Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2024-02-28

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Feb 28
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,032 head
149 vs last sale 2,883 714 vs year ago 2,318 · +30.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
250 head
10 vs last sale 240 92 vs year ago 342 · 26.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
0 vs last sale 30 28 vs year ago 2 · +1,400.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, there wasn't enough of a comparison on feeder cattle under 500 lbs for an accurate market trend. Feeder heifers over 600 lbs sold 7.00 to 12.00 higher. Feeder steers 500 lbs to 750 lbs sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher and steers over 750 lbs sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Buyer attendance and demand was good to very good on a moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $319.61/cwt on 103 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits 152.62 against this barn's trailing median of $472.23.
Average price
$319.61
103 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,809
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$183
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$32.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs KS average
+8.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1566323.731,83290
Medium and Large 1-2567291.041,64913thin
One grade step is worth $32.70/cwt here — about $183 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales
527462396330median 472.2312/1702/1104/1506/0308/19
Steers 500–600 lb: high $513.49, low $343.81, median $472.23 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale103 hd
319.61
KS average1 barns · 103 hd
319.61
+0.00
National average175 barns · 13,855 hd
311.23
+8.38
This barn, trailing median31 sales
472.23
−152.62
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
BullsHigh1,771130.272,30719
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,503123.351,8547thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,242114.811,42650
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,340104.241,396133

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,354$1,9255
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,355$1,9004thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)995$1,7502thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,210$1,7053thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,235$1,4001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,670$2,7006

Every lot, as filed

51 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,503123.35/cwt111.00–127.001,8547
CowsBoner 80-85%1,320125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,6502
CowsBoner 80-85%1,239114.39/cwt104.00–123.001,41748
CowsLean 85-90%1,03692.59/cwt80.00–99.0095930
CowsLean 85-90%1,428107.63/cwt95.00–112.001,537103
Bulls2,011141.88/cwt135.00–151.002,8537
Bulls1,568122.81/cwt107.50–134.001,92611
Bulls2,330131.00/cwt131.00–131.003,0521
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3541,924.76/head1,900.00–1,950.001,9255
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2351,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 19951,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3551,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2101,705.48/head1,475.00–1,950.001,7053
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,6702,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7006
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350324340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1025
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500465295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,37212
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450439306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,3435
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650609255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,55314
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950915188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,7207
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450414254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,05229
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600590258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,52217
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500487305.99/cwt301.00–321.001,49031
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650621305.69/cwt289.00–312.001,89893
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750736245.41/cwt238.00–250.501,80691
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650629277.93/cwt274.00–279.001,74850
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700696233.57/cwt230.50–235.751,62682
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550548276.27/cwt274.00–285.001,51424
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550538304.13/cwt300.00–305.001,63635
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900866236.65/cwt232.60–246.002,049422
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800773244.96/cwt238.00–248.001,894269
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700686250.27/cwt248.50–251.501,71712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700682228.97/cwt228.00–235.501,56235
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950939227.25/cwt220.50–232.752,134118
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950924211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,9505
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450436254.09/cwt247.00–257.501,1086
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550527323.15/cwt317.00–330.001,70317
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600580287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,6658
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800780236.92/cwt232.50–238.501,84859
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850820236.92/cwt221.00–244.251,943178
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750729268.72/cwt262.50–274.001,959147
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700692274.86/cwt265.00–279.501,902241
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550545297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,6215
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500479336.32/cwt327.00–342.001,611142
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500486267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,2984
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600575323.87/cwt310.00–330.001,86273
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750731232.48/cwt215.50–238.501,699166
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650614274.25/cwt264.00–282.001,684160
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy950–1000985188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,8523
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy650–700679260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,76586
CowsMedium and Large 1750–800756249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,88244
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750726232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,6846

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.