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

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Sep 9
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,101 head
▼ 227 vs last sale 1,328▲ 705 vs year ago 396 · +178.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
591 head
▲ 224 vs last sale 367▲ 249 vs year ago 342 · +72.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves not well tested, however a steady undertone noted. A few loads of feeder steers and heifers sold firm. Slaughter cows mostly firm, instances fleshy kinds 1.00 higher. Trade fairly active. Demand fairly good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.18/cwt on 382 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −138.37 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.
Average price
$142.18
382 head · 694 lb average
Value per head Derived
$986
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$116
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.17
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1697143.651,001338
Medium and Large 1-2634136.1286330
Medium and Large 2741119.5288614thin
One grade step is worth $24.14/cwt here — about $116 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 sale382 hd
142.18
—
TX average4 barns · 1,215 hd
140.01
+2.17
This barn, trailing median4 sales
280.54
−138.37
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

4 sales
314252191129median 280.5404/0905/1405/2110/1510/15
Heifers 0–100 lb: high $299.90, low $143.00, median $280.54 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,75780.351,4129thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,32968.29908135
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05246.62490195

Every lot

54 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1370199.00/cwt199.00–199.007364
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned378186.00/cwt186.00–186.007033
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned430185.90/cwt184.00–188.0079918
Steers—Medium and Large 1498174.75/cwt174.75–174.7587013
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed513176.00/cwt176.00–176.0090312
Steers—Medium and Large 1532169.19/cwt169.00–170.009005
Steers—Medium and Large 2543132.50/cwt132.50–132.507192
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned562159.49/cwt159.00–160.5089652
Steers—Medium and Large 1618163.75/cwt163.50–164.001,01221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2621154.02/cwt152.50–156.009569
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned640135.00/cwt135.00–135.008644
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2670150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0051
Steers—Medium and Large 2693125.50/cwt125.50–125.5087010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned696141.00/cwt141.00–141.009815
Steers—Medium and Large 2721124.19/cwt122.00–125.0089523
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2723140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0128
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2766147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,1265
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2813146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,18710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2860144.35/cwt144.00–146.001,24117
Steers—Medium and Large 1886151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,338103
Steers—Medium and Large 1925146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,35115
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed334170.00/cwt170.00–170.005684
Heifers—Medium and Large 1353169.00/cwt169.00–169.005976
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed431167.00/cwt167.00–167.007205
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435160.00/cwt160.00–160.006961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed460166.00/cwt166.00–166.007642
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469157.00/cwt157.00–157.007364
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned487148.00/cwt148.00–148.0072111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2495150.00/cwt150.00–150.007431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned502140.00/cwt140.00–140.007037
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515149.00/cwt149.00–149.007671
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned579133.00/cwt133.00–133.007703
Heifers—Medium and Large 1584144.86/cwt144.00–147.0084679
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2600138.00/cwt138.00–138.008286
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned609129.00/cwt129.00–129.007865
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622145.00/cwt145.00–145.009027
Heifers—Medium and Large 2667121.00/cwt121.00–121.008075
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2689131.00/cwt131.00–131.009034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2766124.58/cwt124.00–125.509548
Heifers—Medium and Large 1781141.69/cwt141.00–142.501,107201
Heifers—Medium and Large 2782118.69/cwt117.00–120.009289
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2825130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1864135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,17111
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight89920.39/cwt20.00–22.0018311
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight90439.63/cwt38.50–40.0035827
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight90831.95/cwt29.00–35.0029032
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06131.52/cwt30.00–32.5033415
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13467.79/cwt65.00–70.0076921
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13750.45/cwt49.50–51.5057418
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14955.91/cwt53.00–59.5064271
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17761.44/cwt59.00–62.5072349
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31366.51/cwt64.00–69.0087329
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,46875.08/cwt73.00–78.001,10257
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,75780.35/cwt78.00–83.001,4129

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.