Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2021-05-13

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, May 13
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,611 head
▲ 1,611 vs last sale 0▲ 1,611 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
289 head
▲ 289 vs last sale 0▲ 289 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 and feeders mostly 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Supply included several load lots of feeder steers and heifers over 700 lbs. 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 $135.58/cwt on 896 head.
Average price
$135.58
896 head · 753 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,021
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$241
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$23.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.53
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2611140.6986042
Medium and Large 1761135.401,030851
Medium and Large 2527117.436183thin
One grade step is worth $23.26/cwt here — about $241 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 sale896 hd
135.58
—
TX average4 barns · 1,529 hd
138.11
−2.53
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—Low1,55075.921,1773thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,62466.121,07411
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,33758.7678552
CowsLean 85-90%High1,05245.55479119

Every lot

51 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2335165.00/cwt165.00–165.005531
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2431151.00/cwt151.00–151.006515
Steers—Medium and Large 1473165.04/cwt160.00–166.007816
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2486152.78/cwt151.00–153.007439
Steers—Medium and Large 2515121.14/cwt117.50–125.006242
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523137.63/cwt129.00–141.007206
Steers—Medium and Large 1545158.58/cwt153.00–161.0086428
Steers—Medium and Large 2550110.00/cwt110.00–110.006051
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2555139.00/cwt139.00–139.007711
Steers—Medium and Large 1581149.26/cwt149.00–150.0086766
Steers—Medium and Large 1610148.00/cwt148.00–148.0090353
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2645130.00/cwt130.00–130.008392
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2674136.00/cwt135.00–137.009176
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2715134.00/cwt134.00–134.009582
Steers—Medium and Large 1724137.00/cwt137.00–137.00992196
Steers—Medium and Large 1796133.25/cwt133.25–133.251,06191
Steers—Medium and Large 1813130.67/cwt130.00–131.001,062331
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2835130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,09010
Steers—Medium and Large 1917123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,13254
Steers—Medium and Large 1988123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,21526
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360170.00/cwt170.00–170.006122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419153.00/cwt153.00–153.006418
Heifers—Medium and Large 2440125.00/cwt125.00–125.005504
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2445147.00/cwt147.00–147.006541
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458150.00/cwt150.00–150.006878
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470138.19/cwt130.00–139.506497
Heifers—Medium and Large 2488120.00/cwt120.00–120.005862
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2517123.82/cwt122.00–128.006407
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518147.50/cwt147.50–147.5076414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579127.95/cwt126.00–130.007416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623125.86/cwt125.00–130.007846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675129.50/cwt129.50–129.5087410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2676128.50/cwt128.50–128.5086911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728127.00/cwt127.00–127.0092570
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2735115.00/cwt115.00–115.008451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1759125.24/cwt124.00–127.50951193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2768120.00/cwt120.00–120.0092267
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2805110.00/cwt110.00–110.008861
Heifers—Medium and Large 1825119.50/cwt119.50–119.509864
Heifers—Medium and Large 1876118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,03412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2943105.00/cwt105.00–105.009906
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,40571.88/cwt69.00–75.001,0102
Bulls——1,84084.00/cwt84.00–84.001,5461
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92237.24/cwt30.00–42.5034332
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00241.13/cwt40.00–48.0041227
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12150.36/cwt45.00–58.0056550
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15451.39/cwt49.50–53.0059315
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,25360.05/cwt58.00–65.0075210
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34758.61/cwt55.00–62.0078918
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,47164.72/cwt63.00–67.0095219
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,62466.12/cwt64.00–68.001,07411

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.