Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2024-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Special Cow Sale next Wednesday, November 20, 2024*

Compared to last week, feeder steers over 700 lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher, under 700 lbs sold $15.00 higher with several weaned calves selling 20.00 to 30.00 higher. Heifers over 650 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher, under 650 lbs sold $20 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher. Good demand for light to moderate supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $276.51/cwt on 175 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −154.47 against this barn's trailing median of $430.98.

Average price

$276.51

175 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,496

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$480

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

$87.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.09

vs KS average

+11.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	278.00	1,504	172
Medium and Large 2	536	191.00	1,024	3thin

One grade step is worth $87.00/cwt here — about $480 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 sale175 hd

276.51

—

KS average3 barns · 681 hd

278.61

−2.09

National average194 barns · 23,548 hd

265.10

+11.41

This barn, trailing median32 sales

430.98

−154.47

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	1,758	140.97	2,479	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,520	126.28	1,919	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,204	117.51	1,415	223
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,240	97.32	1,207	57

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,385	$2,175	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,222	$2,062	10
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,254	$1,900	16
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,259	$1,819	20

Every lot, as filed

70 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	283.04/cwt	274.00–295.00	1,777	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	309.92/cwt	295.00–313.00	1,732	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	309.81/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,351	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,443	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,921	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	891	244.64/cwt	244.00–248.00	2,180	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	247.82/cwt	234.00–253.00	1,507	29
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,385	2,175.00/head	2,175.00–2,175.00	2,175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	804	228.18/cwt	228.00–232.00	1,835	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	280.52/cwt	262.00–287.50	1,512	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,128	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	290.72/cwt	285.00–302.50	1,358	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,744	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,259	1,819.15/head	1,735.00–1,925.00	1,819	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,222	2,062.46/head	1,900.00–2,175.00	2,062	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	250.82/cwt	243.00–261.00	1,430	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	477	251.44/cwt	251.00–252.00	1,199	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,169	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	241.89/cwt	230.00–246.50	1,744	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,395	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,405	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	239.04/cwt	231.00–241.75	1,609	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	446	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,360	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,052	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,723	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	911	185.30/cwt	147.50–227.00	1,688	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,254	1,899.62/head	1,225.00–2,150.00	1,900	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	857	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,757	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,339	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,435	109.45/cwt	105.00–113.00	1,571	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,314	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,517	125.38/cwt	123.00–130.00	1,902	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,390	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,932	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	117.41/cwt	105.00–126.00	1,412	222
Bulls	—	—	1,826	152.13/cwt	144.00–158.00	2,778	8
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,148	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	2,279	5
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,006	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,203	23
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,140	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,223	5
Bulls	—	—	1,681	128.21/cwt	125.00–132.00	2,155	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	84.23/cwt	82.50–92.50	899	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,260	99.66/cwt	94.00–102.50	1,256	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,024	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,412	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,914	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,624	7
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,154	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	2,337	5
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,073	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,350	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	560	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,960	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	509	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,845	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	502	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,493	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	654	260.94/cwt	258.00–273.00	1,707	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	1,490	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,377	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	456	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,783	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	813	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,187	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	421	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,431	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	338.33/cwt	332.50–342.00	1,766	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	616	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	1,882	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,326	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,728	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	363.84/cwt	360.00–366.00	1,583	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	438	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,699	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	248.79/cwt	248.00–258.00	1,622	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,307	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,548	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,575	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	270.63/cwt	269.00–271.00	2,068	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,471	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	242.49/cwt	240.00–253.50	1,979	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,554	3

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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