Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2020-10-28

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Oct 28
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
456 head
3,189 vs last sale 3,645 2,122 vs year ago 2,578 · 82.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
169 head
85 vs last sale 254 31 vs year ago 200 · 15.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
0 vs last sale 18 5 vs year ago 23 · 21.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Low receipts due to weather. Not enough steers and heifers for a market test, however a lower market was noted. Slaughter cows sold unevenly steady. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $131.54/cwt on 277 head.
Average price
$131.54
277 head · 643 lb average
Value per head Derived
$845
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$296
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$27.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.37
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1645132.12853271
Medium and Large 1-2530105.005576thin
One grade step is worth $27.12/cwt here — about $296 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 sale277 hd
131.54
KS average4 barns · 3,060 hd
138.91
−7.37
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
BullsHigh1,96174.801,4678thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,37563.8587833
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,41351.6172971
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,41144.5162833

Every lot, as filed

33 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 1476155.50/cwt155.50–155.5074015
HeifersMedium and Large 1782116.00/cwt116.00–116.009075
HeifersMedium and Large 1490125.00/cwt125.00–125.006135
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy779124.25/cwt124.25–124.2596810
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy644120.00/cwt120.00–120.007739
SteersMedium and Large 1529141.81/cwt141.75–142.0075013
SteersMedium and Large 1581133.75/cwt133.00–137.0077767
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned522111.00/cwt111.00–111.005794
SteersMedium and Large 1724125.33/cwt124.00–126.7590738
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,030725.00/cwt725.00–725.007,4681
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,262641.34/cwt635.00–675.008,0946
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,313760.00/cwt760.00–760.009,9793
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,005560.00/cwt560.00–560.005,6282
HeifersMedium and Large 1601124.00/cwt124.00–124.007459
HeifersMedium and Large 1703123.00/cwt123.00–123.008658
SteersMedium and Large 1853126.07/cwt125.50–126.251,07513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2530105.00/cwt105.00–105.005576
SteersMedium and Large 1659125.17/cwt124.75–128.0082538
SteersMedium and Large 1614127.73/cwt123.50–129.5078410
SteersMedium and Large 1760131.40/cwt130.00–132.0099940
HeifersMedium and Large 1516131.74/cwt128.00–135.5068020
HeifersMedium and Large 1569124.83/cwt122.00–126.0071024
HeifersMedium and Large 1433125.00/cwt125.00–125.005414
HeifersMedium and Large 1820111.00/cwt111.00–111.009102
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned691116.00/cwt116.00–116.008023
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned537125.50/cwt125.50–125.506744
SteersMedium and Large 1429153.73/cwt149.00–157.0066014
CowsLean 85-90%1,41144.51/cwt36.00–47.0062833
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67169.89/cwt66.00–71.001,1684
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33463.02/cwt60.00–65.5084129
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41351.61/cwt48.00–58.0072971
Bulls1,98378.24/cwt78.00–78.501,5512
Bulls1,95473.66/cwt68.50–76.501,4396

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.