Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2020-07-16

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jul 16
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,637 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 1,637▲ 1,637 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
325 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 325▲ 325 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs firm to 2.00 higher in a limited test. Feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Much of the trade area received needed rainfall on the week, however triple digit temperatures continue in the forecast for the next several days and drought conditions remain a problem. Trade was active on good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.89/cwt on 745 head.
Average price
$145.89
745 head · 700 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,022
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$236
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.58
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1705146.591,034679
Medium and Large 1-2654140.8192157
Medium and Large 2637125.217979thin
One grade step is worth $21.38/cwt here — about $236 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 sale745 hd
145.89
—
TX average4 barns · 1,732 hd
139.31
+6.58
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—Low1,71486.711,4865thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21363.89775113
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38060.368336thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,03751.08530130

Every lot

70 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 1217184.00/cwt184.00–184.003993
Steers—Medium and Large 1276196.00/cwt196.00–196.005417
Steers—Medium and Large 1328163.00/cwt163.00–163.005357
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2343150.00/cwt150.00–150.005153
Steers—Medium and Large 1350165.00/cwt165.00–165.005781
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2373160.69/cwt160.00–161.005993
Steers—Medium and Large 2416139.00/cwt139.00–139.005784
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2426155.00/cwt155.00–155.006604
Steers—Medium and Large 1433159.31/cwt157.00–163.0069018
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485144.00/cwt144.00–144.006983
Steers—Medium and Large 1494161.21/cwt161.00–166.0079622
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2519147.83/cwt143.00–149.007675
Steers—Medium and Large 1525155.79/cwt151.00–161.5081812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585144.00/cwt140.00–146.008423
Steers—Medium and Large 1588150.28/cwt147.00–153.0088411
Steers—Medium and Large 1610146.00/cwt146.00–146.008914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed630150.00/cwt150.00–150.0094513
Steers—Medium and Large 1Gaunt631155.75/cwt155.75–155.7598317
Steers—Medium and Large 1Gaunt650153.50/cwt153.50–153.50998150
Steers—Medium and Large 1655145.61/cwt143.00–148.0095413
Steers—Medium and Large 1721143.47/cwt142.00–145.251,03442
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2735139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0221
Steers—Medium and Large 1756143.88/cwt142.00–144.251,088264
Steers—Medium and Large 2772112.30/cwt110.00–117.008673
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2818128.30/cwt124.00–130.001,0497
Steers—Medium and Large 1826136.78/cwt134.00–138.501,13039
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2865125.59/cwt120.00–126.001,08615
Steers—Medium and Large 2875117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0242
Steers—Medium and Large 1880129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,13565
Steers—Medium and Large 1906123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,1144
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1218137.07/cwt133.00–146.002993
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed315150.00/cwt150.00–150.004731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1390145.00/cwt145.00–145.005664
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2416131.77/cwt130.00–137.005484
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed422155.00/cwt155.00–155.0065410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed454157.00/cwt157.00–157.0071323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467138.96/cwt136.00–145.006493
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2495127.00/cwt127.00–127.006296
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523141.84/cwt136.00–144.5074240
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533128.16/cwt124.00–134.0068334
Heifers—Medium and Large 2539119.63/cwt118.00–120.006455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2564125.56/cwt123.50–130.0070810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1642137.84/cwt137.00–138.00885170
Heifers—Medium and Large 2645110.00/cwt110.00–110.007101
Heifers—Medium and Large 2656116.56/cwt110.00–118.507659
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665125.00/cwt125.00–125.008313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1679134.91/cwt134.00–136.0091622
Heifers—Medium and Large 2707108.23/cwt103.00–110.0076520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2730117.99/cwt117.00–120.008613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1740130.55/cwt125.00–134.75966115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2763114.98/cwt114.00–116.008772
Heifers—Medium and Large 1780126.95/cwt125.00–127.5099093
Heifers—Medium and Large 279191.79/cwt91.00–100.0072611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1811122.29/cwt120.00–122.5099271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1887113.50/cwt113.50–113.501,00710
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,02795.00/cwt95.00–95.009767
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,21078.00/cwt78.00–78.009441
Bulls——1,77287.35/cwt87.00–88.001,5483
Bulls——2,04593.50/cwt93.50–93.501,9121
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight80333.22/cwt25.00–40.0026726
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight87945.27/cwt43.00–49.0039817
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight91453.80/cwt51.00–56.004924
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09568.15/cwt66.00–70.0074628
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15261.38/cwt53.00–63.0070726
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15946.72/cwt40.00–49.0054130
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19863.81/cwt60.00–66.0076444
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21533.69/cwt31.00–36.004093
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22868.14/cwt65.00–70.0083745
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27356.51/cwt54.50–57.5071920
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38060.36/cwt60.00–62.008336

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.