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
BullsHigh1,60177.951,24815
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 1Fancy514192.06/cwt190.00–192.5098730
SteersMedium and Large 1509174.20/cwt170.00–176.0088717
SteersMedium and Large 1955128.25/cwt128.25–128.251,22533
SteersMedium and Large 1766147.52/cwt137.10–149.251,130180
SteersMedium and Large 1625158.04/cwt150.50–163.25988255
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy688143.75/cwt143.75–143.7598938
SteersMedium and Large 1418210.20/cwt208.00–213.5087923
SteersMedium and Large 1577167.70/cwt160.75–172.0096846
SteersMedium and Large 1722151.05/cwt144.75–155.501,091212
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed538184.00/cwt184.00–184.0099037
SteersMedium and Large 1389211.08/cwt209.00–218.0082112
SteersMedium and Large 1485192.57/cwt184.00–203.0093432
SteersMedium and Large 1678152.87/cwt147.00–159.251,036135
SteersMedium and Large 1876133.57/cwt129.10–136.751,170219
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed566183.15/cwt183.00–185.001,03767
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1001,425.00/cwt1,425.00–1,425.0015,6752
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2201,393.69/cwt1,275.00–1,450.0017,00328
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,355990.12/cwt950.00–1,025.0013,4167
HeifersMedium and Large 1427168.63/cwt165.00–174.5072031
HeifersMedium and Large 1617143.98/cwt133.50–148.00888130
HeifersMedium and Large 1586141.72/cwt139.50–154.00830156
HeifersMedium and Large 1718134.85/cwt128.25–136.60968302
HeifersMedium and Large 1370177.77/cwt174.00–180.0065812
HeifersMedium and Large 1484163.01/cwt160.00–167.50789115
HeifersMedium and Large 1677137.93/cwt134.50–143.00934132
HeifersMedium and Large 1781127.59/cwt124.50–131.25996293
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed523168.53/cwt167.00–169.0088143
HeifersMedium and Large 1305184.00/cwt184.00–184.005616
HeifersMedium and Large 1803129.21/cwt127.00–129.351,03865
HeifersMedium and Large 1855124.51/cwt122.50–125.001,065131
HeifersMedium and Large 1543161.09/cwt146.00–164.50875230
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed579157.00/cwt157.00–157.0090924
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29311,525.00/cwt1,525.00–1,525.0014,19814
Bulls2,00989.26/cwt84.50–91.501,7934
Bulls1,57383.27/cwt79.50–85.001,3103
Bulls1,40770.30/cwt66.00–74.509898
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29861,575.00/cwt1,575.00–1,575.0015,5303
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3341,548.33/cwt1,425.00–1,610.0020,6556
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2381,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0012,38010
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3271,225.00/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.