Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2023-09-13

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Sep 13
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
959 head
50 vs last sale 1,009 2,152 vs year ago 3,111 · 69.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
197 head
55 vs last sale 142 184 vs year ago 381 · 48.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
4 vs last sale 1 2 vs year ago 7 · 28.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Winter Livestock in Dodge City will have their first calf special next Wednesday September 20 *

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 650 lb to 950 lb sold 6.00 to 7.00 higher, however thin fleshed steers sold up to 15.00 higher. Steer calves 400 lb to 650 lb sold up to 20.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500 lb to 800 lb sold 6.00 to 7.00 higher, however thin fleshed heifers sold up to 15.00 higher. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $254.41/cwt on 537 head.
Average price
$254.41
537 head · 777 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,977
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$219
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$39.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.50
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1777255.571,985520
Medium and Large 1-2761219.241,66815thin
Large 11,020216.002,2032thin
One grade step is worth $39.57/cwt here — about −$219 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 sale537 hd
254.41
KS average3 barns · 2,589 hd
251.90
+2.50
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
BullsHigh1,779125.772,2389thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,276117.821,504119
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,190102.091,21529
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11483.7993328

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,425$1,8251thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed442329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,4547
SteersLarge 11,020216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,2032
SteersMedium and Large 1470319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,4991
SteersMedium and Large 1840249.50/cwt249.50–249.502,09633
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed528269.91/cwt269.00–271.001,42516
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed863229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,97669
SteersMedium and Large 1-2545192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,0491
SteersMedium and Large 1920240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,20868
SteersMedium and Large 1790249.38/cwt245.00–256.501,97051
SteersMedium and Large 1614246.31/cwt246.00–249.001,51210
SteersMedium and Large 1-2455212.50/cwt212.50–212.509671
SteersMedium and Large 1-2792222.72/cwt222.00–231.001,76412
SteersMedium and Large 1968221.00/cwt221.00–221.002,13911
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed625265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6561
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed954238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,27143
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed559289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,61610
SteersMedium and Large 1685231.00/cwt229.00–233.001,5822
SteersMedium and Large 1-2910211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,9201
SteersMedium and Large 1895241.00/cwt241.00–241.002,15724
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed712261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,85834
HeifersMedium and Large 1736231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,7003
HeifersMedium and Large 1889221.80/cwt218.50–224.001,97210
HeifersMedium and Large 1434265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,1507
BullsMedium and Large 1485252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,2251
BullsMedium and Large 1680230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5642
BullsMedium and Large 1700222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,5541
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,243115.06/cwt110.00–119.001,43068
CowsBoner 80-85%1,190102.09/cwt99.00–109.001,21529
CowsLean 85-90%1,11483.79/cwt80.00–95.0093328
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,321121.51/cwt120.00–127.001,60551
Bulls1,823132.08/cwt131.00–133.002,4082
Bulls1,766126.13/cwt123.00–129.002,2276
Bulls1,770111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,9651
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,024145.26/cwt135.00–149.001,4874
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4251,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251
HeifersMedium and Large 1295275.00/cwt275.00–275.008111
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement717245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,75714
HeifersMedium and Large 1834233.21/cwt230.25–236.751,945167
HeifersMedium and Large 1616240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4784
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2686220.99/cwt216.00–231.001,5163
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2636224.50/cwt224.50–224.501,4287
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed773259.64/cwt259.50–260.002,007136
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy406324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,3154
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed625254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,5888
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2925180.51/cwt180.00–181.001,6702
HeifersMedium and Large 1512256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,3116
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed750243.50/cwt243.50–243.501,82650
SteersMedium and Large 1515291.93/cwt290.00–300.001,50333
SteersMedium and Large 1718245.65/cwt241.00–249.001,76433
SteersMedium and Large 1587276.40/cwt273.00–277.001,62219
HeifersLarge 11,094188.00/cwt188.00–188.002,05720
HeifersMedium and Large 1570258.13/cwt253.00–263.001,4714

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.