Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2022-06-30

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jun 30
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,478 head
▲ 1,478 vs last sale 0▲ 1,478 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
418 head
▲ 418 vs last sale 0▲ 418 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 except fancy and thin offerings 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs on offer were mostly thin, reputation kinds and sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher; a few packages in moderate flesh were steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Trade fairly active. Demand fairly good. The trade area remains in the grip of severe drought, Receipts on offer tended to be in attractive flesh condition. No sale next week due to the holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $181.46/cwt on 770 head.
Average price
$181.46
770 head · 659 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,195
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$488
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$51.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.21
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1666183.461,222710
Medium and Large 1-2578176.411,01935
Medium and Large 2557131.8473425
One grade step is worth $51.62/cwt here — about $488 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 sale770 hd
181.46
—
TX average3 barns · 1,231 hd
178.25
+3.21
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—Average1,773103.981,8447thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,48090.401,33848
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17477.9691665
CowsLean 85-90%High1,08569.47754160

Every lot

60 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed227260.00/cwt260.00–260.005903
Steers—Medium and Large 1228217.50/cwt217.50–217.504962
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed241201.00/cwt201.00–201.004848
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed326243.00/cwt243.00–243.0079216
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed405232.50/cwt232.50–232.5094262
Steers—Medium and Large 2435155.00/cwt155.00–155.006742
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2445202.83/cwt202.50–203.009036
Steers—Medium and Large 1447217.50/cwt217.50–217.5097239
Steers—Medium and Large 1482214.05/cwt211.00–215.001,03252
Steers—Medium and Large 1522179.62/cwt179.50–181.0093812
Steers—Medium and Large 2531128.21/cwt128.00–130.0068119
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed536214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,14749
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed554200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,10840
Steers—Medium and Large 1570184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,0492
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned585173.03/cwt170.00–176.001,0124
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed637178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,13435
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed664174.85/cwt174.00–176.001,16142
Steers—Medium and Large 2668145.00/cwt145.00–145.009692
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed717174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,24818
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2744159.50/cwt159.50–159.501,18721
Steers—Medium and Large 1745168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,25546
Steers—Medium and Large 1788165.62/cwt165.50–168.001,30562
Steers—Medium and Large 2815130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0602
Steers—Medium and Large 1846155.41/cwt154.00–155.501,31549
Steers—Medium and Large 1865153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,323177
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1219217.50/cwt217.50–217.504769
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed228239.00/cwt239.00–239.005454
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned245185.00/cwt185.00–185.004533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed282230.00/cwt230.00–230.006499
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2287180.00/cwt180.00–180.005175
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed369210.00/cwt210.00–210.0077525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed438192.75/cwt190.00–194.0084490
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed453194.50/cwt194.50–194.5088141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474185.00/cwt185.00–185.008777
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed526181.47/cwt179.50–182.0095552
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533160.00/cwt160.00–160.008533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed555178.23/cwt177.00–178.5098945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574166.00/cwt166.00–166.009537
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2601154.00/cwt154.00–154.009267
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed639169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,08322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1681159.16/cwt158.00–161.001,08428
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2694155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,07921
Heifers—Medium and Large 2727137.00/cwt137.00–137.009963
Heifers—Medium and Large 1729166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,21021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full752156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,17340
Heifers—Medium and Large 2795137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,0931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed806152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,22526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full920129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,1877
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,773103.98/cwt103.00–106.001,8447
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight88342.47/cwt40.00–45.003757
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight90953.15/cwt50.00–55.0048313
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight91170.53/cwt69.00–73.0064329
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08657.37/cwt55.00–58.0062320
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09076.01/cwt74.00–79.0082953
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13468.78/cwt68.00–70.0078044
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13983.67/cwt82.00–85.0095323
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37585.07/cwt83.50–88.001,17031
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45876.95/cwt75.00–80.001,1225
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46591.02/cwt91.00–92.001,33341
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56986.79/cwt85.00–89.001,3627

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.