Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2019-07-10

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jul 10
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
834 head
635 vs last sale 1,469 834 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
188 head
21 vs last sale 167 188 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
13 vs last sale 38 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Close* Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers not enough comparable weights for a market trend. Feeder heifers limited comparable weights available, higher undertone noted. A few loads of replacement quality heifers offered today. Calves limited supply, not enough comparable weights for market trend. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower. Bulls sold mostly steady using a limited test. 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 $130.49/cwt on 341 head.
Average price
$130.49
341 head · 787 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,028
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
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 1787130.491,028341
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 sale341 hd
130.49
KS average1 barns · 341 hd
130.49
+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
BullsAverage1,79985.771,54318
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41676.311,08143
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,49857.66864107
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01749.004985thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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 1341156.00/cwt156.00–156.005323
HeifersMedium and Large 1975115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1214
HeifersMedium and Large 1462150.00/cwt150.00–150.006935
HeifersMedium and Large 1530134.00/cwt134.00–134.007107
HeifersMedium and Large 1730126.00/cwt126.00–126.009207
HeifersMedium and Large 1755128.76/cwt123.50–129.5097258
HeifersMedium and Large 1827122.24/cwt121.50–128.501,01167
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement750137.75/cwt137.75–137.751,03369
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement839130.88/cwt129.00–132.751,098121
SteersMedium and Large 1835135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1275
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,185735.00/cwt735.00–735.008,7107
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,210785.00/cwt785.00–785.009,4996
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0251,085.00/cwt1,085.00–1,085.0011,1211
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1451,060.00/cwt1,060.00–1,060.0012,1372
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,325825.00/cwt825.00–825.0010,9312
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,185831.55/cwt810.00–900.009,8547
Bulls1,60879.88/cwt76.00–83.001,2847
Bulls1,92089.51/cwt85.00–91.501,71911
CowsBoner 80-85%99555.78/cwt52.00–57.005556
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30865.80/cwt62.00–69.0086112
CowsBoner 80-85%1,55856.69/cwt54.00–64.0088389
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41676.31/cwt69.50–81.501,08143
CowsLean 85-90%1,01749.00/cwt49.00–49.004985
SteersMedium and Large 1938123.95/cwt122.00–125.501,16327
SteersMedium and Large 1891134.16/cwt128.00–134.751,19574
SteersMedium and Large 1958132.31/cwt124.00–134.001,268154
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed801145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,16110
SteersMedium and Large 1-2567130.00/cwt130.00–130.007378
BullsMedium and Large 1425165.00/cwt165.00–165.007014

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.