Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2021-06-03

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jun 3
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
820 head
▼ 569 vs last sale 1,389▼ 807 vs year ago 1,627 · −49.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
399 head
▼ 64 vs last sale 463▲ 10 vs year ago 389 · +2.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales with last week on both steer and heifer calves and feeder steers and heifers however a firm undertone was noted. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher, instances 4.00 higher. 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 $149.11/cwt on 357 head.
Average price
$149.11
357 head · 678 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,010
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$33.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.48
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1675150.161,013340
Medium and Large 1-2725132.7596212thin
Medium and Large 2774116.809045thin
One grade step is worth $33.36/cwt here — about $108 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 sale357 hd
149.11
—
TX average3 barns · 602 hd
144.63
+4.48
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—Average1,87798.871,8554thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59378.641,25342
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26066.4583759
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08154.06584137

Every lot

41 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1543164.88/cwt164.00–171.0089587
Steers—Medium and Large 1574155.06/cwt154.00–160.0089011
Steers—Medium and Large 1Gaunt618159.00/cwt159.00–159.0098348
Steers—Medium and Large 1625150.00/cwt150.00–150.0093814
Steers—Medium and Large 2630115.00/cwt115.00–115.007251
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2631142.00/cwt142.00–142.008965
Steers—Medium and Large 1656146.11/cwt145.00–146.5095823
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725131.00/cwt131.00–131.009501
Steers—Medium and Large 2758118.00/cwt118.00–118.008942
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2765125.00/cwt125.00–125.009564
Steers—Medium and Large 1779139.57/cwt133.00–143.501,087157
Steers—Medium and Large 2863116.50/cwt115.00–118.001,0052
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2880126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,1092
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430147.00/cwt147.00–147.006321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480131.00/cwt131.00–131.006291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2540130.00/cwt130.00–130.007021
Heifers—Medium and Large 2540110.00/cwt110.00–110.005941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1589136.00/cwt136.00–136.008018
Heifers—Medium and Large 2620110.00/cwt110.00–110.006821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1642133.18/cwt129.00–134.0085530
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673125.00/cwt125.00–125.008412
Heifers—Medium and Large 2680109.00/cwt109.00–109.007411
Heifers—Medium and Large 2723105.66/cwt103.00–114.007644
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2763118.00/cwt118.00–118.0090017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1782127.00/cwt127.00–127.00993105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1835119.00/cwt119.00–119.009942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1925110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0181
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,41087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,2271
Bulls——2,032102.82/cwt101.00–106.502,0893
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight74033.23/cwt31.00–40.002464
Cows—Lean 85-90%93639.75/cwt30.00–44.0037227
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight97351.34/cwt50.00–53.0050012
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight99451.63/cwt47.00–61.005133
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13553.84/cwt45.00–57.0061138
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14761.96/cwt59.00–63.0071131
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20265.28/cwt64.00–68.0078534
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20666.49/cwt63.00–71.0080222
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33771.11/cwt70.00–75.0095119
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34458.34/cwt55.00–60.007846
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58979.08/cwt76.00–80.001,25739
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,64572.86/cwt71.50–74.001,1993

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.