Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2022-03-03

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Mar 3
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,237 head
▲ 2,237 vs last sale 0▲ 2,237 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
703 head
▲ 703 vs last sale 0▲ 703 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 steady compared to last week's limited offering. Feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. 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 $157.18/cwt on 1,141 head.
Average price
$157.18
1,141 head · 770 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,211
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$245
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.57
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1779159.201,240754
Medium and Large 1-2764153.401,172353
Medium and Large 2655151.7699434
One grade step is worth $7.43/cwt here — about $245 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 sale1,141 hd
157.18
—
TX average4 barns · 2,676 hd
157.75
−0.57
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—High1,816107.411,95111
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,53793.531,4385thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,50985.681,29310
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23781.001,002154
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04263.75664163

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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1320229.00/cwt229.00–229.007331
Steers—Medium and Large 1380227.00/cwt227.00–227.008631
Steers—Medium and Large 1400210.00/cwt210.00–210.008402
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2412180.00/cwt180.00–180.007423
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed432216.00/cwt216.00–216.009333
Steers—Medium and Large 1458209.91/cwt209.00–210.0096122
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed464217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,00710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2469179.17/cwt179.00–180.0084018
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed493190.00/cwt190.00–190.0093711
Steers—Medium and Large 1511209.38/cwt208.00–211.001,07021
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned535169.00/cwt169.00–169.009042
Steers—Medium and Large 2570161.00/cwt161.00–161.0091810
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned577173.00/cwt173.00–173.009983
Steers—Medium and Large 1579190.24/cwt190.00–192.001,10116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2586178.42/cwt177.50–183.501,04633
Steers—Medium and Large 1622186.08/cwt184.50–187.001,15714
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed629170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0694
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed652177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,15413
Steers—Medium and Large 2678149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,01022
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2682157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,07475
Steers—Medium and Large 1694159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,1034
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2714150.45/cwt150.00–151.001,07413
Steers—Medium and Large 1721154.53/cwt154.00–155.501,11462
Steers—Medium and Large 1773150.48/cwt150.00–151.501,16389
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy828159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,317114
Steers—Medium and Large 2830136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,1292
Steers—Medium and Large 1831150.74/cwt149.85–151.001,253242
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2833147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,22534
Steers—Medium and Large 1862151.14/cwt151.00–151.751,303140
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Full899140.75/cwt140.75–140.751,265155
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2903143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,2912
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330189.00/cwt189.00–189.006243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1396178.34/cwt177.00–181.007066
Heifers—Medium and Large 2396140.00/cwt140.00–140.0055410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned398155.00/cwt155.00–155.006172
Heifers—Medium and Large 1414168.87/cwt168.00–169.006998
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned435150.00/cwt150.00–150.006533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed439175.00/cwt175.00–175.0076814
Heifers—Medium and Large 2440141.22/cwt141.00–145.0062149
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2445157.50/cwt157.00–158.007016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2463159.88/cwt159.00–160.0074026
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed464150.00/cwt150.00–150.0069618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465165.00/cwt165.00–165.007677
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478140.00/cwt140.00–140.006695
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned515135.00/cwt135.00–135.006953
Heifers—Medium and Large 2516141.17/cwt140.00–142.007285
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517162.94/cwt160.00–165.0084251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned517149.00/cwt149.00–149.007705
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy525169.00/cwt169.00–169.008877
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed530159.00/cwt159.00–159.008432
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560157.00/cwt157.00–157.008792
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned603142.41/cwt142.00–145.0085929
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy604155.00/cwt155.00–155.0093611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1640149.00/cwt149.00–149.009549
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned671137.31/cwt136.00–138.009216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676148.93/cwt147.00–150.001,00765
Heifers—Medium and Large 1711149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,0597
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2741139.57/cwt139.00–142.501,03423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1774141.31/cwt140.50–143.001,094112
Heifers—Medium and Large 2784130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,01940
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full786140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,10479
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2828136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,1266
Heifers—Medium and Large 1971129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,2574
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,661109.11/cwt108.00–113.001,8125
Bulls——1,71998.50/cwt98.00–100.001,6934
Bulls——2,398121.00/cwt121.00–121.002,9022
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight94448.97/cwt46.00–52.0046224
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight95758.61/cwt56.00–60.0056140
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03448.75/cwt45.00–52.005045
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05573.09/cwt71.00–74.0077136
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight1,06671.12/cwt70.00–74.0075816
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09757.32/cwt55.00–60.0062930
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight1,15777.32/cwt77.00–78.0089534
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17281.32/cwt78.00–84.0095328
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23271.14/cwt71.00–72.0087615
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25281.56/cwt79.00–83.001,02115
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30886.72/cwt84.00–89.001,13474
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50985.68/cwt84.00–88.001,29310
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,53793.53/cwt93.00–96.001,4385

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.