Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2020-07-31

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Fri, Jul 31
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Receipts
11,590 head
11,183 vs last sale 407 3,363 vs year ago 8,227 · +40.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This was the 84th Anniversary two day sale. Many consignments from reputation farms and ranches were fresh off grass pastures, thin fleshed. Demand was very good as many buyers were very eager to replace empty feed yard pens.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.64/cwt on 6,631 head.
Average price
$139.64
6,631 head · 840 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,173
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$70
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$16.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.29
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1836140.461,1746,222
Medium and Large 1-2860128.901,108276
Large 11,006123.621,244133
One grade step is worth $16.84/cwt here — about −$70 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 sale6,631 hd
139.64
KS average3 barns · 11,224 hd
139.34
+0.29
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

35 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2845127.87/cwt124.00–135.501,081130
HeifersMedium and Large 1430166.92/cwt165.00–168.5071840
HeifersMedium and Large 1911117.95/cwt117.00–119.251,07567
HeifersMedium and Large 1858126.79/cwt126.25–127.001,08882
HeifersMedium and Large 1568153.69/cwt150.00–155.0087391
HeifersMedium and Large 1525159.61/cwt156.50–161.25838295
HeifersMedium and Large 1679142.41/cwt138.85–145.50967589
SteersMedium and Large 1919132.70/cwt129.00–137.501,2201,106
SteersMedium and Large 1532163.31/cwt162.25–166.50869107
SteersMedium and Large 1-2745141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,05010
SteersMedium and Large 1-2772140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,08111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2879126.16/cwt122.50–130.001,10933
SteersMedium and Large 1-2926127.14/cwt125.50–128.251,17742
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed700154.75/cwt154.75–154.751,08388
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed600164.00/cwt164.00–164.0098486
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy762123.00/cwt123.00–123.0093740
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Full872130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,13450
SteersMedium and Large 1579162.53/cwt155.00–164.25941263
SteersMedium and Large 1731146.47/cwt142.00–149.751,071293
SteersMedium and Large 1772145.51/cwt142.00–149.501,123511
SteersMedium and Large 1970128.90/cwt126.10–133.751,250773
SteersMedium and Large 1829142.57/cwt138.00–146.501,1821,293
SteersMedium and Large 1878137.17/cwt133.35–140.001,2041,447
HeifersMedium and Large 1820129.57/cwt125.75–133.251,062334
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2664128.00/cwt128.00–128.0085024
SteersLarge 11,006123.62/cwt120.50–124.101,244133
SteersMedium and Large 1469161.59/cwt159.50–165.5075817
SteersMedium and Large 1665152.76/cwt150.50–156.001,01681
SteersMedium and Large 1629155.16/cwt152.00–160.00976157
HeifersMedium and Large 1622146.66/cwt142.00–151.00912636
HeifersMedium and Large 1727137.58/cwt133.10–140.101,0001,060
HeifersMedium and Large 1775132.91/cwt129.00–136.851,0301,174
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2531139.00/cwt139.00–139.0073818
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2637138.57/cwt131.00–140.5088357
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2730128.27/cwt126.50–131.5093674

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.