Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2020-01-09

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jan 9
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,771 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 2,771▲ 2,771 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
521 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 521▲ 521 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
267 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 267▲ 267 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No market comparison due to holiday, however higher undertone noted on feeders and slaughter offerings. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $157.88/cwt on 1,211 head.
Average price
$157.88
1,211 head · 657 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,038
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.22
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1665158.071,0521,109
Medium and Large 1-2569155.82887102
One grade step is worth $2.25/cwt here — about $165 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 sale1,211 hd
157.88
—
TX average3 barns · 3,356 hd
152.66
+5.22
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—Low1,51867.841,0303thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56651.7981147
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25646.1057959
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01237.8438386

Every lot

64 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2262180.00/cwt180.00–180.004729
Steers—Medium and Large 1294220.00/cwt220.00–220.006475
Steers—Medium and Large 1335225.89/cwt210.00–228.0075727
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2348173.00/cwt173.00–173.006022
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2365183.00/cwt183.00–183.006681
Steers—Medium and Large 1379193.83/cwt190.00–206.0073520
Steers—Medium and Large 1432195.50/cwt188.00–200.0084546
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2441182.00/cwt182.00–182.008039
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned455165.00/cwt165.00–165.007513
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468180.00/cwt180.00–180.008424
Steers—Medium and Large 1475188.65/cwt178.00–194.0089631
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2528150.00/cwt150.00–150.007922
Steers—Medium and Large 1539172.97/cwt158.00–187.00932163
Steers—Medium and Large 1574166.64/cwt154.00–180.0095760
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2591152.99/cwt144.00–155.0090439
Steers—Medium and Large 1632156.05/cwt150.00–159.00986160
Steers—Medium and Large 1665151.66/cwt150.00–154.001,00995
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2673143.70/cwt140.00–149.0096716
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2719137.36/cwt133.00–140.0098813
Steers—Medium and Large 1736146.09/cwt138.00–152.001,075112
Steers—Medium and Large 1775144.48/cwt139.50–148.851,120171
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2804135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0854
Steers—Medium and Large 1830140.93/cwt139.00–143.251,170143
Steers—Medium and Large 1854139.36/cwt136.50–140.001,19076
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy321197.00/cwt197.00–197.0063212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340164.00/cwt164.00–164.005581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2345160.00/cwt160.00–160.005521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378167.76/cwt163.00–179.0063410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2392163.00/cwt163.00–163.006393
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy404175.50/cwt175.50–175.5070936
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2411157.24/cwt155.00–158.006464
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433167.18/cwt164.00–169.0072419
Heifers—Medium and Large 2448128.00/cwt128.00–128.005736
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470149.27/cwt142.50–165.0070265
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473143.92/cwt141.00–147.006812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1534148.46/cwt145.00–149.50793131
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535127.00/cwt127.00–127.006791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2541137.80/cwt132.50–141.0074529
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2555136.50/cwt136.00–137.007584
Heifers—Medium and Large 1581140.54/cwt136.50–143.5081757
Heifers—Medium and Large 2588119.00/cwt119.00–119.007006
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2608133.00/cwt133.00–133.008092
Heifers—Medium and Large 1636138.71/cwt134.00–140.00882137
Heifers—Medium and Large 2645110.48/cwt110.00–113.007136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2655127.63/cwt127.50–128.008364
Heifers—Medium and Large 2661110.82/cwt110.00–111.0073317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1671135.21/cwt131.00–136.0090739
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy681121.00/cwt121.00–121.008245
Heifers—Medium and Large 1731134.68/cwt132.50–141.50985417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2736127.04/cwt122.00–129.009359
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2750127.00/cwt127.00–127.009532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1767131.52/cwt128.50–132.001,00987
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2809114.96/cwt110.00–120.009306
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,31566.76/cwt65.00–68.008782
Bulls——1,92570.00/cwt70.00–70.001,3481
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93628.02/cwt26.00–29.002627
Cows—Lean 85-90%96235.27/cwt31.00–37.0033953
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13645.71/cwt41.00–49.0051926
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23743.09/cwt42.00–45.0053335
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28350.48/cwt50.00–53.5064824
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49747.60/cwt43.00–49.0071313
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59253.39/cwt51.00–56.0085034
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4691,232.38/cwt1,100.00–1,275.0018,10438
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,5441,061.47/cwt1,000.00–1,125.0016,389107

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.