Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2020-01-22

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jan 22
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,943 head
1,080 vs last sale 4,023 2,943 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
200 vs last sale 300 100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
184 head
154 vs last sale 30 184 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 650-800 lbs sold mostly 2.00 to 3.00 lower, 800-950 lbs had a higher undertone noted using limited comparable weights. Feeder heifers sold mostly 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Weaned steer and heifer calves sold mostly steady to 1.00 higher . Overall, demand good to very good, quality average to attractive. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.19/cwt on 1,211 head.
Average price
$149.19
1,211 head · 599 lb average
Value per head Derived
$893
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+5.06
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1599149.198931,211
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 sale1,211 hd
149.19
KS average3 barns · 3,461 hd
144.13
+5.06
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
BullsLow1,86980.801,5107thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26158.0673287
CowsLean 85-90%Average99540.784063thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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 1726144.16/cwt142.50–146.501,047164
HeifersMedium and Large 1523153.22/cwt147.00–160.00801152
HeifersMedium and Large 1609147.07/cwt140.00–151.50896152
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy594150.00/cwt150.00–150.008919
BullsMedium and Large 1376200.00/cwt200.00–200.007523
BullsMedium and Large 1486156.00/cwt156.00–156.0075810
BullsMedium and Large 1542151.00/cwt151.00–151.0081810
BullsMedium and Large 1582138.00/cwt138.00–138.0080312
Bulls1,85067.00/cwt67.00–67.001,2401
Bulls1,74880.47/cwt78.00–82.501,4073
SteersMedium and Large 1874144.88/cwt137.00–148.351,26665
SteersMedium and Large 1380213.30/cwt212.50–215.0081114
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3231,351.67/cwt1,110.00–1,535.0017,88367
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,303914.88/cwt725.00–1,020.0011,921110
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2890975.00/cwt975.00–975.008,6786
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0951,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0013,1401
SteersMedium and Large 1583162.12/cwt157.00–169.00945216
SteersMedium and Large 1698144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,00932
SteersMedium and Large 1945141.25/cwt141.25–141.251,33532
SteersMedium and Large 1416203.56/cwt198.00–212.0084735
SteersMedium and Large 1527177.31/cwt173.00–183.0093440
SteersMedium and Large 1849151.75/cwt151.75–151.751,28856
SteersMedium and Large 1-2547151.00/cwt151.00–151.0082617
SteersMedium and Large 1-2312212.00/cwt212.00–212.0066125
SteersMedium and Large 1630153.22/cwt144.00–159.0096569
SteersMedium and Large 1762143.39/cwt142.00–144.001,093127
SteersMedium and Large 1466196.39/cwt180.00–200.00915163
HeifersMedium and Large 1328168.98/cwt165.00–169.5055452
HeifersMedium and Large 1825133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,10160
SteersMedium and Large 1-2357195.00/cwt195.00–195.006964
SteersMedium and Large 1-2432180.00/cwt180.00–180.0077811
HeifersMedium and Large 1484152.15/cwt148.00–162.0073644
HeifersMedium and Large 1432157.89/cwt148.00–164.0068265
HeifersMedium and Large 1571148.95/cwt140.00–153.00851110
HeifersMedium and Large 1766138.04/cwt136.50–138.501,057112
HeifersMedium and Large 1732138.65/cwt137.50–139.501,015148
HeifersMedium and Large 1684143.62/cwt140.50–147.50982151
Bulls1,99785.74/cwt83.00–90.501,7123
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18547.51/cwt45.00–49.005635
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43861.84/cwt60.00–63.008896
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25258.45/cwt50.00–61.0073276
CowsLean 85-90%99540.78/cwt39.00–43.504063
HeifersMedium and Large 1384157.16/cwt152.50–163.0060341
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed494167.59/cwt167.25–170.00828124
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed515191.14/cwt190.00–194.0098425
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned497171.00/cwt171.00–171.008509

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.