Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2020-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers and feeder heifers 400 lb to 900 lb sold unevenly steady. Demand was moderate to good. Slaughter cows sold unevenly steady. Slaughter bull sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.81/cwt on 874 head.

Average price

$131.81

874 head · 637 lb average

Value per head Derived

$839

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−1.64

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	637	131.81	839	874

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 sale874 hd

131.81

—

KS average3 barns · 2,122 hd

133.45

−1.64

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	1,770	69.22	1,225	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,364	61.94	845	87
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,188	50.76	603	88
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,179	45.77	540	43

Every lot, as filed

46 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	854	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,080	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	690	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	132.23/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,014	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	969	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	168.53/cwt	166.00–169.00	683	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	159.76/cwt	159.00–162.00	748	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	823	144.75/cwt	144.75–144.75	1,191	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	911	142.10/cwt	142.10–142.10	1,295	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	123.11/cwt	120.50–127.00	757	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	611	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	593	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	701	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	799	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	566	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	685	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	130.98/cwt	125.50–140.25	748	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	818	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,112	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	133.43/cwt	129.00–136.25	897	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	156.96/cwt	150.00–159.50	807	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	866	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,022	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	546	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	699	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	782	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	962	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	808	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	982	9
Steers	Medium 1	—	803	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,004	13
Steers	Large 1	—	1,037	130.27/cwt	125.50–133.00	1,351	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	136.05/cwt	131.00–139.75	848	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	626	119.92/cwt	118.50–120.50	751	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	525	125.47/cwt	124.00–126.50	659	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	669	124.81/cwt	124.50–125.50	835	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	705	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	832	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	138.70/cwt	138.50–139.00	1,222	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	142.71/cwt	139.50–143.50	821	52
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	704	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	417	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	632	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	486	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,136	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	962	139.08/cwt	138.50–140.50	1,338	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	748	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,055	78
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,348	59.69/cwt	55.00–66.00	805	67
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,179	45.77/cwt	40.00–49.50	540	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	570	128.51/cwt	128.00–130.00	733	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	678	130.59/cwt	126.50–133.25	885	28
Bulls	—	—	1,705	67.16/cwt	57.00–72.50	1,145	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	50.76/cwt	48.00–54.00	603	88
Bulls	—	—	1,953	75.00/cwt	74.00–76.00	1,465	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,416	69.48/cwt	68.00–73.50	984	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	132.76/cwt	132.25–133.35	1,087	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	135.95/cwt	126.50–138.25	718	246

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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