Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2024-01-10

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jan 10
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
665 head
2,824 vs last sale 3,489 3,563 vs year ago 4,228 · 84.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
95 head
195 vs last sale 290 389 vs year ago 484 · 80.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available this week on many weight categories due to the winter storm at the beginning of the week making the offering limited in numbers however, 800-950 lbs steers were 2.00 to 4.00 lower. The lower market mostly due to transportation issues of getting trucks where they need to be. Demand was moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $217.99/cwt on 565 head.
Average price
$217.99
565 head · 870 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,896
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$94
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$31.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.31
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1869219.391,907532
Medium and Large 1-2786199.091,56422
Large 11,064188.002,00011thin
One grade step is worth $31.39/cwt here — about −$94 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 sale565 hd
217.99
KS average3 barns · 4,675 hd
228.30
−10.31
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
BullsHigh1,667101.041,6856thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58694.321,49620
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11087.4297013
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27786.851,10941

Every lot, as filed

20 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 1624251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,5664
SteersMedium and Large 1589270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,59014
SteersMedium and Large 1-2690229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,5808
SteersMedium and Large 1992197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,95423
HeifersMedium and Large 1568240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,36314
HeifersMedium and Large 1664218.93/cwt208.00–220.501,45432
SteersLarge 11,064188.00/cwt188.00–188.002,00011
SteersMedium and Large 1776226.25/cwt226.25–226.251,75631
SteersMedium and Large 1713240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,71125
SteersMedium and Large 1935212.37/cwt209.75–213.751,986194
SteersMedium and Large 1875218.32/cwt213.50–221.501,910107
SteersMedium and Large 1835222.60/cwt218.50–224.001,859134
SteersMedium and Large 1-2889178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,5826
SteersMedium and Large 1-2804185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4878
Bulls1,558111.50/cwt111.50–111.501,7373
Bulls1,65085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,4031
Bulls1,84093.36/cwt91.00–96.001,7182
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58694.32/cwt89.00–95.501,49620
CowsLean 85-90%1,11087.42/cwt87.00–88.0097013
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27786.85/cwt84.00–90.501,10941

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.