Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2020-06-25

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jun 25
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,029 head
▼ 142 vs last sale 1,171▲ 574 vs year ago 455 · +126.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
457 head
▲ 142 vs last sale 315▲ 177 vs year ago 280 · +63.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady in a light test, instances steer calves under 600 lbs 1.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls not well tested. Portions of the trade area received much needed rainfall on the week however drought conditions remain prevalent. A portion of today's receipts were new crop calves with pre-weaning shots. 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 $121.52/cwt on 409 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −159.03 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.
Average price
$121.52
409 head · 664 lb average
Value per head Derived
$807
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$152
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$26.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.25
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1667123.95827325
Medium and Large 1-2631118.7875058
Medium and Large 269497.2367526
One grade step is worth $26.72/cwt here — about $152 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 sale409 hd
121.52
—
TX average4 barns · 1,551 hd
115.27
+6.25
This barn, trailing median4 sales
280.54
−159.03
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%High1,57366.401,0449thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21464.0877881
CowsLean 85-90%High95454.89523196

Every lot

75 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1212188.31/cwt178.00–205.003999
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2225164.00/cwt164.00–164.003691
Steers—Medium and Large 1268187.68/cwt185.00–189.005033
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2288163.00/cwt163.00–163.004692
Steers—Medium and Large 1338176.40/cwt174.00–177.005965
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2345161.00/cwt161.00–161.005551
Steers—Medium and Large 1373176.76/cwt167.00–179.5065914
Steers—Medium and Large 1423155.88/cwt154.00–157.006598
Steers—Medium and Large 2426129.00/cwt129.00–129.005504
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465149.00/cwt149.00–149.006935
Steers—Medium and Large 2465124.00/cwt124.00–124.005771
Steers—Medium and Large 1485156.18/cwt150.00–160.0075757
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535134.00/cwt134.00–134.007171
Steers—Medium and Large 1536151.41/cwt149.00–153.008125
Steers—Medium and Large 1583143.96/cwt141.00–145.0083924
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2586135.85/cwt134.00–139.007968
Steers—Medium and Large 2609130.00/cwt130.00–130.007929
Steers—Medium and Large 1616141.88/cwt141.50–143.008744
Steers—Medium and Large 2659116.01/cwt115.00–120.007655
Steers—Medium and Large 1675130.33/cwt130.00–131.008803
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2699126.69/cwt125.00–127.0088613
Steers—Medium and Large 1732132.75/cwt132.75–132.7597220
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2732132.75/cwt132.75–132.7597220
Steers—Medium and Large 1751131.00/cwt131.00–131.0098449
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2760120.50/cwt120.50–120.509162
Steers—Medium and Large 1950108.50/cwt108.50–108.501,0311
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1237151.38/cwt149.00–157.003599
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2243143.49/cwt143.00–144.003492
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2297145.00/cwt145.00–145.004313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340152.89/cwt151.00–153.0052017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1359144.41/cwt141.00–150.005187
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2400130.00/cwt130.00–130.005201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427142.61/cwt140.00–144.0060918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463143.51/cwt139.00–147.0066420
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2490132.00/cwt130.00–136.006473
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527133.32/cwt128.00–138.0070324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527122.90/cwt120.00–127.0064813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533108.15/cwt104.00–109.005766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567133.07/cwt128.00–136.0075521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2572122.72/cwt120.00–125.007029
Heifers—Medium and Large 1608131.68/cwt129.00–132.0080138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2683115.75/cwt115.00–116.007918
Heifers—Medium and Large 268797.00/cwt97.00–97.0066612
Heifers—Medium and Large 270887.01/cwt84.00–90.006162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1739119.50/cwt119.50–119.5088315
Heifers—Medium and Large 276586.00/cwt86.00–86.006581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2774106.91/cwt105.00–108.008278
Heifers—Medium and Large 1786118.50/cwt118.50–118.5093171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2872108.00/cwt108.00–108.009429
Heifers—Medium and Large 1881102.00/cwt102.00–102.0089985
Heifers—Medium and Large 288691.00/cwt91.00–91.008065
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-293893.00/cwt93.00–93.008722
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Small and Medium 334643.58/cwt43.00–49.0015110
Dairy Steers—Medium and Large 346462.46/cwt60.00–65.002906
Dairy Steers—Medium and Large 355566.00/cwt66.00–66.003662
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Small and Medium 326359.50/cwt58.00–60.001569
Dairy Heifers—Medium and Large 333432.00/cwt32.00–32.001077
Dairy Heifers—Small and Medium 2-337177.16/cwt76.00–80.002867
Dairy Heifers—Medium and Large 337240.00/cwt40.00–40.001496
Dairy Heifers—Small and Medium 342355.00/cwt55.00–55.002332
Dairy Heifers—Medium and Large 344039.00/cwt39.00–39.001721
Dairy Heifers—Small and Medium 2-346378.00/cwt78.00–78.0036110
Dairy Heifers—Small and Medium 365845.83/cwt45.00–46.003026
Dairy Heifers—Small and Medium 370042.00/cwt42.00–42.002941
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight63058.00/cwt58.00–58.003652
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight66640.11/cwt39.00–44.0026714
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight77835.72/cwt33.00–39.0027810
Cows—Lean 85-90%96446.95/cwt41.00–53.5045345
Cows—Lean 85-90%99861.89/cwt60.00–64.5061894
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01257.85/cwt52.00–59.5058531
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20466.45/cwt66.00–69.5080054
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22059.72/cwt57.00–65.0072924
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33756.18/cwt56.00–56.507513
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36861.00/cwt61.00–61.008342
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63167.94/cwt66.00–69.251,1087

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.