Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2019-04-24

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Apr 24
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
← earliestApr 24May 1
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,383 head
2,383 vs last sale 0 2,383 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
218 head
218 vs last sale 0 218 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
228 head
228 vs last sale 0 228 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Close: Compared to last week: Feeder steers 850-900 lbs sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Due to limited offerings last week, feeder heifers no trend available, higher undertone prevailed. Steer calves not enough comparable weights for a market test. Using a limited test, heifer calves 450-500 lbs sold steady to firm. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Several cows of higher quality on offer. Bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher using a limited test. Overall, demand good to very good, quality average to mostly attractive.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.47/cwt on 1,040 head.
Average price
$142.47
1,040 head · 683 lb average
Value per head Derived
$974
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$116
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2592146.1286560
Medium and Large 1689142.25980980
One grade step is worth $3.87/cwt here — about −$116 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 sale1,040 hd
142.47
KS average1 barns · 1,040 hd
142.47
+0.00
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,85779.821,48215
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43866.5595719
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,28763.3381580
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02053.6454741

Every lot, as filed

54 lots · USDA AMS · Winter Livestock - Dodge City, KS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy364196.00/cwt196.00–196.0071347
HeifersMedium and Large 1401168.00/cwt168.00–168.006743
HeifersMedium and Large 1894120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0737
HeifersMedium and Large 11,068114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,21810
HeifersMedium and Large 1573149.73/cwt148.00–154.0085813
HeifersMedium and Large 1918118.50/cwt118.50–118.501,08813
HeifersMedium and Large 1300172.50/cwt172.50–172.5051816
HeifersMedium and Large 1951119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,13216
HeifersMedium and Large 1392166.42/cwt165.00–172.0065233
HeifersMedium and Large 1516163.33/cwt162.00–164.0084342
HeifersMedium and Large 1480165.31/cwt161.00–171.0079348
HeifersMedium and Large 1670136.71/cwt136.00–142.2591660
CowsLean 85-90%1,00854.12/cwt46.00–57.0054636
CowsLean 85-90%1,07450.78/cwt49.00–51.505454
CowsLean 85-90%1,22548.00/cwt48.00–48.005881
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43866.55/cwt54.50–72.0095719
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32967.22/cwt60.00–71.0089352
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20656.36/cwt52.00–59.5068026
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24552.69/cwt51.50–54.006562
Bulls1,83879.34/cwt75.00–81.501,45811
Bulls2,03286.18/cwt86.00–86.501,7513
Bulls1,53566.00/cwt66.00–66.001,0131
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29321,008.00/cwt1,008.00–1,008.009,3954
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2321,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0015,40013
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,240970.00/cwt970.00–970.0012,02811
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4311,325.00/cwt1,275.00–1,350.0018,96112
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0621,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0012,7442
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1712,090.43/cwt2,010.00–2,160.0024,47969
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3851,397.39/cwt1,310.00–1,550.0019,35423
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3661,232.50/cwt1,160.00–1,275.0016,83654
SteersMedium and Large 1-2290199.00/cwt199.00–199.0057716
SteersMedium and Large 1-2615121.00/cwt121.00–121.007445
SteersMedium and Large 1-2453168.00/cwt168.00–168.007614
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned578161.00/cwt161.00–161.009318
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed548190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0419
SteersMedium and Large 1831146.44/cwt144.00–149.751,217358
SteersMedium and Large 1866143.74/cwt137.00–147.001,245178
SteersMedium and Large 1770146.42/cwt144.00–149.001,12764
SteersMedium and Large 1513175.44/cwt172.50–177.0090043
SteersMedium and Large 1435197.05/cwt187.00–211.0085743
SteersMedium and Large 1365199.00/cwt199.00–199.0072638
SteersMedium and Large 1615171.15/cwt168.50–175.001,05327
SteersMedium and Large 1689160.15/cwt159.75–160.501,10319
SteersMedium and Large 1592177.86/cwt175.00–179.001,05314
SteersMedium and Large 1967127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,2339
SteersMedium and Large 1718150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,0818
SteersMedium and Large 1497192.00/cwt192.00–192.009546
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed508157.00/cwt157.00–157.0079842
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2787120.73/cwt120.00–121.0095018
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned582148.00/cwt148.00–148.008619
HeifersMedium and Large 1822127.45/cwt125.00–128.751,048257
HeifersMedium and Large 1721135.03/cwt131.00–137.35974158
HeifersMedium and Large 1617154.91/cwt141.00–157.00956132
HeifersMedium and Large 1784131.02/cwt124.00–133.751,027116

How this sale compares

Kansas weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kansas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.