Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2020-08-05

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Aug 5
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,070 head
1,663 vs last sale 407 156 vs year ago 1,914 · +8.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
171 head
57 vs last sale 114 9 vs year ago 180 · 5.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report*

Compared to Friday's and Saturday's Anniversary Special, feeder steers and heifers under 700 lb were lightly tested however a weaker undertone was noted. Feeder steers and heifers 700 lb to 900 lb sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good. Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter cows and bull sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $140.69/cwt on 1,470 head.
Average price
$140.69
1,470 head · 823 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,158
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$103
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$20.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.19
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1822140.761,1571,465
Large 11,050120.001,2605thin
One grade step is worth $20.76/cwt here — about −$103 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 sale1,470 hd
140.69
KS average3 barns · 12,694 hd
139.50
+1.19
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
BullsHigh1,78392.351,64614
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,30374.1296673
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16967.2478671
CowsLean 85-90%Average99458.2557910

Every lot, as filed

28 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 1Fleshy787139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,09444
SteersMedium and Large 1928131.39/cwt129.00–132.251,219183
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy880130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,14835
SteersMedium and Large 1871138.99/cwt133.00–143.751,211150
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy849131.10/cwt131.10–131.101,11330
SteersMedium and Large 1975130.10/cwt130.10–130.101,26867
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed713148.85/cwt148.85–148.851,06124
SteersLarge 11,050120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,2605
SteersMedium and Large 1681151.33/cwt148.00–152.351,03142
SteersMedium and Large 1830141.80/cwt134.50–145.251,177413
SteersMedium and Large 1601148.00/cwt148.00–148.0088912
SteersMedium and Large 1773145.57/cwt142.00–147.501,125276
Bulls1,85996.22/cwt95.00–97.501,7897
Bulls1,70688.47/cwt83.00–93.001,5097
HeifersMedium and Large 1863122.91/cwt122.00–123.101,06197
HeifersMedium and Large 1641135.23/cwt133.00–143.7586734
HeifersMedium and Large 1694139.75/cwt139.75–139.7597033
HeifersMedium and Large 1812126.03/cwt122.50–128.001,02314
HeifersMedium and Large 1590137.50/cwt137.50–137.5081113
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed561146.50/cwt146.50–146.5082215
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy683131.00/cwt131.00–131.008957
HeifersMedium and Large 1926120.64/cwt119.00–122.351,117116
SteersMedium and Large 1547155.00/cwt155.00–155.008485
SteersMedium and Large 1738145.48/cwt139.25–148.351,074184
CowsLean 85-90%99458.25/cwt55.00–63.0057910
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,30374.01/cwt71.00–76.5096471
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,31578.00/cwt78.00–78.001,0262
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16967.24/cwt62.00–69.5078671

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.