Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2024-04-17

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Apr 17
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,434 head
266 vs last sale 1,700 930 vs year ago 2,364 · 39.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
220 head
30 vs last sale 190 383 vs year ago 603 · 63.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 750 lbs were unevenly steady with heavier weights steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 650 lbs. sold 4.00-12.00 lower. Heavier weights not well tested, however, 3 loads of eight weight heifers sold 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady. Demand was moderate to good on light to moderate supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $268.46/cwt on 97 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits 162.53 against this barn's trailing median of $430.98.
Average price
$268.46
97 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,443
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$152
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$31.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.17
vs KS average
+3.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536272.341,45941
Medium and Large 1-2539267.511,44152
Medium and Large 2542241.001,3064thin
One grade step is worth $31.34/cwt here — about $152 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales
473434395356median 430.9812/1702/1804/1506/0308/19
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $458.54, low $370.48, median $430.98 across 32 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 sale97 hd
268.46
KS average3 barns · 419 hd
272.62
−4.17
National average180 barns · 13,997 hd
264.52
+3.94
This barn, trailing median32 sales
430.98
−162.53
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
BullsLow1,983143.442,84415
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,428133.371,90515
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,253125.921,57858
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,19795.981,14848

Every lot, as filed

50 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 1300–350315382.04/cwt382.00–382.501,20312
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750715281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,00910
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800753258.98/cwt257.50–261.001,95038
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400366355.55/cwt355.00–356.001,3019
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700693228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,5808
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500460263.97/cwt255.00–273.001,2146
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450426312.86/cwt300.00–321.001,33312
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600566320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550524301.85/cwt297.00–316.001,5824
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700684270.69/cwt266.50–279.501,85215
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900890230.25/cwt221.00–233.002,049164
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600575238.93/cwt236.00–245.501,37410
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650645237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,5322
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750737270.86/cwt266.50–286.001,99651
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350311349.34/cwt331.00–352.501,0867
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950922223.01/cwt222.25–226.002,05620
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650611279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,70515
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900895201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,7992
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450423346.89/cwt344.00–354.001,46722
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800777246.24/cwt230.50–252.001,91315
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850817217.97/cwt208.00–220.501,781106
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550525276.12/cwt273.00–280.001,45034
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000958221.51/cwt205.50–224.352,122112
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600560258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,4456
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400377330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,24410
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600587254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,4917
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450405297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,2031
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700662230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5234
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750733226.74/cwt217.00–239.001,66236
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850839234.31/cwt234.00–239.001,96632
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900878189.39/cwt184.00–192.001,6633
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350342350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1972
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950928199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,84722
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800782219.34/cwt205.00–224.501,715236
CowsLean 85-90%1,22294.00/cwt86.00–99.001,14943
CowsLean 85-90%978113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,1055
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,428133.37/cwt131.00–136.001,90515
CowsBoner 80-85%1,253125.92/cwt113.00–130.001,57858
Bulls1,742126.84/cwt126.00–129.002,2103
Bulls2,043147.59/cwt137.00–155.003,01512
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450415284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,1792
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550542241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,3064
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550530274.31/cwt270.50–276.501,45442
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650631291.81/cwt275.00–297.501,84113
SteersLarge 1Fancy1050–11001,084191.00/cwt191.00–191.002,07050
SteersLarge 11000–10501,001192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,9278
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400382363.00/cwt363.00–363.001,3872
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550521328.96/cwt320.00–341.001,71414
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000981185.07/cwt177.00–187.001,81621
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650636253.18/cwt241.50–267.001,61082

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.