Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2023-11-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 700 lb to 950 lb sold steady to 2.00 higher. Steers 600 lb to 700 lb sold steady to 2.00 lower. Steer calves 400 lb to 600 lb sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers 550 lb to 900 lb sold 3.00 to 7.00 lower. Heifer calves 400 lb to 550 lb sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was moderate on feeder cattle and good on calves. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $255.41/cwt on 1,524 head.

Average price

$255.41

1,524 head · 679 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,733

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$492

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$42.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.14

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	669	257.59	1,722	1,428
Medium and Large 1-2	663	229.10	1,519	53
Large 1	1,029	215.20	2,215	43

One grade step is worth $42.39/cwt here — about −$492 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 sale1,524 hd

255.41

—

KS average4 barns · 5,326 hd

257.55

−2.14

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,826	101.90	1,860	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,303	93.68	1,220	236
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,422	86.22	1,226	99
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,228	69.77	857	25

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,267	$1,693	9
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,298	$1,325	3thin

Every lot, as filed

82 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	219.65/cwt	212.50–221.00	1,661	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,779	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	278	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	980	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	491	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,237	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	562	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,630	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	286.89/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,380	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	242.21/cwt	240.00–251.00	1,543	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,055	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	242.56/cwt	230.00–246.25	1,409	26
Steers	Large 1	—	1,000	216.75/cwt	216.75–216.75	2,168	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	271.38/cwt	264.50–277.50	1,563	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	963	217.58/cwt	217.50–218.00	2,095	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	289.87/cwt	288.00–292.50	1,513	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	237.04/cwt	234.00–239.25	1,707	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	231.92/cwt	226.50–236.75	1,930	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	230.25/cwt	230.25–230.25	1,741	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	234.35/cwt	221.00–236.00	1,584	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	371	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,313	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	671	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,694	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	260	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	962	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	215.53/cwt	200.00–223.00	1,373	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,126	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	325	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,219	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	546	271.54/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,483	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	523	299.13/cwt	293.00–305.00	1,564	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	807	240.49/cwt	239.00–240.75	1,941	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	227.07/cwt	223.50–227.75	2,082	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,222	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	421	324.04/cwt	321.00–330.00	1,364	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	643	230.32/cwt	228.00–235.00	1,481	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	463	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,528	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	332	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	979	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	233.88/cwt	226.50–235.25	2,016	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	558	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,574	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	654	231.25/cwt	229.50–232.00	1,512	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	200.44/cwt	181.00–210.50	1,323	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	211.72/cwt	205.00–216.50	1,499	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	435	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,218	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	264.17/cwt	252.50–287.50	1,242	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	612	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,475	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	377	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,033	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,406	103.34/cwt	93.00–110.00	1,453	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,300	93.43/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,215	230
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,422	86.22/cwt	81.00–89.00	1,226	99
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,228	69.77/cwt	60.00–79.00	857	25
Bulls	—	—	1,899	105.40/cwt	100.00–108.50	2,002	15
Bulls	—	—	1,620	94.07/cwt	86.00–98.50	1,524	8
Bulls	—	—	2,370	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	2,654	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,059	116.58/cwt	112.50–122.50	1,235	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,298	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,267	1,693.13/head	1,685.00–1,700.00	1,693	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	238.15/cwt	232.00–246.00	1,267	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	214.63/cwt	205.00–220.00	1,447	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	224.21/cwt	215.00–229.00	1,206	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,229	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	440	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,155	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,589	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,728	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	203.66/cwt	200.00–205.50	1,562	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	229.65/cwt	220.00–233.50	1,424	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	543	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,368	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	489	284.45/cwt	283.00–288.00	1,391	68
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,011	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,911	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	270.18/cwt	266.00–274.00	1,164	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	387	305.41/cwt	304.00–312.00	1,182	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	384	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	876	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	232.79/cwt	230.00–246.00	1,017	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	269.70/cwt	264.50–274.00	1,233	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	509	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,339	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	491	297.35/cwt	296.00–300.00	1,460	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	321	347.62/cwt	342.50–350.00	1,116	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	417	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,272	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	230.66/cwt	223.00–239.00	1,336	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	292.48/cwt	282.00–294.00	1,132	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	680	216.47/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,472	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	609	256.53/cwt	255.00–257.00	1,562	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	419	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,450	12
Steers	Large 1	—	1,066	213.25/cwt	213.25–213.25	2,273	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	212.13/cwt	208.00–216.00	1,725	239
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	315	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,055	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	377	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,216	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	308.88/cwt	299.00–312.50	1,300	11

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.

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