Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2020-01-15

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jan 15
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
4,023 head
▼ 2,032 vs last sale 6,055▲ 4,023 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
300 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 300▲ 300 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 70 vs last sale 100▲ 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Weaned calves limited comparable weights. Steer calves 1.00 to 3.00 higher, heifer calves lower undertone noted. Overall, demand good to very good, quality average to attractive. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.41/cwt on 1,699 head.
Average price
$154.41
1,699 head · 693 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,071
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$418
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$14.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.46
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2387169.006545thin
Medium and Large 1694154.371,0721,694
One grade step is worth $14.63/cwt here — about −$418 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 sale1,699 hd
154.41
—
KS average3 barns · 6,052 hd
152.95
+1.46
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—Average1,76578.061,37810
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52567.001,0221thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24154.23673170
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03136.1537323

Every lot, as filed

54 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
SteersMedium and Large 1—478194.65/cwt191.00–198.0093045
SteersMedium and Large 1—912134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,22219
SteersMedium and Large 1—376212.59/cwt212.00–213.007997
SteersMedium and Large 1—428205.00/cwt205.00–205.008773
SteersMedium and Large 1—345216.00/cwt216.00–216.007453
HeifersMedium and Large 1—330180.00/cwt180.00–180.0059412
SteersMedium and Large 1—683148.92/cwt141.50–157.001,017219
SteersMedium and Large 1—777145.92/cwt144.25–147.501,134211
SteersMedium and Large 1—833147.82/cwt141.00–151.751,231167
SteersMedium and Large 1—737147.49/cwt140.50–154.501,087166
SteersMedium and Large 1—877142.80/cwt142.25–143.501,252111
SteersMedium and Large 1—528175.49/cwt173.00–180.5092756
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,338759.52/cwt625.00–900.0010,16221
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,260929.12/cwt885.00–1,010.0011,7075
SteersMedium and Large 1—576165.45/cwt160.00–172.0095373
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—387169.00/cwt169.00–169.006545
SteersMedium and Large 1—635151.41/cwt143.75–157.00961465
BullsMedium and Large 1—441165.00/cwt165.00–165.0072815
BullsMedium and Large 1—520167.00/cwt167.00–167.0086812
BullsMedium and Large 1—668130.00/cwt130.00–130.0086810
Bulls——1,80179.88/cwt76.50–83.001,4397
Bulls——1,54867.71/cwt66.00–70.001,0482
Bulls——1,94586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,6731
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—341164.00/cwt164.00–164.005596
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—601130.75/cwt130.75–130.7578614
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—526196.98/cwt195.50–200.001,03628
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—550198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,08910
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—547134.00/cwt134.00–134.0073316
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—447152.00/cwt152.00–152.006799
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—744158.10/cwt158.10–158.101,17670
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—567184.50/cwt184.50–184.501,04616
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—515190.00/cwt190.00–190.0097911
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—415225.00/cwt225.00–225.0093411
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—475211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,0023
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—416176.00/cwt176.00–176.007325
BullsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—511190.00/cwt190.00–190.0097137
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,52567.00/cwt67.00–67.001,0221
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21653.92/cwt47.00–60.50656135
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,42360.62/cwt59.00–64.5086325
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12542.49/cwt38.00–46.0047810
BullsMedium and Large 1—611132.07/cwt129.00–137.0080742
BullsMedium and Large 1—373196.78/cwt191.00–201.0073422
HeifersMedium and Large 1—822131.25/cwt131.25–131.251,07937
HeifersMedium and Large 1—430154.00/cwt150.00–169.0066229
HeifersMedium and Large 1—714136.07/cwt134.50–137.25972535
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623143.39/cwt136.00–148.00893329
HeifersMedium and Large 1—777134.70/cwt131.50–136.501,047200
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03136.15/cwt31.00–39.0037323
HeifersMedium and Large 1—376163.41/cwt161.50–165.006149
HeifersMedium and Large 1—266187.50/cwt187.50–187.504998
HeifersMedium and Large 1—568147.55/cwt135.50–157.00838164
HeifersMedium and Large 1—682137.11/cwt134.75–139.00935130
HeifersMedium and Large 1—481151.56/cwt145.00–158.5072999
HeifersMedium and Large 1—532151.28/cwt139.00–159.2580571

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.