Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2020-06-17

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jun 17
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,613 head
160 vs last sale 1,453 495 vs year ago 1,118 · +44.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
204 head
59 vs last sale 145 54 vs year ago 150 · +36.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers over 800 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. No recent price comparison on steers under 800 lbs, however a higher undertone is noted. 750-800 lb feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher. All other weights of heifers sold on a sharply higher market on limited numbers. Steer and heifer calves were not well tested today. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls not well tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $128.11/cwt on 850 head.
Average price
$128.11
850 head · 855 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,095
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$246
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium 1-2
$21.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.88
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2358141.505079thin
Medium and Large 1867128.411,114773
Medium and Large 1-2792123.1797663
Medium 1-2627120.007525thin
One grade step is worth $21.50/cwt here — about −$246 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 sale850 hd
128.11
KS average2 barns · 2,717 hd
124.24
+3.88
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
BullsHigh1,67788.271,48010
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,27166.7984943
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20662.8075780
CowsLean 85-90%High1,12055.7462426

Every lot, as filed

37 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2474134.00/cwt134.00–134.006359
BullsMedium and Large 1-2635120.00/cwt120.00–120.0076223
HeifersMedium and Large 1866109.50/cwt109.50–109.509487
HeifersMedium and Large 11,03396.00/cwt96.00–96.009928
HeifersMedium and Large 1534134.00/cwt134.00–134.0071615
HeifersMedium and Large 1577137.31/cwt130.00–140.0079215
HeifersMedium and Large 1832115.00/cwt115.00–115.0095719
HeifersMedium and Large 1630134.62/cwt128.00–138.0084830
HeifersMedium and Large 1711124.49/cwt121.50–126.2588548
HeifersMedium and Large 1680125.44/cwt120.50–129.5085353
HeifersMedium and Large 1779120.57/cwt117.50–123.00939328
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement682137.00/cwt137.00–137.0093427
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2448124.00/cwt124.00–124.005566
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2552123.50/cwt123.50–123.5068212
SteersMedium 1-2627120.00/cwt120.00–120.007525
SteersMedium and Large 1683136.68/cwt136.00–137.5093433
SteersMedium and Large 1629149.80/cwt149.00–150.0094253
SteersMedium and Large 1738145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,07470
SteersMedium and Large 1890127.45/cwt123.00–129.001,13485
SteersMedium and Large 1968118.86/cwt114.50–122.601,151103
SteersMedium and Large 1820128.72/cwt126.00–130.501,056113
SteersMedium and Large 1933123.44/cwt121.00–125.001,152316
SteersMedium and Large 1-2545141.00/cwt141.00–141.007686
SteersMedium and Large 1-2628131.50/cwt131.50–131.508269
SteersMedium and Large 1-2593135.50/cwt135.50–135.5080412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2941114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,07336
SteersMedium and Large 2358141.50/cwt141.50–141.505079
Bulls2,05099.50/cwt99.50–99.502,0401
Bulls1,12575.00/cwt75.00–75.008442
Bulls1,78190.45/cwt89.00–92.001,6117
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23055.46/cwt53.00–56.506823
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20563.09/cwt59.00–68.0076077
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36061.35/cwt60.50–62.508342
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,26767.06/cwt65.00–70.0085041
CowsLean 85-90%1,11065.34/cwt63.50–67.007252
CowsLean 85-90%1,19142.00/cwt42.00–42.005003
CowsLean 85-90%1,11156.79/cwt50.50–62.5063121

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.