Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2020-09-03

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Sep 3
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
822 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 822▲ 822 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
224 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 224▲ 224 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 under 600 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower in a limited test. New crop calves with one round of pre-weaning shots dominated the calf receipts. Feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower except a few load lots sold weak to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower with most of the decline on fleshy kinds. Slaughter bulls not well tested. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $131.90/cwt on 370 head.
Average price
$131.90
370 head · 686 lb average
Value per head Derived
$905
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$23
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.53
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1684135.50927155
Medium and Large 1-2657133.61878158
Medium and Large 2771117.3790457
One grade step is worth $18.13/cwt here — about $23 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 sale370 hd
131.90
—
TX average3 barns · 1,191 hd
133.43
−1.53
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—Low1,43376.701,0994thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56562.0797128
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27559.4175835
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,08845.70497109

Every lot

79 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1233179.03/cwt178.00–180.004172
Steers—Medium and Large 1266170.00/cwt170.00–170.004526
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned275158.00/cwt158.00–158.004351
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned330140.00/cwt140.00–140.004621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned357154.39/cwt150.00–155.005518
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned428138.00/cwt138.00–138.005912
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned445136.00/cwt136.00–136.006051
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned464146.05/cwt141.00–148.0067814
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned480125.00/cwt125.00–125.006001
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2502145.00/cwt145.00–145.0072816
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned525129.00/cwt129.00–129.006771
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned534141.27/cwt138.00–144.0075417
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned560139.00/cwt139.00–139.007784
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2566140.00/cwt140.00–140.0079230
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned576134.00/cwt134.00–134.007725
Steers—Medium and Large 2605114.00/cwt114.00–114.006901
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2615130.00/cwt130.00–130.008001
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned647120.50/cwt120.50–120.5078015
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned661119.21/cwt119.00–119.5078819
Steers—Medium and Large 2669112.52/cwt110.00–115.007538
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned670121.50/cwt121.50–121.508149
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned735121.00/cwt121.00–121.008897
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned754128.50/cwt128.50–128.509695
Steers—Medium and Large 2Gaunt766125.00/cwt125.00–125.0095816
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2770131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,00968
Steers—Medium and Large 2787111.50/cwt111.50–111.5087811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned790120.00/cwt120.00–120.009481
Steers—Medium and Large 2803104.50/cwt104.50–104.508391
Steers—Medium and Large 1813133.36/cwt129.00–135.001,08481
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2855121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0351
Steers—Medium and Large 2868116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,00715
Steers—Medium and Large 2915112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,0251
Steers—Medium and Large 298099.00/cwt99.00–99.009701
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1260155.98/cwt155.00–157.004062
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned262142.17/cwt140.00–143.003724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned325130.00/cwt130.00–130.004232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned343140.00/cwt140.00–140.004802
Heifers—Medium and Large 1349148.00/cwt148.00–148.005177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned363141.07/cwt140.00–143.005123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned405130.00/cwt130.00–130.005271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned418138.25/cwt138.00–139.005784
Heifers—Medium and Large 1500133.00/cwt133.00–133.0066517
Heifers—Medium and Large 2500110.00/cwt110.00–110.005503
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned512125.77/cwt124.00–130.0064422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned530124.00/cwt124.00–124.006573
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned559115.00/cwt115.00–115.006436
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned578120.00/cwt120.00–120.006943
Heifers—Medium and Large 2590110.00/cwt110.00–110.006491
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned598105.00/cwt105.00–105.006282
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned609125.00/cwt125.00–125.007619
Heifers—Medium and Large 2630111.00/cwt111.00–111.006992
Heifers—Medium and Large 2658110.50/cwt110.50–110.507273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned659122.67/cwt122.00–123.008086
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned675100.00/cwt100.00–100.006752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned690120.00/cwt120.00–120.008281
Heifers—Medium and Large 2700104.50/cwt101.00–108.007322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2723124.00/cwt124.00–124.0089754
Heifers—Medium and Large 1748124.00/cwt124.00–124.009283
Heifers—Medium and Large 2760106.00/cwt106.00–106.008061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned771118.00/cwt118.00–118.0091011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2776115.24/cwt115.00–116.008944
Heifers—Medium and Large 1793122.00/cwt122.00–122.009679
Heifers—Medium and Large 1860116.00/cwt116.00–116.009981
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Small and Medium 3-461956.84/cwt36.00–58.0035219
Dairy Heifers—Small and Medium 3-467140.01/cwt39.00–41.0026812
Dairy Heifers—Small and Medium 3-471246.14/cwt40.00–61.003297
Dairy Heifers—Small and Medium 3-477055.00/cwt55.00–55.004241
Dairy Heifers—Small and Medium 3-483253.01/cwt44.00–61.0044116
Dairy Heifers—Small and Medium 3-493554.00/cwt54.00–54.005051
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,34571.93/cwt68.00–74.009673
Bulls——1,69591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,5421
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight71929.03/cwt20.00–34.502095
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00231.49/cwt20.00–38.5031624
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06545.53/cwt40.00–53.0048538
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16354.30/cwt51.50–58.0063215
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20355.95/cwt52.50–60.0067342
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34265.00/cwt65.00–65.008723
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36362.94/cwt60.00–63.5085817
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56562.07/cwt61.50–63.5097128

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.