Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2022-06-22

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jun 22
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
991 head
99 vs last sale 1,090 548 vs year ago 1,539 · 35.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
242 head
109 vs last sale 351 79 vs year ago 163 · +48.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Note * Winter Livestock in Dodge City will be closed next Wednesday June 29 for harvest break *

* FInal Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 800 lb to 925 lb sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower on light receipts. Feeder heifers 800 lb to 900 lb sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher on light receipts. Not enough calves and yearlings for a market test. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.17/cwt on 441 head.
Average price
$148.17
441 head · 799 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,185
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$0
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$34.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.16
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1795150.361,195397
Medium and Large 1-2836128.671,07643
Large 11,030116.001,1951thin
One grade step is worth $34.36/cwt here — about $0 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 sale441 hd
148.17
KS average2 barns · 687 hd
146.00
+2.16
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,906111.452,12415
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,32394.591,25261
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21984.481,030110
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,18975.3889618

Every lot, as filed

38 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
BullsMedium and Large 1630121.00/cwt121.00–121.007621
HeifersLarge 11,030116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,1951
HeifersMedium and Large 1822149.83/cwt145.50–151.001,232301
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2793134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0635
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2864127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,10232
HeifersMedium and Large 1412168.90/cwt167.00–170.0069610
SteersMedium and Large 1693159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,1023
SteersMedium and Large 1337208.78/cwt200.00–211.007047
SteersLarge 11,039147.33/cwt144.50–147.751,53130
SteersMedium and Large 1931153.18/cwt153.00–153.251,42681
SteersMedium and Large 1745158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,1771
SteersMedium and Large 1437195.46/cwt194.00–200.008548
SteersMedium and Large 1789159.22/cwt152.00–159.501,25653
HeifersMedium and Large 1351165.00/cwt165.00–165.005793
SteersMedium and Large 1450181.00/cwt181.00–181.008152
SteersMedium and Large 1-2847145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,22811
HeifersMedium and Large 1468159.00/cwt159.00–159.007444
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy848163.60/cwt163.60–163.601,38764
SteersMedium and Large 1892154.35/cwt154.10–154.601,377127
HeifersMedium and Large 1865138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1942
SteersMedium and Large 1350208.00/cwt208.00–208.007282
SteersMedium and Large 1-2887137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,21532
HeifersMedium and Large 1307187.50/cwt187.50–187.505762
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2825139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,1512
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2617134.00/cwt134.00–134.008272
HeifersMedium and Large 1788151.35/cwt151.35–151.351,19360
HeifersMedium and Large 1500156.00/cwt156.00–156.007802
HeifersMedium and Large 1909119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0825
HeifersMedium and Large 1677150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0166
HeifersMedium and Large 1952117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,1142
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2725118.00/cwt118.00–118.008562
Bulls1,797109.83/cwt107.00–112.001,9746
Bulls2,080116.66/cwt113.50–119.002,4277
Bulls1,62398.09/cwt96.00–100.001,5922
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,30197.35/cwt97.00–99.501,26722
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33693.04/cwt90.00–95.001,24339
CowsLean 85-90%1,18975.38/cwt70.00–79.5089618
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21984.48/cwt80.85–89.501,030110

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.