Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2021-06-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 700 lb to 1,000 lb sold steady. Steers 575 lb to 700 lb sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers

575 lb to 925 lb sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady. No high quality bulls were available.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $136.37/cwt on 678 head.

Average price

$136.37

678 head · 872 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,189

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$85

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$13.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.67

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	859	138.66	1,191	533
Medium and Large 1-2	816	130.75	1,067	70
Large 1	1,018	125.36	1,276	75

One grade step is worth $13.30/cwt here — about −$85 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 sale678 hd

136.37

—

KS average3 barns · 3,544 hd

134.70

+1.67

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	—	High	1,482	90.31	1,339	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,259	78.62	990	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,165	71.62	834	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,121	63.46	711	9thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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
Bulls	—	—	1,633	97.13/cwt	95.00–99.00	1,586	2
Bulls	—	—	1,449	88.80/cwt	86.00–92.00	1,287	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	71.62/cwt	70.50–73.00	834	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,205	77.49/cwt	75.00–79.00	934	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,367	80.88/cwt	80.00–82.00	1,106	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,121	63.46/cwt	62.50–68.00	711	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	942	131.19/cwt	131.10–132.25	1,236	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	677	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,056	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	948	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	984	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	141.84/cwt	141.00–142.50	728	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	122.00/cwt	121.50–124.00	1,061	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	621	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	134.67/cwt	133.50–137.00	839	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,106	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,111	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	135.34/cwt	134.50–137.00	1,190	212
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	125.75/cwt	125.75–125.75	1,132	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	967	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	456	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	766	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	125.27/cwt	120.75–127.00	1,040	308
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	577	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	834	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	992	127.40/cwt	123.75–129.35	1,264	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	843	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,142	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	754	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	978	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	937	4
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	—	1,044	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,206	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	748	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	987	6
Steers	Large 1	—	1,010	128.25/cwt	128.25–128.25	1,295	58
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,022	93.85/cwt	92.50–94.00	959	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	611	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,017	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	705	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,075	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	676	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	963	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	430	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	804	6

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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