Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2023-06-29

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jun 29
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
981 head
▲ 160 vs last sale 821▼ 497 vs year ago 1,478 · −33.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
520 head
▲ 165 vs last sale 355▲ 102 vs year ago 418 · +24.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers traded 15.00 to 20.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves traded 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Trading was active on high demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $228.41/cwt on 463 head. That ranks 2 of 4 comparable sales and sits −52.13 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.
Average price
$228.41
463 head · 686 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,566
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$444
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$16.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.60
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2495241.831,19784
Medium and Large 1728225.441,641379
One grade step is worth $16.39/cwt here — about −$444 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 sale463 hd
228.41
—
TX average4 barns · 1,232 hd
219.81
+8.60
This barn, trailing median4 sales
280.54
−52.13
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—Low1,520113.611,72711
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,255105.901,329128
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11281.56907118
CowsLean 85-90%High98660.20593151

Every lot

55 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1244250.00/cwt250.00–250.006104
Steers—Medium and Large 1390341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,33024
Steers—Medium and Large 1484312.41/cwt301.00–315.501,51271
Steers—Medium and Large 1538291.34/cwt290.00–292.001,5679
Steers—Medium and Large 1564288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,6249
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,60119
Steers—Medium and Large 1612270.13/cwt265.00–273.001,65311
Steers—Medium and Large 1691233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,6108
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2706211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,4905
Steers—Medium and Large 1710221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,5691
Steers—Medium and Large 1915196.28/cwt187.00–201.001,7963
Steers—Medium and Large 11,020151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,5401
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1290251.00/cwt251.00–251.007281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1338325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0992
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368312.40/cwt298.00–327.001,1502
Heifers—Medium and Large 1409310.62/cwt301.00–314.001,27036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1845
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472276.64/cwt276.50–278.001,30634
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2493242.36/cwt242.00–250.001,19567
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519270.00/cwt262.00–278.001,40117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523227.17/cwt226.00–230.001,18810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571262.03/cwt254.00–268.001,49630
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2608202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,2282
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633232.87/cwt228.00–243.001,47412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669232.63/cwt232.00–236.001,55682
Heifers—Medium and Large 1717222.86/cwt215.00–224.001,59878
Heifers—Medium and Large 1756201.83/cwt196.00–209.001,52618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1835193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,6122
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,289117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,50865
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,4005
Bulls—Medium and Large 1488306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,4932
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4052
Bulls—Medium and Large 1773202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,5615
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,416111.79/cwt107.00–115.001,5836
Bulls——1,513122.00/cwt118.00–126.001,8464
Bulls——2,17591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,9791
Slaughter Cattle · Cows19 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight73668.00/cwt68.00–68.005006
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight83773.83/cwt70.00–77.0061810
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight84160.50/cwt60.00–62.005094
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight85779.53/cwt77.00–84.006826
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight87454.52/cwt50.00–57.0047747
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight87590.00/cwt90.00–90.007881
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Light Weight88093.00/cwt93.00–93.008182
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight95764.70/cwt64.00–65.0061916
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Light Weight998101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,0082
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00668.91/cwt68.00–69.0069311
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06663.13/cwt63.00–65.0067344
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07482.28/cwt77.00–84.5088446
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13255.73/cwt50.00–59.0063118
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,19294.57/cwt91.00–99.001,12728
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22086.18/cwt85.00–88.001,05140
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23872.42/cwt70.00–75.0089715
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,26660.82/cwt60.00–62.007705
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,274112.11/cwt108.00–115.001,42867
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,316103.72/cwt103.00–105.001,36529

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.