Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2021-12-09

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Dec 9
● Final105 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,662 head
▲ 1,322 vs last sale 2,340▲ 1,470 vs year ago 2,192 · +67.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
835 head
▲ 300 vs last sale 535▲ 333 vs year ago 502 · +66.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves firm to 2.00 higher, instances fancy kinds 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers steady to 2.00 higher. Calf and feeder offerings were mostly attractive in quality and carried some preconditioning protocols. Slaughter cows steady to weak. Slaughter bulls not well tested. 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 $166.70/cwt on 1,938 head.
Average price
$166.70
1,938 head · 655 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,092
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$290
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.85
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1666167.531,1161,756
Medium and Large 1-2541161.56875158
Medium and Large 2590140.0882624
One grade step is worth $27.45/cwt here — about $290 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 sale1,938 hd
166.70
—
TX average4 barns · 3,401 hd
161.85
+4.85
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
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,57280.761,27016
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47873.501,08610
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22361.38751139
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,04840.94429365

Every lot

105 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 · Steers50 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2318172.50/cwt172.50–172.505492
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned329211.00/cwt211.00–211.006946
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2334191.00/cwt191.00–191.0063826
Steers—Medium and Large 1348228.00/cwt228.00–228.007935
Steers—Medium and Large 1382226.14/cwt226.00–227.0086434
Steers—Medium and Large 2395169.00/cwt169.00–169.006681
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned396178.00/cwt178.00–178.0070514
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy403218.00/cwt218.00–218.0087922
Steers—Medium and Large 1432212.75/cwt210.00–216.5091930
Steers—Medium and Large 2438163.00/cwt163.00–163.007142
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned445193.00/cwt193.00–193.008599
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2446173.00/cwt173.00–173.007725
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy451212.00/cwt212.00–212.009566
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned459177.48/cwt177.00–180.0081520
Steers—Medium and Large 2462163.00/cwt163.00–163.007533
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned468150.00/cwt150.00–150.007025
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2484171.00/cwt171.00–171.008286
Steers—Medium and Large 1487183.96/cwt182.00–186.0089667
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2508165.97/cwt164.00–168.008434
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy516188.37/cwt184.00–191.00972111
Steers—Medium and Large 1531177.45/cwt176.75–182.00942167
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned536158.00/cwt158.00–158.008476
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned543169.00/cwt169.00–169.009182
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed552181.00/cwt181.00–181.0099913
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned561155.00/cwt155.00–155.008708
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy588172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,01110
Steers—Medium and Large 1589166.27/cwt165.00–169.0097985
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2589159.50/cwt159.50–159.5093916
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned592160.00/cwt160.00–160.009479
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned612148.45/cwt145.50–149.0090932
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2613157.50/cwt157.50–157.5096511
Steers—Medium and Large 1615166.94/cwt166.50–168.001,027245
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned632160.69/cwt159.00–162.001,01635
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned632130.32/cwt130.00–133.008249
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy658166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,09613
Steers—Medium and Large 1683161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,10017
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned693148.15/cwt147.00–150.001,02719
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2695144.80/cwt144.75–145.001,00615
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned721120.00/cwt120.00–120.008655
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned733141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0345
Steers—Medium and Large 1734162.91/cwt159.50–164.501,19649
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned763137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0453
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned775145.43/cwt140.00–149.001,12710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2780140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,0962
Steers—Medium and Large 2783130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0182
Steers—Medium and Large 1787155.87/cwt153.00–159.001,227618
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned801135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0814
Steers—Medium and Large 1827154.73/cwt154.00–155.001,28033
Steers—Medium and Large 1861152.43/cwt151.00–152.501,312116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned885137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,2121
Feeder Cattle · Heifers44 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed302192.00/cwt192.00–192.005805
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned323141.17/cwt140.00–142.004566
Heifers—Medium and Large 1348178.00/cwt178.00–178.006195
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned349170.00/cwt170.00–170.005936
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy364193.00/cwt193.00–193.007035
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370131.95/cwt130.00–134.004882
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378177.00/cwt177.00–177.006697
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned391160.00/cwt160.00–160.0062632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2394157.00/cwt157.00–157.006194
Heifers—Medium and Large 2405130.00/cwt130.00–130.005272
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned406143.53/cwt140.00–145.005837
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy419171.00/cwt168.00–177.0071630
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430147.00/cwt147.00–147.006321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431163.39/cwt160.00–166.0070485
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy471169.76/cwt167.00–172.0080025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475161.52/cwt159.50–166.00767138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479145.00/cwt145.00–145.006957
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned481138.77/cwt135.00–141.0066711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519155.52/cwt152.00–156.5080745
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy524160.71/cwt160.00–166.0084266
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned526135.56/cwt135.00–139.0071322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned532147.00/cwt147.00–147.007826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2553146.00/cwt146.00–146.008073
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned569137.90/cwt137.00–139.0078513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed581155.56/cwt155.50–156.00904117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned582141.75/cwt141.75–141.7582540
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned584121.00/cwt121.00–121.007075
Heifers—Medium and Large 2590137.00/cwt137.00–137.008081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1593150.79/cwt150.00–151.0089414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned606115.00/cwt115.00–115.006976
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy612158.06/cwt156.75–160.00967110
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned615120.00/cwt120.00–120.007384
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned627140.46/cwt140.00–141.0088115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633151.29/cwt148.50–152.0095848
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2638131.66/cwt129.00–135.008406
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned667144.00/cwt144.00–144.0096013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned686122.00/cwt121.00–123.008376
Heifers—Medium and Large 1696147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,0239
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed699156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,09012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723148.65/cwt146.50–150.001,07518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1777146.14/cwt145.00–147.001,13616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2799133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,0634
Heifers—Medium and Large 1811147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,19223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1864143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,2364
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight93231.21/cwt28.00–35.0029177
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03438.45/cwt35.00–41.00398101
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight1,03528.79/cwt28.00–30.002988
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08444.80/cwt40.00–47.00486123
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14565.00/cwt65.00–65.007446
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15950.52/cwt49.50–52.0058650
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20560.27/cwt59.00–61.0072684
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21456.05/cwt55.00–58.0068017
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26766.23/cwt65.00–68.5083938
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47873.50/cwt73.50–73.501,08610
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,57280.76/cwt80.00–81.001,27016

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.