Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2022-09-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 600 lb to 1,000 lb sold steady to 2.00 lower. Steer calves 400 lb to 600 lb sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers 700 lb to 900 lb sold steady to 2.00 higher. Heifer calves 400 lb to 700 lb sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was good on steer calves, otherwise, demand was moderate. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $195.51/cwt on 1,149 head.

Average price

$195.51

1,149 head · 585 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,144

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$383

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$52.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.85

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	592	198.83	1,178	1,001
Medium and Large 1-2	518	174.02	901	143
Large 1	1,068	146.16	1,561	5thin

One grade step is worth $52.67/cwt here — about −$383 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 sale1,149 hd

195.51

—

KS average3 barns · 4,860 hd

186.66

+8.85

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	—	Average	1,768	102.27	1,808	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,346	84.83	1,141	155
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,207	76.05	918	136
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,178	60.97	718	48

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
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,365	$1,225	11
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,078	$1,150	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,065	$1,077	3thin

Every lot, as filed

89 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	—	406	230.38/cwt	225.00–232.50	935	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	192.46/cwt	189.00–194.00	828	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	162.24/cwt	156.00–166.00	1,157	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	426	175.99/cwt	170.00–180.00	750	16
Steers	Large 1	—	1,125	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,665	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,288	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	660	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,247	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	174.34/cwt	162.50–178.00	908	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	162.30/cwt	157.50–169.00	920	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	753	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,370	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	169.83/cwt	168.00–170.00	1,044	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	718	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	160.49/cwt	156.00–167.00	1,058	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,453	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	206.70/cwt	200.00–215.00	674	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,314	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,333	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,170	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	998	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,337	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	176.26/cwt	169.00–180.00	1,209	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,085	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	161.76/cwt	154.10–180.00	778	34
Steers	Large 1	—	1,030	144.94/cwt	133.00–151.00	1,493	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	196.52/cwt	195.00–203.00	1,042	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	993	163.73/cwt	161.50–164.25	1,626	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	381	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	792	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	171.26/cwt	170.00–172.00	1,326	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	166.88/cwt	166.00–169.00	1,475	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	197.73/cwt	190.00–204.00	917	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	189.40/cwt	188.00–196.00	1,091	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	218.73/cwt	218.00–220.00	923	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	860	181.74/cwt	175.50–182.00	1,563	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	400	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	730	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	771	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	409	198.01/cwt	190.00–200.00	810	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	547	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,028	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	576	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,008	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	479	184.98/cwt	183.00–188.00	886	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	326	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	734	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	720	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,015	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	877	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,118	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	529	168.40/cwt	161.00–172.50	891	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	965	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,303	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	600	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	876	2
Bulls	—	—	1,927	105.09/cwt	101.00–108.00	2,025	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,178	60.97/cwt	51.00–69.00	718	48
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,487	90.97/cwt	89.00–94.50	1,353	39
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,298	82.77/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,074	116
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,207	76.05/cwt	71.00–79.00	918	136
Bulls	—	—	1,996	114.15/cwt	112.00–118.00	2,278	5
Bulls	—	—	1,466	92.02/cwt	91.00–94.00	1,349	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,078	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,065	1,077.46/head	1,025.00–1,100.00	1,077	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,365	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	154.48/cwt	154.00–154.50	1,361	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	909	154.29/cwt	148.00–154.50	1,402	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	411	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	830	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	169.36/cwt	166.25–174.00	879	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	209.94/cwt	200.00–212.50	710	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	552	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	960	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	165.06/cwt	165.00–165.25	1,114	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	465	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	888	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	179.74/cwt	174.00–186.00	866	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,217	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	153.46/cwt	152.00–157.00	961	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	389	227.19/cwt	225.00–232.50	884	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	617	188.38/cwt	188.00–190.00	1,162	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	190.22/cwt	184.50–195.00	831	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	484	222.05/cwt	215.00–232.00	1,075	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	533	210.16/cwt	206.50–218.00	1,120	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	730	177.25/cwt	177.25–177.25	1,294	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	779	170.38/cwt	170.25–170.50	1,327	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	480	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	811	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	162.62/cwt	159.00–167.50	909	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	331	195.15/cwt	193.00–197.50	646	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	373	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	681	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	155.75/cwt	148.00–158.50	1,142	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	157.33/cwt	156.25–159.50	1,274	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	134.17/cwt	134.00–135.00	1,230	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	904	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	156.27/cwt	152.50–158.50	1,203	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	134.45/cwt	134.00–138.00	1,049	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	146.89/cwt	137.50–150.00	781	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	159.37/cwt	157.50–160.00	902	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	394	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	701	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	370	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	762	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	201.13/cwt	194.00–204.00	758	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,179	2

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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