Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2019-08-14

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Aug 14
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
548 head
1,366 vs last sale 1,914 548 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
120 vs last sale 180 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Short sale today. Feeder steers and heifers not enough comparable weights for market test, lower undertone noted. Calves not enough comparable weights for a market test. Overall, demand moderate, quality average. Using a limited test, slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower, bulls sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $137.14/cwt on 236 head.
Average price
$137.14
236 head · 747 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,025
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
6.50
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1747137.141,025236
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 sale236 hd
137.14
KS average3 barns · 3,710 hd
143.64
−6.50
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
BullsLow1,75579.291,39213
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25857.4472333

Every lot, as filed

27 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 1735125.25/cwt125.25–125.259216
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed373174.00/cwt174.00–174.006495
SteersMedium and Large 1783135.75/cwt135.75–135.751,06334
HeifersMedium and Large 1596134.50/cwt134.50–134.508026
HeifersMedium and Large 1432155.11/cwt155.00–156.5067055
SteersMedium and Large 1864120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,04118
HeifersMedium and Large 1397158.00/cwt158.00–158.006275
HeifersMedium and Large 1680129.97/cwt129.00–130.5088439
SteersMedium and Large 1746135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,00718
HeifersMedium and Large 1985105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0344
HeifersMedium and Large 1881113.02/cwt112.00–116.0099619
SteersMedium and Large 1644151.00/cwt151.00–151.0097216
Bulls1,53470.62/cwt67.00–74.001,0835
Bulls2,11386.74/cwt85.50–88.001,8334
Bulls1,67482.68/cwt80.00–84.501,3844
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17953.84/cwt51.50–57.5063520
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42865.68/cwt60.00–69.0093811
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11348.18/cwt47.50–49.005362
SteersMedium and Large 11,012119.36/cwt115.50–123.001,20858
HeifersMedium and Large 1522144.00/cwt144.00–144.007522
HeifersMedium and Large 1639131.42/cwt130.75–132.5084019
SteersMedium and Large 1587143.00/cwt143.00–143.008399
SteersMedium and Large 1453158.15/cwt150.00–160.5071641
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy641123.50/cwt123.50–123.507927
HeifersMedium and Large 1765125.25/cwt125.25–125.2595816
SteersMedium and Large 1353175.00/cwt175.00–175.006183
SteersMedium and Large 1688141.44/cwt137.00–142.7597339

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.