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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2019-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-14

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Aug 14

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

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Feeder Cattle receipts

548 head

▼ 1,366 vs last sale 1,914▲ 548 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

60 head

▼ 120 vs last sale 180▲ 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Short sale today. Feeder steers and heifers not enough comparable weights for market test, lower undertone noted. Calves not enough comparable weights for a market test. Overall, demand moderate, quality average. Using a limited test, slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower, bulls sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower.

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 $137.14/cwt on 236 head.

Average price

$137.14

236 head · 747 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,025

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−6.50

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	747	137.14	1,025	236

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 sale236 hd

137.14

—

KS average3 barns · 3,710 hd

143.64

−6.50

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	—	Low	1,755	79.29	1,392	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,258	57.44	723	33

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 1	353	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	618	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	453	158.15/cwt	150.00–160.50	716	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	587	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	839	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	644	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	972	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	688	141.44/cwt	137.00–142.75	973	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	746	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,007	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	783	135.75/cwt	135.75–135.75	1,063	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	864	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,041	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,012	119.36/cwt	115.50–123.00	1,208	58
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	373	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	649	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	397	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	627	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	155.11/cwt	155.00–156.50	670	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	752	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	596	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	802	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	639	131.42/cwt	130.75–132.50	840	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	641	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	792	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	129.97/cwt	129.00–130.50	884	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	125.25/cwt	125.25–125.25	921	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	125.25/cwt	125.25–125.25	958	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	881	113.02/cwt	112.00–116.00	996	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	985	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,034	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,534	70.62/cwt	67.00–74.00	1,083	5
Bulls	—	—	1,674	82.68/cwt	80.00–84.50	1,384	4
Bulls	—	—	2,113	86.74/cwt	85.50–88.00	1,833	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,113	48.18/cwt	47.50–49.00	536	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,179	53.84/cwt	51.50–57.50	635	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,428	65.68/cwt	60.00–69.00	938	11

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 14, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 548Last week 1,914Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 180Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	735	125.25	125.25
6	—	596	134.50	134.50
55	—	432	155.00–156.50	155.11
5	—	397	158.00	158.00
39	—	680	129.00–130.50	129.97
4	—	985	105.00	105.00
19	—	881	112.00–116.00	113.02
2	—	522	144.00	144.00
19	—	639	130.75–132.50	131.42
16	—	765	125.25	125.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	373	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	641	123.50	123.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	783	135.75	135.75
18	—	864	120.50	120.50
18	—	746	135.00	135.00
16	—	644	151.00	151.00
58	—	1,012	115.50–123.00	119.36
9	—	587	143.00	143.00
41	—	453	150.00–160.50	158.15
3	—	353	175.00	175.00
39	—	688	137.00–142.75	141.44

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,534	67.00–74.00	70.62
4	—	2,113	85.50–88.00	86.74
4	—	1,674	80.00–84.50	82.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,179	51.50–57.50	53.84
11	—	1,428	60.00–69.00	65.68
2	—	1,113	47.50–49.00	48.18

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.