Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2020-04-09

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Apr 9
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
828 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 828▲ 828 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
227 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 227▲ 227 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and steer calves 3.00-5.00 higher; feeder heifers and heifer calves 5.00-10.00 higher, instances 300 to 400 lbs 20.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls firm. 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 $135.22/cwt on 363 head.
Average price
$135.22
363 head · 670 lb average
Value per head Derived
$906
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$258
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$30.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.66
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1675137.76930295
Medium and Large 1-2657130.1485550
Medium and Large 2624107.7467218thin
One grade step is worth $30.03/cwt here — about $258 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 sale363 hd
135.22
—
TX average4 barns · 1,610 hd
123.56
+11.66
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—High2,10377.751,6352thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,75554.259522thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25149.8762456
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,07737.6640683

Every lot

69 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2290173.00/cwt173.00–173.005021
Steers—Medium and Large 1291180.00/cwt180.00–180.005247
Steers—Medium and Large 1322180.95/cwt167.00–187.0058311
Steers—Medium and Large 1370185.06/cwt183.00–187.0068511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2413165.00/cwt165.00–165.006812
Steers—Medium and Large 1433175.50/cwt171.00–180.0076022
Steers—Medium and Large 2445140.00/cwt140.00–140.006231
Steers—Medium and Large 1475168.84/cwt164.00–174.0080210
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned491155.00/cwt155.00–155.0076110
Steers—Medium and Large 1500160.00/cwt160.00–160.008001
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527146.59/cwt142.00–151.007736
Steers—Medium and Large 2536111.50/cwt111.50–111.505985
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned545103.00/cwt103.00–103.005612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2593143.00/cwt143.00–143.008487
Steers—Medium and Large 2595117.00/cwt117.00–117.006961
Steers—Medium and Large 1609141.98/cwt139.00–145.008654
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2626137.29/cwt128.00–139.008597
Steers—Medium and Large 2643105.47/cwt103.00–113.006784
Steers—Medium and Large 1681140.00/cwt140.00–140.00953115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2686124.78/cwt123.00–126.008568
Steers—Medium and Large 2710100.00/cwt100.00–100.007101
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2727122.29/cwt119.00–125.008899
Steers—Medium and Large 1765113.72/cwt110.00–114.0087029
Steers—Medium and Large 277798.96/cwt96.00–101.007693
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2779106.94/cwt105.00–112.008337
Steers—Medium and Large 1800112.50/cwt112.50–112.509009
Steers—Medium and Large 2805100.00/cwt100.00–100.008051
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2847105.00/cwt105.00–105.008893
Steers—Medium and Large 1883106.50/cwt106.50–106.509408
Steers—Medium and Large 1908108.00/cwt108.00–108.0098158
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1260183.00/cwt183.00–183.004761
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned263171.00/cwt171.00–171.004502
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned265132.00/cwt132.00–132.003501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2295166.00/cwt166.00–166.004901
Heifers—Medium and Large 2335110.00/cwt110.00–110.003691
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373125.00/cwt125.00–125.004662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383165.43/cwt160.00–168.0063417
Heifers—Medium and Large 2395102.00/cwt102.00–102.004031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1410152.00/cwt152.00–152.006231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned410140.00/cwt140.00–140.005742
Heifers—Medium and Large 1486144.67/cwt143.00–147.0070312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2495130.00/cwt130.00–130.006441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515125.00/cwt125.00–125.006443
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515106.00/cwt106.00–106.005461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523140.95/cwt139.00–144.007375
Heifers—Medium and Large 2564106.08/cwt104.00–110.005983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566130.00/cwt130.00–130.007364
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2576128.18/cwt123.00–136.507385
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620119.00/cwt119.00–119.007382
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660120.57/cwt118.00–121.0079614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2663110.00/cwt110.00–110.007292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1713114.36/cwt110.00–115.0081587
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2739100.00/cwt100.00–100.007394
Heifers—Medium and Large 1779104.00/cwt104.00–104.0081036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2780100.00/cwt100.00–100.007803
Heifers—Medium and Large 1810103.99/cwt103.00–115.0084272
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2853100.50/cwt100.50–100.5085726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1860115.00/cwt115.00–115.009891
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,97574.50/cwt74.50–74.501,4711
Bulls——2,23081.00/cwt81.00–81.001,8061
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight82228.93/cwt28.00–29.0023813
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight84934.70/cwt34.00–38.0029510
Cows—Lean 85-90%94825.35/cwt23.00–29.002408
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10636.43/cwt31.00–39.5040325
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18047.41/cwt41.50–52.5055937
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21245.05/cwt40.00–51.0054618
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39054.65/cwt52.50–56.5076019
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,46753.18/cwt53.00–54.507809
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,75554.25/cwt54.00–54.509522

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.