Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2020-01-29

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jan 29
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
424 head
2,519 vs last sale 2,943 424 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
105 head
5 vs last sale 100 105 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
41 head
143 vs last sale 184 41 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Due to major amounts of snowfall in the trade area, with some areas receiving up to 15 inches of snow, receipts were limited today with a lower undertone prevailing. Overall, demand moderate, quality average. Slaughter cows higher undertone noted, no bulls for a market test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $138.28/cwt on 232 head.
Average price
$138.28
232 head · 739 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,022
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
8.03
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1739138.281,022232
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 sale232 hd
138.28
KS average3 barns · 2,134 hd
146.30
−8.03
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
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22166.6581453
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04953.6056212

Every lot, as filed

21 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
BullsMedium and Large 1517143.00/cwt143.00–143.0073910
BullsMedium and Large 1395170.00/cwt170.00–170.006725
BullsMedium and Large 1471150.00/cwt150.00–150.0070710
BullsMedium and Large 1683119.00/cwt119.00–119.0081310
BullsMedium and Large 1593131.00/cwt131.00–131.0077718
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36767.85/cwt66.50–69.5092810
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1011,115.29/cwt900.00–1,160.0012,27921
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,093888.43/cwt860.00–975.009,7119
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,423903.18/cwt725.00–985.0012,8527
SteersMedium and Large 1603147.50/cwt147.50–147.508896
SteersMedium and Large 1510162.50/cwt162.50–162.508299
SteersMedium and Large 1432157.83/cwt155.00–168.5068218
SteersMedium and Large 1795134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,06533
SteersMedium and Large 1678135.60/cwt135.60–135.6091955
SteersMedium and Large 1828135.24/cwt133.00–137.101,120111
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18766.37/cwt58.00–68.5078843
CowsLean 85-90%1,04953.60/cwt47.00–55.5056212
HeifersMedium and Large 1734125.50/cwt125.50–125.509215
HeifersMedium and Large 1401142.00/cwt142.00–142.0056912
HeifersMedium and Large 1518136.92/cwt136.75–137.0070924
HeifersMedium and Large 1659132.50/cwt132.50–132.5087339

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.