Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2023-09-20

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Sep 20
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,482 head
1,523 vs last sale 959 346 vs year ago 2,828 · 12.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
291 head
94 vs last sale 197 139 vs year ago 430 · 32.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
15 vs last sale 5 120 vs year ago 140 · 85.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

* Note * Next week in Dodge City, Winter Livestock will have their 87th Anniversary Sale along with a special cow sale

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers 750 lb to 900 lb sold steady. Steers and heifers 450 lb to 750 lb sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher, however reputation and thin fleshed calves sold 20.00 to 23.00 higher. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $267.47/cwt on 1,404 head.
Average price
$267.47
1,404 head · 711 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,901
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$690
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$75.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.80
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1712269.181,9171,372
Large 11,005206.002,0701thin
Medium and Large 1-2633193.771,22731
One grade step is worth $75.41/cwt here — about $690 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 sale1,404 hd
267.47
KS average3 barns · 3,814 hd
262.67
+4.80
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
BullsAverage1,643114.551,88213
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,305108.371,415207
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20493.621,12749
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,26472.059115thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,216$1,7005

Every lot, as filed

75 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 1891226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,01414
HeifersLarge 11,050167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,7591
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy488355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,7323
SteersMedium and Large 1889244.54/cwt239.00–247.102,174166
SteersMedium and Large 1-2856219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,8753
SteersMedium and Large 1691255.18/cwt251.50–258.001,76368
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned403246.00/cwt246.00–246.009914
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed468289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,3538
SteersMedium and Large 1-2717235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6852
SteersMedium and Large 1530273.46/cwt271.00–275.001,4495
SteersMedium and Large 1901223.00/cwt223.00–223.002,0093
SteersMedium and Large 1-2526246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,2943
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy687267.31/cwt266.50–269.001,83615
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy553302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,6704
SteersMedium and Large 1625270.10/cwt269.00–273.001,68854
SteersLarge 11,005206.00/cwt206.00–206.002,0701
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed662288.97/cwt288.00–290.001,913144
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed542321.25/cwt321.25–321.251,741100
SteersMedium and Large 1575285.99/cwt283.00–292.001,64468
SteersMedium and Large 1489313.46/cwt306.00–317.001,5336
SteersMedium and Large 1736254.37/cwt251.00–260.501,872226
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned654237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,55010
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed775258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,0004
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed472327.95/cwt327.50–329.001,54813
SteersMedium and Large 1766238.98/cwt237.50–242.001,8313
SteersMedium and Large 1-2576270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5553
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed434327.59/cwt320.00–331.001,42214
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed563301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,69550
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed620277.90/cwt277.00–283.501,72328
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed821257.06/cwt254.00–259.852,11070
SteersMedium and Large 1333326.38/cwt318.00–328.001,0876
SteersMedium and Large 1285315.00/cwt315.00–315.008982
HeifersMedium and Large 1330292.92/cwt285.00–297.509678
BullsMedium and Large 1517185.00/cwt185.00–185.009562
BullsMedium and Large 1825193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,5921
BullsMedium and Large 1594242.17/cwt226.00–246.001,4389
BullsMedium and Large 1474273.83/cwt260.00–292.501,2987
BullsMedium and Large 1677214.97/cwt206.00–234.001,4553
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,252106.34/cwt102.00–110.501,331140
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20493.62/cwt90.00–100.001,12749
Bulls1,244116.92/cwt115.00–119.001,4542
CowsLean 85-90%1,26472.05/cwt71.00–75.009115
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,417112.62/cwt111.00–123.001,59667
Bulls1,641100.59/cwt97.00–106.001,6515
Bulls1,777125.39/cwt122.00–130.502,2286
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1859168.74/cwt168.00–180.001,44915
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2161,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7005
HeifersMedium and Large 1950205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,9481
HeifersMedium and Large 1527273.62/cwt265.00–276.001,44269
BullsMedium and Large 1970182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,7701
BullsMedium and Large 1935176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,6461
HeifersMedium and Large 1584252.24/cwt249.00–258.001,47362
HeifersMedium and Large 1427280.67/cwt271.00–283.001,19849
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2686215.50/cwt215.50–215.501,4783
HeifersMedium and Large 1470275.65/cwt270.00–277.501,29612
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed515281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,44749
HeifersLarge 11,029166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,7089
HeifersMedium and Large 1818217.43/cwt214.00–221.001,7792
HeifersMedium and Large 1631256.16/cwt251.00–259.001,616106
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed307307.50/cwt307.50–307.509442
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed623265.94/cwt264.25–268.001,657162
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed738250.25/cwt250.25–250.251,84779
HeifersMedium and Large 1770227.67/cwt225.00–228.001,75318
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2793153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,2133
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed555271.08/cwt264.00–274.001,50427
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy442346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,52934
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed666253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,6855
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed429295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2665
HeifersMedium and Large 1369285.96/cwt285.00–287.501,05510
HeifersMedium and Large 1729249.10/cwt246.25–250.251,816113
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed793240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,90316
SteersMedium and Large 1-2436221.00/cwt221.00–221.009643
SteersMedium and Large 1-2648157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,01717
SteersMedium and Large 1822245.53/cwt242.25–249.752,018276
HeifersMedium and Large 1680243.59/cwt236.50–247.001,65668

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.