Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Dalhart, Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, September 15, 2022

1,822 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $174.79/cwt ≈ $1,274/hd at 729 lb · 131 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $190.18/cwt ≈ $976/hd at 513 lb · 80 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $162.58/cwt ≈ $1,158/hd at 712 lb · 71 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,822	1,676	1,528
Feeder cattle	1,306	1,250	933
Slaughter cattle	516	426	595

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady on limited comparable sales. Steer and heifer calves traded unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Trading activity was moderate to active on moderate to good buyer demand. The majority of the supply consisted of lighter weight calves. With temperatures reaching the upper 80's to 90's during the day and dropping to the 50's and 60's over night some notable discounts were applied to calves that were either short weaned or not weaned.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	4	228.00	$228.00	$752	+11.00
368	368	2	220.00	$220.00	$810	—
448	448	3	194.00	$194.00	$869	-14.00
469–484	476	11	187.00–195.00	$191.30	$911	—
589	589	6	182.00	$182.00	$1,072	+12.00
602	602	18	175.00	$175.00	$1,054	—
663–695	684	61	170.00–184.50	$180.24	$1,233	+6.24
729–745	729	131	161.50–175.00	$174.79	$1,274	—
757–780	760	15	160.00–165.00	$164.32	$1,249	—
923	923	2	133.00	$133.00	$1,228	-22.12

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	3	235.00	$235.00	$576	—
293	293	4	245.00	$245.00	$718	—
313–339	329	13	224.00–246.00	$238.77	$786	—
356–377	364	19	242.00–252.00	$248.18	$903	—
419–448 unweaned	424	18	190.00–213.00	$208.95	$886	—
427–433	429	9	226.00–233.00	$230.64	$989	+7.64
450–461 unweaned	456	16	194.00–198.00	$195.98	$894	-2.02
502–545	513	30	196.00–198.00	$197.43	$1,013	—
506–527 unweaned	513	50	183.00–187.00	$185.83	$953	—
568–593 unweaned	578	19	170.00–173.00	$172.06	$995	—
553–595	580	8	185.00–186.00	$185.76	$1,077	-3.24
601	601	16	185.00	$185.00	$1,112	—
625–639 unweaned	630	11	159.00–174.00	$168.47	$1,061	-11.73
653	653	5	186.00	$186.00	$1,215	+2.20
653 unweaned	653	2	167.00	$167.00	$1,091	—
791	791	4	162.00	$162.00	$1,281	-9.00
793	793	5	160.00	$160.00	$1,269	-11.00
825	825	2	173.00	$173.00	$1,427	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725	725	2	157.00	$157.00	$1,138	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
254	254	7	217.00	$217.00	$551	—
310–343	327	15	211.00–226.00	$219.60	$718	—
364–394	377	12	209.00–215.00	$212.38	$801	—
370–382 unweaned	379	16	195.50–197.00	$195.87	$742	—
400 unweaned	400	2	187.00	$187.00	$748	+3.00
426	426	5	210.00	$210.00	$895	+13.06
460	460	29	180.00	$180.00	$828	±0.00
483 unweaned	483	10	162.00	$162.00	$782	-16.00
520–525 unweaned	522	6	167.00–169.00	$168.33	$879	-6.67
525	525	25	190.00	$190.00	$998	—
550–584 unweaned	569	16	164.00–165.00	$164.42	$936	-0.08
568–584	582	21	172.00–184.00	$182.33	$1,061	+10.33
608–623	615	6	164.00–170.00	$168.00	$1,033	-1.86
633 unweaned	633	3	155.00	$155.00	$981	—
660–678	676	22	168.75–169.00	$168.78	$1,141	+0.88
685 unweaned	685	2	155.00	$155.00	$1,062	—
745	745	68	165.50	$165.50	$1,233	-2.11
757	757	5	150.00	$150.00	$1,136	—
760–775	761	36	162.75–165.50	$165.34	$1,258	—
809	809	10	145.50	$145.50	$1,177	—
826–827	826	12	149.00–152.50	$151.04	$1,248	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	2	189.00	$189.00	$737	+1.75
441	441	7	170.00	$170.00	$750	-9.71
508	508	10	173.00	$173.00	$879	—
556	556	17	163.00	$163.00	$906	+3.73
568 unweaned	568	4	150.00	$150.00	$852	—
651	651	4	156.00	$156.00	$1,016	—
707–713	712	71	158.00–163.00	$162.58	$1,158	—
897	897	7	146.00	$146.00	$1,310	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	3	152.00	$152.00	$517	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
241	241	4	194.00	$194.00	$468	—
390	390	2	180.00	$180.00	$702	-27.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–989	850	85-90%	41	40.00–49.00	$44.27	$376	+1.28
806–997	887	85-90%	58	54.50–62.50	$59.52	$528	+16.53
969–981	975	85-90%	15	66.00–69.00	$67.39	$657	+10.93
955–984	981	85-90%	17	72.00–79.00	$75.41	$740	+18.95
1043–1372	1108	85-90%	38	75.00–83.00	$77.23	$856	+22.72
1028–1373	1152	85-90%	55	61.00–73.00	$66.67	$768	-11.03
1086–1289	1159	85-90%	33	48.00–62.00	$55.26	$640	-22.44

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1103–1165	1126	80-85%	37	67.00–72.50	$70.59	$795	-7.57
1215	1215	80-85%	1	88.50	$88.50	$1,075	—
1140–1520	1338	80-85%	70	82.50–86.00	$83.93	$1,123	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1318–1518	1457	75-80%	11	82.50–88.00	$86.53	$1,261	—
1518	1518	75-80%	2	80.00	$80.00	$1,214	-9.47

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1880–2075	1945	3	107.00–107.50	$107.18	$2,085	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	14	178.00	$178.00	$780	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.