Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2021-09-23

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Sep 23
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,746 head
▲ 1,746 vs last sale 0▲ 1,746 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
469 head
▲ 469 vs last sale 0▲ 469 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 compared to limited receipts last week; Feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs firm, instances 1.00 to 2.00 higher compared to limited receipts last week. Fleshy slaughter cows firm; lean slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady in a limited test. 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 $143.04/cwt on 758 head. That ranks 2 of 4 comparable sales and sits −137.51 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.
Average price
$143.04
758 head · 640 lb average
Value per head Derived
$916
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$314
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.42
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1673147.44992577
Medium and Large 1-2532131.03697141
Medium and Large 2556121.9367740
One grade step is worth $25.51/cwt here — about $314 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 sale758 hd
143.04
—
TX average4 barns · 1,830 hd
137.62
+5.42
This barn, trailing median4 sales
280.54
−137.51
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
Bulls—Average1,70682.191,4025thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,54576.251,17820
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29069.0189163
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06539.34419245

Every lot

77 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1280190.00/cwt190.00–190.005324
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned284160.00/cwt160.00–160.004547
Steers—Medium and Large 1340196.00/cwt196.00–196.006663
Steers—Medium and Large 2340170.00/cwt170.00–170.005787
Steers—Medium and Large 1390190.64/cwt190.00–192.0074315
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2395185.00/cwt185.00–185.007312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2408181.00/cwt181.00–181.007382
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned414186.82/cwt186.50–189.0077326
Steers—Medium and Large 1418192.79/cwt192.00–193.0080610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned478161.00/cwt161.00–161.007706
Steers—Medium and Large 1495180.00/cwt180.00–180.0089114
Steers—Medium and Large 1521166.47/cwt166.00–166.5086735
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned523157.92/cwt156.00–160.008266
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525156.00/cwt156.00–156.008192
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed532174.00/cwt174.00–174.0092614
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned534133.50/cwt133.50–133.507137
Steers—Medium and Large 2575138.00/cwt138.00–138.007941
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned578148.00/cwt148.00–148.008559
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579152.50/cwt152.50–152.5088317
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned581144.88/cwt140.00–145.0084283
Steers—Medium and Large 1589163.78/cwt160.00–166.0096530
Steers—Medium and Large 1620165.64/cwt163.00–166.001,02792
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2620147.00/cwt147.00–147.009112
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned631142.31/cwt141.00–147.008989
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned635139.34/cwt138.00–140.008853
Steers—Medium and Large 1666157.21/cwt154.00–158.001,04721
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned676138.56/cwt135.50–141.0093716
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned687135.00/cwt135.00–135.0092712
Steers—Medium and Large 1702161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,1303
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2708138.50/cwt138.50–138.509819
Steers—Medium and Large 2717120.00/cwt120.00–120.008602
Steers—Medium and Large 1757159.86/cwt158.00–160.001,21043
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2760151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,1482
Steers—Medium and Large 2870121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0532
Steers—Medium and Large 1880150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,32016
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned294142.00/cwt142.00–142.004178
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned300150.00/cwt150.00–150.004502
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2320160.00/cwt160.00–160.005121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1361166.99/cwt164.00–168.0060324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned380156.00/cwt156.00–156.0059318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned395150.00/cwt150.00–150.005931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469158.25/cwt158.00–160.0074217
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned497120.00/cwt120.00–120.0059617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned499145.00/cwt145.00–145.0072412
Heifers—Medium and Large 2511125.00/cwt125.00–125.0063910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned526141.49/cwt140.00–142.5074429
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531146.66/cwt146.00–148.0077925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned544128.24/cwt125.00–130.0069895
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2553139.00/cwt139.00–139.007693
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned554130.00/cwt130.00–130.007208
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned560142.00/cwt142.00–142.007954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1585143.25/cwt143.25–143.2583815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2609128.00/cwt128.00–128.007808
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open627150.72/cwt149.50–152.5094532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1634142.23/cwt142.00–147.0090222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned654127.00/cwt127.00–127.008318
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned665117.00/cwt117.00–117.007782
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned672125.00/cwt125.00–125.008405
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open681150.28/cwt149.75–151.001,02342
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned710121.23/cwt120.00–122.508614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open734147.78/cwt144.50–148.001,085183
Heifers—Medium and Large 2748117.00/cwt117.00–117.008759
Heifers—Medium and Large 1757140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,06012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open765147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,125125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open881133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,17212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1964124.00/cwt120.00–125.001,1955
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,49874.05/cwt73.00–75.001,1092
Bulls——1,84587.61/cwt85.00–89.001,6163
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight94728.21/cwt25.00–31.0026755
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07843.40/cwt39.50–48.5046896
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11851.10/cwt50.00–55.0057139
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12235.04/cwt33.50–38.0039355
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21062.41/cwt61.00–63.0075524
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33474.49/cwt72.00–75.5099432
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36766.57/cwt64.00–68.009107
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51370.00/cwt70.00–70.001,0592
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54976.94/cwt75.00–80.001,19218

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.