Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers and heifer calves not well tested. Feeder steers not well tested, feeder heifers mostly steady in a limited test. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 lower. Trade activity was light on moderate demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.23/cwt on 317 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −153.32 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.

Average price

$127.23

317 head · 711 lb average

Value per head Derived

$905

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

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

$27.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.64

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	703	131.17	922	264
Medium and Large 1-2	626	123.03	770	10thin
Medium and Large 2	778	104.00	809	43

One grade step is worth $27.17/cwt here — about $113 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 sale317 hd

127.23

—

TX average3 barns · 810 hd

122.59

+4.64

This barn, trailing median4 sales

280.54

−153.32

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	2,007	85.36	1,713	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,328	58.10	772	66
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,640	55.15	904	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	987	41.56	410	241

Every lot, as filed

52 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	—	335	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	573	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	402	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	663	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,011	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	870	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	713	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	680	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	620	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	763	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	723	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	886	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	776	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	958	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	837	121.79/cwt	120.00–123.00	1,019	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	713	131.24/cwt	129.00–133.50	936	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	283	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	458	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	109.25/cwt	109.00–110.00	1,003	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	157.24/cwt	150.00–159.00	623	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	451	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	695	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	137.24/cwt	135.00–142.00	792	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	365	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	511	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	573	130.25/cwt	130.00–130.50	746	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	617	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	122.54/cwt	121.00–124.00	760	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	117.00/cwt	115.00–118.00	863	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	127.06/cwt	125.00–129.00	736	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	659	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	837	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	979	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	511	116.39/cwt	114.00–118.00	595	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	651	106.16/cwt	104.00–117.00	691	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	764	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	810	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	907	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	871	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	839	29.27/cwt	26.00–35.00	246	59
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	43.24/cwt	37.00–48.50	460	79
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	34.32/cwt	29.50–38.50	358	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	933	58.15/cwt	58.00–58.25	543	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	57.35/cwt	51.00–59.00	606	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,642	54.81/cwt	54.00–55.00	900	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	992	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,284	60.14/cwt	59.00–62.00	772	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,450	51.52/cwt	49.00–53.00	747	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,302	62.16/cwt	62.00–63.00	809	6
Bulls	—	—	2,007	85.36/cwt	83.00–89.00	1,713	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	968	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	141.30/cwt	139.00–148.00	742	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	688	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	144.32/cwt	139.00–147.00	840	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,104	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	126.50/cwt	126.00–127.00	940	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	904	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	568	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	402	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	695	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	142.50/cwt	142.00–145.00	884	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	497	157.99/cwt	157.00–162.00	785	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	152.00/cwt	149.00–155.00	853	8

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 Sep 5, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 621Last week 621Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 445Last week 445Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	335	171.00	171.00
3	—	402	165.00	165.00
3	—	772	131.00	131.00
6	—	518	168.00	168.00
12	—	620	142.00–145.00	142.50
10	—	497	157.00–162.00	157.99
8	—	561	149.00–155.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	116.00	116.00
1	—	540	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	620	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	750	129.00	129.00
5	—	525	139.00–148.00	141.30
5	—	488	141.00	141.00
3	—	582	139.00–147.00	144.32
2	—	960	115.00	115.00
2	—	743	126.00–127.00	126.50
1	—	685	132.00	132.00
1	—	355	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	402	173.00	173.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	723	122.50	122.50
2	—	365	140.00	140.00
4	—	573	130.00–130.50	130.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	776	123.50	123.50
39	—	837	120.00–123.00	121.79
157	—	713	129.00–133.50	131.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	141.00	141.00
2	—	283	162.00	162.00
8	—	918	109.00–110.00	109.25
10	—	396	150.00–159.00	157.24
11	—	451	154.00	154.00
12	—	577	135.00–142.00	137.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	126.00	126.00
2	—	620	121.00–124.00	122.54
3	—	738	115.00–118.00	117.00
4	—	579	125.00–129.00	127.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	115.00	115.00
3	—	837	117.00	117.00
5	—	511	114.00–118.00	116.39
6	—	651	104.00–117.00	106.16
8	—	764	106.00	106.00
19	—	907	96.00	96.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	839	26.00–35.00	29.27
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,063	37.00–48.50	43.24
46	—	1,044	29.50–38.50	34.32
32	—	933	58.00–58.25	58.15
25	—	1,057	51.00–59.00	57.35
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,642	54.00–55.00	54.81
1	—	1,600	62.00	62.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,284	59.00–62.00	60.14
17	—	1,450	49.00–53.00	51.52
6	—	1,302	62.00–63.00	62.16
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,007	83.00–89.00	85.36

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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