Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2024-08-28

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Aug 28
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,490 head
1,275 vs last sale 2,765 222 vs year ago 1,268 · +17.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
310 head
86 vs last sale 396 161 vs year ago 149 · +108.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
29 vs last sale 32 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 500 lbs not well tested, 650 lbs to 800 lbs sold 3.00 higher while steers over 800 lbs sold 5.00 higher. Heifers under 500 lbs not well tested, over 500 lbs sold 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 lower. Moderate to good demand on moderate supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $266.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits 164.98 against this barn's trailing median of $430.98.
Average price
$266.00
4 head · 592 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,575
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
6.49
vs KS average
+24.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1592266.001,5754thin
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 sale4 hd
266.00
KS average3 barns · 115 hd
272.49
−6.49
National average160 barns · 7,566 hd
241.88
+24.12
This barn, trailing median32 sales
430.98
−164.98
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
BullsLow1,730153.372,65426
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average2,200144.003,1681thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,446138.442,00218
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,235134.921,666178
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,096108.791,19361

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450402302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,2162
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750712240.68/cwt240.00–242.001,71478
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600592266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,5754
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700663241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5984
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700680221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,5032
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900–950933195.68/cwt195.00–196.001,8266
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900870243.44/cwt235.00–246.502,118147
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800777252.78/cwt239.00–257.001,964149
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950934239.50/cwt239.50–239.502,23786
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000978222.41/cwt220.25–224.602,175107
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850848245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,0787
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550517296.04/cwt285.00–303.001,5318
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750708266.02/cwt259.50–268.001,88313
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500463289.41/cwt277.50–307.501,34010
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500470300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4103
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900877218.77/cwt214.75–227.001,919177
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400386301.60/cwt300.00–307.001,1649
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350305382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,1671
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650643261.78/cwt259.00–265.001,68310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600572258.58/cwt249.00–275.001,47911
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950921215.80/cwt213.85–217.501,988117
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850841228.45/cwt227.50–230.501,921298
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700675248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,6743
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700668271.37/cwt258.00–275.001,81332
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650628257.38/cwt250.00–262.001,6168
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800766234.64/cwt233.00–235.001,79783
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,147184.77/cwt178.00–201.002,1193
Bulls1,833139.07/cwt136.00–141.002,5493
Bulls1,717155.23/cwt147.00–163.002,66523
CowsLean 85-90%1,104105.50/cwt97.50–107.501,16524
CowsPremium White 65-75%2,200144.00/cwt144.00–144.003,1681
CowsBoner 80-85%1,186150.51/cwt150.00–151.001,7855
CowsBoner 80-85%1,131126.73/cwt125.50–127.501,43326
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,446138.44/cwt135.50–144.502,00218
CowsLean 85-90%1,133120.96/cwt112.50–123.001,37025
CowsLean 85-90%1,00490.00/cwt90.00–90.0090412
CowsBoner 80-85%1,255135.84/cwt126.00–143.001,705147

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.