Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2023-08-23

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Aug 23
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
832 head
894 vs last sale 1,726 1,457 vs year ago 2,289 · 63.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
175 vs last sale 249 444 vs year ago 518 · 85.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, not enough feeder steers and feeder heifers for a market test, however a steady trend was noted. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower on very light receipts. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $249.12/cwt on 681 head.
Average price
$249.12
681 head · 756 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,883
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$234
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$40.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.53
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1756249.301,884678
Medium and Large 1-2792208.331,6493thin
One grade step is worth $40.97/cwt here — about $234 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 sale681 hd
249.12
KS average3 barns · 4,121 hd
250.65
−1.53
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
BullsHigh1,781126.282,2498thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,207116.231,40311
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15794.861,09832
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,18882.509809thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1986195.50/cwt195.50–195.501,92815
HeifersMedium and Large 1591248.51/cwt245.00–256.001,46933
HeifersMedium and Large 1843226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,90510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2690220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5181
SteersMedium and Large 1690250.56/cwt246.00–251.001,72972
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed518278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,44012
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed750254.75/cwt254.75–254.751,91162
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed664266.45/cwt264.50–270.001,76938
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed385270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0402
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed643261.50/cwt261.50–261.501,6819
SteersMedium and Large 1375252.50/cwt252.50–252.509471
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed570277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,58211
BullsMedium and Large 1590199.50/cwt199.50–199.501,1775
HeifersMedium and Large 1726245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,77914
SteersMedium and Large 1950223.00/cwt223.00–223.002,1191
SteersMedium and Large 1728251.42/cwt250.50–255.001,830102
SteersMedium and Large 1-2920195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,7941
SteersMedium and Large 1-2765210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6071
SteersMedium and Large 1820241.15/cwt240.50–244.501,977294
SteersMedium and Large 1758248.50/cwt248.50–248.501,88465
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed648276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,78818
Bulls1,845132.79/cwt130.00–135.502,4505
Bulls1,61096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,5461
Bulls1,705125.14/cwt122.00–128.002,1342
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15794.86/cwt92.00–96.501,09832
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,105111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,2271
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,217116.75/cwt115.00–118.501,42110
CowsLean 85-90%1,18882.50/cwt82.50–82.509809

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.