Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2019-09-26

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Sep 26
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,738 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 1,738▲ 1,738 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
458 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 458▲ 458 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 under 650 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher; over 650 lbs mostly steady. Feeder steers and heifers 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to weak. Trade was fairly active on good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.00/cwt on 1,060 head.
Average price
$143.00
1,060 head · 687 lb average
Value per head Derived
$982
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$348
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$26.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.35
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1700144.911,015953
Medium and Large 1-2578135.7878446
Medium and Large 2561118.6566661
One grade step is worth $26.25/cwt here — about $348 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 sale1,060 hd
143.00
—
TX average3 barns · 1,746 hd
140.65
+2.35
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—Average1,78577.291,38010
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,60755.7289547
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19152.7962979
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,03934.66360194

Every lot

77 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1315170.00/cwt170.00–170.005361
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned320160.00/cwt160.00–160.005122
Steers—Medium and Large 1382171.86/cwt169.00–178.006576
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2389158.00/cwt158.00–158.006154
Steers—Medium and Large 1417167.17/cwt163.00–173.0069731
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2440161.00/cwt161.00–161.007081
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned440154.00/cwt154.00–154.0067810
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned442137.41/cwt127.00–140.006075
Steers—Medium and Large 1463159.04/cwt159.00–160.0073624
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned475135.00/cwt135.00–135.006418
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned481119.00/cwt119.00–119.0057232
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned494135.78/cwt135.00–141.0067137
Steers—Medium and Large 1519142.56/cwt141.00–144.0074032
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned528138.38/cwt138.25–139.0073128
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2545130.00/cwt130.00–130.007091
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned546116.00/cwt116.00–116.006338
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy552156.50/cwt156.50–156.5086453
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned563118.00/cwt118.00–118.006647
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2564133.59/cwt133.00–134.0075312
Steers—Medium and Large 1571146.46/cwt144.00–150.008366
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned595122.00/cwt122.00–122.007261
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned610124.00/cwt124.00–124.007561
Steers—Medium and Large 1622142.16/cwt138.50–151.0088461
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned629128.71/cwt127.00–130.5081064
Steers—Medium and Large 1680149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,0177
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2690133.00/cwt133.00–133.009182
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned715125.00/cwt125.00–125.008941
Steers—Medium and Large 1726150.44/cwt145.50–151.751,092181
Steers—Medium and Large 2743120.55/cwt120.00–124.008967
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2745140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0431
Steers—Medium and Large 2763118.84/cwt118.00–121.009077
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2771129.98/cwt123.00–137.001,0026
Steers—Medium and Large 1772146.75/cwt143.50–148.501,133175
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned775120.00/cwt120.00–120.009301
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2813132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0733
Steers—Medium and Large 1834143.13/cwt141.10–143.251,194141
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2855125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0691
Steers—Medium and Large 1920131.61/cwt129.00–132.001,21192
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1382151.71/cwt150.00–156.0058010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2395145.10/cwt145.00–146.0057320
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415147.00/cwt147.00–147.006101
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420125.00/cwt125.00–125.005251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned421138.59/cwt135.00–140.0058315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423137.00/cwt137.00–137.005804
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy427161.00/cwt161.00–161.006875
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467136.78/cwt122.00–145.0063941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned479125.00/cwt125.00–125.005995
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2498130.00/cwt130.00–130.006472
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned498126.34/cwt125.00–127.0062918
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned512112.28/cwt111.00–117.5057515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned522120.81/cwt118.00–131.0063134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned525124.51/cwt124.00–126.0065435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528136.34/cwt135.50–138.0072046
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2550120.00/cwt120.00–120.006606
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned552123.50/cwt123.50–123.5068226
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned579111.52/cwt110.00–114.0064613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1581141.75/cwt140.00–143.5082411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1606140.16/cwt139.50–142.0084946
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned629122.00/cwt122.00–122.0076716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned660108.00/cwt108.00–108.007132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2680123.00/cwt123.00–123.008361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1681136.99/cwt134.00–139.0093356
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned695111.00/cwt111.00–111.007711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1708135.00/cwt135.00–135.009566
Heifers—Medium and Large 1775127.50/cwt127.50–127.5098866
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned790117.00/cwt117.00–117.009243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1808130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0505
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,78577.29/cwt72.00–78.001,38010
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight74625.36/cwt24.00–31.0018914
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00454.67/cwt50.00–58.5054930
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02226.84/cwt23.00–31.0027483
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11756.62/cwt56.00–59.0063225
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13737.32/cwt32.00–43.0042467
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21347.39/cwt45.00–48.5057515
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23052.41/cwt50.00–56.0064539
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55459.50/cwt59.50–59.5092511
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,62354.57/cwt51.00–59.5088636

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.