Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2023-07-19

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jul 19
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
550 head
132 vs last sale 682 819 vs year ago 1,369 · 59.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
264 head
79 vs last sale 343 179 vs year ago 443 · 40.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
17 vs last sale 18 1 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 have their annual King of the Ring auction on Saturday July 29, 2023. 6,000 to 7,000 cattle consigned.*

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, not enough feeder steers and feeder heifers for a market test. Slaughter cows and bulls sold sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Quality not as desirable as last week on slaughter cows and bulls.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $237.51/cwt on 304 head.
Average price
$237.51
304 head · 789 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,873
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$761
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$49.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.36
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1798239.931,915289
Medium and Large 1-2605190.801,15415thin
One grade step is worth $49.13/cwt here — about $761 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 sale304 hd
237.51
KS average3 barns · 2,020 hd
246.86
−9.36
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
BullsAverage1,586120.391,90911
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,298111.561,44820
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29296.111,242161
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02983.73862104

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,300$1,5751thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,04886.05/cwt77.00–89.0090274
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,249108.48/cwt106.00–113.001,35515
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,446120.79/cwt120.00–121.001,7475
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29296.11/cwt93.50–104.001,242161
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight98278.00/cwt78.00–78.0076630
Bulls1,631125.13/cwt123.00–128.002,0416
Bulls1,415110.63/cwt108.00–115.001,5654
Bulls2,000131.00/cwt131.00–131.002,6201
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3001,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751
HeifersMedium and Large 1831203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,6878
HeifersMedium and Large 1720215.31/cwt214.50–220.001,5507
HeifersMedium and Large 1645217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,4001
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed591247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,46315
SteersMedium and Large 1512240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2292
SteersMedium and Large 1368257.04/cwt255.00–259.009462
SteersMedium and Large 1920215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,9781
SteersMedium and Large 1684236.78/cwt232.00–238.001,6205
SteersMedium and Large 1552258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,4242
SteersMedium and Large 1823237.86/cwt235.00–242.501,958167
SteersMedium and Large 1620241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,4942
SteersMedium and Large 1-2654186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,2169
SteersMedium and Large 1435215.00/cwt215.00–215.009353
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed908230.50/cwt230.50–230.502,09333
SteersMedium and Large 1450225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0131
SteersMedium and Large 1-2705223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,5721
SteersMedium and Large 1-2497193.00/cwt193.00–193.009595
SteersMedium and Large 1748250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,87071
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed761218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,65913
HeifersMedium and Large 1872204.12/cwt203.50–206.501,78033
HeifersMedium and Large 1765204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,5612
BullsMedium and Large 1860196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,6861
BullsMedium and Large 1685210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4391

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.