Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2019-07-10

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jul 10
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
834 head
▼ 635 vs last sale 1,469▲ 834 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
188 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 167▲ 188 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 38▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Close* Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers not enough comparable weights for a market trend. Feeder heifers limited comparable weights available, higher undertone noted. A few loads of replacement quality heifers offered today. Calves limited supply, not enough comparable weights for market trend. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower. Bulls sold mostly steady using a limited test. Overall, demand good to very 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 $130.49/cwt on 341 head.
Average price
$130.49
341 head · 787 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,028
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.00
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1787130.491,028341
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 sale341 hd
130.49
—
KS average1 barns · 341 hd
130.49
+0.00
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—Average1,79985.771,54318
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41676.311,08143
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,49857.66864107
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01749.004985thin

Every lot

29 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2567130.00/cwt130.00–130.007378
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed801145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,16110
Steers—Medium and Large 1835135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1275
Steers—Medium and Large 1891134.16/cwt128.00–134.751,19574
Steers—Medium and Large 1938123.95/cwt122.00–125.501,16327
Steers—Medium and Large 1958132.31/cwt124.00–134.001,268154
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1341156.00/cwt156.00–156.005323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1462150.00/cwt150.00–150.006935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530134.00/cwt134.00–134.007107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1730126.00/cwt126.00–126.009207
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement750137.75/cwt137.75–137.751,03369
Heifers—Medium and Large 1755128.76/cwt123.50–129.5097258
Heifers—Medium and Large 1827122.24/cwt121.50–128.501,01167
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement839130.88/cwt129.00–132.751,098121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1975115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1214
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425165.00/cwt165.00–165.007014
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,60879.88/cwt76.00–83.001,2847
Bulls——1,92089.51/cwt85.00–91.501,71911
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%99555.78/cwt52.00–57.005556
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01749.00/cwt49.00–49.004985
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30865.80/cwt62.00–69.0086112
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41676.31/cwt69.50–81.501,08143
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,55856.69/cwt54.00–64.0088389
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0251,085.00/cwt1,085.00–1,085.0011,1211
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1451,060.00/cwt1,060.00–1,060.0012,1372
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,185735.00/cwt735.00–735.008,7107
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,210785.00/cwt785.00–785.009,4996
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,185831.55/cwt810.00–900.009,8547
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,325825.00/cwt825.00–825.0010,9312

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.