Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2023-06-15

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jun 15
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,462 head
▲ 517 vs last sale 945▲ 618 vs year ago 844 · +73.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
438 head
▼ 62 vs last sale 500▼ 177 vs year ago 615 · −28.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: all classes of steers traded sharply higher. There were not enough comparable sales for a market trend on heifers. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady. 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 $216.67/cwt on 503 head. That ranks 2 of 4 comparable sales and sits −63.87 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.
Average price
$216.67
503 head · 620 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,344
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$9
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$25.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.73
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1652218.241,424386
Medium and Large 2506212.151,073113
Medium and Large 1-2733193.001,4154thin
One grade step is worth $25.24/cwt here — about $9 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 sale503 hd
216.67
—
TX average4 barns · 858 hd
215.95
+0.73
This barn, trailing median4 sales
280.54
−63.87
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—Average1,564113.471,7759thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,256104.091,308195
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14780.5092489
CowsLean 85-90%High99457.73574145

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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1265306.19/cwt300.00–320.0081129
Steers—Medium and Large 1345328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,1323
Steers—Medium and Large 2348242.00/cwt242.00–242.008424
Steers—Medium and Large 1424301.88/cwt287.00–316.001,28012
Steers—Medium and Large 1475281.33/cwt280.00–282.001,3363
Steers—Medium and Large 2482230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,10941
Steers—Medium and Large 1525298.49/cwt296.00–301.001,5676
Steers—Medium and Large 2533198.30/cwt196.00–199.001,0578
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2558222.87/cwt210.00–224.001,24453
Steers—Medium and Large 2565199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,1241
Steers—Medium and Large 1569275.15/cwt271.00–276.001,56624
Steers—Medium and Large 1626247.71/cwt235.00–258.001,55139
Steers—Medium and Large 2627183.85/cwt179.00–198.001,1534
Steers—Medium and Large 1669230.06/cwt221.00–235.001,53916
Steers—Medium and Large 2685178.01/cwt174.00–185.001,21915
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2694207.11/cwt197.00–211.001,43718
Steers—Medium and Large 1717224.51/cwt220.00–228.001,61034
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2729200.03/cwt197.00–201.001,45812
Steers—Medium and Large 2730165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,2052
Steers—Medium and Large 1761216.96/cwt213.00–224.001,65116
Steers—Medium and Large 2785157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,2321
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2786200.50/cwt200.50–200.501,57613
Steers—Medium and Large 1821219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,7984
Steers—Medium and Large 2861160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3784
Steers—Medium and Large 1874205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,79245
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2875188.92/cwt188.00–189.001,65354
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1264285.29/cwt277.00–303.0075328
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,1011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468254.47/cwt250.00–265.001,19119
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,02066
Heifers—Medium and Large 1546235.63/cwt235.00–252.001,28751
Heifers—Medium and Large 2555205.57/cwt173.00–209.001,14145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1585220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2872
Heifers—Medium and Large 1609222.40/cwt221.00–225.501,35416
Heifers—Medium and Large 2638167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,0652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1661212.78/cwt207.00–220.001,40629
Heifers—Medium and Large 1730209.00/cwt204.00–211.001,526177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2733193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,4154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1762190.18/cwt188.50–206.001,44963
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2563225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2672
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,402109.76/cwt104.00–114.001,5395
Bulls——1,60096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,5361
Bulls——1,822125.47/cwt123.00–129.002,2863
Slaughter Cattle · Cows17 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight83349.72/cwt44.00–55.0041443
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight83577.30/cwt75.00–80.006457
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Light Weight89398.76/cwt97.00–104.008827
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight89665.63/cwt65.00–69.0058813
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight90659.51/cwt56.00–61.0053911
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight92062.96/cwt62.00–64.0057919
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Light Weight950110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0451
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09267.21/cwt66.00–68.0073412
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10362.47/cwt62.00–65.0068912
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11181.26/cwt78.00–84.5090326
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15872.83/cwt70.00–74.0084327
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,217108.58/cwt104.00–112.001,321126
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22454.04/cwt50.00–55.0066110
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22757.28/cwt56.50–60.0070325
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24587.74/cwt85.00–88.001,09229
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37292.70/cwt90.00–95.001,27226
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39297.31/cwt96.00–103.001,35535

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.