Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2019-05-09

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, May 9
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
← earliestMay 9May 16 →
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,327 head
▲ 1,327 vs last sale 0▲ 1,327 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
209 head
▲ 209 vs last sale 0▲ 209 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 0▲ 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers under 700 lbs not well tested except a few representative load lots were steady; feeder steers and heifers over 700 lbs were mostly load lots and sold 3.00-4.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good. Heavy rains in feedlot country limited demand for feeders as the day progressed. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls not well tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.34/cwt on 819 head.
Average price
$139.34
819 head · 783 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,091
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$43
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$23.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.52
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2663143.62952135
Medium and Large 1807138.751,120675
Medium and Large 2757120.009089thin
One grade step is worth $23.62/cwt here — about $43 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 sale819 hd
139.34
—
TX average3 barns · 1,454 hd
136.82
+2.52
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
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,28663.0081028
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,21861.4274889
CowsLean 85-90%High1,04353.2755544

Every lot

43 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2423175.88/cwt175.00–176.007448
Steers—Medium and Large 1461194.74/cwt191.00–195.00898111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2529169.00/cwt169.00–169.0089432
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned544160.00/cwt160.00–160.008706
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned579159.00/cwt159.00–159.009215
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2648145.46/cwt145.00–145.5094337
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2718126.00/cwt126.00–126.0090528
Steers—Medium and Large 2757120.00/cwt120.00–120.009089
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2768127.00/cwt127.00–127.009752
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2841121.75/cwt121.75–121.751,02428
Steers—Medium and Large 1864127.88/cwt127.35–128.251,105318
Steers—Medium and Large 1905126.03/cwt124.00–128.001,141235
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned320151.00/cwt151.00–151.004834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2322170.00/cwt170.00–170.005473
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375160.61/cwt160.00–163.006025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2409160.00/cwt160.00–160.006546
Heifers—Medium and Large 1451160.00/cwt160.00–160.007224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned481137.74/cwt137.00–138.006638
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned513135.00/cwt135.00–135.006933
Heifers—Medium and Large 2521130.00/cwt130.00–130.006774
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533145.00/cwt145.00–145.007734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2538143.00/cwt143.00–143.0076932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568143.00/cwt143.00–143.008122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2619128.52/cwt125.00–132.0079613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622129.00/cwt129.00–129.008023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open635134.50/cwt134.50–134.5085440
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675127.00/cwt127.00–127.008572
Heifers—Medium and Large 1692126.50/cwt126.50–126.508755
Heifers—Medium and Large 2698114.00/cwt114.00–114.007966
Heifers—Medium and Large 1748124.00/cwt124.00–124.00928136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2775115.50/cwt115.50–115.5089515
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight64040.00/cwt40.00–40.002561
Cows—Lean 85-90%99253.93/cwt50.00–59.0053529
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16250.82/cwt48.00–53.0059112
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,18756.76/cwt56.00–60.0067432
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21067.76/cwt66.00–69.508204
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,22263.84/cwt61.50–66.0078055
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,26365.00/cwt65.00–65.008212
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29962.21/cwt58.00–67.5080824
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59369.50/cwt69.50–69.501,1072
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1770850.00/cwt850.00–850.006,5451
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,188814.82/cwt810.00–825.009,6803
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,223991.54/cwt875.00–1,075.0012,1274

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.