Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2020-02-12

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Feb 12
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,824 head
1,007 vs last sale 1,817 2,824 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
275 head
52 vs last sale 223 275 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
171 head
131 vs last sale 40 171 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 2.00 to 3.00 higher, heifers sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher using limited comparable weights. Weaned steer calves sold mostly 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Heifer calves higher undertone noted. Overall, demand good to very good, quality average to attractive. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher using a limited test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.47/cwt on 1,267 head.
Average price
$148.47
1,267 head · 749 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,112
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+3.54
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1749148.471,1121,267
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 sale1,267 hd
148.47
KS average3 barns · 4,026 hd
144.93
+3.54
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
BullsHigh1,92791.441,7627thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,62170.721,14614
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30064.10834165
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09045.7449910

Every lot, as filed

33 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1376182.22/cwt182.00–182.5068520
HeifersMedium and Large 1410176.71/cwt161.00–178.0072542
HeifersMedium and Large 1618136.22/cwt130.25–139.50842101
HeifersMedium and Large 1670133.02/cwt127.25–134.00891249
HeifersMedium and Large 1464155.68/cwt154.00–157.0072218
HeifersMedium and Large 1344185.50/cwt180.00–186.0063833
HeifersMedium and Large 1569142.45/cwt136.00–147.5081160
HeifersMedium and Large 1721131.14/cwt128.50–132.00946216
HeifersMedium and Large 1859124.25/cwt124.25–124.251,06713
HeifersMedium and Large 1835126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,05226
HeifersMedium and Large 1527146.82/cwt144.00–154.0077449
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25764.49/cwt61.00–67.0081162
CowsLean 85-90%1,09045.74/cwt45.00–48.0049910
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09255.22/cwt46.00–58.0060334
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,62170.72/cwt69.00–74.001,14614
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44268.12/cwt65.00–69.5098269
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy649141.00/cwt141.00–141.009159
SteersMedium and Large 1476190.80/cwt189.50–196.0090847
SteersMedium and Large 1574161.92/cwt158.00–172.0092976
SteersMedium and Large 1867141.81/cwt137.00–144.751,229156
SteersMedium and Large 1545173.83/cwt172.00–175.0094728
SteersMedium and Large 1678144.97/cwt143.50–148.0098359
Bulls2,08593.05/cwt92.50–93.501,9403
Bulls1,80990.24/cwt86.50–93.501,6324
HeifersMedium and Large 1776130.98/cwt127.50–132.601,016187
SteersMedium and Large 1627153.78/cwt149.75–161.0096484
SteersMedium and Large 1790142.75/cwt137.00–146.501,128204
SteersMedium and Large 1366217.63/cwt215.00–220.0079729
SteersMedium and Large 1936129.86/cwt128.00–135.001,21560
SteersMedium and Large 1727143.23/cwt139.00–147.251,041151
SteersMedium and Large 1814143.55/cwt135.25–147.001,168364
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,250927.17/cwt725.00–1,075.0011,59087
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4251,274.54/cwt1,075.00–1,375.0018,16284

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.