Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2023-04-13

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Apr 13
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,170 head
▼ 282 vs last sale 1,452▼ 128 vs year ago 1,298 · −9.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
411 head
▼ 63 vs last sale 474▼ 211 vs year ago 622 · −33.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: all classes of cattle traded 5.00 to 7.00 higher with instances of 15.00 to 25.00 higher on cattle under 700 lbs. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 3.00 lower. Trading was active with 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 $211.39/cwt on 477 head.
Average price
$211.39
477 head · 722 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,526
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$824
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$66.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.31
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1745216.261,612400
Medium and Large 1-2619194.101,20163
Medium and Large 2525149.9678714thin
One grade step is worth $66.30/cwt here — about $824 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 sale477 hd
211.39
—
TX average4 barns · 2,083 hd
209.08
+2.31
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—High1,661114.061,8957thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,21197.611,182131
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13379.05896125
CowsLean 85-90%Low95562.1259356

Every lot

60 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 2305175.00/cwt175.00–175.005343
Steers—Medium and Large 1347270.00/cwt270.00–270.009373
Steers—Medium and Large 1394297.63/cwt296.00–301.001,1739
Steers—Medium and Large 1408283.16/cwt273.00–303.001,1553
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2467258.49/cwt258.00–259.001,2074
Steers—Medium and Large 1479281.56/cwt280.00–284.001,34931
Steers—Medium and Large 1508277.30/cwt265.00–280.001,40923
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2520206.65/cwt196.00–208.001,0759
Steers—Medium and Large 2527140.00/cwt140.00–140.007383
Steers—Medium and Large 2566148.81/cwt148.00–149.008425
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574189.37/cwt169.00–191.001,08714
Steers—Medium and Large 1594249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,47915
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2600201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,2061
Steers—Medium and Large 1617240.34/cwt220.00–243.001,48352
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2666189.90/cwt189.00–190.001,26529
Steers—Medium and Large 2675136.81/cwt132.00–147.009233
Steers—Medium and Large 1677221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,49615
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2700165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1553
Steers—Medium and Large 1713211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,50413
Steers—Medium and Large 1782199.79/cwt194.00–209.251,56241
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2793160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2693
Steers—Medium and Large 1882188.37/cwt188.00–188.751,661130
Steers—Medium and Large 1902186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,67865
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315244.00/cwt244.00–244.007691
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360150.00/cwt150.00–150.005402
Heifers—Medium and Large 1362259.52/cwt254.00–276.009398
Heifers—Medium and Large 1438248.38/cwt240.00–261.001,08828
Heifers—Medium and Large 2440143.00/cwt143.00–143.006291
Heifers—Medium and Large 2485141.00/cwt141.00–141.006841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2490176.85/cwt160.00–180.0086718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2514203.21/cwt167.00–210.001,04413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520229.42/cwt219.00–240.001,19310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,2279
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620207.54/cwt200.00–208.001,28734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2664171.65/cwt166.00–180.001,1405
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666198.39/cwt192.00–202.501,32131
Heifers—Medium and Large 2685140.00/cwt140.00–140.009591
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2713187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,33711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1740182.76/cwt178.00–188.001,35238
Heifers—Medium and Large 2742138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1752182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,372124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2765149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,1401
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1933152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,4182
Bulls—Medium and Large 11,095135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,4782
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,458107.74/cwt106.00–111.001,5714
Bulls——1,932122.49/cwt116.00–126.002,3673
Slaughter Cattle · Cows14 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight79774.11/cwt72.00–76.505918
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight84967.10/cwt67.00–68.0057011
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight87852.93/cwt50.00–56.0046512
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Light Weight91691.05/cwt91.00–92.0083417
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight92162.10/cwt61.00–66.0057216
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight97570.08/cwt70.00–71.0068312
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,100113.60/cwt107.00–116.001,25013
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10365.62/cwt64.00–69.0072416
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13680.70/cwt79.00–82.0091729
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14073.33/cwt70.00–75.0083635
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22562.00/cwt62.00–62.007601
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23886.36/cwt84.00–89.001,06941
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,27493.49/cwt90.00–95.001,19149
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,27599.63/cwt97.00–105.001,27052

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.