Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2019-11-13

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Nov 13
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,091 head
▼ 2,278 vs last sale 4,369▲ 2,091 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
240 head
▼ 60 vs last sale 300▲ 240 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
71 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 74▲ 71 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers not enough comparable weights for a market test. A few consignments of thin cattle off grass weighing 850-950 lbs offered today. Feeder heifers limited comparable weights for a market test, lower undertone noted. Steer calves sold unevenly steady using a limited test. Heifer calves lower undertone noted. Overall, demand good to very good, quality average to attractive. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher using a limited test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $151.09/cwt on 1,007 head.
Average price
$151.09
1,007 head · 707 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,068
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$251
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.34
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1709151.201,072991
Medium and Large 1-2568144.3182016thin
One grade step is worth $6.88/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 sale1,007 hd
151.09
—
KS average3 barns · 4,297 hd
150.75
+0.34
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
Bulls—Low1,75571.151,24918
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,92368.431,3162thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29252.0667391
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09837.6741414

Every lot, as filed

52 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,105722.81/cwt675.00–775.007,98719
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,209745.30/cwt735.00–760.009,0115
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,208613.62/cwt600.00–635.007,41312
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3421,128.24/cwt835.00–1,225.0015,14112
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2921,060.00/cwt1,060.00–1,060.0013,69510
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,285818.58/cwt735.00–900.0010,51910
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—1,8551,498.18/cwt1,375.00–1,675.0027,7913
HeifersMedium and Large 1—556140.50/cwt140.50–140.5078113
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375159.61/cwt157.00–162.0059938
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625143.50/cwt136.00–144.2589789
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—335160.18/cwt154.00–167.505379
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—794138.25/cwt138.25–138.251,0985
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—843140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,18015
SteersMedium and Large 1—484158.60/cwt157.00–159.0076825
SteersMedium and Large 1—739149.38/cwt145.00–149.851,10472
SteersMedium and Large 1—527160.51/cwt153.50–167.50846121
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—343171.00/cwt171.00–171.005877
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—356167.00/cwt167.00–167.005955
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—543140.50/cwt140.50–140.5076312
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—518127.00/cwt127.00–127.0065826
HeifersMedium and Large 1—416158.19/cwt154.00–165.0065822
HeifersMedium and Large 1—488153.26/cwt151.50–158.5074881
HeifersMedium and Large 1—778137.17/cwt135.50–139.101,067181
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—582134.35/cwt134.35–134.3578257
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—331138.50/cwt138.50–138.504585
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—641135.41/cwt134.50–136.5086811
SteersMedium and Large 1—436171.94/cwt169.50–175.5075017
SteersMedium and Large 1—859149.60/cwt149.60–149.601,28557
SteersMedium and Large 1—643145.75/cwt140.50–149.00937105
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—888154.17/cwt152.50–155.851,369110
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—665134.00/cwt134.00–134.0089111
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—551138.00/cwt138.00–138.007609
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—561130.00/cwt130.00–130.007294
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—633125.66/cwt123.00–127.0079512
HeifersMedium and Large 1—679135.94/cwt134.50–137.0092314
HeifersMedium and Large 1—728136.65/cwt134.25–138.5099551
HeifersMedium and Large 1—531142.03/cwt138.00–143.50754102
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—458148.00/cwt147.00–149.0067823
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—650138.75/cwt138.75–138.759027
SteersMedium and Large 1—387185.00/cwt185.00–185.007165
SteersMedium and Large 1—655145.00/cwt145.00–145.0095025
SteersMedium and Large 1—594150.35/cwt150.00–155.0089394
SteersMedium and Large 1—764148.42/cwt143.75–151.001,134249
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—925151.85/cwt151.85–151.851,40555
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—539140.00/cwt140.00–140.0075511
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25550.98/cwt46.00–54.5064052
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15043.35/cwt41.00–47.0049911
Bulls——1,67966.46/cwt64.00–70.001,1167
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,92368.43/cwt67.00–70.001,3162
Bulls——1,80474.14/cwt72.50–76.501,33711
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,41757.48/cwt51.00–64.0081428
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09837.67/cwt33.00–42.0041414

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.