Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2021-11-11

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Nov 11
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,944 head
▲ 1,944 vs last sale 0▲ 1,944 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
750 head
▲ 750 vs last sale 0▲ 750 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 to 3.00 higher, reputation kinds 5.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 higher. 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 $158.87/cwt on 992 head.
Average price
$158.87
992 head · 697 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,107
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$309
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$21.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.61
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1708160.921,139897
Medium and Large 1-2595139.5483095
One grade step is worth $21.38/cwt here — about $309 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 sale992 hd
158.87
—
TX average4 barns · 2,433 hd
154.26
+4.61
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—Low1,68686.531,4596thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,60773.131,1758thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20764.1777472
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,02442.11431246

Every lot

75 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned290187.00/cwt187.00–187.005421
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned305181.00/cwt181.00–181.005523
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy324218.95/cwt212.00–220.007098
Steers—Medium and Large 1324196.28/cwt193.00–200.006364
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy412213.41/cwt210.00–215.0087913
Steers—Medium and Large 1423194.00/cwt194.00–194.008213
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy475191.26/cwt187.00–192.0090827
Steers—Medium and Large 1475179.27/cwt179.00–180.0085211
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy501192.50/cwt192.50–192.5096432
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518150.91/cwt150.00–155.007829
Steers—Medium and Large 1536163.92/cwt160.00–166.008796
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned540135.00/cwt135.00–135.0072920
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy556177.00/cwt177.00–177.0098415
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2563150.17/cwt150.00–151.008456
Steers—Medium and Large 1570170.00/cwt170.00–170.009698
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned572136.00/cwt136.00–136.0077819
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned603152.87/cwt152.00–155.0092244
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned605132.00/cwt132.00–132.007997
Steers—Medium and Large 1619163.57/cwt163.00–165.001,012112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2641148.03/cwt145.00–150.009496
Steers—Medium and Large 1660157.43/cwt153.00–158.001,03918
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned670148.10/cwt146.00–149.0099227
Steers—Medium and Large 1Gaunt675161.95/cwt160.00–164.001,093142
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680142.00/cwt142.00–142.009661
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned695135.00/cwt135.00–135.009385
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned701132.00/cwt132.00–132.009257
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned718149.39/cwt147.50–152.001,07357
Steers—Medium and Large 1730160.50/cwt160.00–161.001,172145
Steers—Medium and Large 1762155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1815
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned762132.19/cwt130.00–135.001,0079
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy777145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1275
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy800120.00/cwt120.00–120.009602
Steers—Medium and Large 1860151.55/cwt146.00–152.501,30380
Steers—Medium and Large 1912149.70/cwt149.00–150.001,36578
Steers—Medium and Large 1958148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,42325
Steers—Medium and Large 11,070140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,49832
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy334191.00/cwt191.00–191.006387
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy355188.00/cwt188.00–188.006675
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned388163.00/cwt163.00–163.006323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned410160.00/cwt160.00–160.006564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy430173.97/cwt173.50–176.5074863
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned443142.95/cwt142.00–147.006335
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483145.14/cwt145.00–146.007017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned490139.45/cwt139.00–140.006839
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned498133.00/cwt133.00–133.006622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1505154.00/cwt154.00–154.007786
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516140.00/cwt140.00–140.007224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy525159.78/cwt159.50–160.0083961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned539148.00/cwt148.00–148.0079839
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy561151.00/cwt151.00–151.008474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned575138.89/cwt136.00–140.0079975
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned586122.24/cwt121.00–126.007164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned614135.96/cwt134.00–137.0083530
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned614126.02/cwt125.00–127.007744
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619142.00/cwt142.00–142.0087911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy629154.25/cwt154.25–154.2597074
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned650130.00/cwt130.00–130.0084520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned700134.50/cwt134.50–134.509425
Heifers—Medium and Large 1708139.96/cwt139.00–143.0099128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1841130.15/cwt130.00–133.001,09519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1863135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1916129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,1826
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,018114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,1613
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,52579.00/cwt79.00–79.001,2052
Bulls——1,76790.30/cwt89.50–91.001,5964
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight88426.91/cwt25.00–30.0023844
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight93034.80/cwt33.50–37.0032442
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02437.60/cwt35.00–41.0038544
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09061.25/cwt59.00–64.0066834
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09344.61/cwt42.00–49.0048844
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12167.63/cwt64.00–68.0075831
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15453.02/cwt50.00–56.0061238
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24760.08/cwt57.00–63.0074936
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,44672.23/cwt71.00–72.501,0445
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60773.13/cwt72.00–75.001,1758

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.