Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2021-09-02

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Sep 2
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,328 head
▲ 1,328 vs last sale 0▲ 1,328 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
367 head
▲ 367 vs last sale 0▲ 367 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 600 lbs and heifer calves under 500 lbs not well tested; a few packages of 500 to 600 lb heifer calves sold firm to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers over 600 lbs were steady to 1.00 lower; feeder heifers over 600 lbs not well tested. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. 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 $158.18/cwt on 733 head.
Average price
$158.18
733 head · 732 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,158
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$301
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.95
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1745158.841,183674
Medium and Large 1-2586150.5988259
One grade step is worth $8.25/cwt here — about $301 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 sale733 hd
158.18
—
TX average3 barns · 1,199 hd
157.23
+0.95
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—Average1,62892.111,5007thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,70079.061,3443thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,32370.1092855
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,01144.72452157

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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1255192.50/cwt192.50–192.504911
Steers—Medium and Large 1322215.00/cwt215.00–215.0069210
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned395184.00/cwt184.00–184.007271
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned400180.00/cwt180.00–180.007201
Steers—Medium and Large 1444197.00/cwt197.00–197.008755
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned496160.00/cwt160.00–160.007949
Steers—Medium and Large 1541169.50/cwt169.50–169.509178
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned548158.32/cwt158.00–159.0086822
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned586162.00/cwt162.00–162.0094910
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned611158.94/cwt158.00–162.0097148
Steers—Medium and Large 1619169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,04675
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned620138.99/cwt138.00–140.0086220
Steers—Medium and Large 1Gaunt660162.50/cwt162.00–163.001,073138
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2695142.00/cwt142.00–142.009871
Steers—Medium and Large 1698155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,08214
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned698135.00/cwt135.00–135.009422
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2710143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0151
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned716153.34/cwt150.50–154.001,09811
Steers—Medium and Large 1721162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,16831
Steers—Medium and Large 1796158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,25870
Steers—Medium and Large 1802159.50/cwt159.50–159.501,27942
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2818149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,2193
Steers—Medium and Large 1Gaunt869154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,33811
Steers—Medium and Large 1898149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,343176
Steers—Medium and Large 1926147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,36118
Steers—Medium and Large 11,059111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,1755
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2305143.00/cwt143.00–143.004361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1329180.00/cwt180.00–180.0059214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned340166.00/cwt166.00–166.005642
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416160.00/cwt160.00–160.0066620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned454148.00/cwt148.00–148.006729
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480159.00/cwt159.00–159.007631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned511138.00/cwt138.00–138.0070510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524157.28/cwt156.00–157.508247
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535145.00/cwt145.00–145.007769
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned536127.00/cwt127.00–127.006814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned542152.00/cwt152.00–152.0082417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned588139.90/cwt138.00–141.0082316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned619145.00/cwt145.00–145.0089819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625155.00/cwt155.00–155.009691
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2629128.56/cwt128.00–130.008097
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned657135.24/cwt135.00–136.0088917
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Natural780129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1840133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,12134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1918127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,1663
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,49490.15/cwt86.00–91.001,3475
Bulls——1,96397.00/cwt97.00–97.001,9042
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight77225.30/cwt24.00–29.0019515
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight88641.65/cwt40.00–45.0036930
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight92535.46/cwt33.00–39.0032824
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05546.73/cwt43.00–51.0049331
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08635.00/cwt35.00–35.003808
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16457.38/cwt54.00–60.0066849
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24863.42/cwt62.00–65.0079113
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34274.12/cwt73.50–75.5099528
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35668.28/cwt68.00–71.0092614
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,70079.06/cwt78.00–80.001,3443

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.