Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2019-07-24

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jul 24
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,973 head
▲ 1,649 vs last sale 324▲ 1,973 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
250 head
▲ 200 vs last sale 50▲ 250 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
69 head
▲ 57 vs last sale 12▲ 69 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers not enough comparable weights for a market test due to short numbers last week, a good run of green 850-1000 lbs steers offered today. Feeder heifers not enough comparable weights for market test. Calves limited offerings, no comparable weights for accurate market trend. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 7.00 higher. Bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Overall, demand good to very good, quality average to mostly attractive.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $134.80/cwt on 1,638 head.
Average price
$134.80
1,638 head · 900 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,213
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$106
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.57
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1902134.911,2171,579
Medium and Large 1-2841132.061,11059
One grade step is worth $2.84/cwt here — about $106 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 sale1,638 hd
134.80
—
KS average3 barns · 3,539 hd
138.37
−3.57
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—Average1,58683.891,33121
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45381.391,18346
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20865.9379666

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—405157.00/cwt157.00–157.006364
HeifersMedium and Large 1—693130.00/cwt130.00–130.0090113
SteersMedium and Large 1—527164.07/cwt162.00–167.0086512
SteersMedium and Large 1—1,013123.83/cwt122.25–127.501,254133
HeifersMedium and Large 1—450149.00/cwt149.00–149.006713
HeifersMedium and Large 1—547137.54/cwt136.00–138.0075213
SteersMedium and Large 1—471166.00/cwt166.00–166.007823
SteersMedium and Large 1—924130.53/cwt127.50–134.001,206125
HeifersMedium and Large 1—731132.25/cwt132.25–132.2596712
HeifersMedium and Large 1—614135.82/cwt131.00–139.0083442
SteersMedium and Large 1—741144.38/cwt138.00–145.001,07099
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—827133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,10042
BullsMedium and Large 1—780117.50/cwt117.50–117.5091736
HeifersMedium and Large 1—965115.75/cwt115.75–115.751,1176
HeifersMedium and Large 1—785125.50/cwt125.50–125.5098527
SteersMedium and Large 1—843133.85/cwt133.85–133.851,12853
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—875129.75/cwt129.75–129.751,13517
BullsMedium and Large 1—654130.50/cwt130.50–130.5085317
HeifersMedium and Large 1—913116.25/cwt116.25–116.251,0616
HeifersMedium and Large 1—857119.20/cwt118.75–121.001,02220
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2671,325.00/cwt1,325.00–1,325.0016,78811
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,4631,213.14/cwt1,185.00–1,235.0017,74852
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3871,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0018,0316
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16763.59/cwt59.50–70.0074223
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,03154.26/cwt48.00–58.0055912
Bulls——1,41181.27/cwt77.00–86.001,14712
Bulls——1,86189.67/cwt86.00–93.501,6698
Bulls——1,49069.00/cwt69.00–69.001,0281
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,45381.39/cwt73.00–83.751,18346
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30672.18/cwt68.00–76.5094331
SteersMedium and Large 1—612144.96/cwt141.00–151.0088728
SteersMedium and Large 1—872136.69/cwt128.25–140.601,192577
BullsMedium and Large 1—466151.97/cwt148.00–155.007089
HeifersMedium and Large 1—1,002104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,0424
HeifersMedium and Large 1—561137.00/cwt137.00–137.0076917
SteersMedium and Large 1—761139.65/cwt139.50–140.001,06323
SteersMedium and Large 1—970133.53/cwt122.50–135.251,295526
BullsMedium and Large 1—331160.00/cwt160.00–160.005304

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.