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
BullsAverage1,72183.161,43111
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 1Fleshy735121.25/cwt121.25–121.258916
HeifersMedium and Large 1527146.85/cwt143.00–151.0077440
HeifersMedium and Large 1568144.63/cwt136.50–149.00821121
HeifersMedium and Large 1682129.89/cwt127.50–134.75886493
HeifersMedium and Large 1353164.62/cwt157.50–169.0058124
HeifersMedium and Large 1628132.35/cwt127.00–135.1083148
HeifersMedium and Large 1754124.69/cwt124.10–125.75940260
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed453171.00/cwt171.00–171.0077524
HeifersMedium and Large 1462157.99/cwt153.00–163.0073017
HeifersMedium and Large 1434159.87/cwt155.00–171.0069442
HeifersMedium and Large 1728125.75/cwt123.50–126.50915129
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed509160.00/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 1492184.00/cwt184.00–184.009054
SteersMedium and Large 1621152.98/cwt150.00–156.0095027
SteersMedium and Large 1574172.50/cwt163.00–176.50990115
SteersMedium and Large 1763143.62/cwt136.00–147.001,096157
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed455215.00/cwt215.00–215.009786
SteersMedium and Large 1-2702135.00/cwt135.00–135.0094814
SteersMedium and Large 1359196.00/cwt196.00–196.007045
SteersMedium and Large 1533181.33/cwt178.00–182.0096689
SteersMedium and Large 1940123.59/cwt116.10–124.751,162116
SteersMedium and Large 1825134.31/cwt128.50–135.601,108198
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed427216.00/cwt216.00–216.0092233
SteersMedium and Large 1-2581156.77/cwt156.50–158.0091116
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy791128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0128
SteersMedium and Large 1426187.50/cwt187.50–187.5079916
SteersMedium and Large 1732141.39/cwt136.50–143.501,035104
SteersMedium and Large 1875127.15/cwt122.00–130.851,113119
SteersMedium and Large 1683151.56/cwt142.50–156.001,035239
SteersMedium and Large 1-2491170.40/cwt169.00–171.508379
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3711,071.80/cwt885.00–1,300.0014,6947
BullsMedium and Large 1448168.00/cwt168.00–168.0075312
Bulls1,55980.37/cwt77.00–87.001,2538
BullsMedium and Large 1616146.00/cwt146.00–146.0089911
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned379177.50/cwt177.50–177.506736
Bulls2,15290.61/cwt89.00–91.501,9503
BullsMedium and Large 1515161.00/cwt161.00–161.008294
BullsMedium and Large 1324183.00/cwt183.00–183.0059319
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,344900.74/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.