Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2019-10-23

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Oct 23
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,102 head
490 vs last sale 2,612 3,102 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
270 head
70 vs last sale 200 270 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
570 head
542 vs last sale 28 570 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 600-700 lbs sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher using a limited test, 800-900 lbs sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers not enough comparable weights for market trend. Weaned steer calves sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower using limited market test, lower undertone noted on unweaned calves. Heifer calves higher undertone noted using limited comparable weights. Overall, demand good to very good, quality average to attractive. Slaughter cows sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower, not enough bulls last week for market trend.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.24/cwt on 1,295 head.
Average price
$148.24
1,295 head · 713 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,057
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
0.64
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1713148.241,0571,295
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 sale1,295 hd
148.24
KS average3 barns · 4,451 hd
148.87
−0.64
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
BullsLow1,67770.431,18117
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,63862.811,0293thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17545.38533169
CowsLean 85-90%Average99440.324018thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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 1517145.61/cwt138.50–149.50753106
HeifersMedium and Large 1451150.00/cwt150.00–150.0067736
HeifersMedium and Large 1550136.75/cwt136.75–136.7575225
HeifersMedium and Large 1960121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1625
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2557132.00/cwt132.00–132.0073512
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned488157.28/cwt155.00–160.0076847
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned392180.00/cwt180.00–180.0070615
SteersMedium and Large 1838148.64/cwt148.50–148.751,246133
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-28991,081.92/cwt1,050.00–1,125.009,7265
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1191,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0013,4286
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,183616.51/cwt600.00–760.007,29346
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0091,396.81/cwt1,150.00–1,500.0014,09470
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0001,205.03/cwt1,050.00–1,300.0012,05013
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4561,045.63/cwt960.00–1,175.0015,2247
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,275800.00/cwt800.00–800.0010,2004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,383935.00/cwt935.00–935.0012,9315
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2491,187.38/cwt810.00–1,410.0014,830122
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,233791.15/cwt635.00–1,020.009,755131
SteersMedium and Large 1519159.08/cwt156.50–160.0082686
SteersMedium and Large 1562151.87/cwt146.00–155.0085452
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy672139.74/cwt136.00–142.0093918
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy586121.50/cwt121.50–121.507125
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned537141.75/cwt141.75–141.7576118
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed670145.78/cwt144.00–147.0097728
HeifersMedium and Large 1836133.90/cwt132.00–136.001,119128
HeifersMedium and Large 1627134.99/cwt130.00–138.2584681
HeifersMedium and Large 1376164.31/cwt156.00–171.0061828
HeifersMedium and Large 1409158.64/cwt156.00–160.0064923
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2731,009.48/cwt725.00–1,310.0012,85181
CowsLean 85-90%99440.32/cwt38.00–42.004018
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10342.86/cwt40.50–45.5047345
Bulls1,44066.00/cwt66.00–66.009501
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63862.81/cwt61.00–64.501,0293
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36850.83/cwt48.00–58.0069514
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18045.72/cwt43.00–49.50539110
Bulls1,69270.71/cwt68.00–73.001,19616
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned538144.50/cwt144.50–144.5077720
SteersMedium and Large 1733151.86/cwt150.00–152.751,113137
SteersMedium and Large 1622148.91/cwt147.50–151.2592698
SteersMedium and Large 1482159.01/cwt157.00–165.5076653
SteersMedium and Large 1912140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,28111
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned437151.00/cwt151.00–151.0066021
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned314180.79/cwt179.00–182.0056810
HeifersMedium and Large 1785139.11/cwt136.75–140.001,092248
HeifersMedium and Large 1740139.98/cwt137.50–143.751,03690
HeifersMedium and Large 1936125.25/cwt125.25–125.251,17230
HeifersMedium and Large 1674137.01/cwt136.00–138.5092324
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy671129.00/cwt129.00–129.0086626
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2496140.50/cwt140.50–140.506979
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned584144.31/cwt140.50–145.0084334
SteersMedium and Large 1872139.98/cwt135.00–148.001,221367
SteersMedium and Large 1679144.99/cwt143.50–148.25984125
SteersMedium and Large 1787146.31/cwt143.50–150.001,15161
SteersMedium and Large 1434168.97/cwt168.00–170.0073338
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned483146.55/cwt143.50–149.0070887
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned611125.50/cwt125.50–125.5076713
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement900132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,19382

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.