Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2020-07-15

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jul 15
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
742 head
572 vs last sale 1,314 418 vs year ago 324 · +129.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
157 head
2 vs last sale 155 107 vs year ago 50 · +214.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to last week, feeder steers 700 lb to 900 lb sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Heifers under 700 lb sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Heifers 700 to 800 sold steady. Cows sold steady. Bulls sold 3.00 higher on a light test. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.48/cwt on 351 head.
Average price
$135.48
351 head · 814 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,103
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+2.89
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1814135.481,103351
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 sale351 hd
135.48
KS average3 barns · 2,491 hd
132.59
+2.89
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
BullsAverage1,91290.261,72612
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42168.3297155
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20562.5575428
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14155.9763934

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
BullsMedium and Large 1552138.00/cwt138.00–138.007628
BullsMedium and Large 1634128.50/cwt128.50–128.5081514
Bulls1,91290.26/cwt86.00–95.501,72612
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20562.55/cwt60.00–64.5075428
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42168.32/cwt64.50–73.5097155
CowsLean 85-90%1,14155.97/cwt51.50–60.0063934
SteersMedium and Large 1972113.50/cwt113.50–113.501,1035
SteersMedium and Large 1574153.00/cwt153.00–153.008786
SteersMedium and Large 1673137.22/cwt125.50–142.0092334
SteersMedium and Large 1773141.22/cwt140.00–142.101,09244
SteersMedium and Large 1800138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,10410
SteersMedium and Large 1612144.29/cwt140.00–149.2588334
SteersMedium and Large 1716139.10/cwt136.50–144.1099646
SteersMedium and Large 1924130.84/cwt130.00–132.851,209172
HeifersMedium and Large 1462142.50/cwt142.50–142.506587
HeifersMedium and Large 1644137.50/cwt137.50–137.5088612
HeifersMedium and Large 1727128.77/cwt122.50–131.5093628
HeifersMedium and Large 1590128.98/cwt126.50–136.0076138
HeifersMedium and Large 1656138.40/cwt133.00–141.2590838
HeifersMedium and Large 1798126.35/cwt126.35–126.351,00860

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.