Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2023-08-09

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Aug 9
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
726 head
534 vs last sale 192 1,244 vs year ago 1,970 · 63.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
214 head
172 vs last sale 42 171 vs year ago 385 · 44.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
5 vs last sale 0 21 vs year ago 26 · 80.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, no recent comparison on feeder steers and heifers 600 lb to 900 lb . However a higher trend was noted. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $247.13/cwt on 416 head.
Average price
$247.13
416 head · 741 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,832
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$204
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$89.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.89
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1743249.751,857396
Medium and Large 1-2643201.451,29617thin
Large 1-21,033160.001,6533thin
One grade step is worth $89.75/cwt here — about $204 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 sale416 hd
247.13
KS average3 barns · 3,563 hd
253.02
−5.89
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
BullsLow1,650127.362,10116
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,368113.121,54768
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34196.711,29726
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15277.6789566

Every lot, as filed

44 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 1547242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,3265
BullsMedium and Large 1986157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,5533
BullsMedium and Large 1810200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6201
BullsMedium and Large 1937162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,5232
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed690250.67/cwt250.25–252.501,73083
HeifersMedium and Large 1521253.65/cwt249.00–256.001,3229
SteersMedium and Large 1462314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,4518
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed565274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,5482
SteersMedium and Large 1677238.14/cwt237.50–242.501,6128
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed528300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5845
SteersMedium and Large 1415287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,1932
SteersMedium and Large 1863235.50/cwt235.50–235.502,03241
SteersLarge 1-21,033160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,6533
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed610283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,7267
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed667253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,68812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2785189.94/cwt187.50–195.001,4913
SteersMedium and Large 1-2805194.94/cwt185.00–225.001,5694
SteersMedium and Large 1-2588170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0003
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed430288.30/cwt280.00–289.001,24012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2437235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0272
SteersMedium and Large 1759246.75/cwt246.75–246.751,87375
SteersMedium and Large 1739250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,84870
SteersMedium and Large 1539282.42/cwt275.50–287.001,52215
SteersMedium and Large 1624237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,48218
HeifersMedium and Large 1761238.09/cwt235.00–239.001,81290
SteersMedium and Large 1377302.20/cwt295.00–317.501,1396
SteersMedium and Large 1-2544219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,1915
HeifersMedium and Large 1944206.50/cwt206.50–206.501,9495
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed613276.59/cwt259.00–279.501,69514
HeifersMedium and Large 1555252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,3992
HeifersMedium and Large 1679201.82/cwt200.00–207.501,3704
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy632255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,61216
SteersMedium and Large 1835241.25/cwt241.25–241.252,014111
HeifersMedium and Large 1446259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,1554
HeifersMedium and Large 1373280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0443
HeifersMedium and Large 1636231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,4693
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,025149.12/cwt142.50–160.001,5285
Bulls1,610124.65/cwt121.00–129.502,00712
Bulls1,728131.02/cwt130.00–132.002,2642
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,392116.46/cwt116.00–117.501,62136
Bulls1,808139.95/cwt139.00–141.002,5302
CowsLean 85-90%1,15277.67/cwt66.00–86.0089566
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34196.71/cwt90.00–99.001,29726
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,340109.36/cwt106.00–114.001,46532

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.