Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves weak to 2.00 lower compared to last week's limited receipts. Not enough feeder steers last week for an accurate market test this week. Feeder heifers steady on limited load lots, small lots mostly 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00-2.00 lower earlier in the day, falling to 3.00-4.00 lower late in the day. Trade activity light, demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.12/cwt on 612 head.

Average price

$142.12

612 head · 656 lb average

Value per head Derived

$932

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$241

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

$17.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.47

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	661	145.18	959	480
Medium and Large 1-2	642	131.25	842	124
Medium and Large 2	565	127.25	718	8thin

One grade step is worth $17.93/cwt here — about $241 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.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale612 hd

142.12

—

TX average4 barns · 2,058 hd

132.65

+9.47

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	—	Low	1,819	75.11	1,366	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,650	57.53	949	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,156	49.83	576	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,017	36.63	373	180

Every lot, as filed

75 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,144	42.77/cwt	39.00–46.50	489	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,650	57.53/cwt	54.50–58.00	949	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,046	28.50/cwt	28.50–28.50	298	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	53.57/cwt	50.50–56.00	579	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,206	39.81/cwt	35.00–46.50	480	61
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	924	32.72/cwt	32.00–37.00	302	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,122	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	718	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	470	151.09/cwt	151.00–152.00	710	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	612	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	802	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	566	134.39/cwt	132.00–135.00	761	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	436	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	671	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	503	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	724	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	328	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	551	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	138.88/cwt	134.50–140.00	1,086	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	155.43/cwt	151.00–157.00	797	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	896	128.25/cwt	128.25–128.25	1,149	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	139.23/cwt	138.50–140.00	1,140	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	144.99/cwt	144.00–146.00	973	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	167.96/cwt	163.00–171.00	724	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	156.92/cwt	155.00–162.00	733	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	144.12/cwt	139.00–145.00	1,036	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	145.29/cwt	144.00–152.00	856	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	143.54/cwt	143.00–146.00	913	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	269	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	471	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	607	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	430	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	486	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	106.34/cwt	104.00–113.00	819	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	626	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	726	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	393	121.51/cwt	120.00–123.00	478	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	144.50/cwt	140.00–149.00	441	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	145.66/cwt	143.00–147.00	741	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	894	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	969	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,143	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	139.48/cwt	137.00–140.00	791	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	139.16/cwt	131.00–140.00	946	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	144.59/cwt	144.00–149.00	638	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	123.19/cwt	123.00–130.00	973	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	690	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	863	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	545	128.08/cwt	125.00–130.00	698	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	570	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	747	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	597	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	782	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	681	5
Bulls	—	—	1,578	67.13/cwt	65.00–68.00	1,059	3
Bulls	—	—	1,857	76.37/cwt	69.00–82.00	1,418	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,060	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	657	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	55.95/cwt	48.50–58.00	665	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	795	26.05/cwt	21.00–29.00	207	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	659	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	906	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	535	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,001	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	373	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	155.97/cwt	153.00–157.00	597	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	136.83/cwt	133.00–142.00	702	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	142.98/cwt	140.00–147.00	696	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	128.25/cwt	128.25–128.25	985	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	774	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	127.66/cwt	126.00–129.00	949	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	151.97/cwt	145.00–158.00	635	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	137.06/cwt	137.00–139.00	858	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	469	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	610	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	616	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	795	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	533	124.74/cwt	123.00–126.00	665	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	570	121.69/cwt	120.00–125.00	694	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	554	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	634	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	816	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	127.29/cwt	123.00–130.00	729	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	119.79/cwt	119.00–121.00	874	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	809	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	608	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	675	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	756	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	474	115.31/cwt	115.00–121.00	547	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	390	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	809	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 Sep 12, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,372Last week 1,372Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 425Last week 425Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,144	39.00–46.50	42.77
4	—	1,060	62.00	62.00
22	—	1,188	48.50–58.00	55.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,650	54.50–58.00	57.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,046	28.50	28.50
31	—	1,080	50.50–56.00	53.57
61	—	1,206	35.00–46.50	39.81
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	924	32.00–37.00	32.72
50	—	795	21.00–29.00	26.05
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,578	65.00–68.00	67.13
19	—	1,857	69.00–82.00	76.37

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	120.00	120.00
1	—	495	145.00	145.00
2	—	305	140.00–149.00	144.50
3	—	509	143.00–147.00	145.66
4	—	715	125.00	125.00
5	—	969	118.00	118.00
6	—	567	137.00–140.00	139.48
11	—	680	131.00–140.00	139.16
17	—	441	144.00–149.00	144.59
36	—	790	123.00–130.00	123.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	470	151.00–152.00	151.09
10	—	612	131.00	131.00
10	—	566	132.00–135.00	134.39
8	—	436	154.00	154.00
7	—	503	144.00	144.00
4	—	328	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	782	134.50–140.00	138.88
73	—	513	151.00–157.00	155.43
61	—	896	128.25	128.25
56	—	819	138.50–140.00	139.23
42	—	671	144.00–146.00	144.99
30	—	431	163.00–171.00	167.96
24	—	467	155.00–162.00	156.92
21	—	719	139.00–145.00	144.12
20	—	589	144.00–152.00	145.29
11	—	636	143.00–146.00	143.54
5	—	269	175.00	175.00
4	—	355	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	125.00	125.00
13	—	545	125.00–130.00	128.08
24	—	570	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	597	131.00	131.00
5	—	545	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	430	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	770	104.00–113.00	106.34
4	—	626	116.00	116.00
2	—	393	120.00–123.00	121.51
1	—	325	120.00	120.00
1	—	735	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	659	137.50	137.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	155.00	155.00
2	—	918	109.00	109.00
3	—	270	138.00	138.00
8	—	383	153.00–157.00	155.97
19	—	513	133.00–142.00	136.83
20	—	487	140.00–147.00	142.98
24	—	768	128.25	128.25
27	—	553	140.00	140.00
29	—	743	126.00–129.00	127.66
31	—	418	145.00–158.00	151.97
35	—	626	137.00–139.00	137.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	469	130.00	130.00
10	—	616	129.00	129.00
29	—	533	123.00–126.00	124.74
32	—	570	120.00–125.00	121.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	135.00	135.00
1	—	520	122.00	122.00
1	—	680	120.00	120.00
4	—	573	123.00–130.00	127.29
5	—	730	119.00–121.00	119.79
6	—	642	126.00	126.00
9	—	479	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	112.00	112.00
59	—	474	115.00–121.00	115.31

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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