Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2019-06-27

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jun 27
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
455 head
▼ 195 vs last sale 650▲ 455 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
280 head
▼ 75 vs last sale 355▲ 280 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
112 head
▲ 112 vs last sale 0▲ 112 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 were not well tested however a much firmer undertone was noted. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls not well tested. Trade activity was moderate on moderate to good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.17/cwt on 205 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −157.37 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.
Average price
$123.17
205 head · 738 lb average
Value per head Derived
$909
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$149
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$15.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.70
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1750124.21931180
Medium and Large 1-2613120.5873915thin
Medium and Large 2721108.5078210thin
One grade step is worth $15.71/cwt here — about $149 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 sale205 hd
123.17
—
TX average3 barns · 1,052 hd
113.47
+9.70
This barn, trailing median4 sales
280.54
−157.37
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

4 sales
314252191129median 280.5404/0905/1405/2110/1510/15
Heifers 0–100 lb: high $299.90, low $143.00, median $280.54 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,38380.001,1062thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,56066.501,0373thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33555.8974644
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00243.86439176

Feeder Dairy Calves

1 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
HeifersNumber 373847.02/cwt112

Every lot

54 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1255186.00/cwt186.00–186.004741
Steers—Medium and Large 1410170.00/cwt170.00–170.006971
Steers—Medium and Large 1458166.49/cwt165.00–168.007634
Steers—Medium and Large 2460139.00/cwt139.00–139.006391
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475158.00/cwt158.00–158.007511
Steers—Medium and Large 1530157.00/cwt157.00–157.008322
Steers—Medium and Large 1581154.12/cwt144.50–158.0089516
Steers—Medium and Large 1618140.13/cwt139.00–146.0086611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630134.22/cwt133.00–138.008464
Steers—Medium and Large 1662144.90/cwt142.00–148.0095925
Steers—Medium and Large 2665118.81/cwt117.00–120.007905
Steers—Medium and Large 2732118.50/cwt117.00–120.008672
Steers—Medium and Large 1733135.34/cwt131.00–138.009929
Steers—Medium and Large 2750113.00/cwt113.00–113.008481
Steers—Medium and Large 1765130.00/cwt130.00–130.009951
Steers—Medium and Large 1928121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,1284
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2945114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,0771
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2975112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,0922
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1295169.00/cwt169.00–169.004991
Heifers—Medium and Large 1338169.00/cwt169.00–169.005712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1405159.00/cwt159.00–159.006442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469147.23/cwt144.00–148.006915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1534139.02/cwt137.00–145.0074217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2550122.00/cwt122.00–122.006712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1557134.68/cwt133.00–138.007503
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2619120.64/cwt119.00–124.0074712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1632131.63/cwt129.50–135.5083212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660126.77/cwt124.00–132.0083720
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665117.00/cwt117.00–117.007781
Heifers—Medium and Large 2684111.00/cwt111.00–111.007596
Heifers—Medium and Large 2725107.00/cwt107.00–107.007761
Heifers—Medium and Large 1732122.45/cwt119.00–124.0089615
Heifers—Medium and Large 2792104.00/cwt104.00–104.008243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open857117.25/cwt117.25–117.251,005103
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,38380.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1062
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight81338.75/cwt33.00–48.0031536
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight90050.50/cwt50.50–50.504551
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight94143.76/cwt40.00–45.5041257
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09645.55/cwt38.50–49.0049963
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11563.00/cwt63.00–63.007021
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17038.50/cwt38.50–38.504505
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24563.00/cwt63.00–63.007841
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,26750.35/cwt49.00–55.0063813
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33755.72/cwt52.00–58.0074543
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56066.50/cwt66.50–66.501,0373
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Number 355335.00/cwt35.00–35.001946
Heifers—Number 356135.00/cwt35.00–35.001967
Heifers—Number 361539.00/cwt39.00–39.002402
Heifers—Number 364440.57/cwt39.50–42.002617
Heifers—Number 366544.50/cwt44.50–44.502964
Heifers—Number 373148.50/cwt48.50–48.5035519
Heifers—Number 375748.99/cwt48.50–49.2537155
Heifers—Number 379045.00/cwt45.00–45.003561
Heifers—Number 397255.50/cwt55.50–55.5053911

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.