Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2021-04-15

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Apr 15
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,312 head
▲ 1,312 vs last sale 0▲ 1,312 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
457 head
▲ 457 vs last sale 0▲ 457 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; feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 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 $158.47/cwt on 652 head.
Average price
$158.47
652 head · 660 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,046
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$137
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$48.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.87
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1655160.731,054593
Medium and Large 1-2649147.1795540
Medium and Large 2819111.8491619thin
One grade step is worth $48.88/cwt here — about $137 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 sale652 hd
158.47
—
TX average4 barns · 3,009 hd
145.60
+12.87
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—High1,55982.961,29312
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,56866.451,04224
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19359.6371188
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03649.58514102

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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1230200.00/cwt200.00–200.004602
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed323210.00/cwt210.00–210.006783
Steers—Medium and Large 1335198.00/cwt198.00–198.006631
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed376210.00/cwt210.00–210.007904
Steers—Medium and Large 1377188.00/cwt188.00–188.007093
Steers—Medium and Large 1412198.21/cwt189.00–200.0081733
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2415168.00/cwt168.00–168.006973
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2460172.00/cwt172.00–172.007911
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed462196.00/cwt196.00–196.0090621
Steers—Medium and Large 1479187.90/cwt184.00–191.0090056
Steers—Medium and Large 1503185.00/cwt185.00–185.0093114
Steers—Medium and Large 2526150.00/cwt150.00–150.007892
Steers—Medium and Large 1555179.45/cwt165.00–181.25996171
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2569157.72/cwt147.00–161.0089711
Steers—Medium and Large 1604160.67/cwt160.00–161.5097018
Steers—Medium and Large 2628130.00/cwt130.00–130.008162
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2632144.00/cwt144.00–144.009103
Steers—Medium and Large 1658147.00/cwt147.00–147.0096714
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2670145.70/cwt142.00–146.0097614
Steers—Medium and Large 1735138.98/cwt137.00–142.501,02226
Steers—Medium and Large 2758120.00/cwt120.00–120.009102
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2775134.64/cwt132.00–136.001,0433
Steers—Medium and Large 1795134.98/cwt134.75–135.001,07375
Steers—Medium and Large 2813112.52/cwt110.00–115.009152
Steers—Medium and Large 1830133.90/cwt131.00–134.501,11157
Steers—Medium and Large 1853130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1098
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2881120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0575
Steers—Medium and Large 2893100.00/cwt100.00–100.008937
Steers—Medium and Large 2900105.00/cwt105.00–105.009452
Steers—Medium and Large 1903125.67/cwt122.00–126.001,13582
Steers—Medium and Large 21,03395.00/cwt95.00–95.009812
Steers—Medium and Large 11,046112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,1725
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1312177.00/cwt177.00–177.005523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330160.00/cwt160.00–160.005281
Heifers—Medium and Large 2350141.00/cwt141.00–141.004941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377173.09/cwt167.00–175.0065324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1445162.39/cwt160.00–164.007235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477169.30/cwt166.00–171.0080812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478155.01/cwt153.00–157.007412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517159.36/cwt158.00–160.0082411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558152.58/cwt110.00–155.0085133
Heifers—Medium and Large 2558120.00/cwt120.00–120.006706
Heifers—Medium and Large 2605109.00/cwt109.00–109.006591
Heifers—Medium and Large 1611141.63/cwt140.50–142.008658
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618127.01/cwt119.00–138.007858
Heifers—Medium and Large 2655110.00/cwt110.00–110.007211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678134.00/cwt134.00–134.009099
Heifers—Medium and Large 1719139.17/cwt135.50–140.501,00123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2731125.05/cwt125.00–126.0091484
Heifers—Medium and Large 1753130.00/cwt130.00–130.009793
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2775112.00/cwt112.00–112.008681
Heifers—Medium and Large 2806102.98/cwt100.00–105.008305
Heifers—Medium and Large 1834122.16/cwt121.00–122.501,01913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1904119.25/cwt118.25–120.001,0787
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,31973.16/cwt71.00–74.509656
Bulls——1,79992.76/cwt92.50–93.001,6696
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80536.61/cwt32.00–40.5029522
Cows—Lean 85-90%97945.29/cwt40.00–53.0044331
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07566.00/cwt66.00–66.007101
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11354.08/cwt52.00–56.0060248
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17857.95/cwt51.00–67.0068348
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24765.28/cwt59.00–68.5081431
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,43469.76/cwt68.00–72.501,0009
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53270.21/cwt69.00–72.001,0765
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57765.46/cwt64.50–67.001,03219

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.