Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2019-06-19

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jun 19
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,118 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 1,064▲ 1,118 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
150 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 123▲ 150 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 32▲ 32 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 not enough comparable weights for an accurate market trend, lower undertone noted. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Calves too lightly tested for an accurate market trend. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Bulls too lightly tested for a market trend, lower undertone noted. Overall, demand good, quality average to attractive.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.47/cwt on 808 head.
Average price
$121.47
808 head · 791 lb average
Value per head Derived
$960
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−0.34
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1791121.47960808
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale808 hd
121.47
—
KS average2 barns · 1,494 hd
121.81
−0.34
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
Bulls—High1,56774.081,16111
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51870.791,0755thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25863.7980267
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02248.4549528

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1—638133.50/cwt133.50–133.508528
HeifersMedium and Large 1—424154.13/cwt150.00–159.0065411
HeifersMedium and Large 1—522139.00/cwt139.00–139.0072611
HeifersMedium and Large 1—1,050104.50/cwt104.50–104.501,09712
HeifersMedium and Large 1—388158.39/cwt154.00–167.5061515
HeifersMedium and Large 1—734124.73/cwt123.00–128.00916114
HeifersMedium and Large 1—786118.88/cwt118.25–121.00934122
HeifersMedium and Large 1—886116.22/cwt113.50–118.001,030123
HeifersMedium and Large 1—820118.64/cwt117.25–120.10973381
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—370178.00/cwt178.00–178.006594
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—340185.00/cwt185.00–185.006297
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,4801,600.00/cwt1,600.00–1,600.0023,6801
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2161,550.00/cwt1,550.00–1,550.0018,8483
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,4301,600.00/cwt1,600.00–1,600.0022,8801
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,5201,600.00/cwt1,600.00–1,600.0024,3201
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,310875.00/cwt875.00–875.0011,4632
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2511,201.48/cwt1,000.00–1,310.0015,03121
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,5031,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0016,5333
Bulls——2,17382.31/cwt79.50–85.501,7892
Bulls——1,24967.53/cwt66.00–71.008434
Bulls——1,58076.02/cwt74.00–77.001,2015
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08353.88/cwt52.00–55.005843
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,37368.19/cwt65.50–70.5093625
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19761.74/cwt56.50–65.5073939
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,51870.79/cwt69.00–75.001,0755
CowsLean 85-90%—93542.00/cwt42.00–42.003931
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11054.00/cwt54.00–54.005991
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02248.48/cwt46.00–52.0049526
SteersMedium and Large 1—333197.50/cwt197.50–197.506583
SteersMedium and Large 1—578162.00/cwt162.00–162.009363
SteersMedium and Large 1—392182.50/cwt182.50–182.507154
SteersMedium and Large 1—1,22592.00/cwt92.00–92.001,1277
SteersMedium and Large 1—637146.59/cwt146.00–148.0093413
SteersMedium and Large 1—802128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,03119
SteersMedium and Large 1—434178.56/cwt176.00–180.0077520
SteersMedium and Large 1—739136.75/cwt136.75–136.751,01123
SteersMedium and Large 1—875121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,05925
SteersMedium and Large 1—1,103109.50/cwt109.50–109.501,20831

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.