Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2020-01-23

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jan 23
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,334 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 2,334▲ 2,334 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
372 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 372▲ 372 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifers prices on the day were mixed. 300-500 lb steer and calves mostly steady; 300-400 lb heifer calves 2.00-4.00 higher. 500-600 lb steer and 400-600 lb heifers calves 3.00-5.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs steady except 600-650 lb steers sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00-5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.26/cwt on 1,201 head.
Average price
$154.26
1,201 head · 663 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,023
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$29.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.99
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2586158.12927100
Medium and Large 1670154.001,0321,097
Medium and Large 2635129.008194thin
One grade step is worth $29.12/cwt here — about $108 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 sale1,201 hd
154.26
—
TX average3 barns · 2,168 hd
153.27
+0.99
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—Average1,57578.991,2445thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41358.4282524
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25054.11677110
CowsLean 85-90%Low98436.19356145

Every lot

67 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 1282226.31/cwt220.00–228.0063815
Steers—Medium and Large 1345206.00/cwt206.00–206.007111
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy367226.00/cwt226.00–226.0082920
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2373197.00/cwt197.00–197.007353
Steers—Medium and Large 1376200.00/cwt200.00–200.0075219
Steers—Medium and Large 1434192.04/cwt185.00–199.0083328
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435178.89/cwt176.00–186.0077815
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy436202.00/cwt202.00–202.0088120
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed463192.34/cwt191.00–194.008918
Steers—Medium and Large 1478183.78/cwt179.00–185.0087856
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2479171.35/cwt170.00–172.008213
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2513165.16/cwt164.00–171.008476
Steers—Medium and Large 1520179.21/cwt173.00–180.009329
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2557162.68/cwt153.00–166.0090636
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed577169.00/cwt169.00–169.009753
Steers—Medium and Large 1583162.15/cwt156.00–172.5094599
Steers—Medium and Large 1610154.00/cwt149.00–156.00939119
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2610142.00/cwt142.00–142.008661
Steers—Medium and Large 2623128.00/cwt128.00–128.007973
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2670137.00/cwt135.00–139.0091812
Steers—Medium and Large 2670132.00/cwt132.00–132.008841
Steers—Medium and Large 1676146.32/cwt143.50–146.7598939
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned699137.00/cwt137.00–137.009589
Steers—Medium and Large 1714144.22/cwt141.00–146.001,030391
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2721140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0099
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned749135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0118
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2751142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,06615
Steers—Medium and Large 1755140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,05737
Steers—Medium and Large 1843137.40/cwt133.00–138.751,158216
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1228192.00/cwt192.00–192.004386
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned305166.00/cwt166.00–166.005061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2305159.00/cwt159.00–159.004851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318177.56/cwt171.00–181.0056521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2355160.00/cwt160.00–160.005681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384167.40/cwt165.00–168.0064334
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy387179.50/cwt179.50–179.5069522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy405179.00/cwt179.00–179.007257
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423163.10/cwt157.00–168.0069030
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425145.00/cwt145.00–145.006162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy462163.00/cwt163.00–163.0075331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1484151.25/cwt146.00–158.0073281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2502140.00/cwt140.00–140.007035
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521145.52/cwt143.00–147.0075835
Heifers—Medium and Large 2538130.00/cwt130.00–130.006992
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565142.69/cwt140.00–144.25806311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578137.19/cwt137.00–138.007935
Heifers—Medium and Large 2598132.00/cwt132.00–132.007892
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620125.00/cwt125.00–125.007752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625137.99/cwt134.00–140.0086233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655128.50/cwt128.50–128.5084212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2672130.00/cwt130.00–130.008743
Heifers—Medium and Large 2705112.00/cwt112.00–112.007902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1721134.47/cwt133.00–135.2597084
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772131.31/cwt127.50–133.001,014190
Heifers—Medium and Large 2775112.00/cwt112.00–112.008681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1828127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,05212
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,43375.59/cwt72.00–79.001,0833
Bulls——1,78884.08/cwt83.00–85.001,5032
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight85423.66/cwt21.00–29.0020227
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight86235.32/cwt30.00–38.0030437
Cows—Lean 85-90%98626.85/cwt25.00–28.0026516
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05847.60/cwt44.00–48.5050430
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09847.40/cwt40.00–54.0052047
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13035.80/cwt31.00–45.0040518
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27164.18/cwt62.00–65.508165
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32656.05/cwt51.00–60.0074375
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41358.42/cwt54.00–61.0082524

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.