Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2022-04-07

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Apr 7
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,723 head
▲ 170 vs last sale 1,553▼ 280 vs year ago 2,003 · −14.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
718 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 681▲ 454 vs year ago 264 · +172.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs steady. Feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs mostly 2.00 to 4.00 lower, except a few offerings of fancy or thin kinds selling weak to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls steady. 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 $162.93/cwt on 698 head.
Average price
$162.93
698 head · 718 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,170
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$18
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$31.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.57
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2534181.51968107
Medium and Large 1755159.811,206576
Medium and Large 2634150.0495115thin
One grade step is worth $31.47/cwt here — about $18 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 sale698 hd
162.93
—
TX average4 barns · 2,124 hd
173.50
−10.57
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—Low1,491100.281,49619
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,57090.551,4222thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,29183.341,076159
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,05068.88723158

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 1-2312205.00/cwt205.00–205.006403
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2358200.00/cwt200.00–200.007163
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed397207.00/cwt207.00–207.008229
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed415209.00/cwt209.00–209.008674
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428187.76/cwt187.00–190.008044
Steers—Medium and Large 1434218.51/cwt217.00–219.0094820
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2451187.00/cwt187.00–187.008434
Steers—Medium and Large 1489195.21/cwt195.00–196.0095514
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed494207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,02311
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed509206.52/cwt200.00–208.001,05116
Steers—Medium and Large 1513193.01/cwt192.00–196.0099024
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed515198.50/cwt198.50–198.501,02214
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527190.09/cwt189.00–191.001,0029
Steers—Medium and Large 2528161.27/cwt160.00–164.008526
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned531159.00/cwt159.00–159.008446
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2561176.00/cwt176.00–176.009874
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed576185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,06628
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed604170.50/cwt170.50–170.501,03016
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2622165.56/cwt162.00–168.001,03031
Steers—Medium and Large 2636149.00/cwt149.00–149.009484
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy639173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,10522
Steers—Medium and Large 1666165.38/cwt165.00–166.501,1014
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full687160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,10370
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed714165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,17828
Steers—Medium and Large 2748142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,0622
Steers—Medium and Large 1755153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,15575
Steers—Medium and Large 2765134.33/cwt134.00–135.001,0283
Steers—Medium and Large 1807152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,22710
Steers—Medium and Large 1879146.25/cwt146.25–146.251,28684
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full894140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,25264
Steers—Medium and Large 1912141.44/cwt140.50–141.501,290106
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1304176.00/cwt176.00–176.005357
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2338180.00/cwt180.00–180.006083
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2374173.35/cwt170.00–174.0064813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed403175.00/cwt175.00–175.007052
Heifers—Medium and Large 1409180.00/cwt180.00–180.007366
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427166.43/cwt161.00–169.0071123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2456165.11/cwt165.00–166.0075318
Heifers—Medium and Large 2456134.00/cwt134.00–134.006117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474173.80/cwt172.00–176.0082431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2500155.00/cwt155.00–155.007756
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521170.80/cwt168.00–172.0089025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2552156.00/cwt156.00–156.008619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560167.48/cwt166.00–168.009388
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned574148.00/cwt148.00–148.008504
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned593157.65/cwt156.00–158.0093517
Heifers—Medium and Large 2610138.00/cwt138.00–138.008421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625141.68/cwt141.00–142.008863
Heifers—Medium and Large 1639155.84/cwt155.50–156.5099675
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665155.67/cwt155.50–155.751,03533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2667144.10/cwt144.00–146.0096140
Heifers—Medium and Large 2678134.00/cwt134.00–134.009092
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2745136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2765137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1768140.52/cwt139.75–142.001,079106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2823130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,07082
Heifers—Medium and Large 1824135.35/cwt134.00–135.751,11592
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2908122.86/cwt122.00–123.001,1167
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,095110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,20511
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,39696.03/cwt92.00–98.001,34112
Bulls——1,480104.25/cwt104.00–105.001,5434
Bulls——1,888112.00/cwt112.00–112.002,1153
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight84750.24/cwt50.00–50.504264
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight97062.07/cwt60.00–64.0060245
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight1,03168.04/cwt67.00–70.0070128
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08179.07/cwt77.00–80.5085521
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10467.03/cwt65.00–70.0074034
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11387.50/cwt87.50–87.5097412
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight1,12977.47/cwt77.00–79.008758
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16870.97/cwt70.00–72.0082914
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21889.29/cwt88.00–90.501,08849
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31478.16/cwt75.00–80.501,02758
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37284.60/cwt84.00–85.001,16144
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57090.55/cwt90.00–91.001,4222

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.