Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2021-10-07

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Oct 7
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,031 head
▲ 2,031 vs last sale 0▲ 2,031 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
923 head
▲ 923 vs last sale 0▲ 923 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 650 lbs mostly steady except a few fleshy kinds with limited preconditioning sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers over 650 lbs firm to 2.00 higher, instances 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly 1.00 to 3.00 lower with a few higher dressing beef cows selling steady. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $156.14/cwt on 1,194 head.
Average price
$156.14
1,194 head · 721 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,125
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$240
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.95
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1720160.001,1521,039
Medium and Large 1-2712139.7999654
Medium and Large 2729125.20913101
One grade step is worth $34.80/cwt here — about $240 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 sale1,194 hd
156.14
—
TX average4 barns · 2,316 hd
153.19
+2.95
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—Average1,77789.321,5878thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,70575.591,2898thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,28358.2674879
CowsLean 85-90%High1,05145.06474289

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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned328185.00/cwt185.00–185.006072
Steers—Medium and Large 1335206.00/cwt206.00–206.006902
Steers—Medium and Large 1381190.33/cwt188.00–194.0072524
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned395184.64/cwt181.00–185.0072911
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy432195.00/cwt195.00–195.008427
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned443174.35/cwt173.00–176.0077220
Steers—Medium and Large 1444188.00/cwt188.00–188.008356
Steers—Medium and Large 1472174.00/cwt174.00–174.008213
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy505180.00/cwt180.00–180.009092
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned508162.00/cwt162.00–162.008232
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned516155.11/cwt150.00–156.008007
Steers—Medium and Large 1535174.00/cwt174.00–174.0093125
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned555150.00/cwt150.00–150.008331
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned561152.92/cwt152.50–155.0085825
Steers—Medium and Large 1565165.79/cwt163.00–166.0093760
Steers—Medium and Large 2577130.00/cwt130.00–130.007505
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned613148.64/cwt146.00–152.0091112
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy636162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,03475
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned638139.81/cwt139.00–140.008925
Steers—Medium and Large 2655135.00/cwt135.00–135.008841
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned670144.50/cwt144.50–144.5096817
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2673144.00/cwt144.00–144.009692
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned674131.98/cwt131.00–135.0089012
Steers—Medium and Large 1679153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,04219
Steers—Medium and Large 1701157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,104188
Steers—Medium and Large 2720125.97/cwt124.00–128.0090783
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned725135.00/cwt135.00–135.009793
Steers—Medium and Large 1780158.45/cwt158.25–158.501,236170
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy782156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,22043
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2811139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,12723
Steers—Medium and Large 1816159.75/cwt159.75–159.751,304190
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2855140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1971
Steers—Medium and Large 2860117.09/cwt115.00–120.001,00712
Steers—Medium and Large 1895151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,356136
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1223179.00/cwt179.00–179.003992
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned336160.00/cwt160.00–160.005386
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368160.73/cwt158.50–163.0059132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned413148.98/cwt145.00–150.006155
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned440140.00/cwt140.00–140.006165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy446161.00/cwt161.00–161.0071810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned467148.15/cwt145.00–149.0069214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned487137.54/cwt136.00–138.2567050
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned526145.09/cwt144.25–150.0076355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527139.50/cwt139.50–139.5073533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned531127.00/cwt127.00–127.006745
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy540158.00/cwt158.00–158.0085311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned553140.00/cwt140.00–140.007742
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned577120.00/cwt120.00–120.006927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580134.44/cwt132.00–137.007802
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned602115.00/cwt115.00–115.006928
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618143.86/cwt142.25–146.0088921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned638122.00/cwt122.00–122.007782
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660137.34/cwt136.00–138.009066
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned667129.50/cwt129.50–129.508646
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy668146.50/cwt146.50–146.5097917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned679118.61/cwt117.00–120.0080511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned705130.00/cwt130.00–130.009177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1708140.00/cwt140.00–140.0099114
Heifers—Medium and Large 2719119.35/cwt118.00–120.008583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy775145.75/cwt145.75–145.751,13019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1790138.94/cwt135.00–139.751,09869
Heifers—Medium and Large 1828136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,12617
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,54081.55/cwt80.00–83.001,2562
Bulls——1,83588.91/cwt86.50–90.001,6313
Bulls——1,87894.90/cwt93.50–97.501,7823
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight89134.76/cwt33.00–35.5031023
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight89126.45/cwt21.00–27.5023627
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03657.63/cwt53.00–60.0059716
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07139.36/cwt36.50–41.0042283
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08263.32/cwt61.00–66.5068562
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11243.50/cwt41.50–45.5048478
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20665.40/cwt62.00–68.5078932
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22570.18/cwt70.00–70.508603
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34254.21/cwt50.00–57.0072731
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34747.57/cwt45.00–48.5064113
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,67777.76/cwt77.00–79.001,3046
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,78869.07/cwt67.00–71.001,2352

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.