Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2020-03-05

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Mar 5
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,854 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 1,854▲ 1,854 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
563 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 563▲ 563 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 and and feeder steers over 600 lbs mostly 2.00 higher. Heifer calves under 600 lbs and feeder heifers over 600 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to strong. Slaughter bulls not well tested. Trade 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 $151.43/cwt on 899 head.
Average price
$151.43
899 head · 671 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,016
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$99
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.99
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1672152.311,024826
Medium and Large 1-2654141.4592473
One grade step is worth $10.86/cwt here — about $99 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 sale899 hd
151.43
—
TX average3 barns · 1,708 hd
147.44
+3.99
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58460.5095831
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,45056.4681856
CowsLean 85-90%High1,08138.77419168

Every lot

72 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 1Unweaned269190.00/cwt190.00–190.005119
Steers—Medium and Large 1297218.11/cwt217.00–219.006489
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2303176.53/cwt173.00–180.005352
Steers—Medium and Large 1336209.81/cwt208.00–218.007055
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed355220.00/cwt220.00–220.0078132
Steers—Medium and Large 1375206.26/cwt192.00–211.007739
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed409202.00/cwt202.00–202.008265
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned422184.00/cwt184.00–184.0077613
Steers—Medium and Large 1423195.15/cwt194.00–196.0082588
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428161.00/cwt161.00–161.006893
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2458168.00/cwt168.00–168.007692
Steers—Medium and Large 1493177.38/cwt174.00–180.0087421
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2514160.40/cwt157.00–164.008245
Steers—Medium and Large 1525172.63/cwt170.00–176.0090657
Steers—Medium and Large 1565163.43/cwt160.50–168.0092339
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2569154.62/cwt153.50–156.0088016
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2631132.99/cwt131.00–135.008394
Steers—Medium and Large 1634150.95/cwt149.00–152.5095727
Steers—Medium and Large 1670141.61/cwt138.00–144.5094956
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680132.00/cwt132.00–132.008982
Steers—Medium and Large 1745140.68/cwt140.00–140.751,04863
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2747131.00/cwt131.00–131.0097936
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2775129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0001
Steers—Medium and Large 1784132.81/cwt132.00–134.001,041157
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2810119.00/cwt119.00–119.009641
Steers—Medium and Large 1831129.95/cwt127.00–131.001,080168
Steers—Medium and Large 1864127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0979
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2865118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,0211
Steers—Medium and Large 1925118.34/cwt118.00–123.001,09559
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned257144.00/cwt144.00–144.003706
Heifers—Medium and Large 1278184.00/cwt184.00–184.005125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1319170.20/cwt166.00–172.5054314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2332152.00/cwt152.00–152.005051
Heifers—Medium and Large 2340134.00/cwt134.00–134.004561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed358183.00/cwt183.00–183.0065527
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360128.00/cwt128.00–128.004611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2365150.00/cwt150.00–150.005481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373168.31/cwt165.00–170.0062824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed403163.00/cwt163.00–163.0065719
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415135.00/cwt135.00–135.005601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427166.52/cwt166.00–167.0071156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2434158.85/cwt157.00–159.0068914
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460130.00/cwt130.00–130.005981
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485156.32/cwt156.00–160.0075859
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2489148.00/cwt145.00–151.0072414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed535149.00/cwt149.00–149.0079717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1538144.95/cwt143.00–146.0078018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2540137.50/cwt137.00–140.007436
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565142.38/cwt138.00–145.0080435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575126.29/cwt123.00–128.007263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622135.34/cwt130.50–136.5084292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2640126.37/cwt126.00–127.0080912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2670124.00/cwt124.00–124.008311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677127.37/cwt125.00–131.5086234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open678134.25/cwt134.25–134.2591017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1713131.87/cwt127.00–132.5094026
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2740118.00/cwt118.00–118.008731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773122.73/cwt122.00–123.0094927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2790115.00/cwt115.00–115.009092
Heifers—Medium and Large 281193.81/cwt92.00–95.007615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2839109.25/cwt109.00–112.0091712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1847117.12/cwt116.75–117.50992122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1862112.00/cwt112.00–112.0096510
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight78527.97/cwt20.00–32.0022010
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02426.95/cwt20.00–33.0027640
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09035.55/cwt29.00–40.0038740
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09446.17/cwt44.00–50.0050563
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,35055.00/cwt55.00–55.0074315
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,44259.14/cwt59.00–60.0085313
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45255.65/cwt52.00–58.0080843
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56958.36/cwt56.50–60.0091615
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59862.50/cwt62.50–62.5099916

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.