Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2019-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Close: Compared to last week: Light offering today. Feeder steers not enough comparable weights for a market test. Feeder heifers 700-800 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Calves not enough comparable weights for a market test. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Bulls sold mostly steady using a limited test. Overall, demand moderate to good, quality average to attractive.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.66/cwt on 592 head.

Average price

$139.66

592 head · 706 lb average

Value per head Derived

$986

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$257

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

$56.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.69

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	689	141.16	973	564
Medium and Large 1-2	556	138.38	770	13thin
Large 1-2	1,456	84.50	1,230	15thin

One grade step is worth $56.66/cwt here — about −$257 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 sale592 hd

139.66

—

KS average3 barns · 4,579 hd

138.97

+0.69

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	—	High	1,921	82.34	1,582	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,494	65.96	985	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,262	59.61	752	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,087	49.86	542	15

Every lot, as filed

46 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	562	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	860	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	384	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	795	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	743	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	966	21
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	1,456	84.50/cwt	84.50–84.50	1,230	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	681	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	788	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	141.77/cwt	139.00–144.75	886	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	122.63/cwt	122.25–122.75	1,026	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	918	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	979	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,170	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	183.13/cwt	181.00–185.00	879	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,147	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	162.06/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,008	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	339	210.32/cwt	205.00–212.00	713	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	199.91/cwt	196.00–203.00	860	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,095	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	943	126.85/cwt	126.85–126.85	1,196	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	142.21/cwt	139.00–146.85	1,088	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	394	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	881	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	553	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	998	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	851	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	968	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,362	1,188.18/cwt	1,050.00–1,275.00	16,183	33
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,329	1,425.00/cwt	1,425.00–1,425.00	18,938	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,199	1,137.50/cwt	1,100.00–1,175.00	13,639	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,567	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	14,495	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,174	1,325.00/cwt	1,325.00–1,325.00	15,556	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,455	850.82/cwt	775.00–875.00	12,379	7
Bulls	—	—	1,970	86.00/cwt	84.50–88.50	1,694	4
Bulls	—	—	1,882	79.42/cwt	78.00–81.00	1,495	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	53.56/cwt	51.50–55.50	647	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	62.94/cwt	58.50–65.00	813	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	58.68/cwt	54.00–63.00	735	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,494	65.96/cwt	60.00–69.00	985	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	36.93/cwt	36.00–38.00	407	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	46.78/cwt	41.00–54.00	517	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	56.20/cwt	55.00–57.00	600	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	749	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,052	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	781	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	756	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	323	210.40/cwt	201.00–214.00	680	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	387	188.73/cwt	188.00–189.00	730	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	411	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	756	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	128.89/cwt	128.00–129.85	1,003	271
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	130.26/cwt	128.50–133.75	950	104

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.

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