Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2020-01-16

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jan 16
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,908 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 1,908▲ 1,908 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
631 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 631▲ 631 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 600 lbs firm; heifer calves under 600 lbs 1.00-2.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows mostly steady. Slaughter bulls not well tested. 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 $166.03/cwt on 1,054 head.
Average price
$166.03
1,054 head · 593 lb average
Value per head Derived
$985
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$200
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.83
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1601167.211,004930
Medium and Large 1-2533159.74852107
Medium and Large 2569141.4180417thin
One grade step is worth $25.80/cwt here — about $200 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 sale1,054 hd
166.03
—
TX average3 barns · 2,714 hd
154.21
+11.83
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—Low1,65871.751,1892thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53050.7477647
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27343.58555161
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,02834.61356255

Every lot

70 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1322226.00/cwt226.00–226.007288
Steers—Medium and Large 1383214.97/cwt208.00–221.0082373
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2412180.99/cwt180.00–185.0074639
Steers—Medium and Large 2428169.00/cwt169.00–169.007234
Steers—Medium and Large 1430196.12/cwt192.00–199.0084333
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned435188.00/cwt188.00–188.008181
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2450171.00/cwt171.00–171.007701
Steers—Medium and Large 1482185.65/cwt180.00–188.00895101
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned489165.00/cwt165.00–165.008078
Steers—Medium and Large 2510132.00/cwt132.00–132.006731
Steers—Medium and Large 1513186.54/cwt184.00–189.00957129
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned515176.00/cwt176.00–176.0090621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2537155.00/cwt155.00–155.0083224
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned569157.22/cwt155.00–160.0089537
Steers—Medium and Large 1577168.02/cwt161.00–172.5096991
Steers—Medium and Large 2582137.00/cwt137.00–137.007976
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned583143.00/cwt143.00–143.008342
Steers—Medium and Large 2605132.00/cwt132.00–132.007993
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2629141.71/cwt137.00–145.008915
Steers—Medium and Large 1635147.99/cwt147.00–148.5094033
Steers—Medium and Large 1665151.04/cwt141.00–154.001,004141
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677139.29/cwt139.00–140.009437
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned686132.02/cwt131.00–135.0090612
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned698137.00/cwt137.00–137.009566
Steers—Medium and Large 2713126.00/cwt126.00–126.008983
Steers—Medium and Large 1719147.69/cwt143.00–148.501,062168
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2720141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0159
Steers—Medium and Large 1760138.25/cwt137.50–140.001,05120
Steers—Medium and Large 1872134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,17368
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1295180.00/cwt180.00–180.005313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325166.95/cwt164.00–170.005434
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333130.00/cwt130.00–130.004333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed361186.00/cwt186.00–186.0067116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1397164.17/cwt159.00–164.5065230
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned405160.00/cwt160.00–160.006483
Heifers—Medium and Large 1438170.51/cwt170.00–171.0074738
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2440148.94/cwt144.00–150.0065515
Heifers—Medium and Large 2445135.00/cwt135.00–135.006011
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460131.00/cwt131.00–131.006031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472159.41/cwt152.00–168.0075248
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned487144.63/cwt144.00–145.007048
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513154.76/cwt153.00–155.50794106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2548144.00/cwt144.00–144.007892
Heifers—Medium and Large 2559123.32/cwt122.00–124.006893
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563143.62/cwt139.50–146.0080956
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575133.75/cwt129.00–138.0076947
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned598136.00/cwt136.00–136.0081315
Heifers—Medium and Large 2600121.00/cwt121.00–121.007261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618123.50/cwt123.50–123.507632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625135.81/cwt132.00–138.5084949
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open631142.00/cwt142.00–142.0089625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665129.63/cwt127.00–131.008623
Heifers—Medium and Large 2673117.85/cwt115.00–122.0079328
Heifers—Medium and Large 1691132.50/cwt132.50–132.5091616
Heifers—Medium and Large 2710117.00/cwt117.00–117.008311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1718133.84/cwt132.00–134.0096170
Heifers—Medium and Large 2758111.56/cwt109.00–115.008467
Heifers—Medium and Large 1765129.00/cwt129.00–129.009871
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned770121.00/cwt121.00–121.009324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1832125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,04041
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,63078.50/cwt78.50–78.501,2801
Bulls——1,68565.00/cwt65.00–65.001,0951
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight78021.00/cwt21.00–21.001642
Cows—Lean 85-90%98025.63/cwt20.00–30.0025170
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02235.06/cwt30.00–39.00358108
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08842.72/cwt40.00–50.0046575
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17244.15/cwt42.00–45.5051748
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30137.58/cwt31.00–40.0048950
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32747.91/cwt47.00–52.5063663
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53050.74/cwt50.00–56.5077647

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.