Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2024-06-26

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jun 26
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
585 head
456 vs last sale 1,041 159 vs year ago 744 · 21.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
267 head
56 vs last sale 211 118 vs year ago 149 · +79.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
81 head
71 vs last sale 10 66 vs year ago 15 · +440.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves not well tested. On comparable sales, yearling steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. Demand good on light supply. Winter Livestock in Dodge City will be closed on July 3, 2024. The next sale is scheduled for July 10, 2024. From the staff at USDA/KDA Market News Program, we hope you and yours have a safe and Happy Independence Day celebration.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $269.86/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits 161.12 against this barn's trailing median of $430.98.
Average price
$269.86
39 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,458
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$42
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$29.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.48
vs KS average
+0.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1511281.081,43624
Medium and Large 1-2587251.921,47915thin
One grade step is worth $29.16/cwt here — about −$42 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale39 hd
269.86
KS average2 barns · 45 hd
271.35
−1.48
National average153 barns · 8,958 hd
269.28
+0.58
This barn, trailing median32 sales
430.98
−161.12
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
BullsAverage1,827173.113,16219
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,442144.292,08025
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,326144.101,91156
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,117114.851,28351

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)1,193$2,58053
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,176$1,9275
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,320$1,8802thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,586$2,7325
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,290$1,9382thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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 1Fancy600–650634289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,83254
HeifersLarge 11000–10501,024190.34/cwt190.00–190.501,94913
CowsLean 85-90%1,108100.50/cwt86.50–106.001,11424
Bulls1,799171.26/cwt164.00–179.003,08117
CowsLean 85-90%1,079137.00/cwt136.00–139.001,47816
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,613133.00/cwt128.00–140.002,1458
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750725231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,6759
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550511281.08/cwt277.00–283.001,43624
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650621260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,61520
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900882258.62/cwt258.50–259.002,28171
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700652306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,99533
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500496336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,66713
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900–950905214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,9373
BullsMedium and Large 1-2950–1000989205.50/cwt205.50–205.502,03233
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800751260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9533
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600587251.92/cwt239.00–255.001,47915
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700678221.88/cwt207.00–240.001,50411
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1761,926.96/head1,875.00–1,980.001,9275
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3201,880.13/head1,875.00–1,885.001,8802
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900864213.41/cwt212.25–222.001,84417
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2901,937.50/head1,825.00–2,050.001,9382
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,5862,732.00/head2,700.00–2,850.002,7325
CowsLean 85-90%1,191113.93/cwt108.00–120.001,35711
Bulls2,063188.82/cwt184.00–193.003,8952
CowsBoner 80-85%1,334143.07/cwt132.00–147.001,90947
CowsBoner 80-85%1,314152.38/cwt151.00–157.002,0028
CowsBoner 80-85%1,055126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,3291
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,361149.60/cwt145.00–154.002,03617
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1932,580.20/head2,025.00–2,800.002,58053
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500470311.78/cwt297.00–320.001,46532
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850842263.00/cwt263.00–263.002,21411
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400365330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2053
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950913259.75/cwt259.75–259.752,37262
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800776254.46/cwt240.00–257.001,97572
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550508316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,6055
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500456335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5283
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700675231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,5594
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600576261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,5035
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650631251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,5849
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550502315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,58112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650640280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,79216
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850820219.49/cwt218.50–221.001,80013

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.