Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2021-08-12

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Aug 12
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,755 head
▲ 1,755 vs last sale 0▲ 1,755 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
463 head
▲ 463 vs last sale 0▲ 463 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 in a limited test. Feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs firm to 1.00 higher, instances 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 4.00 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 $161.28/cwt on 929 head.
Average price
$161.28
929 head · 700 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,129
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$282
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.51
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1701164.091,151679
Medium and Large 1-2703154.201,084235
Medium and Large 2598145.2086915thin
One grade step is worth $18.89/cwt here — about $282 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 sale929 hd
161.28
—
TX average4 barns · 3,096 hd
153.78
+7.51
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—High1,69495.831,6236thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,40075.701,06055
CowsLean 85-90%High1,05652.39553170

Every lot

56 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1288209.00/cwt209.00–209.006022
Steers—Medium and Large 1353211.00/cwt211.00–211.007456
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned395159.00/cwt159.00–159.006281
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2405181.00/cwt181.00–181.007331
Steers—Medium and Large 2438169.00/cwt169.00–169.007402
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed448192.00/cwt192.00–192.0086038
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471174.00/cwt174.00–174.008208
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2505160.00/cwt160.00–160.008081
Steers—Medium and Large 1560167.12/cwt167.00–168.0093618
Steers—Medium and Large 2566148.00/cwt148.00–148.008387
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy567178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,00921
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2614161.00/cwt161.00–161.009894
Steers—Medium and Large 2623136.00/cwt136.00–136.008472
Steers—Medium and Large 1643168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,08034
Steers—Medium and Large 1680166.89/cwt165.00–168.501,135270
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned683140.00/cwt140.00–140.009564
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2686155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,06373
Steers—Medium and Large 1700159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,11371
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2709155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,09976
Steers—Medium and Large 1Gaunt716162.25/cwt162.25–162.251,16270
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2755150.06/cwt150.00–151.001,13368
Steers—Medium and Large 1768157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,2063
Steers—Medium and Large 1828152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,25959
Steers—Medium and Large 2832124.33/cwt123.00–125.001,0343
Steers—Medium and Large 1897147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,32387
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed250183.00/cwt183.00–183.004581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed380181.62/cwt179.00–185.0069012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418166.00/cwt166.00–166.0069418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned423158.00/cwt158.00–158.006682
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed520161.00/cwt161.00–161.008372
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523136.00/cwt136.00–136.007118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2545149.00/cwt149.00–149.008123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned556140.00/cwt140.00–140.0077813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2585142.00/cwt142.00–142.008319
Heifers—Medium and Large 2618112.51/cwt111.00–114.006952
Heifers—Medium and Large 2655115.00/cwt115.00–115.007534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned673130.00/cwt130.00–130.008752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open684148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,01256
Heifers—Medium and Large 2715114.00/cwt114.00–114.008152
Heifers—Medium and Large 2757112.00/cwt112.00–112.008489
Heifers—Medium and Large 1810132.76/cwt132.50–133.001,07597
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open813138.24/cwt137.50–139.001,124126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1859131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,12516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1935117.10/cwt115.00–118.001,09520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open1,000114.50/cwt114.50–114.501,14513
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,61592.16/cwt88.00–95.001,4883
Bulls——1,77299.50/cwt99.50–99.501,7633
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight85439.59/cwt36.00–41.0033816
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight94745.10/cwt40.50–47.5042729
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05247.91/cwt45.00–50.0050454
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10754.66/cwt53.00–57.0060537
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16873.05/cwt72.00–74.5085312
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21067.25/cwt64.00–71.0081422
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26263.95/cwt63.50–66.008079
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40878.82/cwt78.00–81.001,11035
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,48775.39/cwt75.00–76.001,12111

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.