Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Limited number steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs last week for a market comparison with this week, however a stronger undertone noted. Feeder steers over 600 lbs weak to 3.00 lower; feeder heifers steady to weak. Slaughter cows and bulls firm to 1.00 higher. Demand moderate. Temperatures were in the 80's on the week; corn planting and wheatlage harvest is in full swing in the trade area.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.07/cwt on 431 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −150.47 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.

Average price

$130.07

431 head · 671 lb average

Value per head Derived

$873

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$14.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.78

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	654	134.63	881	261
Medium and Large 1-2	704	123.78	872	136
Medium and Large 2	673	120.29	809	34

One grade step is worth $14.33/cwt here — about $71 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

4 sales

Heifers 0–100 lb: high $299.90, low $219.55, 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.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale431 hd

130.07

—

TX average3 barns · 1,104 hd

123.29

+6.78

This barn, trailing median4 sales

280.54

−150.47

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,703	82.00	1,396	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,631	60.29	983	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,225	60.17	737	57
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,073	49.89	535	47

Every lot, as filed

54 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	143.94/cwt	140.00–144.75	1,031	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,086	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	145.48/cwt	142.00–146.00	989	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	167.12/cwt	165.00–170.00	886	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	969	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,061	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	592	125.45/cwt	125.00–130.00	743	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	791	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	941	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	714	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	810	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	661	121.17/cwt	117.00–122.00	801	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	735	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	462	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	656	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	575	138.00/cwt	135.00–141.00	794	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	608	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	848	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	118.52/cwt	117.00–120.50	898	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	649	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	824	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	788	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	163.17/cwt	157.00–167.00	759	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	153.80/cwt	150.00–157.00	811	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	127.14/cwt	125.50–134.00	859	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	179.56/cwt	177.00–182.00	646	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	978	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	349	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	649	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	854	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	816	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	708	126.39/cwt	123.50–127.50	895	187
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,006	46.63/cwt	44.00–58.00	469	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,243	54.97/cwt	49.00–65.00	683	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	718	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,631	60.29/cwt	58.00–68.00	983	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	56.84/cwt	50.00–65.00	705	40
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	67.99/cwt	67.00–70.00	809	17
Bulls	—	—	1,573	78.71/cwt	77.00–81.00	1,238	3
Bulls	—	—	1,488	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	1,027	2
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,100	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	957	1
Bulls	—	—	1,906	86.41/cwt	85.00–88.00	1,647	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	134.49/cwt	134.00–135.00	892	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	516	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	857	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	791	128.57/cwt	127.50–129.00	1,017	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	879	121.41/cwt	120.00–121.50	1,067	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	164.58/cwt	163.00–166.00	778	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,064	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,181	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	941	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,101	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	677	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	749	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	989	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	889	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	887	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	775	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	990	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	924	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	468	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	824	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	525	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	840	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	623	157.21/cwt	156.50–158.00	979	29

How this sale compares

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.

Texas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Dalhart, TX

Thu May 16, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Amarillo, TX (LS-AM)

Feeder CattleReceipts 978Last week 1,327Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 283Last week 209Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	716	140.00–144.75	143.94
33	—	905	120.00	120.00
23	—	680	142.00–146.00	145.48
18	—	530	165.00–170.00	167.12
6	—	642	151.00	151.00
2	—	763	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	663	134.00–135.00	134.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	516	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	791	127.50–129.00	128.57
16	—	879	120.00–121.50	121.41
11	—	473	163.00–166.00	164.58
9	—	1,064	111.00	111.00
7	—	941	117.00	117.00
5	—	366	185.00	185.00
4	—	749	132.00	132.00
3	—	605	147.00	147.00
3	—	572	155.00	155.00
2	—	443	175.00	175.00
1	—	825	120.00	120.00
1	—	660	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	468	176.00	176.00
2	—	525	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	623	156.50–158.00	157.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	592	125.00–130.00	125.45
7	—	791	119.00	119.00
7	—	714	113.50	113.50
6	—	661	117.00–122.00	121.17
3	—	620	118.50	118.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	462	142.00	142.00
2	—	575	135.00–141.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	608	139.50	139.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	758	117.00–120.50	118.52
26	—	649	127.00	127.00
5	—	657	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	465	157.00–167.00	163.17
12	—	527	150.00–157.00	153.80
10	—	676	125.50–134.00	127.14
9	—	360	177.00–182.00	179.56
5	—	869	112.50	112.50
5	—	349	186.00	186.00
3	—	637	134.00	134.00
1	—	555	147.00	147.00
1	—	415	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
187	—	708	123.50–127.50	126.39

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,006	44.00–58.00	46.63
13	—	1,243	49.00–65.00	54.97
2	—	1,040	69.00	69.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,631	58.00–68.00	60.29
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,240	50.00–65.00	56.84
17	—	1,190	67.00–70.00	67.99
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,573	77.00–81.00	78.71
2	—	1,488	69.00	69.00
7	—	1,906	85.00–88.00	86.41
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	87.00	87.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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