Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2022-09-15

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Sep 15
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,306 head
▲ 56 vs last sale 1,250▲ 373 vs year ago 933 · +40.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
516 head
▲ 90 vs last sale 426▼ 79 vs year ago 595 · −13.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady on limited comparable sales. Steer and heifer calves traded unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Trading activity was moderate to active on moderate to good buyer demand. The majority of the supply consisted of lighter weight calves. With temperatures reaching the upper 80's to 90's during the day and dropping to the 50's and 60's over night some notable discounts were applied to calves that were either short weaned or not weaned.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $187.19/cwt on 489 head.
Average price
$187.19
489 head · 600 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,123
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$136
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$40.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.59
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1506197.941,002234
Medium and Large 1-2686177.481,217253
Medium and Large 2725157.001,1382thin
One grade step is worth $40.94/cwt here — about −$136 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 sale489 hd
187.19
—
TX average4 barns · 1,861 hd
188.77
−1.59
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—Average1,945107.182,0853thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46685.531,25413
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,26479.401,004108
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01762.20632257

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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1245235.00/cwt235.00–235.005763
Steers—Medium and Large 1293245.00/cwt245.00–245.007184
Steers—Medium and Large 1329238.77/cwt224.00–246.0078613
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2330228.00/cwt228.00–228.007524
Steers—Medium and Large 1364248.18/cwt242.00–252.0090319
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2368220.00/cwt220.00–220.008102
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned424208.95/cwt190.00–213.0088618
Steers—Medium and Large 1429230.64/cwt226.00–233.009899
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2448194.00/cwt194.00–194.008693
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned456195.98/cwt194.00–198.0089416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2476191.30/cwt187.00–195.0091111
Steers—Medium and Large 1513197.43/cwt196.00–198.001,01330
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned513185.83/cwt183.00–187.0095350
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned578172.06/cwt170.00–173.0099519
Steers—Medium and Large 1580185.76/cwt185.00–186.001,0778
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2589182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,0726
Steers—Medium and Large 1601185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,11216
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2602175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,05418
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned630168.47/cwt159.00–174.001,06111
Steers—Medium and Large 1653186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,2155
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned653167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,0912
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2684180.24/cwt170.00–184.501,23361
Steers—Medium and Large 2725157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,1382
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2729174.79/cwt161.50–175.001,274131
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2760164.32/cwt160.00–165.001,24915
Steers—Medium and Large 1791162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,2814
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy793160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2695
Steers—Medium and Large 1825173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,4272
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2923133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,2282
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1254217.00/cwt217.00–217.005517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1327219.60/cwt211.00–226.0071815
Heifers—Medium and Large 2340152.00/cwt152.00–152.005173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377212.38/cwt209.00–215.0080112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned379195.87/cwt195.50–197.0074216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2390189.00/cwt189.00–189.007372
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned400187.00/cwt187.00–187.007482
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426210.00/cwt210.00–210.008955
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2441170.00/cwt170.00–170.007507
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460180.00/cwt180.00–180.0082829
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned483162.00/cwt162.00–162.0078210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2508173.00/cwt173.00–173.0087910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned522168.33/cwt167.00–169.008796
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525190.00/cwt190.00–190.0099825
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2556163.00/cwt163.00–163.0090617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned568150.00/cwt150.00–150.008524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned569164.42/cwt164.00–165.0093616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582182.33/cwt172.00–184.001,06121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615168.00/cwt164.00–170.001,0336
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned633155.00/cwt155.00–155.009813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2651156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,0164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676168.78/cwt168.75–169.001,14122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned685155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2712162.58/cwt158.00–163.001,15871
Heifers—Medium and Large 1745165.50/cwt165.50–165.501,23368
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy757150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1365
Heifers—Medium and Large 1761165.34/cwt162.75–165.501,25836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy809145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,17710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1826151.04/cwt149.00–152.501,24812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2897146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,3107
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2241194.00/cwt194.00–194.004684
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2390180.00/cwt180.00–180.007022
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Medium and Large 2-3438178.00/cwt178.00–178.0078014
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,945107.18/cwt107.00–107.502,0853
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight85044.27/cwt40.00–49.0037641
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight88759.52/cwt54.50–62.5052858
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight97567.39/cwt66.00–69.0065715
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight98175.41/cwt72.00–79.0074017
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10877.23/cwt75.00–83.0085638
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12670.59/cwt67.00–72.5079537
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15266.67/cwt61.00–73.0076855
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15955.26/cwt48.00–62.0064033
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21588.50/cwt88.50–88.501,0751
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33883.93/cwt82.50–86.001,12370
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45786.53/cwt82.50–88.001,26111
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51880.00/cwt80.00–80.001,2142

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.