Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2020-03-11

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Mar 11
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,075 head
866 vs last sale 2,941 2,075 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
50 vs last sale 150 100 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 mostly 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Feeder heifers 600-700 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower, 700-800 lbs sold 7.00 to 10.00 lower. Limited calves available, steer calves lower undertone noted. Heifer calves 500-600 sold steady to 2.00 higher. Overall, demand moderate to good, quality mostly average. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower using limited receipts, not enough bulls for accurate market trend, higher undertone noted.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.04/cwt on 934 head.
Average price
$128.04
934 head · 664 lb average
Value per head Derived
$850
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$111
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.45
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1664128.22851923
Medium and Large 1-2660112.2774111thin
One grade step is worth $15.95/cwt here — about $111 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 sale934 hd
128.04
KS average3 barns · 2,407 hd
130.48
−2.45
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
BullsHigh1,99487.261,7404thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22359.0372251
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09248.005242thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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 1829107.75/cwt107.75–107.7589314
HeifersMedium and Large 1628130.69/cwt127.60–136.0082199
HeifersMedium and Large 1732116.00/cwt116.00–116.00849114
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2712109.00/cwt109.00–109.007768
HeifersMedium and Large 1868107.00/cwt107.00–107.009294
HeifersMedium and Large 1562144.81/cwt139.00–147.0081482
HeifersMedium and Large 1457155.53/cwt150.00–156.00711112
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2520121.00/cwt121.00–121.006293
HeifersMedium and Large 1664125.51/cwt124.00–128.2583356
HeifersMedium and Large 1542150.08/cwt149.50–151.10813101
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09654.59/cwt51.00–56.5059815
CowsBoner 80-85%1,48565.04/cwt63.50–68.0096611
CowsLean 85-90%1,09248.00/cwt48.00–48.005242
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18359.04/cwt57.00–63.5069825
SteersMedium and Large 1425184.00/cwt184.00–184.007823
SteersMedium and Large 1465183.92/cwt183.00–186.0085513
SteersMedium and Large 1916115.60/cwt111.25–116.501,05953
SteersMedium and Large 1741126.27/cwt122.50–132.5093681
SteersMedium and Large 1787123.53/cwt120.00–128.75972243
SteersMedium and Large 1575167.50/cwt167.50–167.509634
Bulls2,17090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,9531
BullsMedium and Large 1437185.00/cwt185.00–185.008087
Bulls1,93586.34/cwt84.00–88.001,6713
HeifersMedium and Large 1771113.70/cwt111.85–115.00877341
SteersMedium and Large 1519172.57/cwt170.00–175.0089625
SteersMedium and Large 1683141.04/cwt138.00–141.8596356
SteersMedium and Large 1621153.18/cwt149.00–156.25951134
SteersMedium and Large 1-2688121.00/cwt121.00–121.0083210
SteersMedium and Large 11,126107.75/cwt107.75–107.751,2138
SteersMedium and Large 1954112.25/cwt112.25–112.251,07147
SteersMedium and Large 1863116.72/cwt114.00–123.601,00758
SteersMedium and Large 1824119.96/cwt115.00–126.00988136

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.