Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2022-09-08

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Sep 8
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,250 head
▲ 73 vs last sale 1,177▲ 149 vs year ago 1,101 · +13.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
426 head
▼ 162 vs last sale 588▼ 165 vs year ago 591 · −27.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: All classes of steers and heifers traded mostly weak to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Quality was mostly plain to attractive with several nice loads of yearlings on offers. Buyers seemed to be a little more hesitant today on the lighter weight calves as the majority of the calf supply was not weaned or short weaned, and were moving from high temperatures this week into a cool off over the weekend. Trading activity was moderate on moderate buyer demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $184.13/cwt on 618 head.
Average price
$184.13
618 head · 638 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,174
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$466
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.25
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1649184.901,199458
Medium and Large 1-2625182.571,141146
Medium and Large 2419175.0073314thin
One grade step is worth $9.90/cwt here — about $466 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 sale618 hd
184.13
—
TX average4 barns · 1,933 hd
189.38
−5.25
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—Average1,66597.001,6151thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55390.491,40539
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,28387.901,128115
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,02462.66641230

Every lot

54 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 1-2346217.00/cwt217.00–217.0075116
Steers—Medium and Large 2419175.00/cwt175.00–175.0073314
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2436208.00/cwt208.00–208.0090739
Steers—Medium and Large 1448223.00/cwt223.00–223.009996
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned466198.00/cwt198.00–198.009235
Steers—Medium and Large 1477215.55/cwt214.00–227.001,02816
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2590170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0034
Steers—Medium and Large 1592189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,11920
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned601180.20/cwt179.50–182.501,08369
Steers—Medium and Large 1672183.80/cwt183.50–184.001,235327
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2674174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,17342
Steers—Medium and Large 1711176.75/cwt176.00–178.501,25710
Steers—Medium and Large 1778171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,3303
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2819158.25/cwt158.25–158.251,29633
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2915155.12/cwt153.00–158.001,41912
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full963156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,5022
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2345186.00/cwt186.00–186.006422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2384187.25/cwt176.00–188.0071947
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned405184.00/cwt184.00–184.007455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432179.71/cwt176.00–182.007765
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434196.94/cwt194.00–200.008554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned450178.00/cwt178.00–178.008014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469180.00/cwt180.00–180.0084416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2487178.49/cwt176.00–179.0086917
Heifers—Medium and Large 2502166.00/cwt166.00–166.008333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned518175.00/cwt175.00–175.0090716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned568164.50/cwt164.50–164.5093436
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574159.27/cwt155.00–168.009146
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575150.00/cwt150.00–150.008632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1596172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,02512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2641151.75/cwt149.00–153.0097316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1642169.86/cwt169.00–170.001,09146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1654167.90/cwt167.00–168.501,0985
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2688160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1726167.61/cwt164.00–168.501,21710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1910146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,3292
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2324215.00/cwt215.00–215.006975
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2358207.00/cwt207.00–207.007412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2491182.00/cwt182.00–182.008945
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2515175.00/cwt175.00–175.009013
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2712155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1046
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,66597.00/cwt97.00–97.001,6151
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight86342.99/cwt34.00–48.5037159
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight92172.42/cwt64.00–76.0066730
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight98056.46/cwt52.00–60.0055320
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04986.68/cwt85.00–89.0090928
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13378.16/cwt77.00–82.0088618
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13454.51/cwt50.00–58.0061822
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15077.70/cwt76.00–84.0089419
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17566.74/cwt61.00–71.5078452
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25885.73/cwt83.50–90.501,07854
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37794.70/cwt92.00–96.501,30443
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54489.47/cwt87.00–92.001,38131
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58694.44/cwt93.00–96.501,4988

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.