Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2020-02-19

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Feb 19
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,342 head
▲ 518 vs last sale 2,824▲ 3,342 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
200 head
▼ 75 vs last sale 275▲ 200 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
75 head
▼ 96 vs last sale 171▲ 75 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 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, with instances of 6.00 to 9.00 higher on thinner reputation consignments. Weaned steer calves sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Heifer calves sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower using limited comparable weights. Overall, demand good to very good, quality average to attractive, with multiple reputation consignments offered. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Bulls lower undertone noted .

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.99/cwt on 1,670 head.
Average price
$141.99
1,670 head · 663 lb average
Value per head Derived
$941
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+3.55
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1663141.999411,670
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 sale1,670 hd
141.99
—
KS average3 barns · 3,360 hd
138.44
+3.55
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—High1,60177.951,24815
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50671.451,07611
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17759.8770593
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04339.174094thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,07351.41/cwt49.00–53.0055214
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04339.17/cwt37.00–45.504094
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,34966.54/cwt64.00–68.0089810
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,50671.45/cwt70.00–74.001,07611
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17360.62/cwt56.50–65.0071169
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—514192.06/cwt190.00–192.5098730
SteersMedium and Large 1—509174.20/cwt170.00–176.0088717
SteersMedium and Large 1—955128.25/cwt128.25–128.251,22533
SteersMedium and Large 1—766147.52/cwt137.10–149.251,130180
SteersMedium and Large 1—625158.04/cwt150.50–163.25988255
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—688143.75/cwt143.75–143.7598938
SteersMedium and Large 1—418210.20/cwt208.00–213.5087923
SteersMedium and Large 1—577167.70/cwt160.75–172.0096846
SteersMedium and Large 1—722151.05/cwt144.75–155.501,091212
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—538184.00/cwt184.00–184.0099037
SteersMedium and Large 1—389211.08/cwt209.00–218.0082112
SteersMedium and Large 1—485192.57/cwt184.00–203.0093432
SteersMedium and Large 1—678152.87/cwt147.00–159.251,036135
SteersMedium and Large 1—876133.57/cwt129.10–136.751,170219
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—566183.15/cwt183.00–185.001,03767
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1001,425.00/cwt1,425.00–1,425.0015,6752
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2201,393.69/cwt1,275.00–1,450.0017,00328
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,355990.12/cwt950.00–1,025.0013,4167
HeifersMedium and Large 1—427168.63/cwt165.00–174.5072031
HeifersMedium and Large 1—617143.98/cwt133.50–148.00888130
HeifersMedium and Large 1—586141.72/cwt139.50–154.00830156
HeifersMedium and Large 1—718134.85/cwt128.25–136.60968302
HeifersMedium and Large 1—370177.77/cwt174.00–180.0065812
HeifersMedium and Large 1—484163.01/cwt160.00–167.50789115
HeifersMedium and Large 1—677137.93/cwt134.50–143.00934132
HeifersMedium and Large 1—781127.59/cwt124.50–131.25996293
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—523168.53/cwt167.00–169.0088143
HeifersMedium and Large 1—305184.00/cwt184.00–184.005616
HeifersMedium and Large 1—803129.21/cwt127.00–129.351,03865
HeifersMedium and Large 1—855124.51/cwt122.50–125.001,065131
HeifersMedium and Large 1—543161.09/cwt146.00–164.50875230
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—579157.00/cwt157.00–157.0090924
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—9311,525.00/cwt1,525.00–1,525.0014,19814
Bulls——2,00989.26/cwt84.50–91.501,7934
Bulls——1,57383.27/cwt79.50–85.001,3103
Bulls——1,40770.30/cwt66.00–74.509898
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—9861,575.00/cwt1,575.00–1,575.0015,5303
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3341,548.33/cwt1,425.00–1,610.0020,6556
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2381,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0012,38010
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3271,225.00/cwt1,225.00–1,225.0016,2564

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.