Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-06-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and steers calves not well tested however, a lower undertone was noted; feeder heifers and heifer calves mostly 1.00-2.00 lower in a limited test. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00-2.00 lower except instances high dressing kinds sold steady. Trade activity was light on light to moderate demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.98/cwt on 283 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −153.56 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.

Average price

$126.98

283 head · 647 lb average

Value per head Derived

$821

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

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

$4.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.54

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	659	127.33	839	229
Medium and Large 1-2	600	126.39	759	42
Medium and Large 2	569	122.38	697	12thin

One grade step is worth $4.95/cwt here — about $143 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 sale283 hd

126.98

—

TX average3 barns · 1,529 hd

122.44

+4.54

This barn, trailing median4 sales

280.54

−153.56

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	—	Low	1,482	80.34	1,191	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,645	59.66	982	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,282	59.51	763	91
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,038	54.60	567	119

Every lot, as filed

62 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 1Unweaned	—	514	156.75/cwt	156.00–157.00	806	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	408	171.96/cwt	170.00–175.00	702	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	375	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	634	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	295	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	519	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	205	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	375	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	133.42/cwt	130.00–134.50	943	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	145.74/cwt	143.00–150.00	883	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	861	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	910	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	487	129.19/cwt	125.00–135.00	629	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	669	110.41/cwt	108.00–115.00	739	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	708	116.51/cwt	114.00–119.00	825	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	570	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	730	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	764	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	652	119.60/cwt	119.00–120.00	780	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	699	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	706	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	582	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	716	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	497	144.43/cwt	144.00–144.50	718	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	529	133.41/cwt	126.00–138.00	706	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	267	149.92/cwt	145.00–156.00	400	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	380	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	593	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	442	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	632	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	317	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	507	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	127.90/cwt	127.50–128.00	776	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	665	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	938	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	985	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	675	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	737	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	899	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	841	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	963	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	863	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	958	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	833	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	525	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	870	48.12/cwt	46.00–48.50	419	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	698	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	279	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,077	54.35/cwt	50.00–60.00	585	67
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	48.35/cwt	43.00–49.00	532	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	62.35/cwt	60.50–68.00	641	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,415	37.00/cwt	37.00–37.00	524	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,695	55.39/cwt	55.00–57.00	939	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,583	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	1,029	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	63.75/cwt	62.00–68.00	789	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,331	54.66/cwt	51.00–61.00	728	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,435	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	689	2
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,205	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	868	1
Bulls	—	—	1,528	81.73/cwt	80.50–82.00	1,249	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	425	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	638	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	682	117.76/cwt	117.00–120.00	803	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	117.54/cwt	114.00–121.00	923	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	709	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	515	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	721	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	448	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	739	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	142.56/cwt	134.00–144.00	841	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	906	111.05/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,006	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	127.84/cwt	127.00–130.00	919	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	828	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	126.69/cwt	126.00–128.00	849	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,051	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	456	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	762	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	576	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	870	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	333	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	603	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	673	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	875	4

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 Jun 20, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 650Last week 650Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 355Last week 355Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	514	156.00–157.00	156.75
3	—	408	170.00–175.00	171.96
1	—	375	169.00	169.00
1	—	295	176.00	176.00
1	—	205	183.00	183.00
17	—	456	167.00	167.00
5	—	576	151.00	151.00
5	—	333	181.00	181.00
4	—	673	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	707	130.00–134.50	133.42
18	—	606	143.00–150.00	145.74
7	—	535	161.00	161.00
2	—	655	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	682	117.00–120.00	117.76
2	—	785	114.00–121.00	117.54
1	—	555	133.00	133.00
1	—	525	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	140.00	140.00
2	—	448	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	590	134.00–144.00	142.56
23	—	906	110.00–116.00	111.05
7	—	719	127.00–130.00	127.84
7	—	600	138.00	138.00
3	—	670	126.00–128.00	126.69
1	—	955	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	487	125.00–135.00	129.19
3	—	669	108.00–115.00	110.41
2	—	708	114.00–119.00	116.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	614	124.50	124.50
10	—	652	119.00–120.00	119.60
6	—	492	142.00	142.00
2	—	525	134.50	134.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	582	123.00	123.00
14	—	497	144.00–144.50	144.43
8	—	529	126.00–138.00	133.41
7	—	267	145.00–156.00	149.92
4	—	380	156.00	156.00
3	—	442	143.00	143.00
3	—	317	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	607	127.50–128.00	127.90
6	—	418	159.00	159.00
4	—	938	105.00	105.00
4	—	450	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	737	122.00	122.00
7	—	841	114.50	114.50
4	—	863	111.00	111.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	833	63.00	63.00
6	—	870	46.00–48.50	48.12
2	—	698	40.00	40.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,077	50.00–60.00	54.35
17	—	1,100	43.00–49.00	48.35
15	—	1,028	60.50–68.00	62.35
1	—	1,415	37.00	37.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,695	55.00–57.00	55.39
4	—	1,583	65.00	65.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,238	62.00–68.00	63.75
39	—	1,331	51.00–61.00	54.66
2	—	1,435	48.00	48.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	72.00	72.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,528	80.50–82.00	81.73

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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