Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2024-06-19

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jun 19
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,041 head
457 vs last sale 584 297 vs year ago 744 · +39.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
211 head
415 vs last sale 626 62 vs year ago 149 · +41.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
172 vs last sale 182 5 vs year ago 15 · 33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, no recent comparison on steers under 850 lbs, over 850 lbs sold steady to sharply higher on limited comparable sales. Heifers under 700 lbs no recent comparison, over 700 lbs steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher while bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good, best demand on oversized load of 707 lbs heifers. Supply was light to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $284.55/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits 187.68 against this barn's trailing median of $472.23.
Average price
$284.55
9 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,577
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
0.18
vs KS average
16.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2554284.551,5779thin
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
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 sale9 hd
284.55
KS average2 barns · 15 hd
284.73
−0.18
National average144 barns · 7,865 hd
300.66
−16.11
This barn, trailing median31 sales
472.23
−187.68
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
BullsLow1,780166.942,97221
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,455148.552,16142
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,219142.551,73866
CowsLean 85-90%High1,164111.211,29438

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,210$1,85710

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Bulls1,780150.32/cwt150.00–151.002,6763
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,459148.25/cwt143.00–153.002,16341
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,270161.00/cwt161.00–161.002,0451
CowsLean 85-90%1,220157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,9151
CowsLean 85-90%1,127123.74/cwt121.00–132.001,3957
CowsBoner 80-85%1,209142.35/cwt132.00–149.001,72153
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450440320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4083
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900871221.53/cwt220.50–224.001,93027
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000991232.45/cwt230.00–233.002,3049
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650619256.90/cwt256.00–257.501,59010
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550517291.12/cwt287.50–293.001,50512
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800788270.50/cwt270.50–270.502,13259
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450405342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,3872
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600575266.28/cwt263.00–280.001,5315
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950924234.39/cwt231.50–240.002,1666
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy700–750707271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,91695
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750734242.75/cwt240.00–243.001,78247
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800793246.18/cwt232.00–247.501,952135
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700687283.55/cwt276.00–292.001,94844
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600560245.29/cwt242.50–250.001,3748
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800780254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,98114
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950922255.84/cwt253.50–257.502,359146
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850822271.04/cwt261.50–276.002,228197
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650628307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,93115
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900886253.75/cwt253.75–253.752,24861
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700684247.14/cwt244.00–250.001,69032
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600567279.18/cwt261.00–285.001,58313
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700692267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,8488
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650608261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,5873
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550528307.39/cwt305.00–315.001,6234
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2101,857.17/head1,650.00–2,050.001,85710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500462334.39/cwt322.50–340.001,5457
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400375307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,1537
CowsLean 85-90%1,251116.98/cwt112.50–119.001,46311
CowsLean 85-90%1,124100.85/cwt82.50–105.001,13419
Bulls1,749167.71/cwt157.00–177.002,93316
Bulls2,028185.75/cwt181.00–190.003,7672
CowsBoner 80-85%1,242151.93/cwt150.00–154.001,8879
CowsBoner 80-85%1,306124.17/cwt121.00–126.001,6224

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.