Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2023-01-05

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jan 5
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,167 head
▲ 99 vs last sale 2,068▲ 2,167 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
820 head
▲ 299 vs last sale 521▲ 820 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported sale: Feeder steers and heifers were steady to 2.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves were mostly 5.00 to 9.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly 7.00 higher. Trading activity was active on very 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 $191.08/cwt on 1,026 head.
Average price
$191.08
1,026 head · 668 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,277
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$132
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.49
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1671191.991,289935
Medium and Large 1-2636181.781,15791
One grade step is worth $10.21/cwt here — about $132 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 sale1,026 hd
191.08
—
TX average3 barns · 2,164 hd
191.57
−0.49
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—Average1,85396.571,7892thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46184.011,22729
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33972.56971308
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07954.16584186

Every lot

63 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1393245.45/cwt244.00–257.0096517
Steers—Medium and Large 1435241.70/cwt219.00–258.001,05116
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned439196.00/cwt196.00–196.008604
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468195.00/cwt195.00–195.009134
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned479196.53/cwt188.00–198.0094128
Steers—Medium and Large 1488229.99/cwt218.00–233.001,12250
Steers—Medium and Large 1512226.43/cwt225.00–230.001,15914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2520195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,0143
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned572186.19/cwt181.00–195.001,06524
Steers—Medium and Large 1580195.80/cwt191.00–199.001,13663
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2588186.50/cwt186.50–186.501,09727
Steers—Medium and Large 1606198.48/cwt189.00–199.001,20398
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2613187.14/cwt184.00–188.501,14724
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned626174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,0927
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2679158.17/cwt156.00–160.001,07411
Steers—Medium and Large 1680187.23/cwt185.00–189.501,273290
Steers—Medium and Large 1715186.28/cwt186.00–187.001,33251
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2730176.24/cwt175.00–177.501,28710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2760179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,36012
Steers—Medium and Large 1780185.25/cwt185.25–185.251,44594
Steers—Medium and Large 1810178.58/cwt178.00–179.501,446170
Steers—Medium and Large 1940165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,5513
Steers—Medium and Large 1978162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,5846
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1303218.00/cwt218.00–218.006615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned325186.00/cwt186.00–186.006052
Heifers—Medium and Large 1398209.00/cwt209.00–209.0083219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432196.79/cwt195.00–203.0085013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned435183.99/cwt180.00–188.008008
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472194.28/cwt189.00–196.5091750
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned486179.92/cwt179.50–181.0087454
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521174.01/cwt171.00–175.009078
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532184.40/cwt182.00–185.0098123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned537172.77/cwt165.00–175.0092813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2545144.00/cwt144.00–144.007856
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568183.05/cwt182.00–186.501,04050
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned577178.33/cwt177.00–179.001,0299
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2589171.59/cwt169.00–174.001,01118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627177.64/cwt175.00–179.001,1149
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2642174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,1208
Heifers—Medium and Large 2653150.00/cwt150.00–150.009802
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668173.50/cwt171.00–175.501,15925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2679172.75/cwt172.75–172.751,17321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728174.80/cwt172.50–176.001,273116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773172.32/cwt171.50–175.501,332186
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Mexican Origin781118.00/cwt118.00–118.009228
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2813172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,3986
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Mexican Origin813120.00/cwt120.00–120.009763
Heifers—Medium and Large 1994146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,4517
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1597167.00/cwt167.00–167.009973
Bulls—Medium and Large 1603156.00/cwt156.00–156.009412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1665154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,0242
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,85396.57/cwt95.00–98.501,7892
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight88643.28/cwt34.00–52.0038356
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight92554.18/cwt50.00–57.0050117
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight96460.89/cwt55.00–62.005879
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight99075.00/cwt75.00–75.007431
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,00159.00/cwt59.00–59.005919
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06934.63/cwt30.00–40.0037022
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11158.48/cwt55.00–63.0065026
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28169.83/cwt63.00–74.00895180
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,32669.63/cwt68.50–71.0092356
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45577.73/cwt74.50–82.001,131118
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46184.01/cwt82.00–85.001,22729

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.