Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2022-03-24

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Mar 24
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,178 head
▼ 1,038 vs last sale 2,216▲ 134 vs year ago 1,044 · +12.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
707 head
▼ 183 vs last sale 890▲ 422 vs year ago 285 · +148.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves firm in a limited test; feeder steers and heifers firm to 2.00 higher in a limited test. 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 $157.61/cwt on 517 head.
Average price
$157.61
517 head · 781 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,231
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$234
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.04
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2621163.311,01416thin
Medium and Large 2511161.6982613thin
Medium and Large 1794157.321,249488
One grade step is worth $5.99/cwt here — about −$234 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 sale517 hd
157.61
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TX average4 barns · 1,999 hd
158.65
−1.04
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,64092.731,5207thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34688.611,193226
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,07776.76826253

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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2300184.00/cwt184.00–184.005522
Steers—Medium and Large 1387218.50/cwt218.50–218.508462
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed396223.00/cwt223.00–223.008834
Steers—Medium and Large 1405208.33/cwt207.00–209.008443
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed415172.00/cwt172.00–172.007142
Steers—Medium and Large 2425168.00/cwt168.00–168.007141
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed437229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,0013
Steers—Medium and Large 2474166.67/cwt166.00–168.007906
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483188.00/cwt188.00–188.009083
Steers—Medium and Large 1485208.44/cwt205.00–210.001,01116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned498180.00/cwt180.00–180.008962
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed529201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,0634
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed571191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,09118
Steers—Medium and Large 1597184.00/cwt182.50–186.001,09814
Steers—Medium and Large 2608150.00/cwt150.00–150.009122
Steers—Medium and Large 1641171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,09631
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned650149.00/cwt149.00–149.009692
Steers—Medium and Large 1662160.56/cwt160.00–163.001,06342
Steers—Medium and Large 2663145.00/cwt145.00–145.009612
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy701163.25/cwt163.25–163.251,14463
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2703151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,0623
Steers—Medium and Large 1740155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,15137
Steers—Medium and Large 1825152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,25412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2871142.49/cwt142.00–143.001,2414
Steers—Medium and Large 1895145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,30260
Steers—Medium and Large 1914144.09/cwt139.50–145.001,31786
Steers—Medium and Large 1995139.23/cwt139.00–141.751,38593
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2308168.00/cwt168.00–168.005172
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed345172.00/cwt172.00–172.005933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1382178.00/cwt178.00–178.006808
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed408192.00/cwt192.00–192.007832
Heifers—Medium and Large 2417148.00/cwt148.00–148.006173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431178.83/cwt178.00–180.007717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed443177.00/cwt177.00–177.007846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned455167.00/cwt167.00–167.007602
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed466185.28/cwt179.00–186.0086329
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478172.48/cwt171.00–174.008242
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned483146.00/cwt146.00–146.007052
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned494138.00/cwt138.00–138.006824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2498158.00/cwt158.00–158.007872
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520167.50/cwt167.50–167.5087112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525151.00/cwt151.00–151.007932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned529144.00/cwt144.00–144.007625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed538175.00/cwt175.00–175.0094231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned548158.50/cwt158.50–158.508697
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2569148.75/cwt148.00–149.008464
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned570154.00/cwt154.00–154.008783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1584165.00/cwt165.00–165.009644
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619150.43/cwt148.50–151.009319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620143.00/cwt143.00–143.008876
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy706151.10/cwt151.10–151.101,06758
Heifers—Medium and Large 1707148.25/cwt148.25–148.251,04827
Heifers—Medium and Large 2713128.00/cwt128.00–128.009132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,148129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1943135.75/cwt135.75–135.751,28062
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight90355.98/cwt53.00–57.0050514
Cows—Lean 85-90%Natural97375.00/cwt75.00–75.007306
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight99274.54/cwt73.00–76.5073944
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06176.40/cwt75.00–78.0081153
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09374.06/cwt72.00–74.5080916
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13880.60/cwt79.00–83.00917120
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight1,16981.01/cwt79.00–84.0094735
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33284.89/cwt82.00–87.001,13118
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,10010
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38491.18/cwt89.50–92.501,262163
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,4091
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,65293.19/cwt93.00–94.001,5396

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.