Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2023-10-04

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Oct 4
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,660 head
822 vs last sale 2,482 90 vs year ago 1,750 · 5.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
282 head
9 vs last sale 291 517 vs year ago 799 · 64.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Next Wednesday October 11, Winter Livestock in Dodge City will have a special calf sale.*

*Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers and feeder heifers 700 lb to 900 lb sold steady to 2.00 higher. Steers and heifers 400 lb to 700 lb sold 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower, however 2 head of high yielding cows sold for 121. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $248.49/cwt on 736 head.
Average price
$248.49
736 head · 668 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,660
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$460
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$30.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.62
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1675250.301,689692
Medium and Large 1-2559219.951,22944
One grade step is worth $30.36/cwt here — about $460 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 sale736 hd
248.49
KS average3 barns · 2,498 hd
244.87
+3.62
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
BullsLow1,807110.291,9928thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,349104.801,41452
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18195.161,124145
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15282.5395152

Every lot, as filed

59 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 1-2597257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,5346
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed608260.80/cwt260.50–261.001,58676
SteersMedium and Large 1422277.11/cwt270.00–284.001,1696
SteersMedium and Large 1631271.72/cwt271.00–273.001,71536
HeifersMedium and Large 1528268.94/cwt267.50–271.001,42043
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed370342.96/cwt330.00–349.001,26925
SteersMedium and Large 1868254.50/cwt254.50–254.502,20996
SteersMedium and Large 1-2781217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,6997
SteersMedium and Large 1480256.30/cwt247.50–257.501,2308
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy533309.50/cwt309.50–309.501,65075
SteersMedium and Large 1-2525240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2603
SteersMedium and Large 1-2625253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,5814
SteersMedium and Large 1576280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,61324
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed532295.39/cwt291.00–300.501,57124
SteersMedium and Large 1814240.08/cwt236.00–240.501,95450
SteersMedium and Large 1522275.53/cwt268.00–277.001,4386
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed710265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,88227
SteersMedium and Large 1723249.02/cwt246.00–250.001,80027
SteersMedium and Large 1-2424245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0397
SteersMedium and Large 1659240.53/cwt238.00–250.001,58539
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed801257.00/cwt257.00–257.002,05928
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed415307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,2742
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed470319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,49918
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2451201.00/cwt201.00–201.009078
HeifersMedium and Large 1295295.00/cwt295.00–295.008706
BullsMedium and Large 1790182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,4421
BullsMedium and Large 1710197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,4021
BullsMedium and Large 1417261.73/cwt252.50–271.001,0916
BullsMedium and Large 1325292.50/cwt292.50–292.509512
Bulls1,753104.55/cwt104.00–105.001,8334
CowsLean 85-90%1,15282.53/cwt76.00–87.0095152
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,349103.96/cwt100.00–111.001,40249
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,357118.44/cwt115.00–121.001,6073
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18195.16/cwt90.00–98.001,124145
Bulls1,975119.06/cwt118.00–120.002,3512
Bulls1,745113.02/cwt111.00–115.001,9722
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2692220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5222
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2642241.61/cwt224.00–243.001,55119
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2565202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,1444
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2737225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6582
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2355200.00/cwt200.00–200.007106
HeifersMedium and Large 1897226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,02757
HeifersMedium and Large 1796244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,94268
HeifersMedium and Large 1707245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,73223
HeifersMedium and Large 1613247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,51445
HeifersMedium and Large 1460264.41/cwt257.00–267.501,21638
HeifersMedium and Large 1574244.55/cwt237.00–248.501,40429
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2511193.00/cwt193.00–193.009863
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed737241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,77624
HeifersMedium and Large 1997191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,9046
HeifersMedium and Large 1821224.88/cwt220.00–225.851,846125
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed379302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,1457
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed515310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,59762
HeifersMedium and Large 1340290.00/cwt290.00–290.009862
SteersMedium and Large 1783255.47/cwt249.50–256.502,00072
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy437320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3982
HeifersMedium and Large 1686236.75/cwt233.00–239.001,62470
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed325295.00/cwt295.00–295.009599
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned317255.00/cwt255.00–255.008082

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.