Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2020-10-08

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Oct 8
● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,523 head
▲ 1,523 vs last sale 0▲ 1,523 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
579 head
▲ 579 vs last sale 0▲ 579 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 700 lbs steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 lower except one string of 711 lb heifers sold firm. Fleshy slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 lower; lean cows steady to weak. 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 $138.40/cwt on 925 head.
Average price
$138.40
925 head · 651 lb average
Value per head Derived
$901
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$355
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.94
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1659139.04916788
Medium and Large 1-2620135.56840126
Medium and Large 2447125.6156111thin
One grade step is worth $13.43/cwt here — about $355 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 sale925 hd
138.40
—
TX average4 barns · 1,922 hd
135.47
+2.94
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—High1,62973.761,20134
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,60155.6589163
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28348.91627114
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08044.02475216

Every lot

81 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2331150.00/cwt150.00–150.004977
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned335140.00/cwt140.00–140.004691
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned335133.95/cwt130.00–136.004496
Steers—Medium and Large 1348160.00/cwt160.00–160.005573
Steers—Medium and Large 1378169.00/cwt169.00–169.006395
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380144.00/cwt144.00–144.005477
Steers—Medium and Large 2410125.00/cwt125.00–125.005131
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2419139.16/cwt139.00–140.0058313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned420132.98/cwt129.00–135.005593
Steers—Medium and Large 1440166.00/cwt166.00–166.0073011
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned440141.05/cwt139.00–148.006217
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned463128.49/cwt124.00–130.005954
Steers—Medium and Large 1489169.00/cwt169.00–169.0082618
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2490135.00/cwt135.00–135.006621
Steers—Medium and Large 1522147.11/cwt141.25–164.0076878
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned535136.47/cwt135.00–139.0073059
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2543134.00/cwt134.00–134.007282
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned545112.00/cwt112.00–112.006102
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned575126.00/cwt126.00–126.007252
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned585115.00/cwt115.00–115.006731
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned599122.00/cwt122.00–122.0073110
Steers—Medium and Large 1610138.79/cwt131.50–144.0084724
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625129.51/cwt129.00–130.008094
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned626126.95/cwt120.00–129.00795108
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned628122.00/cwt122.00–122.007663
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned657121.80/cwt120.00–123.0080020
Steers—Medium and Large 1668141.24/cwt129.00–143.00943152
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2704137.76/cwt130.00–138.0097070
Steers—Medium and Large 1720141.24/cwt140.25–141.501,01788
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned728121.00/cwt121.00–121.008814
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned740118.00/cwt118.00–118.008731
Steers—Medium and Large 1770139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,070160
Steers—Medium and Large 1819129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0578
Steers—Medium and Large 2820114.00/cwt114.00–114.009351
Steers—Medium and Large 1861136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,17533
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned878105.00/cwt105.00–105.009226
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2905115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0412
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2335135.00/cwt135.00–135.004521
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned340125.00/cwt125.00–125.004252
Heifers—Medium and Large 1361153.18/cwt149.00–154.005536
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2387133.00/cwt133.00–133.005158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned422125.05/cwt124.00–127.0052812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1441135.95/cwt134.00–139.0060010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1451140.00/cwt139.00–141.006316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned463125.81/cwt125.00–126.0058327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480129.31/cwt128.00–134.006219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515131.61/cwt126.00–135.00678114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned523122.75/cwt120.00–124.0064211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned545110.00/cwt110.00–110.006001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned572116.44/cwt114.00–117.0066611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579128.06/cwt124.00–128.5074110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned584118.28/cwt115.00–120.0069142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned610116.00/cwt116.00–116.007082
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned618100.00/cwt100.00–100.006182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635116.00/cwt116.00–116.007378
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed646139.50/cwt139.50–139.509016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1711135.25/cwt135.25–135.25962129
Heifers—Medium and Large 271990.99/cwt90.00–92.006544
Heifers—Medium and Large 1784127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,00010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2795115.00/cwt115.00–115.009142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1845119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,01027
Heifers—Medium and Large 1914115.19/cwt114.00–118.001,05310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2960112.25/cwt112.25–112.251,0785
Heifers—Medium and Large 1965113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,0901
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Small and Medium 357249.00/cwt49.00–49.002808
Dairy Heifers—Small and Medium 368252.54/cwt51.50–53.5035817
Dairy Heifers—Small and Medium 375049.00/cwt49.00–49.003681
Dairy Heifers—Small and Medium 387749.60/cwt46.00–52.004359
Dairy Heifers—Small and Medium 396349.00/cwt49.00–49.0047211
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,58873.36/cwt72.00–76.501,16531
Bulls——1,78065.00/cwt65.00–65.001,1571
Bulls——2,18584.26/cwt82.50–86.001,8412
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02441.98/cwt35.00–47.00430116
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08925.43/cwt24.00–28.0027715
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11949.37/cwt46.00–54.0055277
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19543.81/cwt42.00–45.0052438
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32351.23/cwt48.00–56.0067874
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,46560.00/cwt60.00–60.008792
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,50357.00/cwt57.00–57.008578
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53948.50/cwt48.50–48.507466
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60856.40/cwt52.00–59.5090757

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.