Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2022-07-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Note *

Saturday July 30th, Dodge City will have their King of the Ring auction and are expecting 8,500 head

August 3rd, Dodge city will have their Anniversary Sale expecting 6,000 head

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, steers and heifers 400 lb to 950 lb sold unevenly steady on very light receipts. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 7.00 to 8.00 higher. One high yielding bull sold for 109.50.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $163.43/cwt on 577 head.

Average price

$163.43

577 head · 705 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,153

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$237

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$35.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.44

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	685	166.16	1,138	525
Medium and Large 1-2	662	145.06	961	19thin
Large 1	1,053	130.56	1,375	33

One grade step is worth $35.60/cwt here — about −$237 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 sale577 hd

163.43

—

KS average3 barns · 2,872 hd

160.00

+3.44

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	1,821	94.88	1,728	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,315	79.28	1,043	148
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,229	72.80	895	182
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,151	60.85	700	59

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,300	$1,700	10

Every lot, as filed

51 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	865	169.35/cwt	169.35–169.35	1,465	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,085	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,105	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,324	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	144.74/cwt	140.00–147.00	973	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	861	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	412	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	832	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	452	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	940	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	343	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	695	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	362	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	843	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	144.38/cwt	135.00–155.00	1,129	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	850	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	155.52/cwt	151.00–158.00	1,156	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	954	4
Steers	Large 1	—	1,119	135.72/cwt	135.00–136.00	1,519	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	979	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,400	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	166.21/cwt	165.00–168.00	1,052	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,170	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	149.61/cwt	141.00–151.00	959	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	156.61/cwt	150.00–160.00	738	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	153.50/cwt	150.00–154.50	973	45
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,031	132.65/cwt	125.50–135.00	1,368	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	540	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	934	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	593	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	987	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,151	60.85/cwt	51.00–67.50	700	59
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,416	82.61/cwt	81.00–85.00	1,170	42
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,275	77.96/cwt	70.00–80.50	994	106
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	72.80/cwt	68.00–75.50	895	182
Bulls	—	—	1,828	102.76/cwt	99.00–109.50	1,878	11
Bulls	—	—	1,936	92.23/cwt	85.00–98.00	1,786	6
Bulls	—	—	1,630	77.19/cwt	71.00–82.00	1,258	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,300	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	152.93/cwt	150.75–156.50	1,104	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	643	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	183.03/cwt	180.00–185.00	763	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	173.74/cwt	172.00–180.00	811	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	768	168.65/cwt	168.50–168.85	1,295	244
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	697	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,157	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	152.01/cwt	149.00–155.00	848	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	343	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	823	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	163.45/cwt	158.00–165.00	850	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	356	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	612	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	845	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,113	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,391	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	142.34/cwt	141.00–143.00	1,042	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	209.27/cwt	206.00–211.00	990	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	784	174.75/cwt	171.00–176.50	1,370	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	721	173.99/cwt	172.00–175.25	1,254	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	128.52/cwt	126.00–131.00	1,047	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	198.03/cwt	192.00–199.00	760	26

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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