Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2023-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*No sale December 27th 2023*

Compared to last week, light test but a higher undertone was noted for feeder cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $219.29/cwt on 400 head.

Average price

$219.29

400 head · 719 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,576

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$540

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1

$69.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.58

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	507	236.00	1,197	7thin
Medium and Large 1	712	220.64	1,572	381
Large 1	1,041	166.83	1,737	12thin

One grade step is worth $69.17/cwt here — about −$540 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 sale400 hd

219.29

—

KS average3 barns · 2,430 hd

214.71

+4.58

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	—	High	1,780	110.24	1,962	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,572	100.31	1,577	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,334	89.23	1,190	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,239	79.82	989	93

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	978	$1,975	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,455	$1,411	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,360	$1,300	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,346	$1,237	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,285	$1,143	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,150	$1,000	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,205	$1,193	1thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,465	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,357	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	907	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,228	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	257.25/cwt	256.00–259.00	1,438	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	987	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,737	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,519	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,609	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	325.54/cwt	316.00–327.00	1,442	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,357	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	356	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,050	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	1,726	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,498	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	986	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,834	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,298	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	796	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,616	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	555	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,360	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,131	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	210.25/cwt	210.25–210.25	1,562	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,045	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	295	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	944	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,119	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	287.61/cwt	277.00–301.00	969	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,320	84.91/cwt	75.00–88.00	1,121	57
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,572	100.31/cwt	95.00–107.00	1,577	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,334	89.23/cwt	82.00–100.00	1,190	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,112	71.76/cwt	57.50–77.00	798	36
Bulls	—	—	2,027	121.78/cwt	117.00–124.00	2,468	6
Bulls	—	—	1,745	109.01/cwt	102.00–113.50	1,902	11
Bulls	—	—	1,415	91.67/cwt	89.00–96.75	1,297	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	1,192.95/head	1,192.95–1,192.95	1,193	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	978	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	1,143.00/head	1,143.00–1,143.00	1,143	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,455	1,411.35/head	1,411.35–1,411.35	1,411	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,360	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,346	1,237.23/head	1,143.00–1,285.00	1,237	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	215.22/cwt	210.25–217.00	1,844	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,496	33
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,041	166.83/cwt	161.00–168.00	1,737	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	194.55/cwt	191.00–202.25	1,438	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,252	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,310	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,266	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	549	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,455	6

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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