Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2020-07-08

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jul 8
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,314 head
211 vs last sale 1,103 480 vs year ago 834 · +57.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
155 head
3 vs last sale 152 33 vs year ago 188 · 17.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
77 head
77 vs last sale 0 52 vs year ago 25 · +208.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to last week, feeder steers 700 lb to 850 lb sold 4.00 higher. Steers over 900 lb not well tested. Feeder heifers no recent price comparison, however a sharply higher market noted. Breaker cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Boner and lean cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls no recent price comparison.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.59/cwt on 564 head.
Average price
$126.59
564 head · 743 lb average
Value per head Derived
$941
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$183
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1745127.20947546
Medium and Large 1-2706108.2276418thin
One grade step is worth $18.98/cwt here — about $183 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 sale564 hd
126.59
KS average1 barns · 564 hd
126.59
+0.00
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
BullsLow1,70282.891,41123
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,32967.3489568
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24262.8378025
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02649.4250718

Every lot, as filed

25 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
Bulls1,67678.63/cwt73.00–84.501,31814
Bulls1,61687.01/cwt69.00–96.501,4067
Bulls2,18898.25/cwt98.00–98.502,1502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2191,373.54/cwt1,275.00–1,510.0016,74372
CowsLean 85-90%1,02649.42/cwt49.00–49.5050718
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32967.34/cwt63.50–70.0089568
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24262.83/cwt58.00–65.5078025
SteersMedium and Large 1-2903103.00/cwt103.00–103.0093013
SteersMedium and Large 1915128.47/cwt126.50–129.751,17648
SteersMedium and Large 1-2583130.50/cwt130.50–130.5076113
SteersMedium and Large 1777136.25/cwt136.25–136.251,05948
SteersMedium and Large 1-2761122.50/cwt122.50–122.509325
SteersMedium and Large 1677137.73/cwt136.50–139.0093229
SteersMedium and Large 1825133.00/cwt128.25–137.751,097188
SteersMedium and Large 1861127.25/cwt127.25–127.251,09620
SteersMedium and Large 1714134.40/cwt129.00–137.0096019
SteersMedium and Large 1-2821125.73/cwt125.25–126.001,03230
HeifersMedium and Large 1776125.15/cwt122.75–127.50971335
HeifersMedium and Large 1730130.29/cwt128.00–131.00951112
HeifersMedium and Large 1617131.67/cwt130.00–135.0081243
HeifersMedium and Large 1672132.50/cwt132.50–132.5089039
HeifersMedium and Large 1817120.35/cwt120.35–120.3598311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2513123.00/cwt123.00–123.0063110
HeifersMedium and Large 1518130.00/cwt130.00–130.006736
HeifersMedium and Large 1-294889.75/cwt89.75–89.758518

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.