Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2024-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers not well tested. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 higher, bull sold 7.00 lower. Good demand on low supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $318.00/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −154.23 against this barn's trailing median of $472.23.

Average price

$318.00

15 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,723

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$239

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$22.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs KS average

+15.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	322.50	1,772	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	511	300.00	1,533	3thin

One grade step is worth $22.50/cwt here — about $239 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale15 hd

318.00

—

KS average1 barns · 15 hd

318.00

+0.00

National average160 barns · 9,699 hd

302.91

+15.09

This barn, trailing median31 sales

472.23

−154.23

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	1,589	168.21	2,674	62
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,484	149.95	2,225	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,275	145.66	1,858	150
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,144	118.74	1,358	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)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,370	$2,617	19
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,213	$2,588	4thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,484	149.95/cwt	143.00–158.00	2,225	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,962	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	2,018	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	252.10/cwt	252.10–252.10	1,924	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	265.19/cwt	264.00–266.00	1,634	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	331.58/cwt	317.50–345.00	1,038	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,348	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,370	2,617.07/head	2,110.00–2,750.00	2,617	19
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,388	160.18/cwt	156.50–197.50	2,223	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,744	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	248.85/cwt	242.75–251.50	2,180	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,739	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	296.99/cwt	294.00–301.00	1,850	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,192	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	893	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,920	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,876	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,531	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	306	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,002	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,215	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	340.18/cwt	332.50–347.50	1,412	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,798	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	243.96/cwt	241.00–258.00	1,935	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,706	11
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	165.57/cwt	156.00–204.00	1,755	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,897	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,999	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	270.85/cwt	260.00–274.50	1,983	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	307.08/cwt	295.00–313.00	1,618	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,171	130.08/cwt	123.00–140.00	1,523	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,117	107.73/cwt	90.00–117.00	1,203	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	145.26/cwt	130.00–162.00	1,852	142
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	152.71/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,959	8
Bulls	—	—	1,435	132.60/cwt	124.00–143.00	1,903	4
Bulls	—	—	1,513	183.18/cwt	176.00–200.00	2,772	20
Bulls	—	—	1,646	164.08/cwt	149.00–173.00	2,701	38
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,213	2,587.50/head	2,225.00–2,800.00	2,588	4
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,144	203.70/cwt	203.00–208.00	2,330	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	961	223.67/cwt	210.50–231.00	2,149	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	304.04/cwt	292.50–310.00	1,174	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,533	3

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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