Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2022-09-22

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Sep 22
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,276 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 1,306▼ 470 vs year ago 1,746 · −26.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
690 head
▲ 174 vs last sale 516▲ 221 vs year ago 469 · +47.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on feeder steers or heifers due to last weeks light test on yearlings, but a sharply higher undertone was noted. Steer calves traded mostly steady. Heifer calves traded mostly 1.00 to 2.00 higher. A larger spread between weaned and unweaned cattle was noted this week as temperatures are beginning to cool off some. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Trading activity was moderate to active on good 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 $181.11/cwt on 744 head.
Average price
$181.11
744 head · 670 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,214
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$139
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.10
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2597182.551,08978
Medium and Large 1679180.941,228666
One grade step is worth $1.61/cwt here — about −$139 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 sale744 hd
181.11
—
TX average3 barns · 1,576 hd
181.22
−0.10
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—Low1,733103.131,78718
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48384.001,24511
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26577.83985118
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06657.08609173

Every lot

57 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1326239.00/cwt239.00–239.007798
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2377196.00/cwt196.00–196.007393
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned390200.08/cwt192.00–206.007807
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned398178.00/cwt178.00–178.007087
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2421208.00/cwt208.00–208.0087618
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned483187.88/cwt185.00–189.0090718
Steers—Medium and Large 1518195.55/cwt190.00–196.001,01314
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned528188.00/cwt188.00–188.0099332
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2550188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,0343
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned588172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,01132
Steers—Medium and Large 1589185.50/cwt185.50–185.501,0936
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned618169.95/cwt169.00–171.001,05034
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2620175.19/cwt168.00–177.001,08617
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2686173.39/cwt173.00–174.001,18918
Steers—Medium and Large 1694181.72/cwt180.00–182.001,261358
Steers—Medium and Large 1732172.13/cwt171.00–176.001,26018
Steers—Medium and Large 1775176.50/cwt176.50–176.501,36895
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned793155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,2292
Steers—Medium and Large 1803177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,42142
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2876166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,45912
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned245163.00/cwt163.00–163.003992
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325216.00/cwt216.00–216.007024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned333190.00/cwt190.00–190.006332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned343175.37/cwt175.00–176.006028
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned394166.00/cwt166.00–166.006547
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420186.50/cwt186.50–186.5078347
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471182.72/cwt179.00–185.0086120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned487174.20/cwt169.00–175.0084822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned516169.60/cwt167.00–173.008759
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2565166.00/cwt166.00–166.009382
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned574165.60/cwt164.00–174.0095112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621174.83/cwt174.50–175.001,08623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676164.42/cwt164.00–165.001,11114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2680148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2719169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,215127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,21518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1833161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,34122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2955139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,33213
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2307172.00/cwt172.00–172.005288
Bulls—Medium and Large 1440185.00/cwt185.00–185.008143
Bulls—Medium and Large 1493165.00/cwt165.00–165.008134
Bulls—Medium and Large 1589168.00/cwt168.00–168.009904
Bulls—Medium and Large 1608161.00/cwt161.00–161.009793
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Small and Medium 3-454345.00/cwt45.00–45.002445
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,59591.43/cwt85.00–94.001,4584
Bulls——1,667104.67/cwt100.00–106.001,7457
Bulls——1,878108.27/cwt108.00–110.002,0337
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight87242.23/cwt37.00–47.0036844
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight91062.00/cwt62.00–62.005643
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight92549.26/cwt48.00–51.004569
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06548.47/cwt40.00–56.5051650
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14470.34/cwt64.00–73.5080535
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20275.27/cwt72.00–79.0090575
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,30578.18/cwt75.00–80.501,02032
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35077.93/cwt77.00–79.001,0522
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37682.29/cwt79.50–85.001,13243
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51285.35/cwt83.50–87.001,2909

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.