Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2022-12-21

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Dec 21
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,533 head
909 vs last sale 2,442 835 vs year ago 698 · +119.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
357 head
53 vs last sale 410 116 vs year ago 241 · +48.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
144 vs last sale 169 12 vs year ago 13 · +92.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Note * Winter Livestock in Dodge City will not have a sale next Wednesday due to Christmas break *

* Note * The next sale for Winter Livestock in Dodge City will be January 4th with their Bell ringer Weaned Sale

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, steers and heifers 400 lb to 900 lb sold unevenly steady on light receipts. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Not enough slaughter bulls for a market test, however a lower trend was noted.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $183.62/cwt on 825 head.
Average price
$183.62
825 head · 695 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,275
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$266
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$33.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.14
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1698188.071,312714
Medium and Large 1-2675155.001,046111
One grade step is worth $33.07/cwt here — about $266 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 sale825 hd
183.62
KS average3 barns · 5,877 hd
192.76
−9.14
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
BullsAverage1,55882.531,2863thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,28673.5394699
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18266.38785110
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,22649.55607120

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,310$9789
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)975$1,1001thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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 1715146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0441
BullsMedium and Large 1836133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,1124
BullsMedium and Large 1534175.00/cwt175.00–175.009356
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy430199.00/cwt199.00–199.008567
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy374200.00/cwt200.00–200.0074812
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy749160.25/cwt160.25–160.251,20012
SteersMedium and Large 1462192.87/cwt190.00–197.0089112
SteersMedium and Large 1519202.82/cwt200.00–204.001,05310
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed508223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,13368
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed614182.61/cwt180.00–189.001,121112
SteersMedium and Large 1394205.74/cwt205.00–215.0081112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2356177.50/cwt177.50–177.5063213
SteersMedium and Large 1628168.81/cwt163.00–173.001,06040
SteersMedium and Large 1843178.21/cwt170.00–179.501,50258
SteersMedium and Large 1887176.96/cwt169.00–178.501,570114
SteersMedium and Large 1657178.50/cwt178.50–178.501,1739
SteersMedium and Large 1914176.16/cwt175.25–177.001,610105
SteersMedium and Large 1-2667150.82/cwt145.00–154.501,00615
SteersMedium and Large 1427179.46/cwt173.00–182.507663
SteersMedium and Large 1589170.56/cwt163.00–173.001,0058
SteersMedium and Large 1-2721148.99/cwt142.00–151.001,07438
SteersMedium and Large 1-2599160.00/cwt160.00–160.009586
SteersMedium and Large 1-2931145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,35017
SteersMedium and Large 1-2531179.61/cwt175.00–182.509548
SteersMedium and Large 1-2835141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,1771
SteersMedium and Large 1-2769131.94/cwt129.00–149.001,0157
SteersMedium and Large 1745164.41/cwt164.00–166.501,22512
SteersMedium and Large 1765163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,24719
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy496211.73/cwt209.00–212.001,05052
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy415241.66/cwt228.00–247.501,00333
SteersMedium and Large 1-2422182.50/cwt182.50–182.507702
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy710181.50/cwt181.50–181.501,28947
SteersMedium and Large 1-2455178.00/cwt178.00–178.008102
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55179.37/cwt79.00–80.001,2314
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,27573.28/cwt70.00–77.0093495
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18266.38/cwt60.00–69.50785110
CowsLean 85-90%1,22649.55/cwt41.00–56.00607120
Bulls1,55882.53/cwt81.00–84.001,2863
Stock CowsMedium and Large 191196.39/cwt87.50–112.5087815
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 19751,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,310978.19/head850.00–1,075.009789
HeifersMedium and Large 1424162.16/cwt162.00–162.5068810
HeifersMedium and Large 1368173.88/cwt170.00–176.006403
HeifersMedium and Large 1819155.25/cwt155.25–155.251,27118
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2815120.00/cwt120.00–120.009782
HeifersMedium and Large 1513175.55/cwt175.00–177.5090142
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy601176.50/cwt176.50–176.501,06142
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2480165.00/cwt165.00–165.007929
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2657137.08/cwt121.00–145.009013
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2715130.00/cwt130.00–130.009301
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2630145.00/cwt145.00–145.009141
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2757136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0309
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2360151.00/cwt151.00–151.005441
HeifersMedium and Large 1575173.28/cwt170.50–176.50996111
HeifersMedium and Large 1483189.63/cwt180.00–190.0091651
HeifersMedium and Large 1692165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,14213
HeifersMedium and Large 1762161.25/cwt153.00–162.001,22912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2547165.00/cwt165.00–165.0090319
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2577157.24/cwt155.00–165.0090713
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned488159.00/cwt159.00–159.007764
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed480206.00/cwt206.00–206.0098961
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed567190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,07750
HeifersMedium and Large 1724143.59/cwt140.00–147.001,0402
HeifersMedium and Large 1617161.37/cwt156.50–166.0099642
HeifersMedium and Large 1344168.90/cwt167.50–177.5058120
SteersMedium and Large 1-2612163.00/cwt163.00–163.009982

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.