Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2019-06-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Close* Compared to last week: Light sale today, limited comparable weights. Feeder steers 850-950 lbs sold mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder heifers 750-800 lbs sold 6.00 to 7.00 higher. Calves sold unevenly steady using limited comparable weights. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower. Bulls too lightly tested for a market trend, higher undertone noted. Overall, demand good to very good, quality average to attractive.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $130.28/cwt on 518 head.

Average price

$130.28

518 head · 833 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,085

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$264

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

$3.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.60

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	621	133.53	829	17thin
Medium and Large 1	840	130.17	1,094	501

One grade step is worth $3.36/cwt here — about −$264 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 sale518 hd

130.28

—

KS average2 barns · 2,389 hd

130.87

−0.60

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	1,742	81.40	1,418	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,465	78.73	1,153	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,246	58.87	733	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,074	46.82	503	9thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	501	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	686	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	957	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,034	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	707	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,031	103.44/cwt	102.00–104.50	1,066	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	498	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	757	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	128.09/cwt	125.00–130.00	853	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	133.48/cwt	129.00–135.50	814	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	125.40/cwt	123.50–125.60	929	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	115.25/cwt	115.25–115.25	1,002	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	119.58/cwt	117.00–120.00	981	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	124.38/cwt	123.25–126.75	954	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	701	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	156.79/cwt	154.00–161.50	902	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	148.11/cwt	146.75–150.00	1,001	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	135.16/cwt	132.75–138.25	999	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	879	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	132.13/cwt	130.50–134.00	1,019	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	131.62/cwt	130.00–132.25	1,095	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	154.09/cwt	154.00–155.00	949	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	961	119.25/cwt	119.25–119.25	1,146	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	123.89/cwt	121.50–124.10	1,148	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	892	123.84/cwt	122.25–124.25	1,105	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	877	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	801	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,304	930.00/cwt	910.00–950.00	12,127	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,396	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	16,054	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,213	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	10,007	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	753.24/cwt	685.00–800.00	8,851	5
Bulls	—	—	1,593	66.26/cwt	66.00–66.50	1,056	2
Bulls	—	—	1,680	83.17/cwt	81.00–85.50	1,397	3
Bulls	—	—	1,864	87.64/cwt	86.00–90.50	1,634	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,146	50.61/cwt	48.00–53.00	580	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,379	67.16/cwt	65.00–71.00	926	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	58.20/cwt	53.50–63.00	716	37
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	78.73/cwt	75.00–79.00	1,153	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	747	37.00/cwt	37.00–37.00	276	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	48.05/cwt	43.00–50.50	536	8

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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