Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2022-04-28

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Apr 28
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,268 head
▼ 113 vs last sale 1,381▼ 119 vs year ago 1,387 · −8.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
428 head
▼ 147 vs last sale 575▲ 126 vs year ago 302 · +41.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs firm. Feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs firm to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly 2.00 lower. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $157.66/cwt on 501 head. That ranks 2 of 4 comparable sales and sits −122.89 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.
Average price
$157.66
501 head · 613 lb average
Value per head Derived
$967
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$280
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.75
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1621159.11988404
Medium and Large 1-2600152.5691682
Medium and Large 2484146.3470815thin
One grade step is worth $12.78/cwt here — about $280 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 sale501 hd
157.66
—
TX average4 barns · 1,819 hd
147.91
+9.75
This barn, trailing median4 sales
280.54
−122.89
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—Low1,864102.651,9148thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,68887.001,4693thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,34476.451,02732
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,08965.15709173

Every lot

70 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 Fleshed270222.00/cwt222.00–222.0059910
Steers—Medium and Large 1317200.00/cwt200.00–200.006343
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2358190.00/cwt190.00–190.006802
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed360218.00/cwt218.00–218.007851
Steers—Medium and Large 2382141.00/cwt141.00–141.005395
Steers—Medium and Large 1383204.63/cwt203.00–209.0078410
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed435217.00/cwt217.00–217.009446
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed464212.63/cwt210.00–213.009878
Steers—Medium and Large 1477187.77/cwt183.00–189.0089610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522189.00/cwt189.00–189.009873
Steers—Medium and Large 1525194.09/cwt193.00–196.001,01922
Steers—Medium and Large 1550193.50/cwt193.50–193.501,06411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2557164.50/cwt164.50–164.5091634
Steers—Medium and Large 2582160.66/cwt160.00–161.009356
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned588152.00/cwt152.00–152.008942
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned598176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,0523
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2604168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,0158
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed612180.98/cwt180.00–181.501,10820
Steers—Medium and Large 1618174.36/cwt174.00–175.001,07811
Steers—Medium and Large 1664165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,09619
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed677171.30/cwt170.50–172.001,16030
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680157.45/cwt154.00–160.001,0717
Steers—Medium and Large 1733165.67/cwt164.00–166.501,21437
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed753163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,2275
Steers—Medium and Large 1754159.17/cwt158.50–160.001,20048
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2763150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1452
Steers—Medium and Large 1824154.48/cwt152.00–156.501,27350
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2835145.52/cwt144.50–147.001,21520
Steers—Medium and Large 2858130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1152
Steers—Medium and Large 1863149.25/cwt149.25–149.251,28814
Steers—Medium and Large 1956141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,3485
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1201204.00/cwt204.00–204.004105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1269210.00/cwt210.00–210.0056511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1322175.00/cwt175.00–175.005649
Heifers—Medium and Large 2369149.41/cwt149.00–150.005515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381170.00/cwt170.00–170.006484
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed424180.00/cwt180.00–180.007639
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned445169.00/cwt169.00–169.007522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463173.34/cwt170.00–174.0080318
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468135.00/cwt135.00–135.006323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned510164.00/cwt164.00–164.008363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed525174.00/cwt174.00–174.0091414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2542160.00/cwt160.00–160.0086753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1544167.22/cwt167.00–170.00910101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned559162.00/cwt162.00–162.009067
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565164.50/cwt164.50–164.509296
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed569168.00/cwt168.00–168.009567
Heifers—Medium and Large 2572149.00/cwt149.00–149.008527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626158.40/cwt155.50–160.5099218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2648140.00/cwt140.00–140.0090711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2667134.50/cwt134.00–135.008974
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678152.77/cwt152.00–155.001,03630
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,10710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2740144.39/cwt143.00–145.001,06810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1768143.74/cwt142.00–147.001,104148
Heifers—Medium and Large 1825138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1392
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2828127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0524
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,44587.97/cwt86.00–90.001,2712
Bulls——2,004107.54/cwt105.00–110.002,1556
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight93955.47/cwt53.00–57.0052135
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight96661.92/cwt60.00–64.0059833
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09867.44/cwt66.00–68.5074023
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17551.72/cwt50.00–53.006087
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight1,18268.00/cwt68.00–68.0080410
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20572.19/cwt71.00–75.0087065
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24881.71/cwt81.50–82.001,0205
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33473.01/cwt72.00–75.0097410
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37876.92/cwt75.00–79.001,06017
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,67089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,4862
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,72583.00/cwt83.00–83.001,4321

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.