Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2020-01-08

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jan 8
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
6,055 head
3,502 vs last sale 2,553 6,055 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
300 head
70 vs last sale 230 300 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
100 head
55 vs last sale 45 100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to three weeks ago: Feeder steers sold mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher, with instances of 5.00 to 8.00 higher on reputation consignments. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Weaned steer calves sold mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher, weaned heifer calves sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Overall, demand good to very good, quality average to attractive. Full house with active buyers for the first sale of the year. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.73/cwt on 2,615 head.
Average price
$143.73
2,615 head · 616 lb average
Value per head Derived
$886
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
0.15
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1616143.738862,615
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 sale2,615 hd
143.73
KS average3 barns · 5,393 hd
143.88
−0.15
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
BullsHigh1,74277.911,35711
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,28056.40722163
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07933.5836210

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Bulls1,97386.82/cwt86.00–87.501,7132
Bulls1,69175.93/cwt71.00–80.001,2849
CowsBoner 80-85%1,49762.61/cwt59.00–67.0093718
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14447.23/cwt43.00–51.0054019
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26956.90/cwt50.00–61.00722126
CowsLean 85-90%1,07933.58/cwt27.00–38.0036210
SteersMedium and Large 1480184.08/cwt177.00–192.50884168
SteersMedium and Large 1303220.00/cwt220.00–220.006675
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,470760.30/cwt685.00–810.0011,17619
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3191,052.60/cwt900.00–1,175.0013,88426
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,337857.53/cwt825.00–910.0011,46513
SteersMedium and Large 1723148.81/cwt144.25–152.001,076221
SteersMedium and Large 1621157.15/cwt144.00–166.00976465
SteersMedium and Large 1677153.17/cwt140.50–158.001,037465
SteersMedium and Large 1421196.20/cwt194.00–201.0082618
SteersMedium and Large 1882141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,24418
SteersMedium and Large 1534170.52/cwt162.00–176.00911142
SteersMedium and Large 1-2525159.00/cwt159.00–159.008356
SteersMedium and Large 1373202.65/cwt190.00–212.0075623
SteersMedium and Large 1905141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,27642
SteersMedium and Large 1570162.72/cwt156.50–172.50928233
SteersMedium and Large 1823148.44/cwt141.50–154.001,222367
SteersMedium and Large 1777147.65/cwt143.00–153.501,147196
HeifersMedium and Large 1777134.88/cwt132.50–135.601,048222
HeifersMedium and Large 1724136.81/cwt134.00–138.60991261
HeifersMedium and Large 1620139.70/cwt136.50–143.50866388
HeifersMedium and Large 1529151.37/cwt139.00–158.50801439
HeifersMedium and Large 1583144.24/cwt137.50–159.00841454
HeifersMedium and Large 1673138.50/cwt135.00–143.00932503
HeifersMedium and Large 1343180.00/cwt180.00–180.006173
HeifersMedium and Large 1813128.75/cwt128.75–128.751,0474
HeifersMedium and Large 11,030120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,2368
HeifersMedium and Large 1364177.88/cwt177.50–178.0064713
HeifersMedium and Large 1430163.04/cwt158.00–171.0070143
HeifersMedium and Large 1473154.66/cwt149.00–160.00732144
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed552164.00/cwt164.00–164.0090528
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed509159.82/cwt159.00–160.2581390
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed522183.40/cwt179.00–184.00957113
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed570172.20/cwt170.50–177.00982126
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned614120.00/cwt120.00–120.0073715

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.