Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2019-05-30

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, May 30
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
769 head
▼ 79 vs last sale 848▲ 769 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
416 head
▲ 149 vs last sale 267▲ 416 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 and steer and heifer calves 2.00-3.00 lower in a light test. Trade activity was light on light to moderate demand. Periodic rainfall over the past two weeks has area pastures in good condition.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $147.91/cwt on 292 head.
Average price
$147.91
292 head · 646 lb average
Value per head Derived
$955
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$29.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.20
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1635150.58957261
Medium and Large 1-2812130.881,06314thin
Medium and Large 2673120.9481317thin
One grade step is worth $29.64/cwt here — about $143 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 sale292 hd
147.91
—
TX average3 barns · 1,191 hd
135.71
+12.20
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—High1,68085.431,4357thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,36559.5781381
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,67057.9696813
CowsLean 85-90%High1,05149.5552183

Every lot

50 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1290216.00/cwt216.00–216.006262
Steers—Medium and Large 1305189.00/cwt189.00–189.005761
Steers—Medium and Large 1375184.00/cwt184.00–184.006901
Steers—Medium and Large 2383164.00/cwt164.00–164.006282
Steers—Medium and Large 1408182.32/cwt173.00–184.007447
Steers—Medium and Large 1475172.19/cwt162.00–179.0081832
Steers—Medium and Large 2485140.00/cwt140.00–140.006791
Steers—Medium and Large 1518167.28/cwt162.00–168.0086726
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530154.46/cwt152.00–156.008195
Steers—Medium and Large 1565160.52/cwt159.50–162.0090720
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2598140.00/cwt140.00–140.008372
Steers—Medium and Large 1614148.63/cwt144.00–152.0091388
Steers—Medium and Large 1665147.00/cwt147.00–147.0097817
Steers—Medium and Large 2684116.00/cwt116.00–116.007938
Steers—Medium and Large 1725135.00/cwt135.00–135.009792
Steers—Medium and Large 1755139.20/cwt138.00–141.001,05110
Steers—Medium and Large 2785110.00/cwt110.00–110.008646
Steers—Medium and Large 1833128.08/cwt125.00–129.751,06726
Steers—Medium and Large 1856124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,06121
Steers—Medium and Large 1968122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,1818
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,040111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,1541
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,080111.50/cwt111.50–111.501,2046
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1263171.00/cwt171.00–171.004504
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325187.00/cwt187.00–187.006082
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430158.35/cwt155.00–165.0068125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474151.88/cwt150.00–155.5072017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2514133.02/cwt130.00–135.006844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520135.00/cwt135.00–135.007022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564141.48/cwt133.00–143.0079876
Heifers—Medium and Large 1632131.65/cwt130.50–133.0083236
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2748116.00/cwt116.00–116.008682
Heifers—Medium and Large 2763103.00/cwt103.00–103.007869
Heifers—Medium and Large 1792119.52/cwt118.75–123.5094742
Heifers—Medium and Large 1835117.00/cwt117.00–117.009775
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2847111.00/cwt111.00–111.009403
Heifers—Medium and Large 1910112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,0192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1977109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,06510
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,47575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,1061
Bulls——1,56384.00/cwt84.00–84.001,3133
Bulls——1,82589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,6242
Bulls——1,94593.00/cwt93.00–93.001,8091
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight89550.61/cwt48.00–52.0045316
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight98037.09/cwt35.00–47.0036310
Cows—Lean 85-90%99147.58/cwt47.00–48.5047210
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07562.00/cwt62.00–62.006671
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13452.05/cwt50.50–58.0059046
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35263.75/cwt60.50–65.0086231
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37356.98/cwt50.50–60.5078250
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,66662.36/cwt59.50–64.501,0396
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,67454.19/cwt51.00–56.009077

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.