Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2024-02-07

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Feb 7
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,834 head
▼ 3,430 vs last sale 5,264▼ 790 vs year ago 2,624 · −30.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
379 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 369▲ 74 vs year ago 305 · +24.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
302 head
▲ 242 vs last sale 60▲ 237 vs year ago 65 · +364.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 800 lb to 1,000 lb sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Steers 600 lb to 800 lb sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Steer calves 400 lb to 800 lb sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400 lb to 875 lb sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $249.86/cwt on 860 head.
Average price
$249.86
860 head · 662 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,654
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$241
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$35.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.21
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1662250.351,658848
Medium and Large 1-2659214.981,41712thin
One grade step is worth $35.38/cwt here — about $241 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 sale860 hd
249.86
—
KS average4 barns · 5,189 hd
240.65
+9.21
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
Bulls—Average1,582112.451,77934
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,376105.801,456109
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29094.511,21983
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,21380.52977104

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,294$2,5005
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,283$2,268182
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,132$2,18817
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,358$2,06410
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,206$1,67484
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,174$1,5274thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)935$2,0501thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—770209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,6096
HeifersMedium and Large 1—730228.01/cwt224.50–231.501,66477
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—410257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,05611
SteersMedium and Large 1—541314.80/cwt303.00–316.001,70342
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—492283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,3922
SteersMedium and Large 1—333381.53/cwt367.50–385.001,27013
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—710206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,4632
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—659274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,80650
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—390392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,5315
SteersMedium and Large 1—989197.81/cwt191.00–200.001,9564
SteersMedium and Large 1—469337.66/cwt335.00–342.501,58412
SteersMedium and Large 1—621283.83/cwt277.00–295.001,76355
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—530297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,5773
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—433315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3643
SteersMedium and Large 1—666259.84/cwt253.00–277.501,73153
SteersMedium and Large 1—906227.55/cwt222.00–232.252,062117
SteersMedium and Large 1—583291.39/cwt281.00–300.001,69923
SteersMedium and Large 1—442375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,6586
SteersMedium and Large 1—821235.71/cwt228.00–242.001,93537
SteersMedium and Large 1—382380.09/cwt372.50–397.501,4524
SteersMedium and Large 1—787239.36/cwt225.00–242.001,884103
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—422381.13/cwt380.00–382.501,60821
SteersMedium and Large 1—731249.57/cwt235.00–250.001,82489
SteersMedium and Large 1—886228.00/cwt228.00–228.002,02033
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—477332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,58614
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—421334.13/cwt322.50–341.001,40713
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—667245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,63435
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—564277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,56277
BullsMedium and Large 1—573272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,55912
BullsMedium and Large 1—725182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,3232
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,354103.76/cwt100.00–109.501,40578
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29094.51/cwt90.00–99.001,21983
CowsLean 85-90%—1,19772.98/cwt70.00–78.0087435
CowsLean 85-90%—1,22184.34/cwt75.00–88.501,03069
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,432110.93/cwt110.00–120.001,58931
Bulls——1,554109.35/cwt106.00–122.001,69924
Bulls——1,699126.79/cwt126.00–132.002,1548
Bulls——1,44892.24/cwt89.00–95.001,3362
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1—9352,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,2061,673.74/head1,600.00–1,725.001,67484
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,2942,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5005
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,2832,267.84/head1,650.00–2,585.002,268182
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1741,527.46/head1,525.00–1,535.001,5274
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,3582,063.94/head1,775.00–2,150.002,06410
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1322,188.09/head1,800.00–2,350.002,18817
HeifersMedium and Large 1—821221.32/cwt212.50–223.351,81780
HeifersMedium and Large 1—519279.52/cwt265.00–281.001,45153
HeifersMedium and Large 1—878208.05/cwt200.00–214.001,82723
HeifersMedium and Large 1—427311.07/cwt307.50–313.001,3288
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—548220.95/cwt217.00–241.001,2116
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—643265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,70455
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—567315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,78620
HeifersMedium and Large 1—382377.00/cwt377.00–377.001,44010
HeifersMedium and Large 1—681231.71/cwt227.00–238.001,57857
HeifersMedium and Large 1—485313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,5182
HeifersMedium and Large 1—796220.73/cwt219.50–221.501,757139
HeifersMedium and Large 1—579255.96/cwt246.00–263.001,48298
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—819250.53/cwt249.00–252.002,052126
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—535324.01/cwt320.00–325.001,73325
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623249.61/cwt238.00–256.001,55576

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.