Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2021-07-01

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jul 1
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
918 head
▲ 918 vs last sale 0▲ 918 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
493 head
▲ 493 vs last sale 0▲ 493 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 to 2.00 higher in a limited test; feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs firm to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Trade fairly active. Demand fairly good. The trade area has received beneficial moisture several days on the week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $161.09/cwt on 269 head.
Average price
$161.09
269 head · 649 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,046
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$252
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$35.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.91
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1660162.821,075230
Medium and Large 1-2561159.9789828
Medium and Large 2644127.8282311thin
One grade step is worth $35.00/cwt here — about $252 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 sale269 hd
161.09
—
TX average2 barns · 401 hd
154.18
+6.91
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—Average1,80795.801,73111
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,55275.551,1735thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24962.4578085
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,09847.83525204

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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1300205.00/cwt205.00–205.006151
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned365151.00/cwt151.00–151.005511
Steers—Medium and Large 1415197.00/cwt197.00–197.008181
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned465163.00/cwt163.00–163.007581
Steers—Medium and Large 2473160.00/cwt160.00–160.007572
Steers—Medium and Large 1474187.00/cwt187.00–187.0088614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2491179.00/cwt179.00–179.008797
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed519165.00/cwt165.00–165.008565
Steers—Medium and Large 1530170.00/cwt170.00–170.009011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2547157.00/cwt157.00–157.008597
Steers—Medium and Large 2560136.00/cwt136.00–136.007621
Steers—Medium and Large 1561174.32/cwt170.00–174.5097876
Steers—Medium and Large 1625159.00/cwt159.00–159.009944
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2640150.00/cwt150.00–150.009601
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2660139.03/cwt137.00–143.009183
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed661162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,07165
Steers—Medium and Large 2697118.75/cwt117.00–124.008288
Steers—Medium and Large 1722153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,1059
Steers—Medium and Large 1769150.31/cwt149.00–153.501,15637
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2795145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1532
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2815131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,0681
Steers—Medium and Large 1828145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,2012
Steers—Medium and Large 1956132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,26218
Steers—Medium and Large 11,058119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,2642
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335172.50/cwt172.50–172.505782
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2355150.00/cwt150.00–150.005331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2445147.00/cwt147.00–147.006541
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460158.50/cwt158.50–158.5072932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465140.00/cwt140.00–140.006511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed490150.00/cwt150.00–150.007352
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2505134.00/cwt134.00–134.006771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515150.00/cwt150.00–150.007734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned532126.00/cwt126.00–126.006703
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2558134.00/cwt134.00–134.007487
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571151.00/cwt151.00–151.0086217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615144.97/cwt144.50–145.0089282
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635124.50/cwt123.00–125.007914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2669129.21/cwt125.00–132.008645
Heifers—Medium and Large 1695135.00/cwt135.00–135.009385
Heifers—Medium and Large 1786136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,07367
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2795123.00/cwt123.00–123.009785
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2842112.50/cwt112.50–112.509475
Heifers—Medium and Large 1848119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,00915
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,017109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,1095
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,63287.35/cwt86.00–89.001,4263
Bulls——1,73596.29/cwt93.50–99.001,6716
Bulls——2,283107.00/cwt107.00–107.002,4432
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight90434.47/cwt30.00–37.0031229
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight90645.88/cwt44.00–49.0041617
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight93239.99/cwt38.00–42.0037310
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14848.65/cwt45.50–51.0055983
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18056.95/cwt52.00–60.0067248
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18760.26/cwt58.00–61.5071549
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23764.00/cwt64.00–64.007923
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,24443.84/cwt42.00–44.0054514
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31963.75/cwt62.50–66.0084128
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38371.27/cwt70.00–72.009868
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55275.55/cwt74.00–76.001,1735

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.