Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2022-12-01

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Dec 1
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,314 head
▲ 88 vs last sale 2,226▼ 26 vs year ago 2,340 · −1.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
624 head
▲ 161 vs last sale 463▲ 89 vs year ago 535 · +16.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 15▼ 85 vs year ago 92 · −92.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 1.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves traded mostly steady on limited comparable sales. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Trading activity was moderate to active on moderate to 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 $178.99/cwt on 929 head.
Average price
$178.99
929 head · 684 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,224
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$641
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$35.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.65
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1693181.661,260708
Medium and Large 1-2659171.141,127215
Medium and Large 2424146.006196thin
One grade step is worth $35.66/cwt here — about $641 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 sale929 hd
178.99
—
TX average4 barns · 2,143 hd
179.65
−0.65
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—Average1,60082.141,3146thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,58780.471,27712
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,52377.171,17544
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,25761.54773137

Every lot

78 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 1328254.00/cwt254.00–254.008332
Steers—Medium and Large 1360235.75/cwt235.00–236.008498
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380202.00/cwt202.00–202.007682
Steers—Medium and Large 2424146.00/cwt146.00–146.006196
Steers—Medium and Large 1448232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,0399
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned464160.00/cwt160.00–160.007429
Steers—Medium and Large 1474203.62/cwt190.00–220.0096511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2495184.65/cwt181.00–186.0091419
Steers—Medium and Large 1528203.04/cwt199.00–204.001,07210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned528164.00/cwt164.00–164.0086611
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned531185.00/cwt185.00–185.009824
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy556208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,15662
Steers—Medium and Large 1584184.83/cwt184.00–186.001,07926
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned604168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,0189
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2606170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,03042
Steers—Medium and Large 1613185.02/cwt183.50–186.001,13446
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned678163.62/cwt161.00–165.001,10929
Steers—Medium and Large 1684181.98/cwt177.00–183.001,245120
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2684175.06/cwt164.00–177.501,19747
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy704165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,16214
Steers—Medium and Large 1721179.50/cwt179.50–179.501,294126
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned727157.55/cwt150.00–165.001,14561
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2738169.11/cwt169.00–170.001,24852
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2773166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,28333
Steers—Medium and Large 1789178.69/cwt172.00–180.001,41050
Steers—Medium and Large 1818179.62/cwt174.50–180.501,46989
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy820160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,31212
Steers—Medium and Large 1876176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,5428
Steers—Medium and Large 1964168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,62412
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325173.00/cwt173.00–173.005622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1394198.33/cwt196.00–215.0078130
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned403160.00/cwt160.00–160.006452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned408170.00/cwt170.00–170.006943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426171.00/cwt171.00–171.007289
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned440143.00/cwt143.00–143.0062911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476165.89/cwt163.00–172.0079038
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480178.64/cwt173.00–183.0085726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned480164.00/cwt164.00–164.007873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned508130.00/cwt130.00–130.0066018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533175.27/cwt169.00–179.0093446
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2537173.00/cwt173.00–173.0092950
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed543188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,0215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577163.47/cwt154.00–166.00943100
Heifers—Medium and Large 1585176.30/cwt169.00–184.001,03187
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned612158.00/cwt158.00–158.009673
Heifers—Medium and Large 1632169.85/cwt167.00–170.501,07346
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676165.46/cwt160.00–169.001,11939
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned678157.19/cwt149.00–158.501,06629
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2692162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,12154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1726169.37/cwt166.00–170.501,230109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2738157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,16227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1759168.78/cwt168.50–169.501,28143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy774155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,2007
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2783143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,1202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2812140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,3374
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy825140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1553
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2958138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,3272
Heifers—Medium and Large 1972140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,3613
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,047130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,3613
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425178.00/cwt178.00–178.007572
Bulls—Medium and Large 1480185.00/cwt185.00–185.008886
Bulls—Medium and Large 1535154.00/cwt154.00–154.008242
Bulls—Medium and Large 1610158.00/cwt158.00–158.009643
Bulls—Medium and Large 1778132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0276
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,56880.57/cwt73.00–85.001,2635
Bulls——1,76090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,5841
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight92033.76/cwt28.00–39.0031120
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight95564.00/cwt64.00–64.006111
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight97752.00/cwt52.00–52.005083
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06939.14/cwt34.00–40.004187
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17757.09/cwt50.00–66.0067233
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35869.42/cwt69.00–70.009432
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,41973.66/cwt69.00–76.001,04573
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,53177.54/cwt74.00–80.001,18742
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58181.15/cwt77.00–82.001,28311
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,65073.00/cwt73.00–73.001,2051
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,09991.00/cwt91.00–91.001,0004

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.