Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2023-03-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 750 lb to 950 lb sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Steer calves 450 lb to 750 lb sold 4.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers 650 lb to 925 lb sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher, however approximately 80 head of 714 lb thin fleshed heifers sold 10.00 higher. Heifer calves 400 lb to 650 lb sold 4.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was good on feeder cattle and moderate on calves. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $176.39/cwt on 1,316 head.

Average price

$176.39

1,316 head · 772 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,362

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$133

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$41.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.06

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	772	176.76	1,365	1,286
Medium and Large 1-2	685	166.63	1,141	24
Large 1	1,105	135.58	1,498	6thin

One grade step is worth $41.19/cwt here — about −$133 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 sale1,316 hd

176.39

—

KS average3 barns · 3,918 hd

186.45

−10.06

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	1,822	115.32	2,101	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,382	97.82	1,352	295
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,222	88.52	1,081	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,159	77.10	894	8thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,497	$1,565	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,475	$1,525	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,421	$1,506	33
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,343	$1,334	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,300	$1,625	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$1,575	2thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	1,100	$1,700	4thin

Every lot, as filed

74 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	176.54/cwt	171.00–179.00	1,303	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	171.43/cwt	166.25–174.00	1,509	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	177.29/cwt	176.00–180.00	1,229	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	832	188.94/cwt	188.50–189.00	1,572	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	480	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,008	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	594	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,158	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	228.59/cwt	223.00–230.00	882	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	181.79/cwt	178.50–186.25	1,582	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,214	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	708	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	227.60/cwt	225.00–231.00	983	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,280	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	182.50/cwt	177.50–185.00	1,498	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	967	176.17/cwt	171.00–179.10	1,704	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	188.41/cwt	182.00–191.00	1,389	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,338	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	189.27/cwt	186.50–192.50	1,454	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,401	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	491	227.70/cwt	221.00–228.00	1,118	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	209.27/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,099	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,176	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	205.34/cwt	202.50–209.00	1,158	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	582	218.80/cwt	215.00–228.00	1,273	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	179.67/cwt	172.00–183.00	1,666	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	385	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	932	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	540	220.25/cwt	219.50–225.00	1,189	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	362	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	767	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	448	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,057	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	232.22/cwt	229.00–237.00	750	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	483	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,135	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	714	185.91/cwt	183.25–186.75	1,327	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,185	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	212.22/cwt	208.00–218.00	908	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	174.51/cwt	168.50–178.00	1,361	415
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	445	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	903	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,159	77.10/cwt	76.00–78.00	894	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,361	103.44/cwt	101.00–106.00	1,408	107
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,394	94.62/cwt	91.00–100.00	1,319	188
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	88.56/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,087	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	1,015	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	883	1
Bulls	—	—	1,721	114.54/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,971	13
Bulls	—	—	1,849	107.33/cwt	106.00–108.00	1,985	4
Bulls	—	—	2,062	123.75/cwt	121.00–126.50	2,552	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,475	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	3
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,300	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,030	103.56/cwt	93.00–121.00	1,067	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,421	1,506.43/head	1,150.00–1,675.00	1,506	33
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,497	1,565.00/head	1,565.00–1,565.00	1,565	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,343	1,334.48/head	1,310.00–1,350.00	1,334	7
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,150	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,633	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,108	129.82/cwt	126.00–137.50	1,438	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	169.51/cwt	169.00–170.00	971	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	173.50/cwt	171.25–177.10	1,423	278
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,509	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	967	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,305	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,164	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,061	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	798	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,245	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	452	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	832	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	186.68/cwt	179.00–187.10	1,187	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	201.28/cwt	201.00–202.00	958	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,215	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,269	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	168.65/cwt	165.00–172.50	1,477	242
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	857	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,294	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	483	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	913	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,078	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,520	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	209.51/cwt	205.00–213.00	744	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	993	148.74/cwt	145.00–152.50	1,477	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	188.43/cwt	184.00–190.00	991	9

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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