Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2024-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, not enough feeder steers and heifers for a market test. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $265.18/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −165.80 against this barn's trailing median of $430.98.

Average price

$265.18

9 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,428

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$56

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

$31.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.45

vs KS average

+6.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	268.64	1,433	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	580	237.50	1,378	1thin

One grade step is worth $31.14/cwt here — about $56 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

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 sale9 hd

265.18

—

KS average3 barns · 126 hd

283.63

−18.45

National average139 barns · 7,218 hd

258.46

+6.72

This barn, trailing median32 sales

430.98

−165.80

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	—	High	1,964	170.30	3,345	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,389	141.86	1,970	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,227	120.38	1,477	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,099	104.61	1,150	33

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)	1,430	$2,075	1thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,036	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	254.78/cwt	245.00–258.00	1,427	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,705	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,506	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,589	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	298.29/cwt	290.00–304.00	1,465	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,378	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	120.38/cwt	115.00–128.00	1,477	42
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,428	138.84/cwt	130.00–145.50	1,983	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,293	149.23/cwt	148.00–150.00	1,930	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,099	104.61/cwt	97.50–126.00	1,150	33
Bulls	—	—	1,949	178.69/cwt	176.00–184.00	3,483	4
Bulls	—	—	1,992	159.45/cwt	156.00–161.00	3,176	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,642	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,642	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,991	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,430	2,075.00/head	2,075.00–2,075.00	2,075	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,144	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,261	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,037	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,432	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,883	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	411	351.50/cwt	351.50–351.50	1,445	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	642	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,525	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	205.87/cwt	202.50–207.50	1,709	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	345	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,009	2
Bulls	—	—	1,957	169.95/cwt	169.00–171.00	3,326	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,442	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	298.84/cwt	297.00–302.50	1,306	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,391	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,353	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,859	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	192.60/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,783	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	358	267.59/cwt	255.00–280.00	958	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,020	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,556	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	322.50/cwt	317.50–327.50	1,000	2

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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