Why You Should Sell At DLM:
• Buyers from 8-10 Packing companies. • 7 National ORDER Buying companies. • 29 Regional Order Buying companies. • Reputation for fresh cattle attracts more individual buyers. • Electronic real-time scales. • Sales transactions on Video Tape for post-sale review. • Customer Service emphasized. • Bonded-Insured • We appreciate the opportunity to help you with marketing and buying of your cattle. Decatur Monday Decatur, TX — July 19 (Special) Receipts at Decatur Livestock Market were 1458 head including: 24 bulls, 261 cows, 77 calves, 110 Longhorns, 304 stocker heifers, 431 stocker bulls/steers, 132 feeder heifers, 119 feeder bulls/steers. Average prices $539, July 12 $538. A year ago $485. The extreme heat caused downward pressure on fat, juicy calves but demand for better cattle pushed prices higher than July 12’s levels. Fancy young pairs and bred cows in good demand with aggressive buyers. Steers: 200-299 lbs. $85-169; WA $133.75; 300-399 lbs. $50-152.50; WA $127.99; 400-499 lbs. $49-138, WA $119.31; 500-599 lbs. $70-128, WA $109.24; 600-699 lbs. $68-116, WA $103.57; 700-799 lbs. $70-114, WA $98.03; 800-899 lbs. NT, WA NT; 900-999 lbs. $93-98, WA $94.60. Heifers: 200-299 lbs. $75-145, WA $126; 300-399 lbs. $52.50-140, WA $108.02; 400-499 lbs. $58-118, WA $106.93; 500-599 lbs. $40-113, WA $105.77; 600-699 lbs. $47-109; WA $101.24; 700-799 lbs. $76-99, WA $93.90; 800-899 lbs. $85-93, WA $88.82; 900-999 lbs. NT, WA NT. Pairs: young $900-1280; mid-age $825-1230. Pregnancy tested cows: young $855-960; mid-age NT. Packer cows: under 1100 lbs. $35-95; over 1100 lbs. $42.50-68. Feeder bulls $88-96. Bulls, Y.G. 1 & 2, 1400-2000 lbs. $69-74.50. Calves: under 100 lbs.: dairy NT, beef $25-150; 100-200 lb. $125-320. Some representative sales: Hidden Valley Ranch, Weatherford, 245 lb. steer at $169; Allen Powers, Bridgeport, 310 lb. steer at $152.50; Jason Uncel, Sunset, 3 head deal, 460 lb. steer at $138; Todd Christian, Krum, 210 lb. heifer at $145; Jim Johnson, Gunter, 2 head deal, 385 lb. heifer at $140; David Denson, Bowie, 495 lb. heifer at $118. |
 Roland Davie 2473 North FM Road 51 Decatur, TX 76234 (Located 2 miles North of Town on Hwy. 51) Phone 940/627-5599 • Fax 940/627-1434 Sale Every Monday at 10 a.m. "Consign With Integrity" • "Buy With Confidence" Mission Statement: DLM will provide services and facilities to maximize return on investment for our customers. Ethical business practices will govern our operation. DLM does not trade or speculate in livestock — we will not compete with our customers. For more information, click here: http://www.decaturlivestockmarket.com. |