Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2023-01-25

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jan 25
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
726 head
1,950 vs last sale 2,676 1,300 vs year ago 2,026 · 64.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
231 head
151 vs last sale 382 1 vs year ago 232 · 0.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
21 vs last sale 30 177 vs year ago 186 · 95.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, not enough feeder steers and feeder heifers 600 lb to 900 lb for a market test. Not enough steer and heifer calves 400 lb to 600 lb for a market test, however a higher trend was noted. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold 8.00 higher. Outstanding offering of high yielding cows. Slaughter bulls sold sold 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $179.74/cwt on 400 head.
Average price
$179.74
400 head · 609 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,095
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$285
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$48.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.14
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1604180.991,094384
Medium and Large 1-2648153.7299613thin
Large 11,040132.671,3793thin
One grade step is worth $48.32/cwt here — about −$285 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 sale400 hd
179.74
KS average3 barns · 1,689 hd
174.60
+5.14
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
BullsHigh1,66698.691,6449thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,41387.281,234127
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24565.6381769
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11652.3258420

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 Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,215$1,7255
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)995$1,2602thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy363227.25/cwt222.00–230.008253
HeifersMedium and Large 1990139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,3763
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,2301
SteersMedium and Large 1920175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,6106
SteersMedium and Large 1815178.76/cwt171.00–180.001,45731
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed413209.00/cwt209.00–209.008639
SteersMedium and Large 1375201.22/cwt200.00–202.507552
SteersMedium and Large 1779180.12/cwt179.25–181.001,40320
SteersMedium and Large 1-2730166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,2122
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed465239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,11114
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed538221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,18927
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy621196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,2176
SteersMedium and Large 1676180.12/cwt178.00–181.001,21810
SteersMedium and Large 1741180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3348
SteersMedium and Large 1605180.67/cwt180.00–181.001,0933
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed370235.00/cwt235.00–235.008702
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed341249.00/cwt249.00–249.0084911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580177.41/cwt172.00–183.001,0292
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed654186.50/cwt186.50–186.501,22015
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed574211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,21158
HeifersMedium and Large 1669167.45/cwt163.00–168.001,12035
HeifersLarge 11,002136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,3632
HeifersMedium and Large 1345210.00/cwt210.00–210.007251
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy500199.75/cwt199.75–199.7599987
BullsMedium and Large 1727158.50/cwt158.50–158.501,15212
BullsMedium and Large 1564183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,03219
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36689.42/cwt87.00–96.001,22175
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48284.20/cwt80.00–86.501,24852
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24565.63/cwt62.50–74.0081769
CowsLean 85-90%1,15750.78/cwt45.00–52.0058816
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight95058.50/cwt58.50–58.505564
Bulls1,698105.43/cwt101.00–110.001,7905
Bulls1,69396.00/cwt96.00–96.001,6252
Bulls1,56084.51/cwt82.00–87.001,3182
Stock CowsMedium and Large 190896.41/cwt92.00–101.008752
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 19951,260.00/head1,260.00–1,260.001,2602
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,2151,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7255
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2771159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,2263
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2610155.00/cwt155.00–155.009461
HeifersMedium and Large 1505178.00/cwt178.00–178.008991
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2695141.00/cwt141.00–141.009801
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2583154.62/cwt146.00–156.009017
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2720143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0301
HeifersLarge 11,115126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,4051
HeifersMedium and Large 1762169.51/cwt168.75–170.001,29268
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed467205.00/cwt205.00–205.0095719
HeifersMedium and Large 1642167.06/cwt165.75–174.001,07336
HeifersMedium and Large 1360205.00/cwt205.00–205.007381
HeifersMedium and Large 1724167.20/cwt164.00–169.001,21119
SteersMedium and Large 1494216.14/cwt206.50–220.001,06824
SteersMedium and Large 1-2802120.00/cwt120.00–120.009622
SteersMedium and Large 1530188.03/cwt185.00–191.009972
HeifersMedium and Large 1569178.64/cwt175.00–182.001,016105

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.