Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2020-05-13

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, May 13
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
812 head
812 vs last sale 1,624 2,186 vs year ago 2,998 · 72.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
135 head
108 vs last sale 243 149 vs year ago 284 · 52.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
72 vs last sale 100 4 vs year ago 24 · +16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Close* Compared to last week: Feeder Steers not enough comparable weights for an accurate market trend, higher undertone noted. Feeder Heifers steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows: Breaker Utility 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Boning Utility and Lean Utility sold steady. Slaughter bulls higher undertone noted.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.14/cwt on 369 head.
Average price
$113.14
369 head · 797 lb average
Value per head Derived
$901
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
7.28
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1797113.14901369
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 sale369 hd
113.14
KS average3 barns · 2,483 hd
120.42
−7.28
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
BullsAverage1,67383.561,39710
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59370.061,11629
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26767.4585565
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07353.1457020

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,347909.16/cwt875.00–950.0012,2467
HeifersMedium and Large 1743119.19/cwt119.00–120.1088671
SteersLarge 1979112.35/cwt111.50–112.501,10032
SteersMedium and Large 1487158.00/cwt158.00–158.007699
Bulls1,54885.48/cwt85.00–86.001,3232
Bulls1,25361.10/cwt59.00–64.007663
Bulls1,97496.26/cwt92.00–101.501,9005
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26767.45/cwt60.00–71.0085565
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59370.06/cwt66.00–72.001,11629
CowsLean 85-90%95539.22/cwt31.00–43.003754
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2911,042.99/cwt975.00–1,100.0013,4657
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,315860.00/cwt860.00–860.0011,3091
SteersMedium and Large 1878115.50/cwt115.50–115.501,01413
SteersMedium and Large 1586138.07/cwt134.00–142.0080915
SteersMedium and Large 1721131.64/cwt130.60–133.0094916
SteersMedium and Large 1927113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,04848
SteersMedium and Large 1816124.79/cwt121.25–126.851,018100
SteersMedium and Large 1783124.85/cwt120.75–126.50978111
HeifersMedium and Large 1772112.07/cwt109.00–115.0086529
HeifersMedium and Large 1833110.19/cwt107.75–113.50918207
SteersMedium and Large 1541143.75/cwt143.75–143.7577810
CowsLean 85-90%1,10256.62/cwt50.00–59.0062416
HeifersMedium and Large 1468132.96/cwt131.00–135.006224
HeifersMedium and Large 1585127.00/cwt127.00–127.007435
HeifersMedium and Large 1624125.15/cwt121.00–127.5078113
HeifersMedium and Large 1670122.14/cwt120.00–123.0081814
HeifersMedium and Large 1926104.72/cwt103.00–106.2597026

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.