Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2019-08-22

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Aug 22
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
815 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 815▲ 815 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
328 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 328▲ 328 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable receipts last week for a good market test however, a stronger undertone noted. The trade area received scattered rainfall on the week; area pastures remain in mostly extreme dry conditions. Trade fairly active. Demand fairly good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.30/cwt on 379 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −150.24 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.
Average price
$130.30
379 head · 710 lb average
Value per head Derived
$925
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$44
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.89
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1712130.54929366
Medium and Large 1-2631126.5579911thin
Medium and Large 2820108.008862thin
One grade step is worth $22.54/cwt here — about $44 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 sale379 hd
130.30
—
TX average3 barns · 845 hd
127.41
+2.89
This barn, trailing median4 sales
280.54
−150.24
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—Average1,69984.351,4335thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,62161.821,00231
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17954.5464337
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,09645.93503118

Every lot

60 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1235185.00/cwt185.00–185.004351
Steers—Medium and Large 1265170.00/cwt170.00–170.004515
Steers—Medium and Large 1328175.00/cwt175.00–175.005747
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2330161.00/cwt161.00–161.005311
Steers—Medium and Large 2345140.00/cwt140.00–140.004831
Steers—Medium and Large 2350150.00/cwt150.00–150.005251
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned405162.00/cwt162.00–162.006563
Steers—Medium and Large 1417178.00/cwt178.00–178.0074222
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2423170.00/cwt170.00–170.007193
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2488143.89/cwt142.00–144.5070212
Steers—Medium and Large 1489161.50/cwt161.50–161.5079047
Steers—Medium and Large 2508133.00/cwt133.00–133.006763
Steers—Medium and Large 1531152.00/cwt152.00–152.008075
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533145.50/cwt145.00–146.007764
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2550143.00/cwt143.00–143.007871
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned565147.50/cwt147.50–147.5083322
Steers—Medium and Large 1573150.00/cwt150.00–150.0086019
Steers—Medium and Large 2575137.50/cwt137.50–137.5079110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2643134.68/cwt130.00–137.008663
Steers—Medium and Large 1644148.00/cwt148.00–148.009534
Steers—Medium and Large 1675141.00/cwt141.00–141.0095254
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725128.00/cwt128.00–128.009281
Steers—Medium and Large 2725119.00/cwt119.00–119.008631
Steers—Medium and Large 2760115.00/cwt115.00–115.008741
Steers—Medium and Large 1769135.95/cwt131.00–137.501,04525
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned775122.00/cwt122.00–122.0094610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2790130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0271
Steers—Medium and Large 1833127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0582
Steers—Medium and Large 1880129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,1356
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2936112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,0484
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1248171.00/cwt171.00–171.004246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned428145.00/cwt145.00–145.006212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned467144.00/cwt144.00–144.006723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2505132.00/cwt132.00–132.006671
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned506136.50/cwt136.50–136.5069121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571129.40/cwt129.00–131.007395
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned585133.00/cwt133.00–133.007787
Heifers—Medium and Large 1600129.00/cwt129.00–129.007742
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned643120.53/cwt120.00–125.0077518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned690125.00/cwt125.00–125.008632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open692138.50/cwt138.50–138.5095870
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2713116.00/cwt116.00–116.008272
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open720127.00/cwt127.00–127.009143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open729129.03/cwt129.00–130.00941134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open757126.50/cwt126.50–126.5095811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1798125.74/cwt121.00–126.001,00376
Heifers—Medium and Large 2820108.00/cwt106.00–110.008862
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open853120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0245
Heifers—Medium and Large 1946113.46/cwt105.00–114.501,0739
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,69984.35/cwt81.00–89.001,4335
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight81041.82/cwt39.50–44.503396
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight81935.20/cwt32.00–38.0028810
Cows—Lean 85-90%98735.56/cwt31.00–38.0035119
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08045.77/cwt39.00–49.5049449
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14853.91/cwt51.50–60.0061921
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16348.30/cwt46.00–50.505629
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29464.43/cwt64.00–64.508347
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,31155.84/cwt52.00–59.5073234
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51058.00/cwt58.00–58.008761
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,62561.95/cwt60.50–62.001,00730

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.