Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2022-09-01

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Sep 1
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,177 head
▲ 99 vs last sale 1,078▼ 151 vs year ago 1,328 · −11.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
588 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 627▲ 221 vs year ago 367 · +60.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 0▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to firm. Steer calves traded mostly 2.00 higher. Not enough comparable sales on heifer calves. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Trading activity was moderate to active on good buyer demand. Quality was very attractive with several nice bunches of calves, and load lots of yearlings straight off the grass.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $185.80/cwt on 701 head.
Average price
$185.80
701 head · 690 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,282
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$31
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.88
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1684188.351,288558
Medium and Large 1-2715175.861,257143
One grade step is worth $12.49/cwt here — about $31 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 sale701 hd
185.80
—
TX average4 barns · 1,935 hd
181.92
+3.88
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—High1,863114.762,1374thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,43287.901,25966
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28582.821,064126
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,02561.40629209

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,185$9851thin

Every lot

58 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2319207.00/cwt207.00–207.006605
Steers—Medium and Large 1323232.48/cwt231.00–234.007514
Steers—Medium and Large 1403235.72/cwt235.50–239.0095032
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2479198.00/cwt198.00–198.009486
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned520195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,01410
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2563187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,0533
Steers—Medium and Large 1577189.69/cwt189.00–194.001,09522
Steers—Medium and Large 1632185.47/cwt184.00–186.001,17225
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned633178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,1274
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2638184.89/cwt184.00–185.001,18018
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2658175.78/cwt173.00–180.001,15710
Steers—Medium and Large 1662188.50/cwt188.00–189.001,248270
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned730165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,2056
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2735176.38/cwt168.00–176.751,29672
Steers—Medium and Large 1791180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,428119
Steers—Medium and Large 1811180.25/cwt180.25–180.251,46264
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2853158.25/cwt158.25–158.251,35026
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2970155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,5043
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,008127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,2802
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2260190.00/cwt190.00–190.004944
Heifers—Medium and Large 1288203.00/cwt203.00–203.005855
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2313180.00/cwt180.00–180.005632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318207.00/cwt207.00–207.006582
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned351201.00/cwt201.00–201.007064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1390189.14/cwt189.00–190.007387
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed420211.00/cwt211.00–211.0088630
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430191.17/cwt189.00–195.0082212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1462190.73/cwt189.00–199.008816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485174.00/cwt174.00–174.008443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned493176.00/cwt176.00–176.008689
Heifers—Medium and Large 1534182.13/cwt170.00–185.009735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567184.50/cwt184.50–184.501,04616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2583174.38/cwt172.00–175.001,01729
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned600165.00/cwt165.00–165.009904
Heifers—Medium and Large 1614170.55/cwt169.00–173.001,04713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2667162.10/cwt155.00–166.001,08113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2989138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,36527
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1249217.00/cwt217.00–217.005404
Bulls—Medium and Large 1253217.00/cwt217.00–217.005492
Bulls—Medium and Large 2318162.70/cwt157.00–179.0051711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1330215.00/cwt215.00–215.007102
Bulls—Medium and Large 1419208.08/cwt185.00–225.008725
Bulls—Medium and Large 1509190.99/cwt187.00–195.009724
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,860116.01/cwt115.00–117.002,1583
Bulls——1,870111.00/cwt111.00–111.002,0761
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight83344.54/cwt41.00–48.5037131
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight85956.88/cwt53.00–63.0048948
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight94572.32/cwt72.00–73.006833
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08588.00/cwt88.00–88.009554
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09453.16/cwt47.00–59.0058236
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11567.69/cwt65.00–71.0075537
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12174.15/cwt70.00–79.0083146
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18774.70/cwt73.00–79.0088750
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,22291.32/cwt91.00–95.501,11616
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36185.94/cwt84.00–89.001,17050
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40990.93/cwt90.00–91.501,28130
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49986.81/cwt84.00–90.001,30150
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,185985.00/head985.00–985.009851

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.