Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2020-03-18

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Mar 18
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
480 head
1,595 vs last sale 2,075 480 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
125 head
25 vs last sale 100 125 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No price trend available due to limited receipts. Feeder steers and heifers lower undertone noted. Not enough calves for a market trend. Demand and trade moderate, quality average. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher, bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher using limited comparable weights.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.18/cwt on 261 head.
Average price
$134.18
261 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$745
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+10.66
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555134.18745261
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 sale261 hd
134.18
KS average3 barns · 1,949 hd
123.52
+10.66
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
BullsHigh1,88189.711,6879thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20066.5679994
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03652.005393thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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
Bulls2,08294.21/cwt93.00–95.501,9613
Bulls1,78087.46/cwt83.00–91.001,5576
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29969.05/cwt67.50–69.5089716
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05158.55/cwt56.50–60.006157
CowsLean 85-90%1,03652.00/cwt52.00–52.005393
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19366.79/cwt60.00–70.5079771
SteersMedium and Large 1691127.00/cwt127.00–127.008786
SteersMedium and Large 1757116.77/cwt116.00–118.0088413
SteersMedium and Large 1838113.50/cwt113.50–113.5095111
SteersMedium and Large 1547157.00/cwt157.00–157.0085917
SteersMedium and Large 1591134.00/cwt134.00–134.007926
SteersMedium and Large 1492149.00/cwt149.00–149.0073312
SteersMedium and Large 1640140.25/cwt137.00–144.0089826
HeifersMedium and Large 181099.25/cwt99.25–99.258043
HeifersMedium and Large 1527137.76/cwt131.25–138.50726111
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy539125.00/cwt125.00–125.006746
HeifersMedium and Large 1459144.92/cwt138.00–150.0066512
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy615111.00/cwt111.00–111.006834
HeifersMedium and Large 1694117.00/cwt117.00–117.008128
HeifersMedium and Large 1575133.01/cwt129.50–134.00765117

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.