Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2019-08-21

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Aug 21
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
318 head
230 vs last sale 548 318 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
121 head
61 vs last sale 60 121 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
125 head
125 vs last sale 0 125 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, not enough steers or heifers on offer for a market test however a higher undertone noted. Demand moderate to good. On a limited test, slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $147.61/cwt on 150 head.
Average price
$147.61
150 head · 704 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,038
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$333
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.74
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2510148.2475723
Medium and Large 1738147.501,089127
One grade step is worth $0.74/cwt here — about −$333 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 sale150 hd
147.61
KS average3 barns · 1,956 hd
141.87
+5.74
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
BullsAverage1,79386.941,5599thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44767.839816thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,38961.4785450
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09352.8557838

Every lot, as filed

30 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
SteersMedium and Large 1929133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,23646
HeifersMedium and Large 1954110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0498
SteersMedium and Large 1412174.50/cwt174.50–174.507195
SteersMedium and Large 1643157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,01321
HeifersMedium and Large 1944110.50/cwt110.50–110.501,0438
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2946106.50/cwt106.50–106.501,0074
SteersMedium and Large 1525166.50/cwt166.50–166.5087420
HeifersMedium and Large 1709129.00/cwt129.00–129.009157
HeifersMedium and Large 1389159.82/cwt158.00–164.0062213
SteersMedium and Large 1957121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1587
HeifersMedium and Large 1817116.85/cwt115.50–117.5095535
SteersMedium and Large 1762139.25/cwt139.25–139.251,06110
SteersMedium and Large 1-2588138.00/cwt138.00–138.0081110
HeifersMedium and Large 1525144.75/cwt144.75–144.757607
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-28271,186.19/cwt1,125.00–1,220.009,810114
Bulls1,74986.49/cwt81.00–88.001,5138
CowsLean 85-90%1,10054.37/cwt52.50–58.5059831
Bulls2,14590.50/cwt90.50–90.501,9411
CowsLean 85-90%1,06146.12/cwt44.00–47.004897
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,31064.49/cwt62.00–67.008454
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,72074.50/cwt74.50–74.501,2812
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38661.18/cwt58.00–63.0084847
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44066.00/cwt65.50–66.509503
HeifersMedium and Large 1582152.81/cwt138.50–154.2588933
SteersMedium and Large 1676150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,01710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2488151.73/cwt150.00–154.007409
HeifersMedium and Large 1311168.00/cwt168.00–168.005223
HeifersMedium and Large 1484147.94/cwt147.00–150.0071624
SteersMedium and Large 1489170.00/cwt170.00–170.008318
SteersMedium and Large 1-2367166.00/cwt166.00–166.006094

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.