Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2021-06-17

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jun 17
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
923 head
▲ 104 vs last sale 819▼ 248 vs year ago 1,171 · −21.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
298 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 318▼ 17 vs year ago 315 · −5.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs 6.00 to 10,00 higher; feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 higher with the greater value increase being in the 750 to 850 lbs lots. 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 $157.40/cwt on 400 head.
Average price
$157.40
400 head · 685 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,079
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$306
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$44.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.20
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1685162.671,115306
Medium and Large 1-2686142.2797686
Medium and Large 2683118.508098thin
One grade step is worth $44.17/cwt here — about $306 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 sale400 hd
157.40
—
TX average4 barns · 1,748 hd
148.20
+9.20
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—Low1,70597.791,6685thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51476.111,15214
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,31570.0192134
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,10350.70559107

Every lot

58 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1233215.00/cwt215.00–215.005013
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2258186.57/cwt184.00–189.004812
Steers—Medium and Large 1340191.00/cwt191.00–191.006491
Steers—Medium and Large 1410197.00/cwt197.00–197.008081
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed421203.38/cwt201.00–213.0085610
Steers—Medium and Large 2445136.00/cwt136.00–136.006051
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2450178.00/cwt178.00–178.008012
Steers—Medium and Large 1485195.06/cwt193.00–196.0094619
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed525187.67/cwt186.00–194.0098528
Steers—Medium and Large 1534177.81/cwt177.00–182.009506
Steers—Medium and Large 1571172.90/cwt171.00–173.0098758
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580140.00/cwt140.00–140.008121
Steers—Medium and Large 1Gaunt611166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,01715
Steers—Medium and Large 1630160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,00812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2634149.50/cwt149.50–149.509488
Steers—Medium and Large 1661151.00/cwt151.00–151.009988
Steers—Medium and Large 2668113.00/cwt113.00–113.007554
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2711139.32/cwt139.25–141.0099173
Steers—Medium and Large 1Gaunt771148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,14517
Steers—Medium and Large 1781144.73/cwt142.00–145.501,1309
Steers—Medium and Large 2782120.00/cwt120.00–120.009383
Steers—Medium and Large 1802145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,16313
Steers—Medium and Large 1861144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,244106
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360167.00/cwt167.00–167.006016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned385160.00/cwt160.00–160.006162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1440154.75/cwt153.00–155.0068123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2458140.00/cwt140.00–140.006413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485148.00/cwt148.00–148.007183
Heifers—Medium and Large 2503110.00/cwt110.00–110.005533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531142.75/cwt142.00–143.007584
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed568148.13/cwt147.00–149.0084128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575130.00/cwt130.00–130.007481
Heifers—Medium and Large 2603113.49/cwt110.00–117.006842
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2605135.00/cwt135.00–135.008171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617143.00/cwt143.00–143.008828
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2660122.98/cwt122.00–125.008123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1680139.00/cwt139.00–139.009451
Heifers—Medium and Large 2689113.00/cwt113.00–113.007795
Heifers—Medium and Large 1724136.59/cwt135.00–138.0098932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1776133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,0364
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2798120.00/cwt120.00–120.009584
Heifers—Medium and Large 1829133.86/cwt132.25–134.501,11090
Heifers—Medium and Large 1865129.57/cwt129.50–130.001,12122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Natural883138.35/cwt138.35–138.351,22258
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2895128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,1461
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,34085.50/cwt85.50–85.501,1461
Bulls——1,73095.77/cwt95.50–96.001,6572
Bulls——1,863105.96/cwt102.50–110.001,9742
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight94144.65/cwt42.50–46.5042027
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight1,03040.44/cwt40.00–41.504179
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08945.74/cwt43.00–48.0049828
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13553.06/cwt50.00–58.0060216
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13771.00/cwt71.00–71.008073
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25474.24/cwt71.00–77.5093118
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,30263.01/cwt62.00–66.0082024
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38465.26/cwt62.50–68.0090316
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48679.15/cwt77.00–80.501,17610
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58468.51/cwt68.00–69.001,0854

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.