Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2019-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers 700-800 lbs sold mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Weaned steer and heifer calves 2.00 to 4.00 higher using comparable weights. Overall, demand good to very good, quality average to attractive. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Bulls sold steady to firm using a limited test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.10/cwt on 962 head.

Average price

$154.10

962 head · 669 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,030

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$291

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

$7.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.59

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	462	161.50	746	24
Medium and Large 1	674	153.91	1,037	938

One grade step is worth $7.59/cwt here — about −$291 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 sale962 hd

154.10

—

KS average3 barns · 5,354 hd

157.69

−3.59

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	—	Average	1,921	70.59	1,356	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,240	45.81	568	79
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,085	35.05	380	29

Every lot, as filed

43 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 1Thin Fleshed	—	585	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	977	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	603	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,034	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	419	197.82/cwt	195.00–199.50	829	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	454	184.00/cwt	183.00–185.00	835	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	144.90/cwt	141.50–150.00	781	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	138.55/cwt	135.75–140.50	1,013	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	137.29/cwt	135.85–138.75	1,056	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	137.64/cwt	137.50–138.00	1,123	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	164.13/cwt	161.00–166.00	679	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	281	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	469	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	657	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	148.50/cwt	146.50–157.00	705	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	141.77/cwt	139.00–142.00	812	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	138.02/cwt	136.00–139.50	864	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	157.77/cwt	151.00–161.00	600	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	137.18/cwt	134.50–142.00	934	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	182.53/cwt	179.00–186.00	694	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	166.42/cwt	162.75–175.00	885	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	147.22/cwt	142.00–148.75	1,201	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	148.79/cwt	145.00–161.00	878	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	147.80/cwt	135.25–151.50	1,075	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	818	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	977	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,329	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	146.55/cwt	146.50–146.60	1,290	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	150.07/cwt	147.25–152.50	1,023	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	152.94/cwt	146.25–154.00	1,158	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	147.79/cwt	147.00–148.00	916	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	171.54/cwt	170.50–173.00	834	41
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,282	816.01/cwt	775.00–885.00	10,461	27
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,143	1,181.09/cwt	1,100.00–1,275.00	13,500	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,222	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	7,027	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	994	951.86/cwt	910.00–1,010.00	9,461	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	48.43/cwt	44.00–55.00	627	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,500	55.98/cwt	52.50–60.00	840	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	35.05/cwt	27.00–39.00	380	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,138	41.40/cwt	39.00–44.50	471	37
Bulls	—	—	1,982	73.54/cwt	69.00–76.50	1,458	7
Bulls	—	—	1,708	60.28/cwt	58.00–62.00	1,030	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	686	140.23/cwt	140.00–140.50	962	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	494	154.44/cwt	152.00–155.00	763	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	469	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	647	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	567	131.29/cwt	131.00–131.50	744	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	437	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	603	7

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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