Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2024-07-17

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jul 17
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
355 head
243 vs last sale 598 195 vs year ago 550 · 35.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
153 head
266 vs last sale 419 111 vs year ago 264 · 42.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
43 vs last sale 72 28 vs year ago 1 · +2,800.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers not well tested, softer undertone noted. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 lower and bulls sold 2.00 lower. Light receipts this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $267.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits 163.98 against this barn's trailing median of $430.98.
Average price
$267.00
2 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,474
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
23.08
vs KS average
+9.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2552267.001,4742thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale2 hd
267.00
KS average3 barns · 189 hd
290.08
−23.08
National average156 barns · 7,883 hd
257.80
+9.20
This barn, trailing median32 sales
430.98
−163.98
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
BullsHigh1,779166.352,95915
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,635140.532,2985thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,193136.291,62626
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,250102.081,27653

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,433$2,66011
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,457$2,44414

Every lot, as filed

27 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 1350–400360319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,1482
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700670244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,6352
Bulls1,967181.19/cwt177.00–187.003,5646
Bulls1,628130.42/cwt129.00–132.002,1232
Bulls1,661163.89/cwt156.00–170.002,7227
CowsBoner 80-85%1,216140.07/cwt131.00–147.001,70320
CowsBoner 80-85%1,118123.68/cwt123.00–127.001,3836
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,635140.53/cwt134.00–147.002,2985
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4572,444.26/head2,375.00–2,450.002,44414
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,005173.80/cwt160.00–187.501,7474
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950908228.60/cwt228.60–228.602,07660
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450425342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,4562
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500451354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,5975
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800798234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,8674
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750745228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,6996
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800775235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,82169
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550535305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6324
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450438333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,4599
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350306377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,1553
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4332,660.00/head2,660.00–2,660.002,66011
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900897226.89/cwt223.00–227.002,035111
CowsLean 85-90%1,395125.31/cwt121.00–128.001,74816
CowsLean 85-90%1,18792.03/cwt89.00–98.001,09237
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850846227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,9205
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600552267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,4742
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450421288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,2123
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950931212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,9743

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.