—Medium and Large 1666146.50/cwt142.50–150.0097631
Steers—Medium and Large 2718110.00/cwt110.00–110.007902
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2720120.68/cwt120.00–121.008693
Steers—Medium and Large 1731143.07/cwt140.00–144.501,04695
Steers—Medium and Large 1766141.84/cwt139.00–142.501,08626
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2777133.86/cwt124.00–134.001,040142
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2802126.95/cwt120.00–127.001,018312
Steers—Medium and Large 1816136.97/cwt135.00–138.251,118108
Steers—Medium and Large 1877133.12/cwt131.00–133.501,16778
Steers—Medium and Large 2882100.00/cwt100.00–100.008825
Steers—Medium and Large 1913126.69/cwt122.50–131.501,15744
Steers—Medium and Large 1983123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,2142
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1220172.60/cwt171.00–174.003802
Heifers—Medium and Large 1295164.00/cwt164.00–164.004845
Heifers—Medium and Large 2326126.14/cwt120.00–127.004118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1345173.00/cwt173.00–173.005972
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2372160.00/cwt160.00–160.005953
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380172.55/cwt172.00–176.006567
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435167.00/cwt167.00–167.007262
Heifers—Medium and Large 2440130.00/cwt130.00–130.005722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2441150.69/cwt149.00–152.006657
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned454146.00/cwt146.00–146.006634
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465140.00/cwt140.00–140.006516
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475119.00/cwt119.00–119.005654
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482160.61/cwt159.00–162.0077435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524150.04/cwt149.00–152.007866
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526136.51/cwt135.00–143.0071812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577148.60/cwt146.00–150.5085743
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580117.46/cwt115.00–120.006812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615139.91/cwt136.00–141.5086015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625121.98/cwt121.00–123.007622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1663130.78/cwt130.00–135.00867106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2734117.57/cwt107.00–122.0086314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1738130.18/cwt124.00–132.5096121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2766112.32/cwt109.00–113.0086012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1788129.97/cwt124.00–130.751,024352
Heifers—Medium and Large 1839125.55/cwt125.00–126.351,053173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2848110.00/cwt110.00–110.009332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2873115.36/cwt114.00–116.501,00767
Heifers—Medium and Large 1885126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,11515
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,84394.28/cwt93.00–95.501,7382
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight76028.00/cwt28.00–28.002131
Cows—Lean 85-90%97941.67/cwt38.00–44.5040848
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00930.10/cwt25.00–38.5030421
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09349.38/cwt44.00–56.0054041
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22557.81/cwt53.00–62.0070862
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,26259.66/cwt53.50–65.0075314
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31466.51/cwt62.75–70.5087434
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55957.59/cwt54.00–59.508983
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59664.80/cwt62.50–68.001,03412

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.