Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2020-04-08

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Apr 8
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,086 head
1,779 vs last sale 3,865 2,086 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
125 head
145 vs last sale 270 125 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
16 vs last sale 50 34 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 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Steer calves not enough comparable weights for accurate market trend, lower undertone noted. Heifer calves sold mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher using comparable weights. Overall, demand good, quality mostly average to some attractive. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Bulls lower undertone noted.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $136.65/cwt on 958 head.
Average price
$136.65
958 head · 698 lb average
Value per head Derived
$954
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+13.50
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1698136.65954958
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 sale958 hd
136.65
KS average3 barns · 5,937 hd
123.15
+13.50
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
BullsLow1,92171.461,37210
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28453.3268560
CowsLean 85-90%Average97939.963919thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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 1455140.50/cwt140.50–140.5063924
HeifersMedium and Large 1424157.33/cwt157.00–159.0066737
HeifersMedium and Large 1874100.96/cwt97.50–103.1088294
HeifersMedium and Large 1587133.77/cwt131.00–140.00785108
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2534134.00/cwt134.00–134.0071613
HeifersMedium and Large 1640119.50/cwt119.50–119.5076512
HeifersMedium and Large 1367167.78/cwt164.00–171.0061628
HeifersMedium and Large 1735112.87/cwt106.00–116.0083068
HeifersMedium and Large 1763107.49/cwt106.25–108.25820102
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2572120.00/cwt120.00–120.0068611
HeifersMedium and Large 11,06792.00/cwt92.00–92.009829
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12345.28/cwt42.50–46.0050814
CowsLean 85-90%97939.96/cwt34.00–42.003919
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33354.89/cwt47.00–58.0073232
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33357.77/cwt56.00–58.5077014
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy381173.00/cwt173.00–173.0065923
SteersMedium and Large 1365185.57/cwt180.50–190.0067722
SteersMedium and Large 1732127.35/cwt127.35–127.3593258
SteersMedium and Large 1632147.52/cwt144.50–154.0093279
SteersMedium and Large 1475170.66/cwt163.00–177.00811107
SteersMedium and Large 1681130.00/cwt130.00–130.0088511
SteersMedium and Large 1970103.86/cwt103.00–105.501,00723
Bulls1,94564.00/cwt64.00–64.001,2451
Bulls1,85771.57/cwt69.00–74.501,3298
Bulls2,40578.00/cwt78.00–78.001,8761
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1261,337.50/cwt1,275.00–1,400.0015,06030
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29911,160.00/cwt1,160.00–1,160.0011,4964
HeifersMedium and Large 192298.69/cwt92.00–104.7591024
HeifersMedium and Large 1516142.92/cwt141.00–146.5073758
HeifersMedium and Large 1812106.19/cwt100.50–106.5086298
HeifersMedium and Large 1674116.72/cwt116.00–120.00787108
SteersMedium and Large 1923106.65/cwt105.60–107.8598464
SteersMedium and Large 1888109.99/cwt108.50–111.5097785
SteersMedium and Large 1789118.36/cwt116.85–120.00934234
SteersMedium and Large 1512160.00/cwt160.00–160.0081919
SteersMedium and Large 1433193.00/cwt193.00–193.0083646
SteersMedium and Large 1565156.81/cwt155.00–159.0088673
SteersMedium and Large 1824118.08/cwt114.50–119.0097396
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed529175.50/cwt175.50–175.5092818

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.