Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2021-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to last week, feeder steers over 800 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher; other weights of steers not tested. Feeder heifers over 750 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher; other weights not tested. Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $136.17/cwt on 484 head.

Average price

$136.17

484 head · 886 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,207

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$6.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.82

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	889	137.63	1,224	373
Medium and Large 1-2	876	131.24	1,150	111

One grade step is worth $6.39/cwt here — about $74 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 sale484 hd

136.17

—

KS average3 barns · 4,371 hd

136.99

−0.82

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

23 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
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,395	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	12,206	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	841	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,186	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	854	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,196	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	845	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	993	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,046	66
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	609	136.25/cwt	136.25–136.25	830	52
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	756	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	637	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	731	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	634	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	812	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	122.86/cwt	122.85–123.00	1,068	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	613	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	785	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	535	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	704	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	122.65/cwt	122.00–122.85	1,125	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	125.31/cwt	123.00–126.75	975	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	136.22/cwt	132.35–136.85	1,260	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,017	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	929	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,189	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	871	132.66/cwt	127.00–133.75	1,155	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	823	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	523	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	727	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	715	10

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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