Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2019-06-19

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jun 19
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,118 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 1,064▲ 1,118 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
150 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 123▲ 150 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 32▲ 32 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Close* Compared to last week: Feeder steers not enough comparable weights for an accurate market trend, lower undertone noted. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Calves too lightly tested for an accurate market trend. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Bulls too lightly tested for a market trend, lower undertone noted. Overall, demand good, quality average to attractive.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.47/cwt on 808 head.
Average price
$121.47
808 head · 791 lb average
Value per head Derived
$960
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−0.34
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1791121.47960808
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale808 hd
121.47
—
KS average2 barns · 1,494 hd
121.81
−0.34
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
Bulls—High1,56774.081,16111
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51870.791,0755thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25863.7980267
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02248.4549528

Every lot

38 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1333197.50/cwt197.50–197.506583
Steers—Medium and Large 1392182.50/cwt182.50–182.507154
Steers—Medium and Large 1434178.56/cwt176.00–180.0077520
Steers—Medium and Large 1578162.00/cwt162.00–162.009363
Steers—Medium and Large 1637146.59/cwt146.00–148.0093413
Steers—Medium and Large 1739136.75/cwt136.75–136.751,01123
Steers—Medium and Large 1802128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,03119
Steers—Medium and Large 1875121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,05925
Steers—Medium and Large 11,103109.50/cwt109.50–109.501,20831
Steers—Medium and Large 11,22592.00/cwt92.00–92.001,1277
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed340185.00/cwt185.00–185.006297
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed370178.00/cwt178.00–178.006594
Heifers—Medium and Large 1388158.39/cwt154.00–167.5061515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424154.13/cwt150.00–159.0065411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522139.00/cwt139.00–139.0072611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1638133.50/cwt133.50–133.508528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1734124.73/cwt123.00–128.00916114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1786118.88/cwt118.25–121.00934122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820118.64/cwt117.25–120.10973381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1886116.22/cwt113.50–118.001,030123
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,050104.50/cwt104.50–104.501,09712
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24967.53/cwt66.00–71.008434
Bulls——1,58076.02/cwt74.00–77.001,2015
Bulls——2,17382.31/cwt79.50–85.501,7892
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93542.00/cwt42.00–42.003931
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02248.48/cwt46.00–52.0049526
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08353.88/cwt52.00–55.005843
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11054.00/cwt54.00–54.005991
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19761.74/cwt56.50–65.5073939
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37368.19/cwt65.50–70.5093625
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51870.79/cwt69.00–75.001,0755
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2161,550.00/cwt1,550.00–1,550.0018,8483
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4301,600.00/cwt1,600.00–1,600.0022,8801
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4801,600.00/cwt1,600.00–1,600.0023,6801
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5201,600.00/cwt1,600.00–1,600.0024,3201
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2511,201.48/cwt1,000.00–1,310.0015,03121
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,310875.00/cwt875.00–875.0011,4632
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,5031,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0016,5333

This sale against other markets

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.