Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2020-08-06

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Aug 6
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,046 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 1,046▲ 1,046 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
182 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 182▲ 182 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves and feeder steers and heifers firm to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls not well tested. Drought conditions have moderated some over the trade area with scattered showers falling over the past two weeks. 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 $154.44/cwt on 577 head.
Average price
$154.44
577 head · 657 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,014
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$258
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$33.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.94
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1664155.771,034459
Medium and Large 1-2630152.00958107
Medium and Large 2632122.7277611thin
One grade step is worth $33.05/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 sale577 hd
154.44
—
TX average3 barns · 1,710 hd
147.50
+6.94
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—High1,950105.002,0481thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,54574.991,1592thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24666.2482529
CowsLean 85-90%Average96948.70472111

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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1225233.00/cwt233.00–233.005242
Steers—Medium and Large 2240146.00/cwt146.00–146.003501
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2274184.10/cwt180.00–185.005046
Steers—Medium and Large 1280196.95/cwt194.00–200.005512
Steers—Medium and Large 2285159.00/cwt159.00–159.004531
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2365174.00/cwt174.00–174.006358
Steers—Medium and Large 1368188.21/cwt187.00–190.006934
Steers—Medium and Large 1415187.25/cwt179.00–192.0077717
Steers—Medium and Large 1474172.95/cwt169.50–176.008205
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2511155.06/cwt149.00–162.007926
Steers—Medium and Large 1516171.09/cwt166.00–174.0088350
Steers—Medium and Large 2548129.00/cwt129.00–129.007072
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574156.78/cwt156.00–160.0090015
Steers—Medium and Large 1581162.97/cwt158.00–165.5094732
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2620147.66/cwt147.00–148.009153
Steers—Medium and Large 1633160.93/cwt154.00–161.001,019129
Steers—Medium and Large 2647127.00/cwt127.00–127.008222
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2689149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,03056
Steers—Medium and Large 1741146.06/cwt143.00–151.501,082122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2745130.00/cwt130.00–130.009691
Steers—Medium and Large 2762107.64/cwt105.00–109.008203
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2768125.00/cwt125.00–125.009602
Steers—Medium and Large 1785141.68/cwt140.00–147.001,11284
Steers—Medium and Large 1828136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,1306
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2849129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0959
Steers—Medium and Large 1855134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,1463
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2855129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,1031
Steers—Medium and Large 2878105.00/cwt105.00–105.009222
Steers—Medium and Large 1920123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,1323
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1302167.00/cwt167.00–167.005043
Heifers—Medium and Large 1394166.62/cwt162.00–168.0065617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2395140.00/cwt140.00–140.005531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1447160.00/cwt160.00–160.007153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1453156.00/cwt156.00–156.007074
Heifers—Medium and Large 1536147.36/cwt144.00–150.0079022
Heifers—Medium and Large 2560128.22/cwt125.00–130.0071811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2595141.00/cwt141.00–141.008391
Heifers—Medium and Large 1603145.48/cwt144.00–145.50877115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1672142.11/cwt137.00–143.0095564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2703126.48/cwt121.00–132.008892
Heifers—Medium and Large 2705110.00/cwt110.00–110.007762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1729137.00/cwt137.00–137.009995
Heifers—Medium and Large 1776129.86/cwt128.00–134.001,00826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820128.91/cwt127.50–129.501,05798
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2863117.01/cwt116.00–118.001,0104
Heifers—Medium and Large 2896104.00/cwt104.00–104.009324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2922100.00/cwt100.00–100.009225
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,950105.00/cwt105.00–105.002,0481
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight75035.00/cwt35.00–35.002634
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight80753.00/cwt53.00–53.0042815
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight81346.52/cwt45.00–47.003784
Cows—Lean 85-90%96261.00/cwt61.00–61.005879
Cows—Lean 85-90%98832.61/cwt24.00–39.003228
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00354.44/cwt51.00–56.0054634
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04243.88/cwt40.50–47.0045737
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24666.24/cwt63.00–71.0082529
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54574.99/cwt74.00–76.001,1592

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.