Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2022-05-19

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, May 19
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,536 head
▼ 52 vs last sale 1,588▲ 515 vs year ago 1,021 · +50.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
756 head
▲ 220 vs last sale 536▲ 390 vs year ago 366 · +106.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves and feeder steers 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Supply included unweaned or short weaned calves, feeder steers and heifers coming off confined feeding operations and feeder steers and heifers off graze-out wheat. Slaughter cows on offer included several thin beef cows as the trade area's extreme drought conditions continues to take a toll. 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 $141.16/cwt on 794 head.
Average price
$141.16
794 head · 843 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,190
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$393
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$30.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.24
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2489168.7082624
Medium and Large 1-2744149.211,110166
Medium and Large 1884137.861,219604
One grade step is worth $30.85/cwt here — about −$393 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 sale794 hd
141.16
—
TX average4 barns · 1,820 hd
151.40
−10.24
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—High2,224107.262,3854thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,39373.191,020128
CowsLean 85-90%High1,20564.27775240

Every lot

75 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned270181.00/cwt181.00–181.004893
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned320183.00/cwt183.00–183.005865
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned338181.96/cwt180.00–184.006152
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2364195.44/cwt194.00–197.007114
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned395181.00/cwt181.00–181.007151
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned405166.00/cwt166.00–166.006721
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned412185.50/cwt185.50–185.507646
Steers—Medium and Large 1422191.00/cwt191.00–191.008069
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2445178.00/cwt178.00–178.007926
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2467179.50/cwt179.50–179.5083811
Steers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy480166.00/cwt166.00–166.007972
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned494165.34/cwt164.00–168.008173
Steers—Medium and Large 2501172.00/cwt170.00–175.0086210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2517173.00/cwt173.00–173.008946
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned545162.00/cwt162.00–162.008831
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned567162.50/cwt162.50–162.5092110
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned568156.98/cwt156.00–160.008924
Steers—Medium and Large 1614163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,0014
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned648158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,0242
Steers—Medium and Large 1655158.50/cwt158.50–158.501,03812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy680150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0206
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned696150.67/cwt150.00–152.001,04912
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned710151.33/cwt151.00–152.001,07419
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725148.89/cwt148.00–150.001,07911
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Gaunt760149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,13611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy786137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0774
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2790143.90/cwt143.00–144.001,13729
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy795146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,1612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2862145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,2546
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy870138.27/cwt138.00–138.501,203134
Steers—Medium and Large 1925136.97/cwt136.25–137.501,267276
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy944127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,199128
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy951130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,24154
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned270169.00/cwt169.00–169.004562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned280162.00/cwt162.00–162.004546
Heifers—Medium and Large 2345163.00/cwt163.00–163.005621
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360160.00/cwt160.00–160.005761
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374181.00/cwt181.00–181.0067726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned376155.46/cwt154.00–160.005858
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2408165.00/cwt165.00–165.006732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned434165.00/cwt165.00–165.007167
Heifers—Medium and Large 1444168.77/cwt168.50–170.0074916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468169.00/cwt169.00–169.0079130
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned470161.50/cwt161.50–161.507592
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned488155.88/cwt155.00–158.0076110
Heifers—Medium and Large 2495147.00/cwt147.00–147.007283
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned516156.90/cwt156.00–158.0081020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned533152.73/cwt152.00–153.008147
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535151.00/cwt151.00–151.008081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned556154.50/cwt154.50–154.508597
Heifers—Medium and Large 1559160.00/cwt160.00–160.0089427
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned580145.00/cwt145.00–145.008412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned598148.50/cwt148.50–148.508882
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624153.18/cwt153.00–153.509568
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned625146.61/cwt145.50–149.0091619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2645146.00/cwt146.00–146.009422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2660141.00/cwt141.00–141.009312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy720138.00/cwt138.00–138.009944
Heifers—Medium and Large 2731127.18/cwt126.00–130.0093010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1749141.25/cwt141.25–141.251,05843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2749134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0047
Heifers—Medium and Large 2756129.50/cwt129.50–129.509797
Heifers—Medium and Large 1758138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,05065
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2763133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,0153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2820130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0663
Heifers—Medium and Large 1994115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1437
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——2,045112.00/cwt112.00–112.002,2901
Bulls——2,283105.68/cwt105.00–106.002,4133
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16059.63/cwt55.00–62.75692115
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16645.75/cwt45.00–50.0053315
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,24777.07/cwt74.00–79.0096156
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,27066.01/cwt64.00–67.5083854
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32477.84/cwt76.00–79.501,03134
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39669.63/cwt68.00–72.0097260
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45874.81/cwt73.00–76.501,09134

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.