Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2023-08-10

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Aug 10
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
968 head
▼ 842 vs last sale 1,810▼ 346 vs year ago 1,314 · −26.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
451 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 491▼ 452 vs year ago 903 · −50.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded steady. There were not enough comparable sales on steer and heifer calves to call a market trend. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00 to 4.00 higher on the fleshier kinds with the remainder trading 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 $233.03/cwt on 374 head. That ranks 2 of 4 comparable sales and sits −47.52 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.
Average price
$233.03
374 head · 665 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,549
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$588
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$80.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.52
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1664243.191,615262
Medium and Large 1-2677223.251,51286
Medium and Large 2630162.921,02726
One grade step is worth $80.27/cwt here — about $588 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 sale374 hd
233.03
—
TX average4 barns · 966 hd
229.51
+3.52
This barn, trailing median4 sales
280.54
−47.52
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—Average1,601119.681,9168thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,236108.901,346155
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,11579.9489196
CowsLean 85-90%Average96059.2256866

Every lot

65 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1251298.00/cwt298.00–298.0074811
Steers—Medium and Large 1330300.00/cwt300.00–300.009901
Steers—Medium and Large 2340284.00/cwt284.00–284.009661
Steers—Medium and Large 1378330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2472
Steers—Medium and Large 1402302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,2143
Steers—Medium and Large 1459302.55/cwt299.00–306.001,3894
Steers—Medium and Large 2478171.80/cwt171.00–173.008215
Steers—Medium and Large 1555287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,5931
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2560259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,4503
Steers—Medium and Large 1620261.33/cwt261.00–262.001,6209
Steers—Medium and Large 1694246.75/cwt245.00–247.001,7128
Steers—Medium and Large 1719246.36/cwt239.00–253.001,77115
Steers—Medium and Large 1755242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,82715
Steers—Medium and Large 2795160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2721
Steers—Medium and Large 1813235.98/cwt233.00–239.001,91910
Steers—Medium and Large 1905240.44/cwt239.75–241.102,176125
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2278170.00/cwt170.00–170.004732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1293296.00/cwt296.00–296.0086730
Heifers—Medium and Large 1307287.00/cwt287.00–287.008813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2395260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0272
Heifers—Medium and Large 1448260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1654
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2453225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0194
Heifers—Medium and Large 2491159.00/cwt159.00–159.007814
Heifers—Medium and Large 2504180.00/cwt180.00–180.009079
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533246.56/cwt242.00–248.001,3144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568257.37/cwt248.00–259.001,4627
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2581237.91/cwt221.00–245.001,38219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610225.39/cwt212.00–230.001,3758
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2690220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1691240.75/cwt234.00–244.501,664100
Heifers—Medium and Large 2700149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,0431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1745234.41/cwt232.50–236.001,74697
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2752216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,62451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,6971
Heifers—Medium and Large 2848150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2729
Heifers—Medium and Large 1886195.50/cwt195.50–195.501,73216
Heifers—Medium and Large 2995141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,4031
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1476292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,39014
Bulls—Medium and Large 1556263.50/cwt263.50–263.501,46540
Bulls—Medium and Large 1605240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4529
Bulls—Medium and Large 1688226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,5552
Bulls—Medium and Large 1870170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4791
Bulls—Medium and Large 1985159.07/cwt152.00–166.001,5672
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight80580.00/cwt80.00–80.006441
Bulls——1,450107.53/cwt105.00–110.001,5592
Bulls——1,821132.48/cwt129.00–137.002,4125
Slaughter Cattle · Cows19 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight78967.00/cwt67.00–67.005296
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Light Weight790110.00/cwt110.00–110.008691
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight84263.87/cwt62.00–65.0053813
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight86852.70/cwt45.00–57.0045721
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight91181.57/cwt81.00–84.0074317
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Light Weight925100.00/cwt100.00–100.009251
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight92872.75/cwt72.50–74.006756
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight92858.00/cwt58.00–58.005385
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Light Weight96592.00/cwt92.00–92.008881
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08562.58/cwt62.00–65.006796
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,10493.98/cwt92.00–96.001,03812
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11551.10/cwt49.00–57.005704
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16579.82/cwt76.00–83.0093036
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17974.09/cwt70.00–75.0087417
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19985.92/cwt85.00–89.001,03020
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,216112.45/cwt109.00–116.001,36799
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22358.00/cwt58.00–58.007094
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,27766.82/cwt66.00–69.008537
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,349105.29/cwt100.00–107.501,42041

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.