Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2021-06-24

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jun 24
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,372 head
▲ 449 vs last sale 923▲ 343 vs year ago 1,029 · +33.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
531 head
▲ 233 vs last sale 298▲ 74 vs year ago 457 · +16.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs firm in a limited test. Feeder steers and heifers 600-800 lbs steady, instances 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers over 800 lbs steady to 2.00 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 $157.29/cwt on 589 head.
Average price
$157.29
589 head · 695 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,093
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$316
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.02
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1695159.211,107511
Medium and Large 1-2708146.761,03966
Medium and Large 2593133.5079112thin
One grade step is worth $25.71/cwt here — about $316 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 sale589 hd
157.29
—
TX average4 barns · 1,751 hd
150.27
+7.02
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—High1,66491.931,5298thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,74472.881,2716thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,32568.82912162
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,05454.33573177

Every lot

64 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned238183.00/cwt183.00–183.0043612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2295180.00/cwt180.00–180.005311
Steers—Medium and Large 1318210.00/cwt210.00–210.006683
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned324190.00/cwt190.00–190.006161
Steers—Medium and Large 2325134.00/cwt134.00–134.004361
Steers—Medium and Large 1357212.55/cwt208.00–214.0075921
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned378150.00/cwt150.00–150.005672
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned382198.00/cwt198.00–198.0075610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428176.00/cwt176.00–176.007532
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned444188.00/cwt188.00–188.0083525
Steers—Medium and Large 1445195.00/cwt195.00–195.008684
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470177.00/cwt177.00–177.008322
Steers—Medium and Large 1483198.00/cwt198.00–198.009568
Steers—Medium and Large 2537140.00/cwt140.00–140.007526
Steers—Medium and Large 1539174.00/cwt174.00–174.0093834
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578140.00/cwt140.00–140.008092
Steers—Medium and Large 1Gaunt581170.00/cwt170.00–170.0098841
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned590158.00/cwt158.00–158.009322
Steers—Medium and Large 1595164.15/cwt164.00–166.0097713
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2613150.00/cwt150.00–150.009203
Steers—Medium and Large 1630157.69/cwt156.50–160.009933
Steers—Medium and Large 1Gaunt634162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,02712
Steers—Medium and Large 1679149.99/cwt149.00–151.001,0184
Steers—Medium and Large 2683125.00/cwt125.00–125.008542
Steers—Medium and Large 2715129.00/cwt129.00–129.009222
Steers—Medium and Large 1719153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,1008
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Gaunt757144.75/cwt144.75–144.751,09648
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2759137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0406
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned770120.00/cwt120.00–120.009241
Steers—Medium and Large 1788150.47/cwt148.00–151.001,186196
Steers—Medium and Large 1874138.28/cwt137.50–141.501,209114
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2310153.00/cwt153.00–153.004741
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335169.00/cwt169.00–169.0056611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned348139.00/cwt139.00–139.004842
Heifers—Medium and Large 1388158.00/cwt158.00–158.006136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2400139.00/cwt139.00–139.005562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned440149.00/cwt149.00–149.006563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1453156.00/cwt156.00–156.0070723
Heifers—Medium and Large 2490130.00/cwt130.00–130.006371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530144.00/cwt144.00–144.007632
Heifers—Medium and Large 2532120.00/cwt120.00–120.006383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned564134.00/cwt134.00–134.007564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569152.00/cwt152.00–152.0086517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1611141.21/cwt139.00–143.008639
Heifers—Medium and Large 1658140.00/cwt140.00–140.009212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Gaunt713136.00/cwt136.00–136.0097029
Heifers—Medium and Large 2737103.90/cwt102.00–105.0076611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1746137.27/cwt137.00–137.501,024152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1761137.26/cwt134.50–137.501,04576
Heifers—Medium and Large 1837127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,06361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1921122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,12812
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,52889.10/cwt86.00–95.501,3616
Bulls——2,070100.44/cwt98.00–103.502,0792
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight95044.44/cwt42.00–48.0042252
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight1,06340.03/cwt37.00–41.5042614
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07966.96/cwt64.00–70.5072259
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08973.44/cwt72.00–76.008008
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10244.28/cwt41.00–47.5048812
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14852.38/cwt50.00–56.5060132
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22158.87/cwt57.50–61.0071939
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35073.75/cwt72.00–77.0099684
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37468.15/cwt66.00–70.0093639
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,73576.47/cwt76.00–77.501,3273
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,75269.30/cwt68.00–72.001,2143

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.