Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2020-07-23

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jul 23
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,112 head
▼ 525 vs last sale 1,637▲ 721 vs year ago 391 · +184.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
303 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 325▼ 432 vs year ago 735 · −58.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 600 lbs and 500-600 lb heifer calves 2.00 to 4.00 higher; heifer calves under 500 lbs not well tested. Feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs firm to 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.62/cwt on 454 head.
Average price
$155.62
454 head · 589 lb average
Value per head Derived
$916
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$111
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$39.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.37
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1589159.09937389
Medium and Large 1-2498148.1273735
Medium and Large 2691119.4682630
One grade step is worth $39.62/cwt here — about $111 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 sale454 hd
155.62
—
TX average3 barns · 1,609 hd
141.25
+14.37
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—High1,50886.461,3034thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,49572.501,0842thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18561.2572655
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01756.55575120

Every lot

60 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1294182.69/cwt175.00–187.0053715
Steers—Medium and Large 2332140.00/cwt140.00–140.004653
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2335164.00/cwt164.00–164.005491
Steers—Medium and Large 1339182.52/cwt170.00–184.0061920
Steers—Medium and Large 1367170.00/cwt170.00–170.006244
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2404153.36/cwt153.00–160.0062020
Steers—Medium and Large 1430174.18/cwt170.00–175.007496
Steers—Medium and Large 1457168.49/cwt167.00–169.007704
Steers—Medium and Large 2486120.00/cwt120.00–120.005835
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned487157.00/cwt157.00–157.0076510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2510149.00/cwt149.00–149.007602
Steers—Medium and Large 1518165.77/cwt165.00–166.0085917
Steers—Medium and Large 1559162.98/cwt155.00–164.7591193
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2566140.00/cwt140.00–140.007925
Steers—Medium and Large 2590125.00/cwt125.00–125.007381
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2617149.00/cwt149.00–149.009192
Steers—Medium and Large 2622123.32/cwt122.00–126.007673
Steers—Medium and Large 1631153.11/cwt151.00–159.5096649
Steers—Medium and Large 1667153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,024153
Steers—Medium and Large 1703146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0267
Steers—Medium and Large 2715110.49/cwt110.00–111.007904
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2745125.00/cwt125.00–125.009311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2775136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0542
Steers—Medium and Large 1777140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,08811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2810130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0532
Steers—Medium and Large 2828117.00/cwt117.00–117.009693
Steers—Medium and Large 2865116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,00311
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1290161.00/cwt161.00–161.0046714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1357157.00/cwt157.00–157.0056011
Heifers—Medium and Large 3374107.00/cwt107.00–107.0040018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375140.12/cwt137.00–143.005252
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2422134.66/cwt132.00–136.005683
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2463140.00/cwt140.00–140.006484
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525145.59/cwt143.00–148.0076471
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530125.00/cwt125.00–125.0066314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2544132.34/cwt129.00–139.007203
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2560140.00/cwt140.00–140.007841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580143.28/cwt142.00–146.0083124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1645141.00/cwt141.00–141.009097
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2645125.00/cwt125.00–125.008062
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655133.54/cwt133.00–136.0087511
Heifers—Medium and Large 2662120.00/cwt120.00–120.007942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1738131.75/cwt131.75–131.7597273
Heifers—Medium and Large 2760105.00/cwt105.00–105.007981
Heifers—Medium and Large 1789130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,02615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1823125.75/cwt125.75–125.751,03581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2824115.00/cwt115.00–115.0094810
Heifers—Medium and Large 2825102.00/cwt102.00–102.008421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2895108.75/cwt108.50–109.009736
Heifers—Medium and Large 1969112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,08555
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,47082.13/cwt79.50–85.001,2072
Bulls——1,54590.79/cwt90.00–91.501,4032
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85635.07/cwt34.00–36.003004
Cows—Lean 85-90%96345.99/cwt41.00–51.5044337
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01660.45/cwt54.00–64.5061447
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07856.00/cwt54.00–57.0060412
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10165.70/cwt65.00–66.5072332
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18868.12/cwt66.00–69.5080911
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22460.86/cwt59.00–65.0074532
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49572.50/cwt72.50–72.501,0842

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.