Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2022-03-17

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Mar 17
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,216 head
▲ 1,127 vs last sale 1,089▲ 1,080 vs year ago 1,136 · +95.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
890 head
▲ 91 vs last sale 799▲ 547 vs year ago 343 · +159.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves and feeder steers firm to 2.00 higher. Heifer calves steady to 1.00 lower in a limited test; feeder heifers weak to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $156.07/cwt on 904 head.
Average price
$156.07
904 head · 742 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,159
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$267
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.58
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1750158.661,189528
Medium and Large 1-2751152.671,147324
Medium and Large 2611150.9292252
One grade step is worth $7.74/cwt here — about $267 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 sale904 hd
156.07
—
TX average4 barns · 2,144 hd
156.64
−0.58
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—High1,933111.992,1646thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,43789.051,28021
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,29079.751,028225
CowsLean 85-90%High1,08670.48766222

Every lot

74 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 1Thin Fleshed424220.00/cwt220.00–220.0093313
Steers—Medium and Large 1427211.00/cwt211.00–211.009013
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2434203.00/cwt203.00–203.0088118
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed473213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,0077
Steers—Medium and Large 1475208.00/cwt208.00–208.009887
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478193.00/cwt193.00–193.009234
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned489198.00/cwt198.00–198.009685
Steers—Medium and Large 1513193.69/cwt193.00–195.0099423
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed514174.00/cwt174.00–174.008947
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed533185.00/cwt185.00–185.009862
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2548180.00/cwt180.00–180.009863
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned549170.00/cwt170.00–170.0093327
Steers—Medium and Large 1551191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,0527
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2558179.17/cwt175.00–180.001,00012
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned595166.00/cwt166.00–166.009885
Steers—Medium and Large 2613147.14/cwt146.00–150.0090236
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed631153.00/cwt153.00–153.009655
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2646157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,01428
Steers—Medium and Large 1658160.86/cwt160.50–161.501,05817
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2688155.39/cwt155.00–155.501,06940
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed725156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,13531
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2726148.59/cwt146.00–150.001,07910
Steers—Medium and Large 1732158.18/cwt158.00–158.501,15853
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy733162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,18795
Steers—Medium and Large 2739142.00/cwt140.00–144.001,0494
Steers—Medium and Large 1799147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,1757
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed802147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,18357
Steers—Medium and Large 1826147.62/cwt147.25–149.001,219221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2866139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,20831
Steers—Medium and Large 1914138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,26634
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2914136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,24892
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned333166.00/cwt166.00–166.005533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385177.00/cwt177.00–177.006818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed403180.00/cwt180.00–180.007253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2406151.00/cwt151.00–151.006134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned437168.00/cwt168.00–168.0073410
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed449151.00/cwt151.00–151.006784
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned460148.00/cwt148.00–148.006812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466167.43/cwt167.00–168.007809
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed467146.00/cwt146.00–146.006823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed493160.00/cwt160.00–160.0078912
Heifers—Medium and Large 2495140.00/cwt140.00–140.0069317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned503139.00/cwt139.00–139.006994
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed513165.00/cwt165.00–165.008469
Heifers—Medium and Large 1536154.00/cwt154.00–154.008256
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned541135.00/cwt135.00–135.007309
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2561147.19/cwt145.00–150.008269
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570155.83/cwt155.00–156.2588851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned588150.00/cwt150.00–150.008822
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed618135.00/cwt135.00–135.008347
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned620127.50/cwt127.50–127.507912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628150.00/cwt150.00–150.0094268
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2632136.00/cwt136.00–136.0086037
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2671138.00/cwt138.00–138.0092627
Heifers—Medium and Large 1693146.66/cwt144.50–147.501,016163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1714145.60/cwt143.50–147.001,040194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2737138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,01722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2770133.01/cwt132.00–135.001,0243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1781136.89/cwt136.00–137.001,06973
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full799131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,04731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1842134.75/cwt134.75–134.751,13596
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,789110.22/cwt110.00–111.001,9724
Bulls——2,220115.53/cwt115.00–116.002,5652
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight91357.47/cwt55.00–62.0052519
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight98267.88/cwt65.00–68.5066738
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07262.25/cwt60.00–64.0066714
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight1,10772.35/cwt70.00–75.5080162
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10771.17/cwt69.00–73.0078882
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14387.00/cwt87.00–87.009946
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17275.34/cwt73.50–77.0088363
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33278.78/cwt75.00–81.001,04960
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35082.35/cwt82.00–83.001,11234
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38785.97/cwt84.00–89.001,19269
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43789.05/cwt87.00–90.001,28021

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.