Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2023-06-01

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jun 1
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
945 head
▼ 349 vs last sale 1,294▲ 90 vs year ago 855 · +10.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
500 head
▲ 122 vs last sale 378▲ 31 vs year ago 469 · +6.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 0▲ 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder steers and heifers traded 5.00 higher. There were not enough comparable sales on steer and heifer calves to call a market trend. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady with instances of 2.00 higher. Trading was active on good buyer demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $233.99/cwt on 330 head. That ranks 2 of 4 comparable sales and sits −46.55 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.
Average price
$233.99
330 head · 586 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,372
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$119
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$56.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.14
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1585236.101,381314
Medium and Large 2498209.001,0417thin
Medium and Large 1-2701180.001,2629thin
One grade step is worth $56.10/cwt here — about $119 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 sale330 hd
233.99
—
TX average4 barns · 818 hd
216.85
+17.14
This barn, trailing median4 sales
280.54
−46.55
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

4 sales
314252191129median 280.5404/0905/1405/2110/1510/15
Heifers 0–100 lb: high $299.90, low $143.00, median $280.54 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—High1,859110.762,0594thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,273105.361,341109
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16979.04924161
CowsLean 85-90%Average99560.0259799

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,494$1,68518

Every lot

48 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1198227.00/cwt227.00–227.004493
Steers—Medium and Large 1203307.00/cwt307.00–307.006233
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2231216.00/cwt216.00–216.004994
Steers—Medium and Large 1268261.00/cwt261.00–261.0069910
Steers—Medium and Large 1328285.00/cwt285.00–285.009356
Steers—Medium and Large 1440248.12/cwt241.00–251.001,0927
Steers—Medium and Large 1450239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,0761
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530185.00/cwt185.00–185.009817
Steers—Medium and Large 1557256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,42612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2638200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2762
Steers—Medium and Large 1641233.50/cwt233.50–233.501,49766
Steers—Medium and Large 1688226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,5556
Steers—Medium and Large 1707230.27/cwt216.00–231.001,62879
Steers—Medium and Large 1823202.85/cwt199.00–203.501,669103
Steers—Medium and Large 1886190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,68319
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1182219.00/cwt219.00–219.003993
Heifers—Medium and Large 1224212.00/cwt212.00–212.004757
Heifers—Medium and Large 1267234.00/cwt234.00–234.0062515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1333267.00/cwt267.00–267.008892
Heifers—Medium and Large 1414289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,19683
Heifers—Medium and Large 2498209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,0417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1543240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3259
Heifers—Medium and Large 1687222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,529143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2701180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2629
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725195.53/cwt188.00–200.001,41836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1806179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,4434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1866183.99/cwt179.50–186.001,59310
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,790115.01/cwt110.00–117.502,0593
Bulls——2,06598.00/cwt98.00–98.002,0241
Slaughter Cattle · Cows17 lots · lightest first
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Light Weight83094.00/cwt94.00–94.007801
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight87253.62/cwt46.00–58.0046833
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight90962.82/cwt62.00–63.005716
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight91587.00/cwt87.00–87.007961
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight91876.31/cwt73.00–82.0070115
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight92368.69/cwt68.00–69.006343
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight95265.14/cwt64.00–67.0062014
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09553.79/cwt50.00–58.0058913
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12464.96/cwt64.00–66.0073017
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12868.81/cwt68.00–69.0077610
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15171.30/cwt70.00–75.0082144
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17061.99/cwt60.00–63.007253
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19180.69/cwt76.00–84.0096172
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,252111.42/cwt111.00–116.001,39567
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28387.84/cwt87.00–89.001,12729
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30598.51/cwt96.00–110.001,28622
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33392.52/cwt90.00–94.501,23319
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4941,685.00/head1,685.00–1,685.001,68518

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.