Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2020-12-30

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Dec 30
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
395 head
942 vs last sale 1,337 395 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
83 vs last sale 171 88 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
414 vs last sale 432 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to 2 weeks ago, feeder steers 400 lb to 750 lb sold steady on light receipts. Feeder steers 750 lb to 900 lb sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 350 lb to 800 lb sold steady on light receipts. Breaker cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Boner and lean cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.63/cwt on 190 head.
Average price
$142.63
190 head · 783 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,117
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.00
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1783142.631,117190
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 sale190 hd
142.63
KS average1 barns · 190 hd
142.63
+0.00
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
BullsAverage1,71774.831,2856thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,38262.0285748
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17451.9160919
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17544.615247thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 18001,225.00/cwt1,225.00–1,225.009,8001
Bulls1,59372.99/cwt71.00–75.001,1633
Bulls2,10080.50/cwt80.50–80.501,6912
Bulls1,32569.00/cwt69.00–69.009141
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39565.05/cwt64.50–66.0090713
CowsLean 85-90%1,17544.61/cwt43.00–47.005247
HeifersMedium and Large 1345165.00/cwt165.00–165.005691
SteersMedium and Large 1630148.04/cwt144.00–150.5093320
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17451.91/cwt48.50–57.0060919
BullsMedium and Large 1505128.50/cwt128.50–128.506491
BullsMedium and Large 163292.00/cwt92.00–92.005812
HeifersMedium and Large 1440138.66/cwt137.00–139.006106
SteersMedium and Large 1785144.90/cwt144.75–145.251,13766
HeifersMedium and Large 1696133.50/cwt133.50–133.5092924
HeifersMedium and Large 1611134.00/cwt134.00–134.008194
SteersMedium and Large 1440172.00/cwt172.00–172.007571
SteersMedium and Large 1342190.00/cwt190.00–190.006502
SteersMedium and Large 1555156.00/cwt156.00–156.008662
SteersMedium and Large 1804137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,1017
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3381,021.80/cwt910.00–1,150.0013,6726
SteersMedium and Large 1749139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,04533
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,435950.00/cwt950.00–950.0013,6332
HeifersMedium and Large 1577132.73/cwt132.50–133.0076615
HeifersMedium and Large 1799127.25/cwt127.25–127.251,01725
HeifersMedium and Large 1717132.44/cwt131.00–132.7595047
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1551,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0012,7051
SteersMedium and Large 1877138.12/cwt137.35–140.251,21159
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37760.89/cwt58.00–64.0083835
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,325700.00/cwt700.00–700.009,2751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,275815.49/cwt760.00–860.0010,3972
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0851,061.94/cwt1,050.00–1,085.0011,5223

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.