Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2022-10-27

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Oct 27
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,492 head
▼ 99 vs last sale 1,591▼ 919 vs year ago 2,411 · −38.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
406 head
▼ 140 vs last sale 546▼ 47 vs year ago 453 · −10.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 2▲ 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded mostly 5.00 higher. Steer calves traded firm to 5.00 higher on comparable sales. Not enough comparable sales on heifers for a market trend but a higher undertone was noted. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady. Trading activity was moderate to active on good buyer demand. Quality was mostly plain to attractive with several smaller bunches of calves and a few load lots of yearlings on offer.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $176.91/cwt on 705 head.
Average price
$176.91
705 head · 649 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,147
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$253
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.35
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1664179.291,190582
Medium and Large 2635166.621,05817thin
Medium and Large 1-2567165.50938106
One grade step is worth $13.79/cwt here — about $253 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 sale705 hd
176.91
—
TX average4 barns · 2,635 hd
175.57
+1.35
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—Low1,90690.011,7165thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50680.901,21814
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,39873.481,02778
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07152.93567212

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,100$8851thin

Every lot

66 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2295200.00/cwt200.00–200.005902
Steers—Medium and Large 2360210.00/cwt210.00–210.007562
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2385213.00/cwt213.00–213.008203
Steers—Medium and Large 1395222.00/cwt222.00–222.008773
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned407195.00/cwt195.00–195.007943
Steers—Medium and Large 1408208.00/cwt208.00–208.0084934
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned460172.00/cwt172.00–172.007913
Steers—Medium and Large 1473194.34/cwt192.00–204.0091915
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned475177.00/cwt177.00–177.008413
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2492169.00/cwt169.00–169.0083113
Steers—Medium and Large 1515188.77/cwt184.00–192.0097240
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526164.58/cwt163.00–172.0086650
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned528152.00/cwt152.00–152.008032
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2554160.00/cwt160.00–160.008865
Steers—Medium and Large 1574184.50/cwt184.50–184.501,05948
Steers—Medium and Large 2584161.00/cwt161.00–161.009406
Steers—Medium and Large 1619178.23/cwt175.00–179.001,10321
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned644158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,01854
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2653164.68/cwt163.00–165.001,07519
Steers—Medium and Large 1671180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,208139
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned675157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,0608
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy725153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,1093
Steers—Medium and Large 1778176.04/cwt169.50–176.501,370204
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2796156.87/cwt155.00–160.001,2498
Steers—Medium and Large 1816173.50/cwt173.50–173.501,4168
Steers—Medium and Large 2854149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,2777
Steers—Medium and Large 1898168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,5132
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2230174.00/cwt174.00–174.004007
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2332172.00/cwt172.00–172.005717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned368179.00/cwt179.00–179.006594
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370185.00/cwt185.00–185.006854
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2391170.00/cwt170.00–170.006654
Heifers—Medium and Large 2416134.38/cwt132.00–154.0055936
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned421159.00/cwt159.00–159.0066912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned499152.00/cwt152.00–152.007589
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned503158.00/cwt158.00–158.0079511
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523120.00/cwt120.00–120.0062833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned528167.00/cwt167.00–167.0088216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned557156.00/cwt156.00–156.008696
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564171.45/cwt169.00–175.0096715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578164.00/cwt164.00–164.009487
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned637150.48/cwt149.00–153.009598
Heifers—Medium and Large 1642167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,0726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned649141.00/cwt141.00–141.009154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2711169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,205201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy733140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0262
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2833144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,20010
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475156.00/cwt156.00–156.007413
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2700134.00/cwt134.00–134.009382
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Medium and Large 371575.00/cwt75.00–75.005365
Dairy Heifers—Small and Medium 376150.00/cwt50.00–50.0038110
Dairy Heifers—Medium and Large 381279.00/cwt79.00–79.0064114
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,90690.01/cwt88.00–93.001,7165
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight82933.17/cwt25.00–40.0027538
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight90650.13/cwt47.00–53.5045413
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight96561.34/cwt55.00–66.0059213
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11154.50/cwt54.50–54.506055
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13536.62/cwt21.00–49.0041646
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15468.15/cwt66.00–74.0078677
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19160.12/cwt54.00–65.0071620
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,27875.42/cwt75.00–76.009645
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29567.98/cwt65.00–69.0088014
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,44776.40/cwt72.00–79.001,10659
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50680.90/cwt77.00–84.001,21814
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,168102.88/cwt100.00–106.001,20217
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,100885.00/head885.00–885.008851

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.