Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2021-08-19

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Aug 19
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,100 head
▼ 655 vs last sale 1,755▼ 326 vs year ago 1,426 · −22.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
600 head
▲ 137 vs last sale 463▲ 346 vs year ago 254 · +136.2%
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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 over 600 lbs unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade active. Demand moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.49/cwt on 743 head.
Average price
$155.49
743 head · 696 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,083
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$403
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$36.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.80
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1710159.931,136545
Medium and Large 1-2667146.02974174
Medium and Large 2593123.5073324
One grade step is worth $36.43/cwt here — about $403 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 sale743 hd
155.49
—
TX average4 barns · 1,657 hd
153.69
+1.80
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—High1,945105.002,0421thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,39774.191,03787
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10152.13574224

Every lot

59 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1325188.23/cwt187.00–191.006123
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2373178.00/cwt178.00–178.006643
Steers—Medium and Large 2400134.00/cwt134.00–134.005361
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2441159.00/cwt159.00–159.007014
Steers—Medium and Large 1445177.00/cwt177.00–177.007882
Steers—Medium and Large 1473182.21/cwt174.00–186.0086225
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2499160.00/cwt160.00–160.007986
Steers—Medium and Large 2513116.00/cwt116.00–116.0059513
Steers—Medium and Large 1524168.46/cwt166.00–180.0088313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2543152.26/cwt142.00–157.0082716
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2576144.60/cwt135.00–157.0083318
Steers—Medium and Large 1591161.12/cwt158.00–166.0095238
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2632146.00/cwt146.00–146.009236
Steers—Medium and Large 1641168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,07725
Steers—Medium and Large 2651137.00/cwt137.00–137.008926
Steers—Medium and Large 1673163.01/cwt158.50–166.251,097122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2683146.44/cwt144.00–154.501,000104
Steers—Medium and Large 1723158.92/cwt157.00–161.001,149178
Steers—Medium and Large 1776156.49/cwt154.50–157.001,21479
Steers—Medium and Large 2816125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0204
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2817145.68/cwt143.00–147.001,1903
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2864130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1234
Steers—Medium and Large 1868150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,30233
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,010121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,2225
Steers—Medium and Large 11,011136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,38027
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,070114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,2205
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1280172.00/cwt172.00–172.004822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2320161.00/cwt161.00–161.005151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2361159.40/cwt156.00–168.005759
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430147.86/cwt145.00–157.006364
Heifers—Medium and Large 1462161.89/cwt153.00–164.5074822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475146.47/cwt141.50–148.0069617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526152.26/cwt151.00–161.0080140
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2540130.00/cwt130.00–130.007022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2588126.58/cwt120.00–133.007442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1596147.68/cwt135.00–149.2588057
Heifers—Medium and Large 1609151.19/cwt149.00–153.009219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2638120.48/cwt117.00–125.007697
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660130.98/cwt129.00–135.008643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2680116.00/cwt116.00–116.007891
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2722123.64/cwt121.00–125.008933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1745143.51/cwt143.00–144.001,06945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1765125.00/cwt125.00–125.009561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1811132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0714
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1480179.00/cwt179.00–179.008595
Bulls—Medium and Large 1517144.00/cwt144.00–144.007445
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2630121.50/cwt121.50–121.507651
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2683117.34/cwt109.00–126.008012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2745117.00/cwt117.00–117.008721
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2905111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,0051
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,945105.00/cwt105.00–105.002,0421
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight90639.82/cwt33.00–45.0036137
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight95850.37/cwt44.00–52.0048312
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12643.94/cwt35.00–49.5049533
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13954.96/cwt50.50–59.0062691
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19461.73/cwt60.00–66.0073751
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30665.47/cwt61.00–67.0085523
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31485.06/cwt78.00–90.501,11822
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,49173.27/cwt68.00–76.501,09242

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.