Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2020-07-01

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jul 1
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,103 head
510 vs last sale 1,613 1,103 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
152 head
52 vs last sale 204 152 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Close Compared to 2 weeks ago, feeder steers under 900 lbs sold steady to weak; over 900 lbs sold 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers and steer and heifer calves not tested today. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls weak on a light test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $123.88/cwt on 807 head.
Average price
$123.88
807 head · 880 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,090
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$57
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$9.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.91
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1880124.621,096717
Medium and Large 1-2718121.9787538
Large 11,003115.041,15452
One grade step is worth $9.58/cwt here — about −$57 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 sale807 hd
123.88
KS average2 barns · 2,471 hd
128.79
−4.91
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
BullsLow1,79584.761,52219
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37466.9192041
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22763.5478062
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09056.8462020

Every lot, as filed

20 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35565.98/cwt63.50–68.5089431
Bulls1,58768.11/cwt60.00–79.001,0815
Bulls1,75686.82/cwt83.00–89.501,5257
Bulls1,98394.59/cwt92.00–97.001,8767
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22763.54/cwt59.00–66.0078062
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43469.79/cwt69.00–70.751,00110
SteersMedium and Large 1788128.90/cwt127.00–131.501,016135
SteersMedium and Large 1879125.63/cwt121.50–130.101,104299
SteersLarge 11,003115.04/cwt106.00–116.001,15452
SteersMedium and Large 1-2745122.50/cwt122.50–122.5091318
SteersMedium and Large 1-2693121.50/cwt121.50–121.5084220
SteersMedium and Large 1846130.06/cwt123.00–130.751,10066
SteersMedium and Large 1976118.20/cwt111.00–119.251,15489
SteersMedium and Large 1929119.41/cwt116.25–121.351,109128
CowsLean 85-90%1,09056.84/cwt52.50–61.0062020
HeifersMedium and Large 1709115.50/cwt115.50–115.508198
HeifersMedium and Large 1665121.00/cwt121.00–121.0080510
HeifersMedium and Large 1616118.67/cwt116.50–119.7573115
HeifersMedium and Large 1768111.12/cwt104.00–114.0085315
HeifersMedium and Large 1824110.56/cwt109.50–111.0091120

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.