Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2024-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifers calves were not well tested. Yearling steers sold steady to 3.00 lower while yearling heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 higher while bulls sold steady to 8.00 to 9.00 higher. A short load of 655 lbs fancy heifers sold at 277.00.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $306.06/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −166.17 against this barn's trailing median of $472.23.

Average price

$306.06

8 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,650

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−16.03

vs KS average

−4.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	306.06	1,650	8thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

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 sale8 hd

306.06

—

KS average3 barns · 208 hd

322.09

−16.03

National average163 barns · 10,302 hd

310.77

−4.71

This barn, trailing median31 sales

472.23

−166.17

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,821	160.70	2,926	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,463	138.91	2,032	86
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,275	136.36	1,739	122
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,161	113.08	1,312	67

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,150	$1,925	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,117	$1,450	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,299	$2,802	23

Every lot, as filed

38 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	991	98.74/cwt	95.00–101.00	979	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,179	110.15/cwt	104.00–116.00	1,299	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,268	129.09/cwt	121.00–138.00	1,637	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,342	141.00/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,892	43
Bulls	—	—	1,780	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	2,545	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,299	2,802.17/head	2,350.00–2,985.00	2,802	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	356.11/cwt	350.00–362.50	1,567	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	238.36/cwt	238.00–240.00	1,935	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	296.28/cwt	286.00–298.50	1,840	22
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,117	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	523	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,548	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	655	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,814	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	246.19/cwt	238.00–248.50	1,642	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	234.00/cwt	229.00–235.00	1,666	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	233.93/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,804	186
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,066	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,036	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	260.85/cwt	253.00–269.00	1,742	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,375	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	285.40/cwt	284.00–288.00	1,898	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	876	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,910	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,356	121.86/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,652	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,339	147.16/cwt	145.00–149.00	1,970	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,583	136.82/cwt	135.00–139.00	2,166	43
Bulls	—	—	1,816	157.47/cwt	149.00–167.50	2,860	14
Bulls	—	—	1,838	171.19/cwt	167.00–182.00	3,146	6
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,033	202.46/cwt	194.00–212.50	2,091	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,269	136.53/cwt	128.00–144.00	1,733	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	232.00/cwt	226.00–236.85	2,025	303
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	262.95/cwt	250.00–264.00	1,956	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	216.10/cwt	214.00–217.00	1,856	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	289.03/cwt	286.00–290.00	1,387	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	225.81/cwt	219.00–228.25	2,091	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	247.94/cwt	241.00–253.00	1,498	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	219.97/cwt	207.50–221.00	1,817	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,900	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	306.06/cwt	300.00–308.00	1,650	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	220.87/cwt	218.25–223.00	2,140	141

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.

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