Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2024-07-24

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jul 24
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
247 head
108 vs last sale 355 114 vs year ago 361 · 31.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
561 head
408 vs last sale 153 443 vs year ago 118 · +375.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
21 vs last sale 29 5 vs year ago 13 · 38.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers 450 to 550 lbs sold steady. Heifers under 750 not well tested, over 750 lbs sold 7.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Demand was good with low receipts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $315.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits 157.23 against this barn's trailing median of $472.23.
Average price
$315.00
4 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,679
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
13.07
vs KS average
+17.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533315.001,6794thin
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 sale4 hd
315.00
KS average3 barns · 159 hd
328.07
−13.07
National average149 barns · 6,483 hd
297.82
+17.18
This barn, trailing median31 sales
472.23
−157.23
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,729168.002,90419
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,437139.662,00746
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,126135.101,521334
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,127107.611,21379

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,350$2,1143thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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
Bulls1,913176.36/cwt174.00–181.003,3745
Bulls1,663165.01/cwt156.00–171.002,74414
CowsBoner 80-85%1,131135.50/cwt130.00–143.001,533316
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,437138.39/cwt131.00–144.001,98941
CowsLean 85-90%1,207119.81/cwt119.00–126.001,44617
CowsBoner 80-85%1,034128.06/cwt128.00–129.001,32418
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850816251.19/cwt248.00–253.502,05012
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950930242.23/cwt242.00–242.502,25315
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650611264.96/cwt256.00–302.001,61924
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750726244.27/cwt240.50–245.001,77332
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800796228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,8154
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800768261.59/cwt239.00–268.002,00942
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550505264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,3333
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650628268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,6837
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3502,113.89/head1,550.00–2,350.002,1143
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1819188.05/cwt180.00–190.001,5405
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350335325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0893
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650637252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,6082
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550533315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6794
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750708239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,69211
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450411327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,3449
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400360351.43/cwt348.00–356.001,2657
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,440150.06/cwt145.00–160.002,1615
CowsLean 85-90%1,146110.61/cwt103.00–115.001,26841
CowsLean 85-90%1,02591.88/cwt82.00–97.5094221
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500457342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,56516
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500463307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,4243
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900–950913204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,8638

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.