Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2019-09-25

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Sep 25
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,163 head
864 vs last sale 3,027 2,163 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
170 head
20 vs last sale 150 170 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
7 vs last sale 23 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 750-900 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher using limited comparable weights. Majority of consignments were green, thinner cattle off of grass. Calves not enough comparable weights for a market test, higher undertone noted, with best demand for weaned calves having a vaccination program. Overall, demand good to very good, quality average to mostly attractive. Slaughter cows sold unevenly steady. Bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower using a limited test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.75/cwt on 1,238 head.
Average price
$143.75
1,238 head · 690 lb average
Value per head Derived
$992
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+4.54
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1690143.759921,238
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 sale1,238 hd
143.75
KS average3 barns · 2,555 hd
139.21
+4.54
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
BullsAverage1,76777.871,37617
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53571.651,10013
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19255.3966037
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06353.0456440

Every lot, as filed

36 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 1615141.40/cwt138.50–143.5087064
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed658150.76/cwt149.00–151.2599276
SteersMedium and Large 1978125.85/cwt125.85–125.851,23120
SteersMedium and Large 1817139.66/cwt138.50–141.251,141140
HeifersMedium and Large 1427167.93/cwt162.00–169.0071752
HeifersMedium and Large 1720142.96/cwt138.00–146.751,029445
SteersMedium and Large 1433170.94/cwt165.00–179.0074013
SteersMedium and Large 1782143.50/cwt142.00–144.751,122113
HeifersMedium and Large 1584141.00/cwt141.00–141.0082321
HeifersMedium and Large 1768140.67/cwt134.00–142.601,080194
SteersMedium and Large 1355189.00/cwt189.00–189.0067113
SteersMedium and Large 1523167.73/cwt159.50–168.5087798
HeifersMedium and Large 1368187.90/cwt187.50–188.0069119
HeifersMedium and Large 1679146.23/cwt139.50–147.50993177
SteersMedium and Large 1477168.00/cwt168.00–168.008018
SteersMedium and Large 1595155.10/cwt155.10–155.1092360
HeifersMedium and Large 1521145.00/cwt145.00–145.0075514
HeifersMedium and Large 1922120.22/cwt118.25–124.001,10886
SteersMedium and Large 1633147.23/cwt146.00–148.509326
SteersMedium and Large 1672143.44/cwt142.50–144.0096435
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,203883.80/cwt800.00–950.0010,6323
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,189691.71/cwt625.00–760.008,22413
Bulls1,77079.18/cwt74.50–82.001,40112
CowsLean 85-90%1,06751.75/cwt42.00–55.0055231
Bulls1,59567.84/cwt66.00–70.001,0823
CowsLean 85-90%1,04857.50/cwt57.50–57.506039
Bulls2,00885.03/cwt84.50–85.501,7072
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53571.65/cwt68.00–74.001,10013
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21755.37/cwt51.50–61.5067426
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11954.58/cwt51.00–55.0061110
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28064.00/cwt64.00–64.008191
HeifersMedium and Large 1841125.23/cwt124.50–126.501,05311
HeifersMedium and Large 1472149.74/cwt149.50–155.0070770
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned539130.50/cwt130.50–130.507039
SteersMedium and Large 1743145.83/cwt145.00–146.001,08423
SteersMedium and Large 1886135.14/cwt133.50–138.501,197145

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.