Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2019-06-27

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jun 27
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
455 head
195 vs last sale 650 455 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
280 head
75 vs last sale 355 280 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
112 head
112 vs last sale 0 112 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were not well tested however a much firmer undertone was noted. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls not well tested. Trade activity was moderate on moderate to good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.17/cwt on 205 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits 157.37 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.
Average price
$123.17
205 head · 738 lb average
Value per head Derived
$909
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$149
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$15.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.70
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1750124.21931180
Medium and Large 1-2613120.5873915thin
Medium and Large 2721108.5078210thin
One grade step is worth $15.71/cwt here — about $149 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

4 sales
314278242206median 280.5402/2604/0905/1405/2105/21
Heifers 0–100 lb: high $299.90, low $219.55, median $280.54 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale205 hd
123.17
TX average3 barns · 1,052 hd
113.47
+9.70
This barn, trailing median4 sales
280.54
−157.37
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
BullsAverage1,38380.001,1062thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,56066.501,0373thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33555.8974644
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00243.86439176

Feeder Dairy Calves

1 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
HeifersNumber 373847.02/cwt112

Every lot, as filed

54 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2475158.00/cwt158.00–158.007511
SteersMedium and Large 1662144.90/cwt142.00–148.0095925
SteersMedium and Large 1581154.12/cwt144.50–158.0089516
SteersMedium and Large 1618140.13/cwt139.00–146.0086611
SteersMedium and Large 1733135.34/cwt131.00–138.009929
SteersMedium and Large 1928121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,1284
SteersMedium and Large 1458166.49/cwt165.00–168.007634
SteersMedium and Large 1530157.00/cwt157.00–157.008322
SteersMedium and Large 1765130.00/cwt130.00–130.009951
SteersMedium and Large 1410170.00/cwt170.00–170.006971
SteersMedium and Large 1255186.00/cwt186.00–186.004741
HeifersMedium and Large 2684111.00/cwt111.00–111.007596
HeifersMedium and Large 2792104.00/cwt104.00–104.008243
HeifersMedium and Large 2725107.00/cwt107.00–107.007761
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2619120.64/cwt119.00–124.0074712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550122.00/cwt122.00–122.006712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2665117.00/cwt117.00–117.007781
HeifersMedium and Large 1660126.77/cwt124.00–132.0083720
HeifersMedium and Large 1534139.02/cwt137.00–145.0074217
HeifersMedium and Large 1732122.45/cwt119.00–124.0089615
HeifersMedium and Large 1632131.63/cwt129.50–135.5083212
HeifersMedium and Large 1469147.23/cwt144.00–148.006915
HeifersMedium and Large 1557134.68/cwt133.00–138.007503
HeifersMedium and Large 1405159.00/cwt159.00–159.006442
HeifersMedium and Large 1338169.00/cwt169.00–169.005712
HeifersMedium and Large 1295169.00/cwt169.00–169.004991
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open857117.25/cwt117.25–117.251,005103
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight94143.76/cwt40.00–45.5041257
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight81338.75/cwt33.00–48.0031536
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight90050.50/cwt50.50–50.504551
CowsLean 85-90%1,09645.55/cwt38.50–49.0049963
CowsLean 85-90%1,26750.35/cwt49.00–55.0063813
CowsLean 85-90%1,17038.50/cwt38.50–38.504505
CowsLean 85-90%1,11563.00/cwt63.00–63.007021
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56066.50/cwt66.50–66.501,0373
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33755.72/cwt52.00–58.0074543
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24563.00/cwt63.00–63.007841
Bulls1,38380.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1062
HeifersNumber 375748.99/cwt48.50–49.2537155
HeifersNumber 373148.50/cwt48.50–48.5035519
HeifersNumber 397255.50/cwt55.50–55.5053911
HeifersNumber 364440.57/cwt39.50–42.002617
HeifersNumber 356135.00/cwt35.00–35.001967
HeifersNumber 355335.00/cwt35.00–35.001946
HeifersNumber 366544.50/cwt44.50–44.502964
HeifersNumber 361539.00/cwt39.00–39.002402
HeifersNumber 379045.00/cwt45.00–45.003561
SteersMedium and Large 2665118.81/cwt117.00–120.007905
SteersMedium and Large 2732118.50/cwt117.00–120.008672
SteersMedium and Large 2750113.00/cwt113.00–113.008481
SteersMedium and Large 2460139.00/cwt139.00–139.006391
SteersMedium and Large 1-2630134.22/cwt133.00–138.008464
SteersMedium and Large 1-2975112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,0922
SteersMedium and Large 1-2945114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,0771

How this sale compares

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.