Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2020-03-25

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Mar 25
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,814 head
1,334 vs last sale 480 1,814 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
150 head
25 vs last sale 125 150 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
60 vs last sale 0 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Due to last week's short sale, limited comparable weights available. Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly 10.00 to 13.00 higher. Not enough calves for a market trend. Demand good to very good, quality average to some attractive. Slaughter cows sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher, bulls sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher using limited comparable weights.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.92/cwt on 769 head.
Average price
$132.92
769 head · 681 lb average
Value per head Derived
$906
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$230
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.01
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2505135.0068220
Medium and Large 1686132.87912749
One grade step is worth $2.13/cwt here — about −$230 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 sale769 hd
132.92
KS average3 barns · 1,387 hd
127.92
+5.01
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
BullsAverage1,93592.111,78216
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26874.6094699
CowsLean 85-90%Average92552.004812thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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 1371170.00/cwt170.00–170.006317
HeifersMedium and Large 1484161.00/cwt161.00–161.0077921
HeifersMedium and Large 1733122.28/cwt119.00–128.0089654
HeifersMedium and Large 1539161.55/cwt157.00–162.25871103
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned559139.00/cwt139.00–139.007776
HeifersMedium and Large 1950111.25/cwt111.25–111.251,05717
HeifersMedium and Large 1561146.84/cwt146.00–147.0082452
HeifersMedium and Large 1619138.48/cwt138.00–140.0085798
HeifersMedium and Large 1686127.45/cwt125.00–128.10874143
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2470141.00/cwt141.00–141.0066312
HeifersMedium and Large 1433164.00/cwt164.00–164.007109
HeifersMedium and Large 1855117.68/cwt114.50–118.251,00646
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25671.75/cwt63.00–78.5090121
CowsLean 85-90%92552.00/cwt52.00–52.004812
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33476.67/cwt75.00–77.501,02314
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25875.08/cwt70.50–77.0094564
SteersMedium and Large 1368194.00/cwt194.00–194.007149
SteersMedium and Large 1867118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,02328
SteersMedium and Large 1916121.67/cwt116.50–124.501,11494
SteersMedium and Large 1826130.06/cwt126.75–135.251,074189
SteersMedium and Large 1-2476152.00/cwt152.00–152.0072413
SteersMedium and Large 1455185.11/cwt179.00–188.0084219
SteersMedium and Large 1588149.45/cwt148.50–153.0087942
SteersMedium and Large 1698140.89/cwt140.50–144.00983114
HeifersMedium and Large 1762123.85/cwt123.85–123.8594465
HeifersMedium and Large 1827114.13/cwt111.00–120.50944128
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2558126.00/cwt126.00–126.007038
SteersMedium and Large 1-2678130.50/cwt130.50–130.5088510
SteersMedium and Large 1636149.00/cwt149.00–149.009484
SteersMedium and Large 1953117.75/cwt117.75–117.751,12225
SteersMedium and Large 1780127.66/cwt124.50–134.5099662
SteersMedium and Large 1743138.87/cwt136.00–139.751,032116
SteersMedium and Large 1-2574143.00/cwt143.00–143.0082111
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3131,118.06/cwt960.00–1,225.0014,68045
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4011,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0014,7115
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1311,060.00/cwt1,060.00–1,060.0011,9893
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4451,063.34/cwt1,050.00–1,110.0015,3654
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1911,225.00/cwt1,225.00–1,225.0014,5903
Bulls1,91290.87/cwt80.00–98.001,7375
Bulls1,55069.91/cwt68.00–72.001,0843
Bulls2,094101.21/cwt99.00–105.502,1198
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3501,160.00/cwt1,160.00–1,160.0015,6601

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.