Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2019-12-04

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Dec 4
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,998 head
▲ 240 vs last sale 2,758▲ 2,998 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
400 head
▼ 100 vs last sale 500▲ 400 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
▼ 538 vs last sale 588▲ 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers sold mostly 3.00 to 4.00 higher using comparable weights. Feeder heifers 500-650 lbs higher undertone noted, 650-800 lbs sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Weaned steer and heifer calves higher undertone noted. Overall, demand good to very good, quality average to attractive. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower using a limited test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $162.51/cwt on 1,141 head.
Average price
$162.51
1,141 head · 585 lb average
Value per head Derived
$950
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+1.35
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1585162.519501,141
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 sale1,141 hd
162.51
—
KS average2 barns · 2,644 hd
161.16
+1.35
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—Average1,70073.221,24519
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,71571.001,2181thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28454.79704254
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05639.5841815

Every lot, as filed

39 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 1—629141.50/cwt141.50–141.5089045
HeifersMedium and Large 1—727137.27/cwt135.00–138.00998140
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—412169.00/cwt169.00–169.0069654
SteersMedium and Large 1—801140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,1259
SteersMedium and Large 1—379195.40/cwt187.00–200.0074133
SteersMedium and Large 1—581157.63/cwt150.00–161.2591693
SteersMedium and Large 1—624151.58/cwt147.00–154.25946214
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—475174.35/cwt170.00–175.5082824
HeifersMedium and Large 1—370155.00/cwt155.00–155.0057410
HeifersMedium and Large 1—683135.39/cwt131.25–139.0092542
HeifersMedium and Large 1—813136.45/cwt133.50–137.001,10973
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573141.13/cwt137.50–142.25809297
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—430200.00/cwt200.00–200.0086025
SteersMedium and Large 1—732145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,06530
SteersMedium and Large 1—773142.69/cwt142.00–145.001,10363
SteersMedium and Large 1—666147.59/cwt142.25–151.25983163
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—600142.00/cwt142.00–142.0085215
Bulls——1,66873.95/cwt69.00–78.001,23313
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25954.53/cwt49.00–58.00687204
Bulls——1,84579.50/cwt79.50–79.501,4672
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08047.33/cwt44.00–49.005119
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,71571.00/cwt71.00–71.001,2181
Bulls——1,73067.71/cwt65.00–69.001,1714
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,45357.74/cwt54.50–66.5083941
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,208684.25/cwt625.00–860.008,26632
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—953879.31/cwt850.00–900.008,3803
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,254932.40/cwt910.00–1,000.0011,6926
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,275910.00/cwt910.00–910.0011,6031
HeifersMedium and Large 1—494150.11/cwt146.50–151.7574271
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,225884.71/cwt825.00–925.0010,8385
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05639.58/cwt34.00–43.0041815
HeifersMedium and Large 1—443163.00/cwt163.00–163.0072218
SteersMedium and Large 1—535169.85/cwt167.00–172.00909273
SteersMedium and Large 1—467184.49/cwt175.00–188.50862128
SteersMedium and Large 1—436184.08/cwt179.50–192.5080344
SteersMedium and Large 1—903141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,27327
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—378145.00/cwt145.00–145.005486
HeifersMedium and Large 1—783138.33/cwt137.50–139.101,083247
HeifersMedium and Large 1—526146.91/cwt141.00–151.0077325

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.