Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2022-04-27

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Apr 27
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,564 head
42 vs last sale 2,522 634 vs year ago 1,930 · +32.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
427 head
234 vs last sale 193 234 vs year ago 193 · +121.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
39 head
0 vs last sale 39 18 vs year ago 21 · +85.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 500 lb to 975 lb sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifer 800 lb to 900 lb sold steady to 2.00 higher. Yearling heifers 500 lb to 800 lb sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.18/cwt on 1,540 head.
Average price
$146.18
1,540 head · 762 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,114
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$44
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$49.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.22
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1752148.301,1161,421
Medium and Large 1-2742134.3299774
Large 11,08798.621,07245
One grade step is worth $49.68/cwt here — about $44 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 sale1,540 hd
146.18
KS average3 barns · 4,832 hd
152.40
−6.22
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
BullsHigh1,836102.261,87712
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41579.881,130209
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23774.1091765
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,24065.4881237

Every lot, as filed

68 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
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy885152.91/cwt152.60–154.251,35369
HeifersMedium and Large 1874139.56/cwt135.75–141.501,220230
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned440172.00/cwt172.00–172.007572
HeifersMedium and Large 1779142.24/cwt141.25–144.751,108169
HeifersLarge 11,13594.00/cwt94.00–94.001,06727
SteersMedium and Large 1-2564174.00/cwt174.00–174.009815
SteersMedium and Large 1580180.86/cwt174.00–182.001,04914
HeifersLarge 11,072110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1792
SteersMedium and Large 1926144.27/cwt140.50–149.751,336129
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy767159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,22032
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy498199.00/cwt199.00–199.0099111
SteersMedium and Large 1635165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0481
SteersMedium and Large 1477193.92/cwt188.00–196.009254
HeifersMedium and Large 1360170.00/cwt170.00–170.006121
SteersMedium and Large 1-2882139.84/cwt126.00–144.001,23321
SteersMedium and Large 1783150.77/cwt149.50–152.751,18142
SteersMedium and Large 1-2748145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,08513
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned485187.00/cwt187.00–187.009072
SteersMedium and Large 1985141.67/cwt140.00–142.101,39579
SteersMedium and Large 1870150.36/cwt148.00–152.101,308162
SteersMedium and Large 1541182.38/cwt180.00–186.0098710
SteersMedium and Large 1822151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,24119
SteersMedium and Large 1718156.29/cwt152.00–159.001,12244
SteersMedium and Large 1661171.67/cwt171.50–172.001,13524
SteersMedium and Large 1436198.00/cwt198.00–198.008635
SteersMedium and Large 1-2633167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,0573
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned571159.00/cwt159.00–159.009086
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned430186.00/cwt186.00–186.008002
HeifersLarge 11,008105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,05816
BullsMedium and Large 1582168.00/cwt168.00–168.009784
BullsMedium and Large 1751148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,11122
BullsMedium and Large 1990107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,0594
BullsMedium and Large 1712154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,0967
BullsMedium and Large 1901129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,1628
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32678.15/cwt77.00–79.501,036114
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23774.10/cwt70.00–76.0091765
Bulls1,863106.46/cwt101.00–111.501,9838
Bulls1,93095.80/cwt95.00–97.501,8493
CowsLean 85-90%1,24065.48/cwt60.00–69.0081237
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52181.96/cwt80.00–86.001,24795
Bulls1,33588.00/cwt88.00–88.001,1751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0002,000.00/cwt2,000.00–2,000.0020,00020
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1891,078.93/cwt925.00–1,150.0012,8288
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1851,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0012,7391
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,065825.00/cwt825.00–825.008,7861
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2001,062.78/cwt985.00–1,160.0012,7539
HeifersMedium and Large 1516163.46/cwt160.00–164.0084334
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy494175.00/cwt175.00–175.008658
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy779147.75/cwt147.75–147.751,15167
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2726133.85/cwt128.50–135.0097229
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2694142.09/cwt133.00–146.0098625
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy297217.50/cwt217.50–217.506465
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2620139.22/cwt138.00–140.008635
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy629171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,07669
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy728146.25/cwt146.25–146.251,06517
HeifersMedium and Large 1818140.98/cwt137.50–143.001,153447
HeifersMedium and Large 1723139.70/cwt136.00–144.001,01020
HeifersMedium and Large 1618164.02/cwt163.50–166.001,01492
HeifersMedium and Large 1481170.37/cwt164.00–174.0081964
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2998110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0985
HeifersMedium and Large 1416179.86/cwt172.00–181.0074844
HeifersMedium and Large 1677150.81/cwt149.00–154.001,02179
HeifersMedium and Large 1913138.29/cwt137.00–138.351,26370
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2880132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1621
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2903100.00/cwt100.00–100.009033
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2809138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1166
HeifersMedium and Large 1325180.00/cwt180.00–180.005853
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy564197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,1142

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.