Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2023-07-20

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jul 20
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,020 head
▼ 273 vs last sale 2,293▼ 18 vs year ago 2,038 · −0.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
482 head
▼ 123 vs last sale 605▼ 639 vs year ago 1,121 · −57.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded steady to 5.00 lower. There were not enough comparable sales on steer and heifer calves to call a market trend. Slaughter cows traded mostly steady. Slaughter bulls traded 2.00 lower. Trading was active on high 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 $246.68/cwt on 801 head.
Average price
$246.68
801 head · 739 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,823
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$141
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$23.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.97
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1749247.111,850660
Medium and Large 1-2691245.141,693138
Medium and Large 2765223.331,7093thin
One grade step is worth $23.78/cwt here — about $141 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 sale801 hd
246.68
—
TX average4 barns · 1,766 hd
243.71
+2.97
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—Low1,563127.241,98920
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,250104.651,308118
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,07680.4886694
CowsLean 85-90%Low96762.8260775

Every lot

61 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1295279.00/cwt279.00–279.008231
Steers—Medium and Large 1430312.71/cwt310.00–327.001,34518
Steers—Medium and Large 1470314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,4764
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2487295.23/cwt284.00–299.001,4384
Steers—Medium and Large 1519306.15/cwt301.00–307.001,5897
Steers—Medium and Large 1557293.12/cwt278.00–295.501,63336
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2617247.63/cwt245.00–248.001,52850
Steers—Medium and Large 1631261.89/cwt259.50–263.001,65322
Steers—Medium and Large 1676253.05/cwt250.00–261.001,711162
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2695247.16/cwt240.00–249.001,71849
Steers—Medium and Large 2700220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5401
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2724236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,7094
Steers—Medium and Large 1726247.84/cwt245.50–251.001,799214
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2758230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7432
Steers—Medium and Large 1771243.11/cwt239.00–245.001,87428
Steers—Medium and Large 2798225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7962
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2819234.23/cwt229.00–235.001,91824
Steers—Medium and Large 1867240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,08164
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2875226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,9785
Steers—Medium and Large 1958224.00/cwt224.00–224.002,1463
Steers—Medium and Large 11,009204.00/cwt204.00–204.002,058101
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,1141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1451297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,3398
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,3489
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523276.35/cwt271.00–284.001,44560
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2545256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,3952
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2583239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,3934
Heifers—Medium and Large 1595247.67/cwt246.00–252.001,474163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2627228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,43013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633240.58/cwt240.00–243.001,52325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666238.70/cwt237.50–240.001,590162
Heifers—Medium and Large 2675150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0131
Heifers—Medium and Large 2703174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,2232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1745219.52/cwt217.00–226.001,63540
Heifers—Medium and Large 1790216.01/cwt214.00–219.001,706207
Heifers—Medium and Large 1902203.50/cwt203.50–203.501,83674
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,032164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,6923
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1845201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,6985
Bulls—Medium and Large 1956190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,81612
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,23095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,1691
Bulls——1,525115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,7541
Bulls——1,584129.71/cwt127.00–133.502,05518
Slaughter Cattle · Cows19 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight78661.25/cwt60.50–62.004817
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight79155.20/cwt50.00–58.0043711
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight85586.00/cwt86.00–86.007351
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight86164.63/cwt64.00–66.005568
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight86267.00/cwt67.00–67.005787
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Light Weight91590.00/cwt90.00–90.008241
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight91778.76/cwt76.00–82.0072221
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight96172.12/cwt71.00–75.006938
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Light Weight99596.00/cwt96.00–96.009551
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06360.32/cwt60.00–62.0064116
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06568.04/cwt67.00–69.0072519
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06555.00/cwt55.00–55.005862
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13381.20/cwt76.00–84.5092050
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18371.44/cwt71.00–72.008452
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19387.14/cwt85.00–89.001,04012
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19864.37/cwt64.00–65.007715
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,209108.59/cwt105.00–113.501,31381
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,28792.18/cwt90.00–93.001,1868
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38397.37/cwt95.50–102.001,34727

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.