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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2019-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Aug 7

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Aug 3Aug 7Aug 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,914 head

▼ 59 vs last sale 1,973▲ 1,914 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

180 head

▼ 70 vs last sale 250▲ 180 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers majority of consignments right off grass, thin fleshed and good weighing conditions for buyers, 850-1000 lbs sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers not enough comparable weights for accurate market trend, higher undertone noted. Calves not enough comparable weights for a market test. Overall, demand good to very good, quality average to mostly attractive. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Bulls sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $136.24/cwt on 990 head.

Average price

$136.24

990 head · 923 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,257

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−5.26

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	923	136.24	1,257	990

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 sale990 hd

136.24

—

KS average3 barns · 14,849 hd

141.50

−5.26

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	1,710	83.87	1,434	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,850	76.00	1,406	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,269	63.39	805	112
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	920	48.25	444	5thin

Every lot

27 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	508	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	726	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	644	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	927	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	137.71/cwt	135.50–140.50	982	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	763	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,041	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	823	139.95/cwt	138.00–141.75	1,152	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	857	136.28/cwt	123.50–139.25	1,168	194
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	931	133.73/cwt	128.25–137.25	1,245	209
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	971	137.25/cwt	121.00–140.35	1,333	450
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,004	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,320	47
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	634	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	436	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	663	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	139.57/cwt	138.00–140.00	743	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	595	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	803	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	636	133.92/cwt	132.00–135.00	852	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	661	133.22/cwt	128.50–135.00	881	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	731	134.59/cwt	130.50–135.35	984	84
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	784	131.99/cwt	127.50–133.00	1,035	86
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	826	132.95/cwt	127.00–133.75	1,098	197
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	880	129.87/cwt	126.00–130.85	1,143	82
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,338	71.26/cwt	68.00–75.00	953	2
Bulls	—	—	1,669	83.38/cwt	78.50–86.50	1,392	23
Bulls	—	—	1,922	88.43/cwt	86.50–90.00	1,700	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	920	48.25/cwt	45.00–53.50	444	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,229	61.09/cwt	55.00–66.00	751	61
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,315	53.31/cwt	52.50–54.00	701	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,318	66.66/cwt	63.00–70.50	879	49
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,850	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,406	1

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.

Kansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Winter Livestock - Dodge City, KS

Wed Aug 7, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Manhattan, KS (LS-DC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,914Last week 1,973Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 180Last week 250Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	661	128.50–135.00	133.22
20	—	384	165.00	165.00
14	—	636	132.00–135.00	133.92
197	—	826	127.00–133.75	132.95
14	—	532	138.00–140.00	139.57
86	—	784	127.50–133.00	131.99
11	—	436	152.00	152.00
84	—	731	130.50–135.35	134.59
9	—	595	135.00	135.00
82	—	880	126.00–130.85	129.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	644	144.00	144.00
209	—	931	128.25–137.25	133.73
194	—	857	123.50–139.25	136.28
47	—	1,004	131.50	131.50
46	—	823	138.00–141.75	139.95
22	—	713	135.50–140.50	137.71
11	—	763	136.50	136.50
450	—	971	121.00–140.35	137.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	508	143.00	143.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,318	63.00–70.50	66.66
2	—	1,315	52.50–54.00	53.31
61	—	1,229	55.00–66.00	61.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	920	45.00–53.50	48.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,850	76.00	76.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,669	78.50–86.50	83.38
8	—	1,922	86.50–90.00	88.43
2	—	1,338	68.00–75.00	71.26

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.