Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2023-11-29

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Nov 29
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
924 head
1,238 vs last sale 2,162 1,768 vs year ago 2,692 · 65.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
320 head
220 vs last sale 540 368 vs year ago 688 · 53.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
43 head
126 vs last sale 169 89 vs year ago 132 · 67.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, all classes sold on a light test, however overall a higher undertone was noted, except for feeder heifers which sold with a lower undertone. Buyer attendance and demand was moderate for a lighter sale supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $242.65/cwt on 433 head.
Average price
$242.65
433 head · 751 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,821
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$395
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1762243.041,851401
Medium and Large 1-2612237.771,45632
One grade step is worth $5.27/cwt here — about $395 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 sale433 hd
242.65
KS average1 barns · 433 hd
242.65
+0.00
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
BullsLow1,811104.231,88724
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,466101.971,49592
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24695.151,186107
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15384.7097777

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,358$1,5983thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,288$1,3716

Every lot, as filed

43 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
BullsMedium and Large 1738192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,4176
HeifersMedium and Large 1701219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,53548
HeifersMedium and Large 1431269.93/cwt265.00–277.501,16310
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy1,082176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,90413
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2790202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,60010
HeifersMedium and Large 1855197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,6847
SteersMedium and Large 1802233.34/cwt213.00–235.501,87174
SteersMedium and Large 1-2320317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,0142
SteersMedium and Large 1-2685211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,44513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2813179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,4554
SteersMedium and Large 1-2523270.43/cwt262.50–277.501,41413
SteersMedium and Large 1323334.83/cwt332.50–342.501,0824
SteersMedium and Large 1624253.72/cwt250.00–255.501,58337
SteersMedium and Large 1657239.38/cwt236.50–243.001,57376
SteersMedium and Large 1467309.45/cwt307.50–315.001,4458
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2973175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,7038
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2393270.59/cwt262.50–272.501,0635
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed504311.17/cwt305.00–315.001,56813
HeifersMedium and Large 1369296.41/cwt287.50–299.001,09413
SteersMedium and Large 1517287.00/cwt282.50–288.001,48417
SteersMedium and Large 1892232.09/cwt229.00–234.002,070168
CowsLean 85-90%1,18687.73/cwt82.50–93.501,04057
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55593.96/cwt93.00–96.001,46117
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,599109.08/cwt108.00–110.001,74411
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,420102.87/cwt97.00–107.001,46164
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29091.08/cwt90.00–92.501,17529
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25294.30/cwt93.00–99.001,18155
CowsBoner 80-85%1,178102.31/cwt100.00–105.001,20523
CowsLean 85-90%1,06076.06/cwt72.50–81.0080620
Bulls1,67894.81/cwt92.00–98.001,5916
Bulls1,974111.96/cwt110.00–115.002,2106
Bulls1,795105.07/cwt100.50–107.501,88612
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,195118.88/cwt115.00–127.001,4215
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2881,371.07/head1,350.00–1,375.001,3716
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3581,598.07/head1,425.00–1,775.001,5983
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,104108.54/cwt103.00–111.001,19815
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,027170.06/cwt150.00–179.001,7478
HeifersMedium and Large 1805206.72/cwt206.00–211.001,66471
HeifersMedium and Large 1591220.44/cwt217.00–237.001,30318
HeifersMedium and Large 1488258.07/cwt250.00–267.001,25930
SteersMedium and Large 1711220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5644
HeifersMedium and Large 1527248.33/cwt245.00–255.001,30932
HeifersMedium and Large 1621215.92/cwt213.00–218.001,34160

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.