Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2020-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to last week, not enough feeder steers or feeder heifers for a market test. Cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $129.48/cwt on 159 head.

Average price

$129.48

159 head · 879 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,138

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$86

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$44.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.15

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	856	132.52	1,134	148
Large 1	1,184	88.50	1,048	11thin

One grade step is worth $44.02/cwt here — about $86 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 sale159 hd

129.48

—

KS average3 barns · 2,825 hd

140.63

−11.15

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,808	89.40	1,616	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,279	73.50	940	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,065	64.91	691	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,077	57.90	624	14

Every lot, as filed

22 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,077	57.90/cwt	55.00–59.00	624	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,279	73.27/cwt	68.50–76.50	937	40
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,065	64.91/cwt	61.00–68.50	691	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,283	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,001	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	895	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	949	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	982	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	119.33/cwt	115.00–122.00	914	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	830	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	905	8
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,072	90.50/cwt	90.50–90.50	970	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	861	21
Bulls	—	—	1,746	87.59/cwt	82.00–92.50	1,529	10
Bulls	—	—	2,013	95.43/cwt	94.00–96.00	1,921	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,300	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	16,900	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	1,235.00/cwt	1,235.00–1,235.00	13,585	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,150	1,335.00/cwt	1,335.00–1,335.00	15,353	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	130.25/cwt	130.25–130.25	1,180	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	135.08/cwt	133.00–135.75	1,135	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	128.58/cwt	127.50–133.00	1,116	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	127.50/cwt	127.00–128.00	972	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,018	10
Steers	Large 1	—	1,184	88.50/cwt	88.50–88.50	1,048	11

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.

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