Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2023-10-26

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Oct 26
● Final112 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,061 head
▼ 1,287 vs last sale 3,348▲ 569 vs year ago 1,492 · +38.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
546 head
▲ 64 vs last sale 482▲ 140 vs year ago 406 · +34.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 0▲ 57 vs year ago 18 · +316.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Weaned and vaccinated steer and heifer calves traded 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Larger discounts on unweaned calves with limited shot programs. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00 lower. Trading was active on moderate 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 $223.66/cwt on 705 head. That ranks 2 of 4 comparable sales and sits −56.89 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.
Average price
$223.66
705 head · 612 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,368
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$463
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$51.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.64
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1657226.221,485490
Medium and Large 1-2502221.791,113197
Medium and Large 2586174.331,02218thin
One grade step is worth $51.89/cwt here — about $463 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 sale705 hd
223.66
—
TX average4 barns · 1,178 hd
222.02
+1.64
This barn, trailing median4 sales
280.54
−56.89
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—Average1,645114.811,88910
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,153100.661,161246
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,01685.4186764
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,03250.4952155

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
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,064$1,7307
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)910$1,5856
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,006$1,5199
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,234$1,41212
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,112$1,25014
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)882$1,50525
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)873$1,2502thin

Every lot

112 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1272333.00/cwt333.00–333.0090613
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned296332.55/cwt332.00–336.009847
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned311326.78/cwt300.00–335.001,01610
Steers—Medium and Large 1332350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,16219
Steers—Medium and Large 1370337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,2471
Steers—Medium and Large 1420313.99/cwt300.00–324.001,31933
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned423279.68/cwt250.00–285.001,18350
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned448200.00/cwt200.00–200.008962
Steers—Medium and Large 1470305.08/cwt302.00–314.001,43457
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned471282.10/cwt276.00–292.001,32940
Steers—Medium and Large 2490231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,1328
Steers—Medium and Large 2506229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,15910
Steers—Medium and Large 1515292.86/cwt286.00–297.001,50819
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned524210.18/cwt210.00–211.001,10111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned533242.62/cwt236.00–260.001,29327
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned537263.29/cwt260.00–267.001,4147
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2544276.43/cwt271.00–277.001,50420
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned560220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2325
Steers—Medium and Large 1584274.73/cwt264.00–277.001,60417
Steers—Medium and Large 2590227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,3398
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned594259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,5385
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2598247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,4772
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2615236.02/cwt230.00–240.001,4525
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned619212.48/cwt200.00–222.001,3157
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned623237.35/cwt231.00–250.001,47919
Steers—Medium and Large 1624263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,64148
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned649216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,4027
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned672214.94/cwt210.00–220.001,44419
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned673204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,37334
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680228.19/cwt227.00–230.001,55251
Steers—Medium and Large 1686236.96/cwt235.00–246.501,62617
Steers—Medium and Large 1729242.44/cwt242.00–244.001,7679
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned735220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6175
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2741228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,68913
Steers—Medium and Large 1776240.44/cwt240.00–242.001,86654
Steers—Medium and Large 1807226.69/cwt223.00–228.001,8297
Steers—Medium and Large 1853230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,96213
Steers—Medium and Large 1943209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,9715
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned290275.00/cwt275.00–275.007981
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned297275.00/cwt275.00–275.008175
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned308301.65/cwt285.00–312.009296
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned313245.00/cwt245.00–245.007673
Heifers—Medium and Large 1329326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,07316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned380237.08/cwt233.00–240.009019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned401255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,02325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned411227.73/cwt206.00–230.0093621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,1276
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned431202.99/cwt201.00–206.008755
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2438256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,12137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1453259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,1736
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned477216.33/cwt200.00–229.001,03239
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned483242.10/cwt237.00–244.001,16915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2488224.36/cwt200.00–249.001,09511
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned497201.00/cwt201.00–201.009993
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned519220.21/cwt215.00–225.001,14359
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned522204.16/cwt200.00–208.001,0668
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,0026
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned558224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,25012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned576200.71/cwt196.00–206.001,15625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577213.52/cwt213.00–214.001,2324
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned590180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1608220.20/cwt214.00–224.001,3398
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned620207.96/cwt206.00–213.001,28923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned622190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,18218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,1442
Heifers—Medium and Large 2640140.00/cwt140.00–140.008965
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned654200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,30830
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667220.31/cwt216.00–221.001,46918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned715180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725224.14/cwt212.00–227.001,625113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1770220.32/cwt219.00–222.501,69699
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2791216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,70910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1841215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,80828
Heifers—Medium and Large 1885200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,77012
Heifers—Medium and Large 2968140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,3552
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,016194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,9719
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Unweaned345203.00/cwt203.00–203.007001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned409301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,2317
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2497197.00/cwt197.00–197.009792
Bulls—Medium and Large 1558244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,3624
Bulls—Medium and Large 1727204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,4833
Bulls—Medium and Large 2910150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3651
Bulls—Medium and Large 1965160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,5441
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,20597.00/cwt97.00–97.001,1691
Bulls——1,477110.76/cwt110.00–111.001,6363
Bulls——1,803119.80/cwt117.00–124.002,1606
Slaughter Cattle · Cows19 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight67569.00/cwt69.00–69.004661
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight76456.49/cwt56.00–57.004324
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight79062.86/cwt61.00–65.004972
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight86247.46/cwt42.00–55.0040917
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight86581.25/cwt77.00–84.007039
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Light Weight875100.92/cwt99.00–103.008832
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight87972.26/cwt70.00–74.006354
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Light Weight93593.50/cwt93.00–94.008742
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight95889.47/cwt86.00–90.0085732
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,08794.18/cwt91.00–95.001,02442
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13573.00/cwt73.00–73.008291
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,148100.83/cwt96.00–104.001,158163
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17062.00/cwt62.00–62.007252
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18145.77/cwt41.00–54.0054124
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19881.96/cwt76.00–85.0098212
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21566.78/cwt66.00–69.008114
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23560.00/cwt60.00–60.007411
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25487.77/cwt85.00–90.001,1016
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,277107.61/cwt105.00–110.001,37437
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18731,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2502
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18821,504.53/head1,350.00–1,535.001,50525
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19101,585.00/head1,585.00–1,585.001,5856
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0061,519.09/head1,475.00–1,525.001,5199
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0641,729.63/head1,700.00–1,800.001,7307
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1121,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,25014
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2341,412.34/head1,310.00–1,450.001,41212

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.