Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2022-09-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Note * Winter Livestock in Dodge City will have a special calf sale next Wednesday September 21 in conjunction with their regular Wednesday sale.

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 775 lb to 975 lb sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Steers 500 lb to 775 lb sold steady to 4.00 lower. Steer calves 400 lb to 500 lb sold 10.00 to 20.00 lower. Heifers 550 lb to 925 lb sold steady to 2.00 higher, however thin fleshed and fancy heifers sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves 400 lb to 550 lb sold 7.00 to 9.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $176.28/cwt on 1,550 head.

Average price

$176.28

1,550 head · 717 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,264

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$364

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$32.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.68

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	692	180.31	1,247	1,306
Medium and Large 1-2	753	157.66	1,188	172
Large 1	1,092	147.58	1,611	72

One grade step is worth $32.73/cwt here — about −$364 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 sale1,550 hd

176.28

—

KS average3 barns · 4,440 hd

182.96

−6.68

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	2,010	108.89	2,189	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,386	82.83	1,148	159
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,149	74.00	850	136
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,180	58.64	692	49

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,445	$1,350	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,113	$1,125	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,015	$975	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	980	$1,110	1thin

Every lot, as filed

99 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 1	—	782	173.26/cwt	172.00–175.00	1,355	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	171.86/cwt	171.00–173.50	1,163	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	222.52/cwt	220.00–226.00	832	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	467	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	922	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	634	183.75/cwt	183.75–183.75	1,165	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	151.84/cwt	149.00–159.00	1,386	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	638	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	856	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,430	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	687	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	839	174.77/cwt	174.25–175.75	1,466	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	351	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	851	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	154.14/cwt	150.00–158.00	1,287	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	986	161.45/cwt	160.00–163.00	1,592	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	188.88/cwt	185.00–189.50	827	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	321	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	758	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	544	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	865	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	292	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	488	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	973	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	159.88/cwt	147.00–163.00	1,010	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	158.87/cwt	149.50–169.00	1,230	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	576	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,089	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	961	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,051	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,450	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	438	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	854	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	178.11/cwt	172.00–179.50	955	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	800	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	158.43/cwt	150.00–164.00	1,136	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	168.55/cwt	167.50–169.00	1,241	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	487	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	852	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	561	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	959	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	187.14/cwt	182.00–192.00	902	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	180.22/cwt	177.00–182.00	1,015	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	168.79/cwt	162.00–171.00	1,413	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	331	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	606	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	837	178.93/cwt	176.60–181.00	1,498	275
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	439	175.11/cwt	171.00–177.00	769	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	565	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	876	2
Steers	Large 1	—	1,015	153.11/cwt	152.00–154.00	1,554	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	176.83/cwt	173.00–179.00	1,093	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	387	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	786	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	744	179.83/cwt	176.00–181.60	1,338	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	756	181.85/cwt	181.85–181.85	1,375	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	603	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,007	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	320	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	672	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	460	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	840	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	541	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	955	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	740	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,184	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	541	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	887	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	462	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	681	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,363	82.38/cwt	80.00–85.50	1,123	145
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	58.64/cwt	52.50–66.00	692	49
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,149	74.00/cwt	70.00–79.00	850	136
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,626	87.44/cwt	87.00–89.00	1,422	14
Bulls	—	—	1,850	106.74/cwt	102.00–109.00	1,975	4
Bulls	—	—	2,190	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	2,146	1
Bulls	—	—	2,087	112.13/cwt	110.00–114.00	2,340	6
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	980	1,110.00/head	1,110.00–1,110.00	1,110	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,113	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,445	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	409	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	798	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	788	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	147.91/cwt	131.00–158.00	1,204	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	157.78/cwt	156.00–165.00	988	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	563	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	991	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	924	156.22/cwt	149.00–157.00	1,443	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	164.37/cwt	163.00–170.50	874	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	962	122.63/cwt	122.00–123.00	1,180	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	164.39/cwt	161.00–167.00	1,259	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,093	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	275	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	687	186.25/cwt	186.25–186.25	1,280	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,206	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	156.86/cwt	152.00–160.00	515	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	524	193.89/cwt	187.50–199.00	1,016	46
Steers	Large 1	—	1,321	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,731	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	681	181.59/cwt	179.00–183.75	1,237	125
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,291	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,691	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	166.97/cwt	162.00–171.00	1,209	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	437	167.03/cwt	167.00–167.50	730	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	564	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	880	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	471	156.91/cwt	155.00–160.00	739	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	638	180.37/cwt	177.00–182.00	1,151	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	168.50/cwt	163.00–169.50	1,375	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	182.02/cwt	178.00–185.00	794	20
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,018	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,568	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	335	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	559	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	781	172.25/cwt	172.25–172.25	1,345	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	188.53/cwt	184.00–190.00	705	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	161.66/cwt	158.00–167.00	1,069	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	890	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	166.99/cwt	163.00–171.75	782	143
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,110	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,310	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	811	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,403	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	148.56/cwt	141.00–156.00	914	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	388	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	854	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	148.20/cwt	143.00–156.00	1,060	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,185	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	661	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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