Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2020-06-11

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jun 11
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,005 head
▼ 622 vs last sale 1,627▼ 278 vs year ago 1,283 · −21.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
351 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 389▼ 42 vs year ago 393 · −10.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 600 lbs steady in a limited test; feeder steers firm. Heifer calves and feeder heifers 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $127.04/cwt on 462 head.
Average price
$127.04
462 head · 801 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,017
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$285
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.10
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1808127.501,030426
Medium and Large 1-2732122.0489432
Medium and Large 2631118.007454thin
One grade step is worth $9.50/cwt here — about $285 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 sale462 hd
127.04
—
TX average4 barns · 1,808 hd
126.93
+0.10
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—High1,96293.971,8447thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47067.7599668
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20062.8975460
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00150.53506124

Every lot

57 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1320168.00/cwt168.00–168.005381
Steers—Medium and Large 1398170.00/cwt170.00–170.006774
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2407145.00/cwt145.00–145.005903
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2453142.00/cwt142.00–142.006432
Steers—Medium and Large 1476163.47/cwt160.00–165.0077812
Steers—Medium and Large 1543146.50/cwt146.50–146.5079527
Steers—Medium and Large 1564148.12/cwt147.00–150.008359
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575140.35/cwt140.00–141.0080712
Steers—Medium and Large 1630143.45/cwt140.00–145.5090417
Steers—Medium and Large 2631118.00/cwt118.00–118.007454
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2670135.00/cwt135.00–135.009051
Steers—Medium and Large 1709137.00/cwt137.00–137.009711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725125.48/cwt123.00–128.009102
Steers—Medium and Large 1787129.27/cwt128.50–132.001,01784
Steers—Medium and Large 1833126.74/cwt122.50–127.001,05668
Steers—Medium and Large 1880119.59/cwt117.75–122.001,052116
Steers—Medium and Large 1909120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,09162
Steers—Medium and Large 1964114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,09925
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,00694.00/cwt94.00–94.009468
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,06091.00/cwt91.00–91.009654
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1308160.00/cwt160.00–160.004932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375147.00/cwt147.00–147.005511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2414132.00/cwt132.00–132.0054610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424147.27/cwt142.00–149.006244
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed426155.00/cwt155.00–155.006605
Heifers—Medium and Large 2440123.00/cwt123.00–123.0054115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460145.47/cwt144.00–150.006694
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481132.80/cwt132.00–133.0063910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516132.38/cwt130.00–135.0068316
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523119.37/cwt115.00–121.5062436
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527126.19/cwt123.00–132.006658
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572130.44/cwt130.00–131.007469
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2572128.43/cwt124.00–130.5073526
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575117.00/cwt117.00–117.006731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1606132.00/cwt132.00–132.008007
Heifers—Medium and Large 2636115.00/cwt115.00–115.007314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2643120.33/cwt120.00–121.007743
Heifers—Medium and Large 2658113.00/cwt113.00–113.007443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667121.13/cwt119.50–122.008083
Heifers—Medium and Large 1721117.50/cwt117.50–117.508479
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2733119.35/cwt117.50–120.0087523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1752117.35/cwt117.35–117.3588250
Heifers—Medium and Large 1815117.00/cwt117.00–117.009541
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2820104.00/cwt104.00–104.008531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2890101.00/cwt101.00–101.008991
Heifers—Medium and Large 191595.00/cwt95.00–95.008693
Heifers—Medium and Large 197095.01/cwt94.00–96.009223
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,81588.00/cwt88.00–88.001,5971
Bulls——1,98794.97/cwt94.00–96.001,8876
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight74231.44/cwt29.00–40.0023312
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight80045.00/cwt45.00–45.003601
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02364.75/cwt58.00–67.0066243
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03546.14/cwt41.50–55.0047863
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05330.36/cwt25.00–40.003205
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18465.05/cwt62.00–68.5077046
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25155.79/cwt53.00–58.0069814
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47067.75/cwt64.00–69.5099668

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.