Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2019-10-24

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Oct 24
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,984 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 1,984▲ 1,984 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
336 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 336▲ 336 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Sale day saw the trade area blanketed by cold rain and snow. Calf offerings under 600 lbs were mostly steady except more attractive weaned or gaunt offerings were 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs were steady to weak, instances 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00-3.00 lower. Trade fairly active. 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 $146.41/cwt on 914 head.
Average price
$146.41
914 head · 595 lb average
Value per head Derived
$871
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$154
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$29.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.46
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1594148.14880828
Medium and Large 1-2604132.3780069
Medium and Large 2610118.9472617thin
One grade step is worth $29.20/cwt here — about $154 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 sale914 hd
146.41
—
TX average3 barns · 1,991 hd
141.94
+4.46
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—Average1,20063.337603thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13848.3054968
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47047.9770510
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02739.41405129

Every lot

71 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1289177.89/cwt177.00–178.0051426
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2339150.00/cwt150.00–150.005095
Steers—Medium and Large 1341173.00/cwt173.00–173.005907
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned358144.00/cwt144.00–144.005163
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2374156.58/cwt156.00–157.005865
Steers—Medium and Large 1386168.73/cwt168.00–172.0065180
Steers—Medium and Large 1428164.51/cwt154.00–174.0070441
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned435118.00/cwt118.00–118.005132
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned436151.86/cwt150.00–153.0066214
Steers—Medium and Large 1482160.01/cwt155.00–161.00771165
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485139.00/cwt139.00–139.006744
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned493145.00/cwt145.00–145.007152
Steers—Medium and Large 1520145.63/cwt139.00–148.5075750
Steers—Medium and Large 2561128.00/cwt128.00–128.007184
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2565131.92/cwt128.00–138.007455
Steers—Medium and Large 1581140.13/cwt136.00–149.0081447
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned590123.00/cwt123.00–123.007261
Steers—Medium and Large 1619141.52/cwt140.00–145.0087631
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned627134.19/cwt128.00–136.5084153
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627127.89/cwt127.50–128.0080218
Steers—Medium and Large 2630115.19/cwt115.00–116.007265
Steers—Medium and Large 2653118.00/cwt118.00–118.007713
Steers—Medium and Large 1687129.04/cwt127.00–147.0088786
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned694123.00/cwt123.00–123.0085419
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2715126.00/cwt126.00–126.0090122
Steers—Medium and Large 2717114.67/cwt113.00–118.008223
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned718121.00/cwt121.00–121.008694
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2778124.00/cwt124.00–124.009655
Steers—Medium and Large 1795142.19/cwt142.00–144.501,13062
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2805136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0951
Steers—Medium and Large 1825139.48/cwt134.00–141.001,151139
Steers—Medium and Large 1933137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,2782
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1298165.00/cwt165.00–165.0049237
Heifers—Medium and Large 1332154.58/cwt151.00–160.0051318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned345144.00/cwt144.00–144.004971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned376130.00/cwt130.00–130.004894
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned382142.00/cwt142.00–142.005423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1392152.49/cwt144.00–154.00598100
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412144.05/cwt139.00–150.0059339
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425136.35/cwt135.00–137.005799
Heifers—Medium and Large 2448125.00/cwt125.00–125.005602
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned472133.32/cwt132.00–135.0062912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475143.73/cwt139.00–152.00683152
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478125.00/cwt125.00–125.0059820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2482137.00/cwt137.00–137.006609
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526137.92/cwt130.00–139.0072536
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2543122.00/cwt122.00–122.006626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned547126.16/cwt124.00–126.5069060
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2556123.00/cwt123.00–123.006848
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned565123.33/cwt123.00–124.006979
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567128.86/cwt125.50–130.00731105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned574115.00/cwt115.00–115.006604
Heifers—Medium and Large 1604138.50/cwt138.50–138.5083747
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned618111.00/cwt111.00–111.006862
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned630118.67/cwt117.00–121.0074833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned671119.31/cwt119.00–120.0080122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678125.00/cwt125.00–125.008482
Heifers—Medium and Large 1747133.99/cwt133.00–134.001,00165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2788112.03/cwt109.00–115.008832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1815122.00/cwt122.00–122.009941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1885125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,10611
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,04550.50/cwt50.50–50.505281
Bulls——1,23071.50/cwt71.50–71.508791
Bulls——1,32568.00/cwt68.00–68.009011
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92023.34/cwt20.00–28.5021518
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03946.84/cwt41.00–50.0048771
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05433.44/cwt28.50–42.5035240
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11543.00/cwt43.00–43.004791
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12552.50/cwt52.50–52.505919
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14047.74/cwt44.00–50.0054458
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47047.97/cwt46.00–49.5070510

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.