Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2020-05-27

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, May 27
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,000 head
▼ 327 vs last sale 2,327▲ 1,191 vs year ago 809 · +147.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
173 head
▼ 80 vs last sale 253▲ 87 vs year ago 86 · +101.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Close* Compared to last week: Feeder Steers 750-850 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher, above 850 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder Heifers 650-700 lbs and 850-900 lbs sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher, 750-800 lbs sold steady to 1.00 lower. All other Feeder Heifers and Steers not enough comparable weights for an accurate market trend. Slaughter Cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $129.43/cwt on 1,008 head.
Average price
$129.43
1,008 head · 797 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,031
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+4.35
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1797129.431,0311,008
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 sale1,008 hd
129.43
—
KS average3 barns · 6,458 hd
125.08
+4.35
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
Bulls—Average1,86591.821,71318
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57871.471,12811
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24567.7884463
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,11356.0562424

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Bulls——1,71386.23/cwt79.50–89.001,4778
Bulls——1,98796.30/cwt90.00–100.001,91310
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24567.78/cwt63.00–71.0084463
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,57871.47/cwt71.00–72.001,12811
CowsLean 85-90%—97340.62/cwt39.00–46.003954
CowsLean 85-90%—1,14159.14/cwt52.00–63.0067520
SteersMedium and Large 1—929117.96/cwt116.85–122.001,09690
SteersMedium and Large 1—664147.87/cwt142.00–150.50982110
SteersMedium and Large 1—886121.04/cwt119.50–121.501,072123
SteersMedium and Large 1—790128.79/cwt126.50–131.251,017262
SteersMedium and Large 1—831126.86/cwt122.00–129.101,054281
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—733111.50/cwt111.50–111.5081717
SteersMedium and Large 1—491159.00/cwt159.00–159.007818
SteersMedium and Large 1—743127.35/cwt127.35–127.3594621
SteersMedium and Large 1—970108.88/cwt105.75–110.251,05627
SteersMedium and Large 1—542156.58/cwt152.00–158.0084933
SteersMedium and Large 1—633136.84/cwt134.50–139.0086653
HeifersMedium and Large 1—615138.91/cwt137.25–140.50854133
HeifersMedium and Large 1—782118.91/cwt118.00–120.25930163
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—629124.50/cwt124.50–124.507836
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—881105.00/cwt105.00–105.009256
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—834106.50/cwt106.50–106.5088811
HeifersMedium and Large 1—722118.25/cwt117.00–124.00854113
HeifersMedium and Large 1—574135.00/cwt135.00–135.007756
HeifersMedium and Large 1—826109.51/cwt108.50–110.0090515
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475138.98/cwt136.00–146.0066020
HeifersMedium and Large 1—535137.00/cwt137.00–137.0073320
HeifersMedium and Large 1—861113.00/cwt113.00–113.0097367
HeifersMedium and Large 1—683126.88/cwt122.00–130.00867110

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.