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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Dec 5

● Final106 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

← Nov 21Dec 5Dec 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,991 head

▲ 1,048 vs last sale 1,943▲ 1,179 vs year ago 1,812 · +65.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

589 head

▲ 122 vs last sale 467▲ 123 vs year ago 466 · +26.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

26 head

▲ 26 vs last sale 0▲ 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Coming out of the Thanksgiving holiday, pastures drying out from much needed rain, and a demand for wheat cattle as a result; brought positives to the market. Turn out was high in numbers and prices took a big leap on most classes. The biggest jump was in both steer and heifer calves as producers seek cattle for wheat. Feeders were less active but still trended upward. Slaughter cattle were the only down turn slipping $6.00 on high yielding cows. Trade was active and demand was high.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $325.75/cwt on 156 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −127.16 against this barn's trailing median of $452.91.

Average price

$325.75

156 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,803

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$338

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

$60.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.11

vs TX average

+0.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	333.27	1,847	128
Medium and Large 1-2	546	313.15	1,710	13thin
Medium and Large 2	554	272.43	1,509	15thin

One grade step is worth $60.84/cwt here — about $338 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale156 hd

325.75

—

TX average5 barns · 679 hd

302.64

+23.11

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

+0.38

This barn, trailing median31 sales

452.91

−127.16

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 500–600 lb

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.66, low $369.71, median $452.91 across 31 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
Bulls	—	High	1,580	131.44	2,076	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,321	111.45	1,472	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,147	98.59	1,131	181
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	953	72.07	687	36

Every lot

106 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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	243	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,264	3
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	244	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	6
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	289	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,402	13
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	290	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,131	2
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Fancy	294	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,470	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	330	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,650	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	349	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,248	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	1,730	44
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	382	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,394	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	307.59/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,313	18
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	447	391.09/cwt	387.50–392.50	1,748	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	469	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,501	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Full	470	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,610	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	340.11/cwt	327.50–353.00	1,622	32
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	488	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,891	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	495	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,559	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	365.15/cwt	365.00–366.00	1,891	39
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	531	272.93/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,449	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	535	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,685	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,723	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	563	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,627	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	575	323.72/cwt	317.00–330.00	1,861	68
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,630	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	593	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,536	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	594	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,693	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Full	611	293.30/cwt	286.00–311.00	1,792	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	283.87/cwt	272.50–297.00	1,811	99
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	656	226.03/cwt	222.50–227.50	1,483	31
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	657	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,905	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Full	675	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,620	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	262.32/cwt	259.00–271.50	1,789	167
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	705	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,639	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	723	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,656	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,776	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	254.60/cwt	244.00–263.75	1,996	142
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	822	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,784	12
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	247.81/cwt	238.50–254.00	2,047	379
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	898	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,437	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	903	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	2,109	57
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	972	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,158	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	255	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	918	3
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	268	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,179	12
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	276	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	9
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	293	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,260	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	983	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	341	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,347	30
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	355	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,189	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	322.05/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,195	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	265.51/cwt	257.00–270.00	1,142	29
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	352.75/cwt	345.00–361.00	1,524	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	443	292.75/cwt	286.00–310.00	1,297	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	459	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,182	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	343.99/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,596	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	468	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,596	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	473	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,348	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	482	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,258	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	494	312.63/cwt	312.00–322.00	1,544	121
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	495	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	980	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	506	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,075	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	512	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,306	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	298.60/cwt	289.00–310.00	1,556	61
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	533	297.47/cwt	295.00–302.50	1,586	23
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	557	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,003	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	226.96/cwt	220.00–242.00	1,312	27
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	595	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,562	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	605	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,591	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	262.73/cwt	245.00–268.00	1,618	137
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	621	204.46/cwt	195.00–214.00	1,270	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	634	231.66/cwt	230.00–232.50	1,469	15
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	241.25/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,641	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	683	188.49/cwt	178.00–195.00	1,287	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	237.20/cwt	235.00–239.00	1,710	107
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	219.29/cwt	218.00–226.00	1,914	25
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Full	875	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,488	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	876	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,691	5
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,919	10
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,048	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,991	5
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,093	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	2,109	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,171	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,443	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,601	3
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	913	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,598	2
Bulls	1450–1500	Medium and Large 1	1,450	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,030	1
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,217	5
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	399	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,085	14
Beef/Dairy Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	498	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,444	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,065	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,065	1
Bulls	—	—	1,675	125.08/cwt	124.00–126.00	2,095	2
Bulls	—	—	1,688	146.15/cwt	143.00–148.50	2,467	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	825	76.77/cwt	74.00–78.00	633	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	838	68.33/cwt	67.00–70.00	573	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	849	64.80/cwt	64.00–65.00	550	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	878	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	834	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	990	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	911	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,026	71.89/cwt	70.00–76.50	738	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,148	84.63/cwt	77.00–89.00	972	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,160	92.55/cwt	80.00–97.50	1,074	57
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,166	85.30/cwt	85.00–86.00	995	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,168	106.84/cwt	100.00–111.00	1,248	95
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,207	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,026	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,208	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,244	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,362	117.92/cwt	112.00–121.00	1,606	39
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,185	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,469	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,195	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,434	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,256	126.06/cwt	124.00–129.00	1,583	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,262	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,716	14

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 →

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,991Last week 1,943Year ago 1,812

Slaughter CattleReceipts 589Last week 467Year ago 466

Replacement CattleReceipts 26Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	459	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
9	250–300	276	800.00	800.00
29	400–450	430	257.00–270.00	265.51
121	450–500	494	312.00–322.00	312.63
7	500–550	512	255.00	255.00
27	550–600	578	220.00–242.00	226.96
15	600–650	634	230.00–232.50	231.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	355	335.00	335.00
14	400–450	443	286.00–310.00	292.75
2	450–500	473	285.00	285.00
18	600–650	605	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	293	430.00	430.00
3	300–350	310	317.00	317.00
14	350–400	371	320.00–330.00	322.05
15	400–450	432	345.00–361.00	352.75
11	450–500	464	335.00–355.00	343.99
61	500–550	521	289.00–310.00	298.60
21	550–600	595	262.50	262.50
137	600–650	616	245.00–268.00	262.73
19	650–700	680	240.00–242.00	241.25
107	700–750	721	235.00–239.00	237.20
25	850–900	873	218.00–226.00	219.29
10	900–950	914	210.00	210.00
5	1000–1050	1,048	190.00	190.00
2	1050–1100	1,093	193.00	193.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	268	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	495	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	255	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	482	261.00	261.00
6	500–550	506	212.50	212.50
3	550–600	557	180.00	180.00
4	600–650	621	195.00–214.00	204.46
8	650–700	683	178.00–195.00	188.49
5	850–900	876	193.00	193.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	300–350	341	395.00	395.00
5	450–500	468	341.00	341.00
23	500–550	533	295.00–302.50	297.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	850–900	875	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	427	300.00–325.00	307.59
8	450–500	469	320.00	320.00
11	500–550	540	319.00	319.00
2	550–600	580	281.00	281.00
31	650–700	656	222.50–227.50	226.03
9	700–750	705	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	382	365.00	365.00
2	450–500	495	315.00	315.00
14	500–550	535	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	243	520.00	520.00
13	250–300	289	485.00	485.00
4	300–350	349	357.50	357.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
6	200–250	244	1,050.00	1,050.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	390.00	390.00
44	350–400	377	459.00	459.00
7	400–450	447	387.50–392.50	391.09
32	450–500	477	327.50–353.00	340.11
39	500–550	518	365.00–366.00	365.15
7	550–600	594	285.00	285.00
99	600–650	638	272.50–297.00	283.87
167	650–700	682	259.00–271.50	262.32
3	700–750	725	245.00	245.00
142	750–800	784	244.00–263.75	254.60
379	800–850	826	238.50–254.00	247.81
57	900–950	903	233.50	233.50
5	950–1000	972	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	563	289.00	289.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	531	250.00–280.00	272.93
4	550–600	593	259.00	259.00
2	700–750	723	229.00	229.00
12	800–850	822	217.00	217.00
2	850–900	898	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	294	500.00	500.00
6	300–350	330	500.00	500.00
8	450–500	488	387.50	387.50
68	550–600	575	317.00–330.00	323.72
7	650–700	657	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	470	342.50	342.50
7	600–650	611	286.00–311.00	293.30
2	650–700	675	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	427	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	399	272.00	272.00
4	450–500	498	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	240.00	240.00
2	550–600	553	261.00	261.00
3	600–650	648	247.00	247.00
2	900–950	913	175.00	175.00
1	1450–1500	1,450	140.00	140.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,195	120.00	120.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	14	—	1,262	136.00	136.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,256	124.00–129.00	126.06
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,185	124.00	124.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,148	77.00–89.00	84.63
95	—	1,168	100.00–111.00	106.84
57	—	1,160	80.00–97.50	92.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	825	74.00–78.00	76.77
2	—	878	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,362	112.00–121.00	117.92
2	—	1,208	103.00	103.00
9	—	1,166	85.00–86.00	85.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,207	85.00	85.00
10	—	1,026	70.00–76.50	71.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	838	67.00–70.00	68.33
2	—	990	92.00	92.00
9	—	849	64.00–65.00	64.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,675	124.00–126.00	125.08
1	—	1,065	100.00	100.00
3	—	1,688	143.00–148.50	146.15

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.