Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2019-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 650 to 850 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Weaned steer and heifer calves sold mostly 3.00 to 4.00 lower using limited comparable weights . Overall, demand good, quality average to attractive. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Bulls sold steady to 1.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.95/cwt on 1,287 head.

Average price

$150.95

1,287 head · 700 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,057

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$274

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$11.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.34

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	703	151.17	1,062	1,263
Medium and Large 1-2	564	139.73	788	24

One grade step is worth $11.44/cwt here — about $274 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 sale1,287 hd

150.95

—

KS average3 barns · 5,691 hd

150.62

+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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,777	67.89	1,206	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,300	47.65	619	136
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,096	36.78	403	37

Every lot, as filed

53 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	381	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	663	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	486	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	758	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	352	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	502	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	486	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	671	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	326	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	502	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	416	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	578	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	366	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	631	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	527	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	743	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	128.64/cwt	123.00–130.00	1,176	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	156.86/cwt	155.50–163.00	594	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	137.84/cwt	134.50–140.50	1,003	241
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	133.04/cwt	131.00–136.50	822	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	132.88/cwt	130.00–137.25	1,086	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	141.08/cwt	139.00–143.00	743	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	149.61/cwt	148.00–154.00	878	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	146.18/cwt	145.00–148.00	899	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	135.86/cwt	132.00–138.75	781	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	136.23/cwt	130.00–136.75	1,049	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	136.09/cwt	136.00–136.25	910	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	155.40/cwt	153.00–159.00	668	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	555	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	699	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	483	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	652	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	652	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	903	16
Bulls	—	—	1,561	61.57/cwt	57.00–67.00	961	11
Bulls	—	—	1,946	72.85/cwt	70.00–75.50	1,418	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,507	56.41/cwt	54.00–60.00	850	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	41.66/cwt	38.00–44.00	491	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,289	47.75/cwt	42.00–55.00	615	66
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,096	36.78/cwt	31.00–39.50	403	37
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,296	1,053.12/cwt	1,000.00–1,100.00	13,648	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,307	906.57/cwt	825.00–1,025.00	11,849	55
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,261	855.26/cwt	800.00–875.00	10,785	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,094	1,173.14/cwt	1,135.00–1,275.00	12,834	42
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	1,464.39/cwt	1,085.00–1,500.00	15,962	10
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,041	1,435.00/cwt	1,435.00–1,435.00	14,938	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,320	630.55/cwt	600.00–710.00	8,323	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	794.61/cwt	660.00–1,000.00	10,131	89
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,229	926.25/cwt	775.00–1,025.00	11,384	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,337	1,245.10/cwt	1,225.00–1,300.00	16,647	26
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,342	994.26/cwt	900.00–1,075.00	13,343	43
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,096	1,278.84/cwt	1,210.00–1,460.00	14,016	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,099	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	170.39/cwt	166.00–176.00	729	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	167.42/cwt	163.00–170.50	805	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	139.73/cwt	139.50–140.00	788	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	149.47/cwt	147.50–153.25	1,151	209
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,383	1,225.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,275.00	16,942	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	162.67/cwt	159.00–166.00	864	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	147.87/cwt	143.00–151.00	1,001	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	148.63/cwt	143.25–153.50	1,277	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	146.55/cwt	145.75–149.00	1,215	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	689	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	979	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,366	11

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.

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