Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2020-04-01

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Apr 1
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,865 head
2,051 vs last sale 1,814 3,865 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
270 head
120 vs last sale 150 270 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
10 vs last sale 60 50 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 11.00 to 14.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold mostly 10.00 to 14.00 lower, with instances of 15.00 to 20.00 lower on cattle weighing over 750 lbs. Steer calves limited comparable weights, lower undertone noted. Heifer calves sold 7.00 to 10.00 lower using limited comparable weights. Overall, demand moderate to good, quality mostly average to some attractive. Slaughter cows sold 16.00 to 20.00 lower, bulls sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.63/cwt on 2,328 head.
Average price
$120.63
2,328 head · 644 lb average
Value per head Derived
$777
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$177
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$9.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.71
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2470129.23607113
Medium and Large 1653120.207842,215
One grade step is worth $9.04/cwt here — about −$177 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 sale2,328 hd
120.63
KS average3 barns · 5,345 hd
122.35
−1.71
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
BullsAverage1,95993.701,83628
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,30457.83754169
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08743.014685thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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 1-2472119.00/cwt119.00–119.0056213
HeifersMedium and Large 1717109.41/cwt100.50–110.75784563
SteersMedium and Large 1581155.75/cwt155.00–157.5090527
SteersMedium and Large 1825112.67/cwt108.75–116.85930257
SteersMedium and Large 1928103.08/cwt101.00–103.85957114
SteersMedium and Large 1513169.25/cwt160.00–171.0086889
SteersMedium and Large 1418181.89/cwt176.00–190.0076045
SteersMedium and Large 1363181.00/cwt181.00–181.006576
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46761.48/cwt57.00–66.0090250
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24158.40/cwt53.00–63.5072593
CowsLean 85-90%1,08743.01/cwt41.00–47.004685
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21848.79/cwt45.00–53.5059426
HeifersMedium and Large 1632125.59/cwt115.50–134.00794237
HeifersMedium and Large 1685109.32/cwt106.00–119.7574984
HeifersMedium and Large 1428152.82/cwt146.00–155.0065465
HeifersMedium and Large 1331163.00/cwt163.00–163.005407
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2440131.00/cwt131.00–131.0057624
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed562139.50/cwt139.50–139.5078483
HeifersMedium and Large 1781101.62/cwt97.00–104.85794279
HeifersMedium and Large 182897.59/cwt95.75–102.75808110
HeifersMedium and Large 1564127.23/cwt121.00–134.0071874
HeifersMedium and Large 190991.00/cwt91.00–91.0082724
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,6251,285.00/cwt1,285.00–1,285.0020,8815
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,6541,647.06/cwt1,250.00–1,700.0027,24217
Bulls1,86391.24/cwt85.00–94.001,70012
Bulls2,07296.91/cwt96.00–102.002,00815
Bulls1,42575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,0691
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,5771,129.49/cwt1,050.00–1,425.0017,81214
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,281930.46/cwt910.00–950.0011,91912
SteersMedium and Large 1733121.22/cwt118.85–130.50889233
SteersMedium and Large 1685135.02/cwt132.00–135.75925106
SteersMedium and Large 1887104.88/cwt104.00–105.5093074
SteersMedium and Large 1465176.05/cwt175.00–179.0081939
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy836105.25/cwt105.25–105.258805
SteersMedium and Large 1965101.04/cwt100.60–102.00975169
SteersMedium and Large 1768112.92/cwt110.25–115.0086794
SteersMedium and Large 1628148.34/cwt140.00–153.7593269
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2595117.25/cwt117.25–117.2569832
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed651126.96/cwt124.00–128.25827148
HeifersMedium and Large 1470141.94/cwt135.00–148.00667280
HeifersMedium and Large 1522138.96/cwt130.00–143.00725125
HeifersMedium and Large 187294.30/cwt91.00–97.0082275
HeifersMedium and Large 1383159.41/cwt156.00–165.5061156
HeifersMedium and Large 11,02389.00/cwt89.00–89.009105
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2394140.00/cwt140.00–140.0055244

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.