Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2022-04-06

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Apr 6
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,462 head
309 vs last sale 2,771 1,066 vs year ago 3,528 · 30.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
262 head
53 vs last sale 209 86 vs year ago 176 · +48.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
5 vs last sale 39 3 vs year ago 37 · 8.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Final*

Grass Special. Compared to last week, feeder steers under 700 lbs sold on a light test with a weak undertone noted, while those over 700 lbs sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower; 550 to 650 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher; over 650 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold uneven; leans and boners 5.00 to 7.00 higher, while breakers 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Buyer demand and attendance was moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.15/cwt on 1,505 head.
Average price
$148.15
1,505 head · 719 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,065
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$189
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$12.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.92
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2572158.52907279
Medium and Large 1752145.791,0961,226
One grade step is worth $12.73/cwt here — about −$189 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 sale1,505 hd
148.15
KS average3 barns · 5,452 hd
152.07
−3.92
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
BullsLow2,050103.722,12718
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,46288.731,29817
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,37684.041,156105
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,18471.7985058

Every lot, as filed

56 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed567176.00/cwt176.00–176.0099812
HeifersMedium and Large 1832136.20/cwt136.00–136.601,133206
HeifersMedium and Large 1358190.00/cwt190.00–190.0068010
HeifersMedium and Large 1933130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,2188
HeifersMedium and Large 1871134.97/cwt133.00–135.501,176192
SteersMedium and Large 1404216.00/cwt216.00–216.008736
SteersMedium and Large 1781154.38/cwt146.50–157.501,206149
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy982134.09/cwt132.00–136.251,31730
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy1,058128.66/cwt126.00–129.251,36122
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy604178.50/cwt178.50–178.501,07830
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed548185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,01439
SteersMedium and Large 1678164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,11214
SteersMedium and Large 1-2811135.27/cwt132.50–139.001,0979
SteersMedium and Large 1-2577171.73/cwt171.00–172.0099111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2635151.40/cwt151.00–154.0096110
SteersMedium and Large 1921141.22/cwt141.00–142.251,301256
SteersMedium and Large 1706154.41/cwt150.00–155.001,09017
SteersMedium and Large 1509187.68/cwt186.00–189.009559
SteersMedium and Large 1816148.71/cwt148.50–149.501,21329
SteersMedium and Large 1866145.78/cwt143.00–146.501,26286
SteersMedium and Large 1627167.04/cwt165.00–170.001,04754
SteersMedium and Large 1-2791139.17/cwt138.50–140.501,10115
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2495172.47/cwt171.00–173.50854122
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2769132.75/cwt131.00–133.001,02124
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600146.00/cwt146.00–146.008766
BullsMedium and Large 1-2815131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,0684
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed533165.00/cwt165.00–165.008798
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy1,083123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,3324
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34092.04/cwt90.00–94.001,2334
CowsLean 85-90%1,20073.84/cwt70.00–77.0088645
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50087.71/cwt86.00–89.001,31613
Bulls1,85395.18/cwt93.00–99.001,7644
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37684.04/cwt80.00–86.501,156105
CowsLean 85-90%1,12764.68/cwt63.00–66.0072913
Bulls2,098109.26/cwt107.00–110.502,2928
Bulls2,118102.03/cwt101.00–104.002,1616
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,073108.58/cwt105.00–112.001,16512
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1945124.87/cwt121.00–129.001,18015
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4261,154.37/cwt1,150.00–1,175.0016,4616
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2383172.35/cwt172.00–172.506607
HeifersMedium and Large 1623154.08/cwt150.00–159.0096079
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed591152.74/cwt152.50–156.0090320
HeifersMedium and Large 1466181.00/cwt181.00–181.0084318
HeifersMedium and Large 1783139.90/cwt136.50–141.601,095283
BullsMedium and Large 1-2480154.00/cwt154.00–154.007398
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2520151.00/cwt151.00–151.007858
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2638146.32/cwt144.00–148.0093440
HeifersMedium and Large 1321197.00/cwt197.00–197.006328
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2405176.00/cwt173.00–177.5071318
HeifersMedium and Large 1579170.83/cwt169.50–173.0098981
HeifersMedium and Large 1734144.59/cwt140.25–149.751,061148
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2584144.01/cwt143.00–146.0084115
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2976124.25/cwt124.25–124.251,21312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2684143.00/cwt143.00–143.0097813
HeifersMedium and Large 1665147.02/cwt146.00–147.2597837
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed782145.02/cwt144.00–146.251,134105

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.