Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2019-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough steers or heifers from last week for an accurate market test, higher undertone noted. Demand good, quality mostly average. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $137.49/cwt on 894 head.

Average price

$137.49

894 head · 828 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,139

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$251

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$0.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.39

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	648	138.07	895	26
Medium and Large 1	834	137.47	1,146	868

One grade step is worth $0.60/cwt here — about −$251 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 sale894 hd

137.49

—

KS average3 barns · 3,647 hd

139.88

−2.39

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,798	84.41	1,518	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,585	70.22	1,113	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,266	62.19	787	66
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	998	49.30	492	15

Every lot, as filed

40 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	124.48/cwt	122.50–125.50	1,080	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	591	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	133.64/cwt	131.25–133.85	895	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	129.35/cwt	129.35–129.35	1,006	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	130.85/cwt	130.50–131.50	946	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	127.87/cwt	124.00–129.25	1,046	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	803	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	127.18/cwt	125.00–134.00	665	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	741	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	989	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	679	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	923	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,827	1,435.00/cwt	1,435.00–1,435.00	26,217	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	682.90/cwt	610.00–750.00	7,648	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,197	985.73/cwt	960.00–1,000.00	11,799	21
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	951	1,035.00/cwt	1,035.00–1,035.00	9,843	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	810	42
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,112	959.28/cwt	950.00–960.00	10,667	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	611	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	767	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	699	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	849	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	728	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	142.25/cwt	142.25–142.25	832	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,281	857.99/cwt	825.00–975.00	10,991	28
Bulls	—	—	1,605	72.87/cwt	65.50–75.00	1,170	5
Bulls	—	—	1,684	85.29/cwt	83.00–88.00	1,436	6
Bulls	—	—	2,004	90.96/cwt	88.00–93.50	1,823	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,181	53.54/cwt	50.00–55.50	632	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,182	59.61/cwt	55.00–65.50	705	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,336	65.52/cwt	64.25–68.50	875	36
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	70.22/cwt	68.00–77.50	1,113	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	49.30/cwt	46.00–56.50	492	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	846	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,055	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	131.70/cwt	127.25–132.60	1,200	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,008	128.27/cwt	127.75–129.00	1,293	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	131.83/cwt	130.00–136.85	1,164	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	139.34/cwt	136.25–142.50	1,085	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	139.27/cwt	138.25–140.85	1,157	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	1,111	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	837	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,000	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	821	14

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.

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