Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2019-06-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Close* Compared to last week: Due to light sale last week, limited comparable weights available. Feeder steers sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers 700-800 lbs sold mostly 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Calves too lightly tested last week for accurate market trend. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady to firm. Overall, demand good to very good, quality average to attractive.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.13/cwt on 810 head.

Average price

$126.13

810 head · 702 lb average

Value per head Derived

$885

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$46

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

$9.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.24

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	701	126.76	888	757
Medium and Large 1-2	719	117.15	842	53

One grade step is worth $9.62/cwt here — about $46 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 sale810 hd

126.13

—

KS average2 barns · 2,397 hd

123.89

+2.24

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	—	Low	1,863	78.47	1,462	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,589	74.11	1,178	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,286	60.71	780	114
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,030	47.00	484	1thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	127.64/cwt	125.00–132.00	1,049	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	159.78/cwt	147.00–161.75	987	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	134.39/cwt	134.00–135.00	688	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	152.18/cwt	149.00–155.50	727	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	132.75/cwt	129.00–134.00	766	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	131.86/cwt	131.85–132.00	836	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	125.53/cwt	122.50–126.00	864	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	124.21/cwt	122.00–125.75	896	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	119.15/cwt	117.60–120.50	926	279
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	579	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	897	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	117.25/cwt	117.25–117.25	857	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	891	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	118.25/cwt	118.25–118.25	803	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	974	113.25/cwt	113.25–113.25	1,103	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	870	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	177.73/cwt	166.00–180.00	855	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	156.44/cwt	152.00–163.00	898	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,041	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,218	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	122.22/cwt	117.10–128.50	1,082	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	130.78/cwt	128.00–134.50	1,004	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	124.08/cwt	121.75–124.75	1,151	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	966	120.89/cwt	118.50–123.35	1,168	110
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,368	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	15,732	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,408	1,289.50/cwt	1,125.00–1,400.00	18,156	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,393	1,275.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,325.00	17,761	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,453	851.76/cwt	825.00–875.00	12,376	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,352	1,227.85/cwt	1,200.00–1,235.00	16,601	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	1,260.00/cwt	1,260.00–1,260.00	16,191	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,373	976.96/cwt	875.00–1,050.00	13,414	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,295	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	10,684	3
Bulls	—	—	1,660	66.80/cwt	65.50–68.00	1,109	3
Bulls	—	—	1,981	84.70/cwt	83.50–86.00	1,678	5
Bulls	—	—	1,865	79.12/cwt	77.00–82.50	1,476	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,136	54.23/cwt	52.50–54.50	616	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	64.94/cwt	60.00–68.00	909	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	59.50/cwt	52.50–63.00	743	65
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,589	74.11/cwt	69.00–78.50	1,178	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	484	1

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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