Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2024-01-17

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jan 17
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
849 head
184 vs last sale 665 1,827 vs year ago 2,676 · 68.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
140 head
45 vs last sale 95 242 vs year ago 382 · 63.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Final

Compared to last week, light test but a higher undertone was noted on feeder cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 10.00 to 12.00 higher, likely a product of less transportation issues and the better weather. Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $258.15/cwt on 508 head.
Average price
$258.15
508 head · 729 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,883
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$329
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.04
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2600261.231,56721
Medium and Large 1735258.021,896487
One grade step is worth $3.22/cwt here — about −$329 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 sale508 hd
258.15
KS average3 barns · 1,515 hd
241.11
+17.04
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
BullsAverage1,409120.591,69912
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,437105.741,5196thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,217101.501,23538
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12985.7396852

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1511267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,3674
BullsMedium and Large 1704209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,4719
HeifersMedium and Large 1537254.20/cwt251.00–254.501,36534
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2778155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,2066
HeifersMedium and Large 1618233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,44015
HeifersMedium and Large 1438282.42/cwt277.50–283.001,23748
SteersMedium and Large 1-2955171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,6335
SteersMedium and Large 1731245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,79124
SteersMedium and Large 1458332.85/cwt327.50–337.501,52427
SteersMedium and Large 1-2489289.43/cwt281.00–300.001,41516
SteersMedium and Large 1382355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,35610
SteersMedium and Large 1620257.84/cwt245.00–265.001,59919
SteersMedium and Large 1580298.44/cwt288.00–304.001,73126
HeifersMedium and Large 1658227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,49422
SteersMedium and Large 1541323.22/cwt319.00–325.001,74930
SteersMedium and Large 1886218.25/cwt218.25–218.251,93451
SteersMedium and Large 1944214.10/cwt214.10–214.102,02156
SteersMedium and Large 1988213.35/cwt213.35–213.352,10856
SteersMedium and Large 1679264.97/cwt242.00–269.751,799188
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2439263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,1555
HeifersMedium and Large 1360306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,1025
HeifersMedium and Large 1718201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,4439
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2399275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0977
HeifersMedium and Large 1475245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,16412
HeifersMedium and Large 1591232.17/cwt222.00–239.001,37215
Bulls1,383114.00/cwt111.00–118.001,5776
Bulls1,434127.18/cwt119.50–134.501,8246
CowsBoner 80-85%1,217101.50/cwt91.00–110.501,23538
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,437105.74/cwt101.00–107.001,5196
CowsLean 85-90%1,12985.73/cwt72.50–104.0096852

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.