Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2022-02-17

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Feb 17
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,029 head
▼ 939 vs last sale 2,968▲ 2,029 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
561 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 581▲ 561 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. Feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs firm, instances a few load lots 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls not well tested. 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 $169.66/cwt on 959 head.
Average price
$169.66
959 head · 723 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,227
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$60
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$26.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.61
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2614176.711,085121
Medium and Large 1741169.331,255808
Medium and Large 2684150.011,02530
One grade step is worth $26.70/cwt here — about $60 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 sale959 hd
169.66
—
TX average4 barns · 2,489 hd
171.27
−1.61
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—Low1,60087.801,4055thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,60784.431,35711
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,26978.22992200
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01156.96576167

Every lot

67 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed373233.00/cwt233.00–233.008692
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed407220.00/cwt220.00–220.008953
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed466214.02/cwt211.00–216.0099719
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned469191.00/cwt191.00–191.0089613
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed479207.00/cwt207.00–207.009923
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2494196.91/cwt195.00–199.0097321
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed510201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,0258
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed530195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,03410
Steers—Medium and Large 2533150.00/cwt150.00–150.008002
Steers—Medium and Large 1567189.79/cwt189.00–191.001,07634
Steers—Medium and Large 2580148.00/cwt148.00–148.008582
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2593172.99/cwt171.00–175.001,02613
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed601188.50/cwt188.50–188.501,1338
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned612160.26/cwt160.00–161.0098112
Steers—Medium and Large 1636175.52/cwt173.00–178.001,11662
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy660179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,18178
Steers—Medium and Large 2660147.24/cwt146.00–152.0097210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2671169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,13414
Steers—Medium and Large 1692171.06/cwt170.00–172.001,18467
Steers—Medium and Large 1726168.65/cwt166.00–170.001,22431
Steers—Medium and Large 2730152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,11016
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2742162.95/cwt160.00–165.001,20932
Steers—Medium and Large 1767164.48/cwt163.25–165.351,262135
Steers—Medium and Large 1Gaunt769166.89/cwt166.75–167.751,283116
Steers—Medium and Large 1805161.95/cwt160.50–162.501,304181
Steers—Medium and Large 1875153.83/cwt152.00–154.001,34623
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed965147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,4193
Steers—Medium and Large 11,012148.95/cwt146.00–150.501,50741
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1294200.00/cwt200.00–200.005882
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed320214.00/cwt214.00–214.006852
Heifers—Medium and Large 1337196.00/cwt196.00–196.006617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383185.37/cwt185.00–187.007105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2393171.80/cwt171.00–175.006755
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432178.80/cwt176.00–180.0077223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2440170.00/cwt170.00–170.007481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1493163.11/cwt163.00–164.008049
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525154.38/cwt154.00–156.0081011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527166.83/cwt165.00–169.0087937
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2563158.56/cwt156.00–159.0089314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573163.56/cwt160.00–166.0093750
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2619156.40/cwt154.00–157.009685
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635158.38/cwt157.00–161.501,00635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1674155.81/cwt152.00–159.001,050195
Heifers—Medium and Large 2683138.00/cwt138.00–138.009433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2690149.42/cwt147.00–151.001,0315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2700151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,0579
Heifers—Medium and Large 1734152.95/cwt152.50–154.001,123122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2750146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1762141.85/cwt140.00–142.001,08114
Heifers—Medium and Large 2778130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1830146.96/cwt145.00–148.001,22021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2838139.62/cwt137.00–141.001,17010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2865132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1904137.76/cwt137.00–140.001,2454
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,50984.00/cwt84.00–84.001,2684
Bulls——1,965103.00/cwt103.00–103.002,0241
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight89446.28/cwt44.00–49.0041442
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight95255.11/cwt52.50–57.5052533
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00050.30/cwt50.00–51.0050310
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08058.22/cwt56.00–60.0062940
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10667.54/cwt57.00–70.0074735
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight1,10873.99/cwt71.00–76.5082049
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14479.15/cwt78.00–81.009057
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27479.27/cwt76.00–81.001,01084
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35172.71/cwt70.00–75.0098223
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39483.80/cwt83.00–85.001,16844
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60784.43/cwt83.00–84.751,35711

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.