Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-06-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were not well tested however a much firmer undertone was noted. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls not well tested. Trade activity was moderate on moderate to good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.17/cwt on 205 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −157.37 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.

Average price

$123.17

205 head · 738 lb average

Value per head Derived

$909

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

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

$15.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.70

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	750	124.21	931	180
Medium and Large 1-2	613	120.58	739	15thin
Medium and Large 2	721	108.50	782	10thin

One grade step is worth $15.71/cwt here — about $149 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 sale205 hd

123.17

—

TX average3 barns · 1,052 hd

113.47

+9.70

This barn, trailing median4 sales

280.54

−157.37

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	1,383	80.00	1,106	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,560	66.50	1,037	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,335	55.89	746	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,002	43.86	439	176

Feeder Dairy Calves

1 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Heifers	Number 3	738	47.02/cwt	112

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 1-2	—	475	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	751	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	144.90/cwt	142.00–148.00	959	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	154.12/cwt	144.50–158.00	895	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	140.13/cwt	139.00–146.00	866	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	135.34/cwt	131.00–138.00	992	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	1,128	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	166.49/cwt	165.00–168.00	763	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	832	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	995	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	697	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	255	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	474	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	684	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	759	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	792	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	824	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	120.64/cwt	119.00–124.00	747	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	671	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	778	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	126.77/cwt	124.00–132.00	837	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	139.02/cwt	137.00–145.00	742	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	122.45/cwt	119.00–124.00	896	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	131.63/cwt	129.50–135.50	832	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	147.23/cwt	144.00–148.00	691	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	134.68/cwt	133.00–138.00	750	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	644	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	571	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	295	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	499	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	857	117.25/cwt	117.25–117.25	1,005	103
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	941	43.76/cwt	40.00–45.50	412	57
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	813	38.75/cwt	33.00–48.00	315	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	900	50.50/cwt	50.50–50.50	455	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,096	45.55/cwt	38.50–49.00	499	63
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,267	50.35/cwt	49.00–55.00	638	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	38.50/cwt	38.50–38.50	450	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	702	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	66.50/cwt	66.50–66.50	1,037	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,337	55.72/cwt	52.00–58.00	745	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	784	1
Bulls	—	—	1,383	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,106	2
Heifers	Number 3	—	757	48.99/cwt	48.50–49.25	371	55
Heifers	Number 3	—	731	48.50/cwt	48.50–48.50	355	19
Heifers	Number 3	—	972	55.50/cwt	55.50–55.50	539	11
Heifers	Number 3	—	644	40.57/cwt	39.50–42.00	261	7
Heifers	Number 3	—	561	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	196	7
Heifers	Number 3	—	553	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	194	6
Heifers	Number 3	—	665	44.50/cwt	44.50–44.50	296	4
Heifers	Number 3	—	615	39.00/cwt	39.00–39.00	240	2
Heifers	Number 3	—	790	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	356	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	118.81/cwt	117.00–120.00	790	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	732	118.50/cwt	117.00–120.00	867	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	848	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	639	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	134.22/cwt	133.00–138.00	846	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,092	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,077	1

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 27, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 455Last week 650Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 280Last week 355Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 112Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	158.00	158.00
4	—	630	133.00–138.00	134.22
2	—	975	112.00	112.00
1	—	945	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	662	142.00–148.00	144.90
16	—	581	144.50–158.00	154.12
11	—	618	139.00–146.00	140.13
9	—	733	131.00–138.00	135.34
4	—	928	121.50	121.50
4	—	458	165.00–168.00	166.49
2	—	530	157.00	157.00
1	—	765	130.00	130.00
1	—	410	170.00	170.00
1	—	255	186.00	186.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	665	117.00–120.00	118.81
2	—	732	117.00–120.00	118.50
1	—	750	113.00	113.00
1	—	460	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	684	111.00	111.00
3	—	792	104.00	104.00
1	—	725	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	619	119.00–124.00	120.64
2	—	550	122.00	122.00
1	—	665	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	660	124.00–132.00	126.77
17	—	534	137.00–145.00	139.02
15	—	732	119.00–124.00	122.45
12	—	632	129.50–135.50	131.63
5	—	469	144.00–148.00	147.23
3	—	557	133.00–138.00	134.68
2	—	405	159.00	159.00
2	—	338	169.00	169.00
1	—	295	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	857	117.25	117.25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	941	40.00–45.50	43.76
36	—	813	33.00–48.00	38.75
1	—	900	50.50	50.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,096	38.50–49.00	45.55
13	—	1,267	49.00–55.00	50.35
5	—	1,170	38.50	38.50
1	—	1,115	63.00	63.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,560	66.50	66.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,337	52.00–58.00	55.72
1	—	1,245	63.00	63.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,383	80.00	80.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	757	48.50–49.25	48.99
19	—	731	48.50	48.50
11	—	972	55.50	55.50
7	—	644	39.50–42.00	40.57
7	—	561	35.00	35.00
6	—	553	35.00	35.00
4	—	665	44.50	44.50
2	—	615	39.00	39.00
1	—	790	45.00	45.00

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Dalhart, TX

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