Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2019-11-21

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Nov 21
● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,999 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 1,999▲ 1,999 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
498 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 498▲ 498 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
151 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 151▲ 151 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 700 lbs firm. Feeder steers and heifers over 700 lbs steady to strong. Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Trade fairly active. Demand fairly good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.93/cwt on 846 head.
Average price
$145.93
846 head · 656 lb average
Value per head Derived
$957
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$385
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.77
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1674147.46994737
Medium and Large 1-2541137.1774291
Medium and Large 2477127.7460918thin
One grade step is worth $19.73/cwt here — about $385 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 sale846 hd
145.93
—
TX average3 barns · 1,790 hd
142.17
+3.77
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—Average1,73271.781,2434thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,62751.7184269
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23147.99591127
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10343.10475107

Every lot

85 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1307180.15/cwt164.00–189.005535
Steers—Medium and Large 2338150.00/cwt150.00–150.005071
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned348160.00/cwt160.00–160.0055711
Steers—Medium and Large 2373138.89/cwt138.00–140.005187
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned385155.82/cwt154.00–160.006005
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2393154.00/cwt154.00–154.006055
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned413160.00/cwt160.00–160.006614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2438146.00/cwt146.00–146.0063910
Steers—Medium and Large 1439175.08/cwt174.00–177.0076926
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned475136.00/cwt136.00–136.006461
Steers—Medium and Large 1482159.61/cwt159.50–160.0076947
Steers—Medium and Large 2500123.00/cwt123.00–123.006152
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2514145.69/cwt145.00–149.007496
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned520132.43/cwt131.00–135.0068945
Steers—Medium and Large 1529159.56/cwt153.00–164.0084497
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned538146.27/cwt137.00–150.007877
Steers—Medium and Large 2550126.00/cwt126.00–126.006931
Steers—Medium and Large 1570148.30/cwt139.50–155.0084567
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned583133.35/cwt131.00–137.0077717
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned584115.00/cwt115.00–115.006727
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2616139.00/cwt139.00–139.008566
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned619138.21/cwt135.00–139.0085621
Steers—Medium and Large 1629142.45/cwt137.00–146.0089645
Steers—Medium and Large 1659144.26/cwt142.50–146.0095129
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2668139.00/cwt139.00–139.0092915
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned668132.74/cwt125.00–135.0088739
Steers—Medium and Large 1721137.50/cwt136.50–140.0099129
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned723123.00/cwt123.00–123.008892
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned734124.00/cwt124.00–124.009104
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned760118.00/cwt118.00–118.008971
Steers—Medium and Large 1765142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,08612
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned816125.41/cwt119.00–126.001,02315
Steers—Medium and Large 1847146.32/cwt140.00–146.501,239140
Steers—Medium and Large 1859142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,220117
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2273132.26/cwt130.00–136.003615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned298144.00/cwt144.00–144.004294
Heifers—Medium and Large 2300120.00/cwt120.00–120.003602
Heifers—Medium and Large 1301149.07/cwt149.00–150.0044914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2305142.84/cwt141.00–148.004364
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned328133.99/cwt133.00–135.004392
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned348139.00/cwt139.00–139.004843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy353169.00/cwt169.00–169.005973
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned376143.00/cwt143.00–143.0053821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380156.01/cwt155.00–160.0059311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned380111.00/cwt111.00–111.004225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385140.61/cwt140.00–141.0054110
Heifers—Medium and Large 2390120.00/cwt120.00–120.004681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned392125.33/cwt122.00–132.0049110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned428121.00/cwt121.00–121.005184
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned435110.16/cwt109.00–112.004796
Heifers—Medium and Large 1436150.09/cwt146.00–156.0065417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2466126.61/cwt126.00–127.0059010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469146.71/cwt139.00–151.0068822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned475118.81/cwt118.50–120.0056414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned485133.69/cwt130.00–136.0064857
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned509129.00/cwt129.00–129.0065713
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned513108.11/cwt108.00–111.0055527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522147.67/cwt145.00–149.0077138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535125.51/cwt125.00–126.006712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571138.07/cwt131.00–140.0078871
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned574126.96/cwt126.00–133.0072963
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2588123.49/cwt122.00–125.0072632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned616120.00/cwt120.00–120.0073911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623132.29/cwt128.00–137.5082452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned647122.54/cwt122.00–123.0079324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned655116.00/cwt116.00–116.007602
Heifers—Medium and Large 1690134.40/cwt128.50–136.0092732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1729138.38/cwt129.50–139.001,00975
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned730120.00/cwt120.00–120.008762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1840121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0165
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,49074.00/cwt74.00–74.001,1031
Bulls——1,72364.31/cwt63.00–66.001,1082
Bulls——1,99084.50/cwt84.50–84.501,6821
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06127.96/cwt24.00–30.5029721
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06551.74/cwt50.50–54.0055110
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09655.65/cwt55.00–56.5061033
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13738.85/cwt32.50–49.0044243
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21746.36/cwt42.00–49.2556497
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27853.27/cwt50.00–56.0068130
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,61247.28/cwt45.00–50.0076230
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,62954.47/cwt52.00–58.0088735
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,72760.82/cwt59.00–63.001,0504
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,225708.28/cwt675.00–775.008,67660
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,325846.41/cwt800.00–875.0011,21518
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,579876.04/cwt835.00–950.0013,8333

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.