Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2024-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 400 lbs not well tested, over 400 lbs sold steady. Heifers under 600 lbs not well tested, heifers 600 to 750 lbs sold 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows are steady to 4.00 higher and bulls are 5.00 lower. Good demand for low supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $283.79/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −188.44 against this barn's trailing median of $472.23.

Average price

$283.79

8 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,535

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.68

vs KS average

+3.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	283.79	1,535	8thin

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

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 sale8 hd

283.79

—

KS average3 barns · 74 hd

281.11

+2.68

National average153 barns · 6,707 hd

280.34

+3.45

This barn, trailing median31 sales

472.23

−188.44

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	—	Average	1,723	158.32	2,728	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,554	140.47	2,183	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,247	138.90	1,732	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,129	112.49	1,270	88

Every lot, as filed

35 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	—	—	1,808	161.65/cwt	151.00–171.00	2,923	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	150.53/cwt	147.00–154.00	1,852	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	126.01/cwt	124.00–128.00	1,642	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	138.62/cwt	131.00–145.00	1,723	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,534	142.70/cwt	136.00–159.00	2,189	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,665	128.22/cwt	125.00–131.00	2,135	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,347	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	295.28/cwt	294.00–296.00	1,521	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	278.50/cwt	277.50–280.00	1,771	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	238.33/cwt	237.00–242.00	1,499	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	231.48/cwt	230.00–237.00	2,148	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	251.49/cwt	206.00–259.00	1,969	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	363.26/cwt	350.00–367.50	1,181	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	891	248.92/cwt	236.00–255.00	2,218	89
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,567	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,768	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	229.61/cwt	228.00–233.00	1,685	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,490	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	330.08/cwt	327.50–332.50	1,231	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,274	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	284.48/cwt	270.00–286.00	1,892	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,431	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	283.79/cwt	267.50–287.50	1,535	8
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,053	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	2,022	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,936	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	260.45/cwt	247.00–263.50	2,130	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	230.70/cwt	221.00–235.00	1,788	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	248.60/cwt	232.00–251.00	1,777	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	248.43/cwt	234.00–251.00	1,650	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	117.48/cwt	110.00–129.00	1,351	69
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	88.12/cwt	87.50–90.00	920	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,064	105.05/cwt	102.50–106.00	1,118	7
Bulls	—	—	1,423	139.53/cwt	131.00–146.00	1,986	9
Bulls	—	—	1,920	176.49/cwt	173.00–179.00	3,389	6
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,051	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	2,113	4

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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