Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2020-02-26

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Feb 26
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,021 head
2,321 vs last sale 3,342 1,021 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
100 vs last sale 200 100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Limited receipts offered today. Feeder steers sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 6.00 to 9.00 lower. Weaned calves sold 4.00 to 7.00 lower using a light test. Overall, demand good, quality mostly average. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 higher, bulls sold steady to 1.00 lower using a limited test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.16/cwt on 505 head.
Average price
$134.16
505 head · 645 lb average
Value per head Derived
$865
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$268
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$23.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.47
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2382157.006007thin
Medium and Large 1648133.84868498
One grade step is worth $23.16/cwt here — about −$268 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale505 hd
134.16
KS average3 barns · 2,717 hd
139.63
−5.47
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
BullsLow1,92085.231,63615
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,35962.8185351
CowsLean 85-90%Average94246.004335thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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%1,10653.92/cwt52.50–55.005964
CowsLean 85-90%94246.00/cwt46.00–46.004335
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27660.52/cwt57.00–62.0077227
CowsBoner 80-85%1,52167.69/cwt65.00–70.001,03020
SteersMedium and Large 1450183.00/cwt183.00–183.0082411
SteersMedium and Large 1685141.00/cwt141.00–141.0096625
SteersMedium and Large 1729142.82/cwt138.25–144.251,04167
SteersMedium and Large 1-2519161.00/cwt161.00–161.008366
SteersMedium and Large 1599156.75/cwt156.75–156.7593912
SteersMedium and Large 1997119.25/cwt119.25–119.251,18928
SteersMedium and Large 1840136.22/cwt133.00–137.251,14470
SteersMedium and Large 1-2613139.00/cwt139.00–139.008526
Bulls1,65069.00/cwt69.00–69.001,1391
Bulls1,78581.72/cwt75.00–89.001,4598
Bulls2,14492.61/cwt91.00–96.001,9866
HeifersMedium and Large 11,15789.50/cwt89.50–89.501,0366
HeifersMedium and Large 1610135.28/cwt133.00–137.5082537
HeifersMedium and Large 1488155.80/cwt151.00–156.0076097
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy696122.50/cwt122.50–122.508537
HeifersMedium and Large 1806120.25/cwt120.25–120.2596922
HeifersMedium and Large 1682129.99/cwt126.75–134.5088771
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2382157.00/cwt157.00–157.006007
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy792118.00/cwt118.00–118.009356
HeifersMedium and Large 1543135.00/cwt135.00–135.0073314
HeifersMedium and Large 1582139.57/cwt136.25–144.0081263
HeifersMedium and Large 1720124.99/cwt121.75–127.25900175
SteersMedium and Large 1428196.00/cwt196.00–196.008393
SteersMedium and Large 1608149.60/cwt148.25–153.2591022
SteersMedium and Large 1534166.58/cwt165.00–172.0089059
SteersMedium and Large 1879131.56/cwt129.50–134.251,156121

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.