Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2019-09-12

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Sep 12
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,372 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 1,372▲ 1,372 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
425 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 425▲ 425 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves weak to 2.00 lower compared to last week's limited receipts. Not enough feeder steers last week for an accurate market test this week. Feeder heifers steady on limited load lots, small lots mostly 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00-2.00 lower earlier in the day, falling to 3.00-4.00 lower late in the day. Trade activity light, demand moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.12/cwt on 612 head.
Average price
$142.12
612 head · 656 lb average
Value per head Derived
$932
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$241
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$17.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.47
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1661145.18959480
Medium and Large 1-2642131.25842124
Medium and Large 2565127.257188thin
One grade step is worth $17.93/cwt here — about $241 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 sale612 hd
142.12
—
TX average4 barns · 2,058 hd
132.65
+9.47
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—Low1,81975.111,36622
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,65057.539498thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,15649.8357652
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,01736.63373180

Every lot

75 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1269175.00/cwt175.00–175.004715
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2305144.50/cwt140.00–149.004412
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned328168.00/cwt168.00–168.005514
Steers—Medium and Large 1355171.00/cwt171.00–171.006074
Steers—Medium and Large 1431167.96/cwt163.00–171.0072430
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned436154.00/cwt154.00–154.006718
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2441144.59/cwt144.00–149.0063817
Steers—Medium and Large 1467156.92/cwt155.00–162.0073324
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned470151.09/cwt151.00–152.0071011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2495145.00/cwt145.00–145.007181
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned503144.00/cwt144.00–144.007247
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2509145.66/cwt143.00–147.007413
Steers—Medium and Large 1513155.43/cwt151.00–157.0079773
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned545128.08/cwt125.00–130.0069813
Steers—Medium and Large 2545125.00/cwt125.00–125.006815
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned566134.39/cwt132.00–135.0076110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2567139.48/cwt137.00–140.007916
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned570131.00/cwt131.00–131.0074724
Steers—Medium and Large 1589145.29/cwt144.00–152.0085620
Steers—Medium and Large 2597131.00/cwt131.00–131.007823
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned612131.00/cwt131.00–131.0080210
Steers—Medium and Large 1636143.54/cwt143.00–146.0091311
Steers—Medium and Large 1671144.99/cwt144.00–146.0097342
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680139.16/cwt131.00–140.0094611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned690125.00/cwt125.00–125.008631
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2715125.00/cwt125.00–125.008944
Steers—Medium and Large 1719144.12/cwt139.00–145.001,03621
Steers—Medium and Large 1782138.88/cwt134.50–140.001,08683
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2790123.19/cwt123.00–130.0097336
Steers—Medium and Large 1819139.23/cwt138.50–140.001,14056
Steers—Medium and Large 1896128.25/cwt128.25–128.251,14961
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2935120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2969118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,1435
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1270138.00/cwt138.00–138.003733
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325120.00/cwt120.00–120.003901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1345155.00/cwt155.00–155.005351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383155.97/cwt153.00–157.005978
Heifers—Medium and Large 2393121.51/cwt120.00–123.004782
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2410135.00/cwt135.00–135.005541
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418151.97/cwt145.00–158.0063531
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned430113.00/cwt113.00–113.0048631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned469130.00/cwt130.00–130.006105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned474115.31/cwt115.00–121.0054759
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479127.00/cwt127.00–127.006089
Heifers—Medium and Large 1487142.98/cwt140.00–147.0069620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513136.83/cwt133.00–142.0070219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520122.00/cwt122.00–122.006341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned533124.74/cwt123.00–126.0066529
Heifers—Medium and Large 1553140.00/cwt140.00–140.0077427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned570121.69/cwt120.00–125.0069432
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573127.29/cwt123.00–130.007294
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned616129.00/cwt129.00–129.0079510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626137.06/cwt137.00–139.0085835
Heifers—Medium and Large 2626116.00/cwt116.00–116.007264
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2642126.00/cwt126.00–126.008096
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open659137.50/cwt137.50–137.5090676
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned675112.00/cwt112.00–112.007562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2680120.00/cwt120.00–120.008161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2730119.79/cwt119.00–121.008745
Heifers—Medium and Large 2735110.00/cwt110.00–110.008091
Heifers—Medium and Large 1743127.66/cwt126.00–129.0094929
Heifers—Medium and Large 1768128.25/cwt128.25–128.2598524
Heifers—Medium and Large 2770106.34/cwt104.00–113.0081911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1918109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,0012
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,57867.13/cwt65.00–68.001,0593
Bulls——1,85776.37/cwt69.00–82.001,41819
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight79526.05/cwt21.00–29.0020750
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight92432.72/cwt32.00–37.0030228
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04628.50/cwt28.50–28.5029810
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06062.00/cwt62.00–62.006574
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08053.57/cwt50.50–56.0057931
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14442.77/cwt39.00–46.5048926
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18855.95/cwt48.50–58.0066522
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20639.81/cwt35.00–46.5048061
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,65057.53/cwt54.50–58.009498

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.