Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2023-06-21

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jun 21
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
744 head
584 vs last sale 1,328 247 vs year ago 991 · 24.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
149 head
32 vs last sale 181 93 vs year ago 242 · 38.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
10 vs last sale 5 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Note * Winter LIvestock in Dodge City will not have a sale on Wednesday June 28 and on Wednesday July 5 for harvest and holiday break. *

* Final Report * Compared to last week, feeder steers 850 lb to 950 lb sold steady. Not enough steers 400 lb to 850 lb for a market test. Not enough heifer for a market test, however approximately 117 heifer weighing 714 lb sold for 223. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. * The report will not be published on June 28 and July 5, 2023 due to holiday break, *

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $222.74/cwt on 464 head.
Average price
$222.74
464 head · 857 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,908
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$251
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$30.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.65
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1854223.151,906457
Medium and Large 1-2870201.001,7493thin
Large 11,122192.252,1574thin
One grade step is worth $30.90/cwt here — about −$251 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 sale464 hd
222.74
KS average2 barns · 1,100 hd
235.39
−12.65
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
BullsLow1,680111.251,86910
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,312108.181,41940
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19495.451,14054
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,23583.341,02928

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,040$1,7001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,105$1,3001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,100$1,9007
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,000$1,6064thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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 1825173.75/cwt170.00–177.501,4334
BullsMedium and Large 1420220.00/cwt220.00–220.009241
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy301270.00/cwt270.00–270.008133
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy714223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,592117
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2570172.50/cwt172.50–172.509831
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed628232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,46022
SteersMedium and Large 1951208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,97814
SteersMedium and Large 1874214.66/cwt211.75–221.751,87677
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy833221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,84178
SteersMedium and Large 1312295.00/cwt295.00–295.009202
SteersMedium and Large 1689265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8267
SteersLarge 11,202185.50/cwt185.50–185.502,2302
SteersMedium and Large 1405267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,0831
SteersMedium and Large 1741215.84/cwt215.00–221.001,5997
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2713187.98/cwt183.00–193.001,3402
HeifersMedium and Large 1312252.50/cwt252.50–252.507882
SteersMedium and Large 1-2870201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,7493
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed895224.00/cwt224.00–224.002,00560
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned470235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1051
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy865224.86/cwt223.75–227.001,945202
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed566226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,2793
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned342235.00/cwt235.00–235.008042
SteersMedium and Large 1387285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1034
SteersLarge 11,042199.00/cwt199.00–199.002,0742
SteersMedium and Large 1831210.03/cwt207.50–212.501,7454
HeifersLarge 11,072164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,7582
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0001,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1001,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9007
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0001,962.50/head1,625.00–2,300.001,9632
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0401,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1051,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,170126.34/cwt116.00–137.501,4782
Bulls1,59389.95/cwt85.50–93.001,4333
Bulls1,545117.13/cwt115.00–119.501,8105
Bulls2,148128.52/cwt128.00–129.002,7612
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19495.45/cwt90.00–99.001,14054
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,254104.47/cwt100.00–109.001,31024
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,398113.75/cwt111.50–118.001,59016
CowsLean 85-90%1,23583.34/cwt73.00–89.001,02928

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.