Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2021-08-05

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Aug 5
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
778 head
▲ 778 vs last sale 0▲ 778 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
448 head
▲ 448 vs last sale 0▲ 448 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 not well tested, however a firm undertone noted. Feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs mostly 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 5.00 higher. 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 $155.27/cwt on 244 head.
Average price
$155.27
244 head · 722 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,120
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$170
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$26.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.96
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1724162.291,175155
Medium and Large 1-2696149.491,04148
Medium and Large 2741135.491,00541
One grade step is worth $26.79/cwt here — about $170 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 sale244 hd
155.27
—
TX average4 barns · 1,437 hd
154.31
+0.96
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—High1,674103.491,73212
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,54588.741,37116
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20582.7499796
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,07659.95645209

Every lot

42 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned360192.00/cwt192.00–192.006913
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned405165.00/cwt165.00–165.006682
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned463184.00/cwt184.00–184.0085213
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned480160.00/cwt160.00–160.007682
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned523152.56/cwt150.00–155.007982
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned569148.00/cwt148.00–148.008424
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned576169.43/cwt165.00–170.009769
Steers—Medium and Large 2629141.00/cwt141.00–141.008876
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned633149.50/cwt149.50–149.5094629
Steers—Medium and Large 1692167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,15614
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned757124.00/cwt124.00–124.009398
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2770153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,1784
Steers—Medium and Large 2776135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0484
Steers—Medium and Large 1778157.96/cwt156.00–160.501,229116
Steers—Medium and Large 2816135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1027
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2860146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,25613
Steers—Medium and Large 2934126.88/cwt124.00–128.001,1858
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned364168.01/cwt167.00–169.006126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned395156.00/cwt156.00–156.006161
Heifers—Medium and Large 2443140.00/cwt140.00–140.006203
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned456163.00/cwt163.00–163.007435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned458130.00/cwt130.00–130.005953
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned532135.00/cwt135.00–135.007185
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned537136.00/cwt136.00–136.0073013
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned550123.00/cwt123.00–123.006775
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573135.00/cwt135.00–135.007742
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned672120.00/cwt120.00–120.008068
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open729144.95/cwt143.00–146.501,057114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2729129.80/cwt128.00–135.009468
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,57598.48/cwt96.00–102.001,5517
Bulls——1,812110.50/cwt110.50–110.502,0025
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight82342.59/cwt40.00–44.0035122
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight89645.89/cwt44.50–49.0041124
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04045.37/cwt40.00–48.0047222
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08855.79/cwt53.50–60.0060757
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18281.93/cwt80.00–83.0096838
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19080.45/cwt75.00–84.0095746
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19968.72/cwt65.00–72.5082438
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21783.68/cwt82.50–84.751,01855
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29075.68/cwt75.00–77.009763
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52890.52/cwt88.00–93.001,38312
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59683.38/cwt82.00–84.501,3314

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.