Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2021-07-29

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jul 29
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,234 head
▼ 72 vs last sale 1,306▲ 385 vs year ago 849 · +45.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
522 head
▲ 52 vs last sale 470▲ 179 vs year ago 343 · +52.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: 300 to 600 lb steer and heifer calves firm to 2.00 higher compared to last week's limited test. Steer and heifer calves and feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows mostly 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls not well tested. 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 $159.31/cwt on 432 head.
Average price
$159.31
432 head · 705 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,123
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$221
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.19
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1688165.441,139264
Medium and Large 1-2733150.511,103161
Medium and Large 2702130.719187thin
One grade step is worth $34.72/cwt here — about $221 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 sale432 hd
159.31
—
TX average4 barns · 1,276 hd
153.12
+6.19
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—High1,760105.001,8481thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,63680.501,3177thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,30576.0999347
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01250.33509178

Every lot

57 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed320216.00/cwt216.00–216.006911
Steers—Medium and Large 1328203.31/cwt200.00–207.006672
Steers—Medium and Large 1350204.00/cwt204.00–204.007141
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned410165.00/cwt165.00–165.006771
Steers—Medium and Large 1415206.00/cwt206.00–206.008554
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420174.00/cwt174.00–174.007312
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned421194.00/cwt194.00–194.0081718
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2452175.00/cwt175.00–175.007918
Steers—Medium and Large 1482189.00/cwt189.00–189.0091112
Steers—Medium and Large 1508175.00/cwt175.00–175.008893
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned527158.00/cwt158.00–158.008333
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530160.38/cwt159.00–162.008508
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned544169.00/cwt169.00–169.009198
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2576162.29/cwt162.00–165.0093510
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned578166.00/cwt166.00–166.009597
Steers—Medium and Large 1579179.50/cwt179.50–179.501,03973
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed619157.44/cwt154.00–159.5097514
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2619154.85/cwt153.00–156.009598
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned665160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0646
Steers—Medium and Large 2677145.00/cwt145.00–145.009823
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2686149.79/cwt149.00–150.001,02823
Steers—Medium and Large 2721120.00/cwt120.00–120.008654
Steers—Medium and Large 1735154.66/cwt152.50–155.001,13722
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2762150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,14330
Steers—Medium and Large 1810149.24/cwt149.00–151.001,20951
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2846145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,22723
Steers—Medium and Large 1923145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,34356
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2962136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,30831
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318169.00/cwt169.00–169.0053714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed385176.00/cwt176.00–176.006781
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2415160.00/cwt160.00–160.006643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed427174.00/cwt174.00–174.007439
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433166.76/cwt166.00–169.007224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned462163.00/cwt163.00–163.007538
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2503150.00/cwt150.00–150.007559
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515157.00/cwt157.00–157.008094
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy563163.00/cwt163.00–163.009189
Heifers—Medium and Large 1587158.00/cwt158.00–158.0092719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2587151.00/cwt151.00–151.008863
Heifers—Medium and Large 2591139.50/cwt139.50–139.5082450
Heifers—Medium and Large 2615130.00/cwt130.00–130.008003
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2617137.14/cwt135.00–141.0084616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,0219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2734133.75/cwt133.00–135.009828
Heifers—Medium and Large 1738140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1829137.41/cwt136.00–140.001,139122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1850129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,097117
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,760105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,8481
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight83037.05/cwt34.00–41.0030855
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight91341.35/cwt40.00–44.0037823
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03047.78/cwt44.00–49.5049232
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14855.70/cwt52.00–58.0063929
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15665.08/cwt64.00–69.0075213
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23976.14/cwt71.00–78.5094326
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25278.22/cwt76.00–80.5097926
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37173.45/cwt69.50–75.001,00721
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63680.50/cwt79.50–82.501,3177

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.