Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2020-01-30

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jan 30
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,707 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 1,707▲ 1,707 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
373 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 373▲ 373 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves and feeder steers 2.00 to 4.00 lower except 550-700 lb steers steady to weak; 300-600 lb heifer calves and 600-750 lb feeder heifers 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifers over 750 lbs not well tested. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.11/cwt on 625 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −139.43 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.
Average price
$141.11
625 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$784
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$124
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.69
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552144.80799490
Medium and Large 1-2564131.9774496
Medium and Large 2576117.3067639
One grade step is worth $27.50/cwt here — about $124 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 sale625 hd
141.11
—
TX average3 barns · 1,385 hd
135.42
+5.69
This barn, trailing median4 sales
280.54
−139.43
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

4 sales
314252191129median 280.5404/0905/1405/2110/1510/15
Heifers 0–100 lb: high $299.90, low $143.00, median $280.54 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,56261.5196145
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22456.7769581
CowsLean 85-90%Average99440.36401142

Every lot

76 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 1Thin Fleshed303215.00/cwt215.00–215.006516
Steers—Medium and Large 1340193.00/cwt193.00–193.006561
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed371218.00/cwt218.00–218.0080918
Steers—Medium and Large 1375204.24/cwt197.00–212.007669
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2390180.00/cwt180.00–180.007021
Steers—Medium and Large 1405194.00/cwt194.00–194.007865
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2422170.84/cwt170.00–174.007215
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2450172.00/cwt172.00–172.007741
Steers—Medium and Large 2460157.00/cwt157.00–157.007224
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed471186.00/cwt186.00–186.0087637
Steers—Medium and Large 1472175.30/cwt171.00–177.0082741
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned498155.00/cwt155.00–155.0077212
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2502159.50/cwt159.50–159.5080115
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed521175.00/cwt175.00–175.009128
Steers—Medium and Large 1531172.83/cwt167.00–174.0091828
Steers—Medium and Large 2531144.00/cwt144.00–144.007656
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed548165.00/cwt165.00–165.009049
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed557169.00/cwt169.00–169.0094129
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2557159.67/cwt156.00–160.0088934
Steers—Medium and Large 1561165.12/cwt163.00–166.0092654
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned593153.00/cwt153.00–153.009076
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2605138.00/cwt138.00–138.008352
Steers—Medium and Large 1615153.86/cwt150.00–157.0094614
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned647142.10/cwt140.00–143.0091920
Steers—Medium and Large 1668144.15/cwt144.00–145.5096369
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680136.49/cwt136.00–137.009282
Steers—Medium and Large 1723137.49/cwt135.00–139.0099452
Steers—Medium and Large 1780136.77/cwt135.50–137.001,06784
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2877127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,1147
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2297142.50/cwt142.50–142.504233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2320145.00/cwt145.00–145.004641
Heifers—Medium and Large 1346155.27/cwt150.00–157.005378
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed361183.24/cwt176.00–186.0066118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2380136.95/cwt135.00–140.005208
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381164.61/cwt159.00–170.0062710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned392152.00/cwt152.00–152.005963
Heifers—Medium and Large 2408128.00/cwt128.00–128.005226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1411155.15/cwt148.00–158.006389
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430139.00/cwt139.00–139.005982
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed438166.00/cwt166.00–166.0072729
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2466139.92/cwt139.00–140.0065225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478151.32/cwt147.50–158.0072392
Heifers—Medium and Large 2492125.50/cwt125.50–125.5061718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed509149.61/cwt148.00–150.0076258
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513137.00/cwt137.00–137.0070323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527125.56/cwt123.00–131.006626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1554139.72/cwt135.00–141.0077429
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2585124.00/cwt124.00–124.007251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624136.57/cwt128.00–139.00852144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2626126.59/cwt125.00–127.007925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1674130.91/cwt130.50–132.5088219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2677127.00/cwt127.00–127.0086045
Heifers—Medium and Large 2695118.50/cwt118.50–118.508242
Heifers—Medium and Large 2737101.64/cwt99.00–104.007499
Heifers—Medium and Large 1743128.50/cwt128.50–128.5095540
Heifers—Medium and Large 1762125.44/cwt124.00–126.509568
Heifers—Medium and Large 278599.00/cwt99.00–99.007774
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Small and Medium 350428.00/cwt28.00–28.001419
Dairy Heifers—Small and Medium 356841.00/cwt41.00–41.002334
Dairy Heifers—Small and Medium 363239.35/cwt38.00–40.002496
Dairy Heifers—Small and Medium 371845.00/cwt45.00–45.003237
Dairy Heifers—Small and Medium 376749.00/cwt49.00–49.0037622
Dairy Heifers—Small and Medium 382351.63/cwt49.00–54.5042528
Dairy Heifers—Small and Medium 386448.35/cwt48.00–50.0041823
Dairy Heifers—Small and Medium 392756.36/cwt40.00–58.5052236
Dairy Heifers—Small and Medium 395044.50/cwt44.50–44.504234
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight83326.16/cwt22.00–31.0021824
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight90736.59/cwt35.00–39.0033219
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03652.85/cwt46.00–59.0054831
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04443.03/cwt35.00–47.0044958
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10552.39/cwt50.00–58.0057934
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12127.36/cwt25.00–30.0030710
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14845.00/cwt45.00–45.005172
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31760.60/cwt58.00–65.5079845
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44156.70/cwt56.00–58.008179
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59262.71/cwt61.50–63.0099836

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.