Sale reports / Texas / Dalhart Livestock Auction / 2023-11-09

Dalhart Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Nov 9
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,404 head
▼ 785 vs last sale 2,189▼ 582 vs year ago 1,986 · −29.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
427 head
▼ 132 vs last sale 559▼ 85 vs year ago 512 · −16.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves traded mostly 5.00 to 15.00 lower, following suit with the CME Feeder cattle index closing lower throughout the week. Feeders too lightly tested for a market trend. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady. Trading activity was moderate on moderate 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 $233.40/cwt on 552 head.
Average price
$233.40
552 head · 600 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,400
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$499
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$50.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.18
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1610242.221,478415
Medium and Large 1-2604215.001,29887
Medium and Large 2509192.2097850
One grade step is worth $50.02/cwt here — about $499 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 sale552 hd
233.40
—
TX average4 barns · 1,613 hd
233.58
−0.18
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—High1,563109.071,70512
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,36097.941,332178
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,15680.8793595
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low97757.8656572

Every lot

80 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy263400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0522
Steers—Medium and Large 1268331.00/cwt331.00–331.008872
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned273232.00/cwt232.00–232.006332
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned320200.00/cwt200.00–200.006402
Steers—Medium and Large 1343310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,0632
Steers—Medium and Large 1374323.40/cwt319.00–325.001,2105
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned389239.00/cwt239.00–239.009308
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned432230.00/cwt230.00–230.0099414
Steers—Medium and Large 1434296.60/cwt292.00–310.001,28721
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned440240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0562
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2448270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2105
Steers—Medium and Large 1451280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2638
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned484221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,0705
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned491259.64/cwt248.00–264.001,27511
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned498190.00/cwt190.00–190.0094643
Steers—Medium and Large 1519270.08/cwt261.00–285.001,40223
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2521230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1988
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned526238.86/cwt235.00–244.001,25623
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned535219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,1723
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned550223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,2272
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned563237.50/cwt236.00–244.001,33724
Steers—Medium and Large 1566262.00/cwt251.00–269.001,48369
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned610214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,3052
Steers—Medium and Large 1631235.50/cwt234.00–239.001,48656
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned642228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,46411
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned668218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,45619
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned669215.13/cwt214.00–217.001,4398
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned680208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,4145
Steers—Medium and Large 1691234.66/cwt230.00–235.001,62243
Steers—Medium and Large 1722213.13/cwt212.00–219.001,53916
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned734206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,51258
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned754196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,47825
Steers—Medium and Large 1774216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,6724
Steers—Medium and Large 1814208.60/cwt200.00–210.001,69814
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2818188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,5382
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2957150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,4365
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned279236.00/cwt236.00–236.006586
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned329274.10/cwt242.00–283.009027
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,0034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned390241.00/cwt241.00–241.009401
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned396170.00/cwt170.00–170.0067311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy416300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,24819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1442243.00/cwt240.00–248.001,0748
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned464218.52/cwt215.00–221.001,0145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471238.94/cwt230.00–249.001,1258
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned472176.54/cwt176.00–180.0083360
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2505210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned517213.64/cwt205.00–220.001,10523
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned521187.53/cwt180.00–190.009774
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531247.64/cwt230.00–251.001,31596
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575231.25/cwt226.00–238.001,3309
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned579212.43/cwt208.00–222.001,23036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned645210.50/cwt210.50–210.501,35840
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned645169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,0902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1646223.72/cwt223.50–229.001,44524
Heifers—Medium and Large 2665180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1973
Heifers—Medium and Large 1711188.25/cwt185.00–190.001,33881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy724214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,5498
Heifers—Medium and Large 1800195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5603
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2922170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5673
Heifers—Medium and Large 1924190.53/cwt189.00–191.001,76021
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned528200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0563
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,490106.45/cwt101.00–116.001,58610
Bulls——1,928122.15/cwt120.00–124.002,3552
Slaughter Cattle · Cows16 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight86458.16/cwt56.00–60.0050322
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight87063.00/cwt63.00–63.005481
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight89551.80/cwt41.00–55.0046414
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight90867.39/cwt67.00–68.006125
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Light Weight915100.00/cwt100.00–100.009151
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight97172.93/cwt71.00–74.0070810
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight97779.22/cwt78.00–84.0077413
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05573.00/cwt70.00–74.007704
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09963.81/cwt61.00–66.0070113
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09953.36/cwt51.00–55.0058613
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19859.54/cwt58.00–60.007134
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20280.48/cwt76.00–85.0096752
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29490.40/cwt87.00–91.001,17016
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34399.14/cwt97.00–104.001,33198
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37895.13/cwt92.50–96.001,31169
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,443105.39/cwt105.00–107.501,52110

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.