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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Aug 8

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

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Feeder Cattle receipts

578 head

▼ 147 vs last sale 725▲ 578 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

284 head

▼ 172 vs last sale 456▲ 284 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers mostly firm except a few pkgs 700-800 lb feeder heifers 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls not well tested. Temperatures remain in the upper 90s and into triple digits across the trade area. Pastures are extremely dry and a few receipts today were on offer as a result. Scattered showers are in the forecast the next 5-7 days. Trade activity was light. Demand moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.10/cwt on 209 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −143.44 against this barn's trailing median of $280.54.

Average price

$137.10

209 head · 614 lb average

Value per head Derived

$841

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$30.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.62

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	622	139.54	868	172
Medium and Large 1-2	561	127.85	717	33
Medium and Large 2	699	108.74	760	4thin

One grade step is worth $30.80/cwt here — about $108 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 sale209 hd

137.10

—

TX average3 barns · 678 hd

127.48

+9.62

This barn, trailing median4 sales

280.54

−143.44

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

4 sales

Heifers 0–100 lb: high $299.90, low $143.00, 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.

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,480	59.66	883	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,215	51.90	631	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	974	36.73	358	170

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	222	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	411	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	260	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	434	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	272	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	476	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	325	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	566	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	352	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	556	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	410	159.01/cwt	155.00–160.00	652	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	445	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	734	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	164.18/cwt	160.00–166.00	785	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	505	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	758	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	157.91/cwt	157.50–158.00	845	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	558	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	876	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	863	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	603	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	898	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	610	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	903	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	152.58/cwt	151.00–155.00	951	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	964	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	679	141.61/cwt	141.00–142.00	962	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	728	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	932	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	738	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	982	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	742	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,046	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	769	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,096	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	785	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,060	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	811	138.18/cwt	136.00–139.50	1,121	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	879	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,134	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	895	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,132	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	920	125.74/cwt	122.00–126.50	1,157	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	325	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	523	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	349	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	611	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	615	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	459	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	737	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	467	147.72/cwt	147.00–149.00	690	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	537	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	698	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	765	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	138.81/cwt	135.00–142.00	802	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	129.13/cwt	128.00–129.50	814	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	762	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	115.02/cwt	114.00–116.00	759	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	678	108.48/cwt	107.00–110.00	735	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	691	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	829	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	700	126.75/cwt	126.75–126.75	887	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	717	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	968	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	720	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	785	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	831	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	125.82/cwt	124.00–126.50	969	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	809	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,048	26
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	889	32.81/cwt	24.00–38.50	292	81
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,009	35.11/cwt	32.50–39.00	354	33
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,075	43.17/cwt	40.00–47.00	464	55
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,085	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	586	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,088	43.13/cwt	42.00–43.50	469	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,219	65.79/cwt	63.50–66.00	802	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,385	63.50/cwt	63.50–63.50	879	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,466	54.17/cwt	51.00–55.00	794	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,533	57.52/cwt	51.50–59.00	882	9

This sale against other markets

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 Aug 8, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 578Last week 725Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 284Last week 456Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	879	129.00	129.00
3	—	742	141.00	141.00
3	—	660	146.00	146.00
3	—	272	175.00	175.00
3	—	222	185.00	185.00
2	—	558	157.00	157.00
2	—	325	174.00	174.00
1	—	445	165.00	165.00
45	—	478	160.00–166.00	164.18
26	—	623	151.00–155.00	152.58
22	—	535	157.50–158.00	157.91
8	—	920	122.00–126.50	125.74
8	—	811	136.00–139.50	138.18
7	—	769	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	728	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	352	158.00	158.00
5	—	679	141.00–142.00	141.61
5	—	410	155.00–160.00	159.01
3	—	738	133.00	133.00
2	—	895	126.50	126.50
2	—	505	150.00	150.00
2	—	260	167.00	167.00
1	—	785	135.00	135.00
1	—	610	148.00	148.00
1	—	575	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	603	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	720	109.00	109.00
2	—	678	107.00–110.00	108.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	537	130.00	130.00
2	—	735	113.00	113.00
2	—	660	114.00–116.00	115.02
1	—	635	120.00	120.00
1	—	575	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	467	147.00–149.00	147.72
5	—	691	120.00	120.00
1	—	325	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	578	135.00–142.00	138.81
18	—	459	160.50	160.50
13	—	770	124.00–126.50	125.82
8	—	630	128.00–129.50	129.13
6	—	349	175.00	175.00
5	—	375	164.00	164.00
2	—	700	126.75	126.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	809	129.50	129.50
25	—	717	135.00	135.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	889	24.00–38.50	32.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,075	40.00–47.00	43.17
33	—	1,009	32.50–39.00	35.11
1	—	1,085	54.00	54.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,533	51.50–59.00	57.52
5	—	1,385	63.50	63.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,088	42.00–43.50	43.13
11	—	1,219	63.50–66.00	65.79
10	—	1,466	51.00–55.00	54.17

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.