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
BullsAverage1,76578.061,37810
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 1478194.65/cwt191.00–198.0093045
SteersMedium and Large 1912134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,22219
SteersMedium and Large 1376212.59/cwt212.00–213.007997
SteersMedium and Large 1428205.00/cwt205.00–205.008773
SteersMedium and Large 1345216.00/cwt216.00–216.007453
HeifersMedium and Large 1330180.00/cwt180.00–180.0059412
SteersMedium and Large 1683148.92/cwt141.50–157.001,017219
SteersMedium and Large 1777145.92/cwt144.25–147.501,134211
SteersMedium and Large 1833147.82/cwt141.00–151.751,231167
SteersMedium and Large 1737147.49/cwt140.50–154.501,087166
SteersMedium and Large 1877142.80/cwt142.25–143.501,252111
SteersMedium and Large 1528175.49/cwt173.00–180.5092756
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,338759.52/cwt625.00–900.0010,16221
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,260929.12/cwt885.00–1,010.0011,7075
SteersMedium and Large 1576165.45/cwt160.00–172.0095373
SteersMedium and Large 1-2387169.00/cwt169.00–169.006545
SteersMedium and Large 1635151.41/cwt143.75–157.00961465
BullsMedium and Large 1441165.00/cwt165.00–165.0072815
BullsMedium and Large 1520167.00/cwt167.00–167.0086812
BullsMedium and Large 1668130.00/cwt130.00–130.0086810
Bulls1,80179.88/cwt76.50–83.001,4397
Bulls1,54867.71/cwt66.00–70.001,0482
Bulls1,94586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,6731
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy341164.00/cwt164.00–164.005596
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy601130.75/cwt130.75–130.7578614
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy526196.98/cwt195.50–200.001,03628
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy550198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,08910
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned547134.00/cwt134.00–134.0073316
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned447152.00/cwt152.00–152.006799
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed744158.10/cwt158.10–158.101,17670
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed567184.50/cwt184.50–184.501,04616
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed515190.00/cwt190.00–190.0097911
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed415225.00/cwt225.00–225.0093411
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed475211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,0023
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed416176.00/cwt176.00–176.007325
BullsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed511190.00/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 1611132.07/cwt129.00–137.0080742
BullsMedium and Large 1373196.78/cwt191.00–201.0073422
HeifersMedium and Large 1822131.25/cwt131.25–131.251,07937
HeifersMedium and Large 1430154.00/cwt150.00–169.0066229
HeifersMedium and Large 1714136.07/cwt134.50–137.25972535
HeifersMedium and Large 1623143.39/cwt136.00–148.00893329
HeifersMedium and Large 1777134.70/cwt131.50–136.501,047200
CowsLean 85-90%1,03136.15/cwt31.00–39.0037323
HeifersMedium and Large 1376163.41/cwt161.50–165.006149
HeifersMedium and Large 1266187.50/cwt187.50–187.504998
HeifersMedium and Large 1568147.55/cwt135.50–157.00838164
HeifersMedium and Large 1682137.11/cwt134.75–139.00935130
HeifersMedium and Large 1481151.56/cwt145.00–158.5072999
HeifersMedium and Large 1532151.28/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.