Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2021-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Report *

Light run of feeder steers and feeder heifers. Nice run of steer and heifer calves. Demand was good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $162.94/cwt on 416 head.

Average price

$162.94

416 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$923

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

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

$36.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.16

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	163.91	924	405
Medium and Large 1-2	669	127.09	851	11thin

One grade step is worth $36.82/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 sale416 hd

162.94

—

KS average3 barns · 2,457 hd

151.78

+11.16

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	—	Low	1,870	91.24	1,707	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,366	76.49	1,045	51
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,234	67.17	829	51
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,153	59.07	681	23

Every lot, as filed

62 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 1Unweaned	—	662	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	874	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	161.82/cwt	161.00–166.50	1,015	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	178.58/cwt	177.00–179.00	836	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	530	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	949	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	373	168.80/cwt	167.50–169.00	630	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	520	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	822	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,332	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	188.15/cwt	185.00–191.00	713	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	165.94/cwt	164.00–166.00	959	35
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,115	985.00/cwt	985.00–985.00	10,983	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	305	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	572	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	627	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,053	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,153	59.07/cwt	58.00–61.00	681	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	156.06/cwt	152.00–159.00	1,049	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	150.57/cwt	146.00–151.00	1,302	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	490	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	853	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,160	985.00/cwt	985.00–985.00	11,426	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,288	75.13/cwt	72.00–78.00	968	39
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,620	80.93/cwt	78.50–83.00	1,311	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	67.17/cwt	62.00–70.00	829	51
Bulls	—	—	1,714	83.37/cwt	82.50–85.00	1,429	7
Bulls	—	—	2,009	99.71/cwt	98.00–101.50	2,003	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,300	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	12,675	1
Steers	Large 1	—	1,055	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,466	1
Bulls	—	—	1,904	92.31/cwt	87.00–97.00	1,758	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	896	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	968	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	740	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	868	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,272	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	400	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	784	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,226	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	484	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	803	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	147.72/cwt	142.00–148.50	838	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	143.99/cwt	143.00–147.50	991	30
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,575	1,185.00/cwt	1,185.00–1,185.00	18,664	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,192	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	9,655	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	785	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	772	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	689	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	156.74/cwt	155.00–160.00	740	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,005	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	837	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,151	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	942	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,243	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	149.20/cwt	146.00–151.00	921	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	175.48/cwt	175.00–175.50	955	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	142.96/cwt	141.00–144.00	1,312	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	494	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	145.78/cwt	144.00–147.50	748	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	710	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	973	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	903	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	370	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	657	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	162.45/cwt	161.00–167.00	692	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	138.02/cwt	135.00–141.50	1,186	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,020	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,111	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	542	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	916	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	535	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	749	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	138.67/cwt	138.00–139.00	1,012	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	341	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	610	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	542	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	764	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	145.64/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,126	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	149.86/cwt	149.00–150.00	763	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	815	56

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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