Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2020-03-04

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Mar 4
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,941 head
▲ 1,920 vs last sale 1,021▲ 2,941 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
150 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 100▲ 150 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 0▲ 34 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Limited receipts last week, feeder steers higher undertone noted. Feeder heifers steady to 2.00 lower using limited comparable weights. Not enough calves last week for an accurate market trend. Overall, demand good to very good, quality mostly average. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm, bulls sold steady to 1.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.81/cwt on 1,275 head.
Average price
$148.81
1,275 head · 724 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,077
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$164
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.03
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2604152.1091839
Medium and Large 1728148.711,0821,236
One grade step is worth $3.39/cwt here — about −$164 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 sale1,275 hd
148.81
—
KS average3 barns · 2,507 hd
145.78
+3.03
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
Bulls—Average1,72183.161,43111
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47172.891,0724thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20160.9373161
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06548.595173thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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 1Fleshy—735121.25/cwt121.25–121.258916
HeifersMedium and Large 1—527146.85/cwt143.00–151.0077440
HeifersMedium and Large 1—568144.63/cwt136.50–149.00821121
HeifersMedium and Large 1—682129.89/cwt127.50–134.75886493
HeifersMedium and Large 1—353164.62/cwt157.50–169.0058124
HeifersMedium and Large 1—628132.35/cwt127.00–135.1083148
HeifersMedium and Large 1—754124.69/cwt124.10–125.75940260
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—453171.00/cwt171.00–171.0077524
HeifersMedium and Large 1—462157.99/cwt153.00–163.0073017
HeifersMedium and Large 1—434159.87/cwt155.00–171.0069442
HeifersMedium and Large 1—728125.75/cwt123.50–126.50915129
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—509160.00/cwt160.00–160.008148
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19961.09/cwt57.00–63.5073230
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29765.22/cwt63.00–69.0084617
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06548.59/cwt47.00–52.005173
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08755.36/cwt51.50–56.5060214
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47172.89/cwt71.00–78.001,0724
SteersMedium and Large 1—492184.00/cwt184.00–184.009054
SteersMedium and Large 1—621152.98/cwt150.00–156.0095027
SteersMedium and Large 1—574172.50/cwt163.00–176.50990115
SteersMedium and Large 1—763143.62/cwt136.00–147.001,096157
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—455215.00/cwt215.00–215.009786
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—702135.00/cwt135.00–135.0094814
SteersMedium and Large 1—359196.00/cwt196.00–196.007045
SteersMedium and Large 1—533181.33/cwt178.00–182.0096689
SteersMedium and Large 1—940123.59/cwt116.10–124.751,162116
SteersMedium and Large 1—825134.31/cwt128.50–135.601,108198
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—427216.00/cwt216.00–216.0092233
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—581156.77/cwt156.50–158.0091116
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—791128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0128
SteersMedium and Large 1—426187.50/cwt187.50–187.5079916
SteersMedium and Large 1—732141.39/cwt136.50–143.501,035104
SteersMedium and Large 1—875127.15/cwt122.00–130.851,113119
SteersMedium and Large 1—683151.56/cwt142.50–156.001,035239
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—491170.40/cwt169.00–171.508379
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3711,071.80/cwt885.00–1,300.0014,6947
BullsMedium and Large 1—448168.00/cwt168.00–168.0075312
Bulls——1,55980.37/cwt77.00–87.001,2538
BullsMedium and Large 1—616146.00/cwt146.00–146.0089911
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—379177.50/cwt177.50–177.506736
Bulls——2,15290.61/cwt89.00–91.501,9503
BullsMedium and Large 1—515161.00/cwt161.00–161.008294
BullsMedium and Large 1—324183.00/cwt183.00–183.0059319
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,344900.74/cwt850.00–1,010.0012,10627

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.