Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2019-10-02

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Oct 2
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,802 head
361 vs last sale 2,163 1,802 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
140 vs last sale 170 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
2 vs last sale 16 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers limited comparable weights, higher undertone noted. Feeder heifers 650-750 lbs sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower, lower undertone noted on other comparable weights. Majority of consignments were green cattle off of grass. Calves not enough comparable weights for a market test, higher undertone noted, with best demand for weaned calves with a vaccination program. Overall, demand good, quality average to attractive. Slaughter cows and bulls limited offerings, no test available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.12/cwt on 749 head.
Average price
$144.12
749 head · 669 lb average
Value per head Derived
$964
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$60
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.82
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1669144.23964742
Medium and Large 1-2680133.009047thin
One grade step is worth $11.23/cwt here — about $60 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 sale749 hd
144.12
KS average3 barns · 2,831 hd
140.30
+3.82
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
BullsAverage1,71383.221,4258thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,26274.009345thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24360.4575111
CowsLean 85-90%Average99659.205895thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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 1379183.43/cwt181.00–185.0069510
HeifersMedium and Large 1495158.00/cwt158.00–158.0078213
HeifersMedium and Large 1421164.44/cwt160.00–169.0069229
HeifersMedium and Large 1581141.55/cwt141.00–142.0082232
HeifersMedium and Large 1632142.56/cwt139.00–143.0090135
HeifersMedium and Large 1514155.43/cwt154.50–159.0079938
HeifersMedium and Large 1813131.75/cwt131.75–131.751,07158
HeifersMedium and Large 1332197.72/cwt190.00–199.0065660
HeifersMedium and Large 1885119.63/cwt118.75–121.751,05970
HeifersMedium and Large 1779133.34/cwt130.50–134.001,03984
HeifersMedium and Large 1685142.24/cwt141.00–142.75974107
HeifersMedium and Large 1722138.93/cwt136.10–142.001,003193
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned517130.50/cwt130.50–130.506755
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned470146.00/cwt146.00–146.006868
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2680133.00/cwt133.00–133.009047
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy930122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,1356
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy704140.50/cwt140.50–140.509899
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy599142.00/cwt142.00–142.0085113
SteersMedium and Large 1433182.50/cwt182.50–182.5079016
SteersMedium and Large 1585152.00/cwt152.00–152.0088917
SteersMedium and Large 1606155.00/cwt155.00–155.0093922
SteersMedium and Large 1358191.07/cwt190.00–193.0068442
SteersMedium and Large 1515174.62/cwt172.50–175.5089945
SteersMedium and Large 1960126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,21445
SteersMedium and Large 1923133.07/cwt131.25–137.251,22865
SteersMedium and Large 1748151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,12970
SteersMedium and Large 1692152.00/cwt150.75–152.501,05296
SteersMedium and Large 1821147.14/cwt146.10–148.001,208214
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned430162.50/cwt162.50–162.506994
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned517153.00/cwt153.00–153.0079112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2490162.50/cwt162.50–162.507966
SteersMedium and Large 1-2690138.25/cwt138.25–138.259547
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3581,210.00/cwt1,210.00–1,210.0016,4324
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,257888.93/cwt850.00–975.0011,1743
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,375746.18/cwt725.00–830.0010,2607
Bulls1,62077.42/cwt73.00–79.501,2543
Bulls1,76886.70/cwt83.50–92.001,5335
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35162.28/cwt60.00–65.008414
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18159.40/cwt55.50–62.507027
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,26274.00/cwt74.00–74.009345
CowsLean 85-90%95055.00/cwt55.00–55.005232
CowsLean 85-90%1,02662.00/cwt62.00–62.006363

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.