Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2022-04-14

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Apr 14
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,298 head
▲ 1,298 vs last sale 0▲ 1,298 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
622 head
▲ 622 vs last sale 0▲ 622 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 firm in a limited test. Feeder steers and heifers firm to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Drought conditions persist in the trade area with most calf offerings in thin to moderate flesh. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $154.15/cwt on 650 head. That ranks 2 of 4 comparable sales and sits −126.39 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.
Average price
$154.15
650 head · 670 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,033
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$42
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$10.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.46
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2565154.7187454
Medium and Large 1683154.421,054577
Medium and Large 2576144.3283219thin
One grade step is worth $10.39/cwt here — about $42 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 sale650 hd
154.15
—
TX average4 barns · 1,410 hd
150.69
+3.46
This barn, trailing median4 sales
280.54
−126.39
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

4 sales
314252191129median 280.5404/0905/1405/2110/1510/15
Heifers 0–100 lb: high $299.90, low $143.00, median $280.54 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Low1,696106.321,8037thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55986.971,35626
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,29081.271,048174
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,08673.67800175

Every lot

56 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1295227.00/cwt227.00–227.0067012
Steers—Medium and Large 1413219.00/cwt219.00–219.0090420
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2415203.00/cwt203.00–203.008422
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2487195.00/cwt195.00–195.0095012
Steers—Medium and Large 1499199.00/cwt199.00–199.0099357
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,0203
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed526215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1317
Steers—Medium and Large 1557189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,05310
Steers—Medium and Large 1605169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,02244
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed628176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,1053
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2655154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,0092
Steers—Medium and Large 1683166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,13422
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2716159.10/cwt159.00–160.001,13919
Steers—Medium and Large 1795155.75/cwt155.75–155.751,23871
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2848135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,14510
Steers—Medium and Large 1887141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,2515
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1329190.00/cwt190.00–190.0062523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1361191.00/cwt191.00–191.006904
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370161.00/cwt161.00–161.005962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2374172.41/cwt170.00–175.0064512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435186.10/cwt182.00–187.5081031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2446167.00/cwt167.00–167.0074510
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned446145.00/cwt145.00–145.006474
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463154.00/cwt154.00–154.007133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474171.56/cwt170.00–173.0081353
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525175.89/cwt175.00–176.0092335
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573163.00/cwt163.00–163.009348
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579156.82/cwt155.00–158.0090813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2588149.01/cwt147.00–150.008766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1606158.83/cwt158.00–159.0096338
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned631151.00/cwt151.00–151.0095314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1694153.94/cwt153.50–157.501,06879
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed718149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,073130
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2722136.49/cwt135.00–137.009858
Heifers—Medium and Large 1737143.27/cwt143.00–144.001,05614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2750135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,01311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1775142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,10121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1830140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,16665
Heifers—Medium and Large 2878121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1956131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,25231
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,069120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,28331
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,29893.51/cwt93.00–94.001,2142
Bulls——1,728108.06/cwt100.00–114.001,8672
Bulls——1,940113.71/cwt111.00–118.002,2063
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight97264.87/cwt62.00–67.0063133
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight97673.95/cwt73.00–75.5072227
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight1,00674.43/cwt73.50–76.5074919
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08568.06/cwt65.00–71.0073822
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13274.54/cwt72.00–76.0084428
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15477.92/cwt77.00–79.0089937
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17277.00/cwt77.00–77.009023
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19481.69/cwt80.00–85.0097528
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29780.45/cwt78.00–83.001,04395
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37885.13/cwt84.00–88.001,17357
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55389.76/cwt89.00–90.001,39412
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56584.57/cwt83.00–86.001,32414

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.