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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2019-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Sep 11

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Sep 4Sep 11Sep 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3,616 head

▲ 1,953 vs last sale 1,663▲ 3,616 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

200 head

▲ 34 vs last sale 166▲ 200 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

24 head

▼ 110 vs last sale 134▲ 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly steady with limited comparable weights, instances of 7.00 higher on 850-900 lbs steers. Feeder heifers compared to last week's limited receipts, lighter heifers noted a higher undertone, 700-900 lbs sold steady to weak, instances of 1.00 lower. Majority of consignments were thinner cattle off of grass. Calves limited comparable weights, slightly lower undertone noted. Demand good to very good, quality average to attractive. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Bulls sold mostly steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.59/cwt on 2,091 head.

Average price

$133.59

2,091 head · 731 lb average

Value per head Derived

$976

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$24

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

$10.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.37

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	729	134.09	977	1,989
Medium and Large 1-2	769	123.92	953	102

One grade step is worth $10.17/cwt here — about $24 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2,091 hd

133.59

—

KS average3 barns · 2,879 hd

132.22

+1.37

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	1,869	79.80	1,492	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,242	55.41	688	115
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,175	46.44	546	33

Every lot

48 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	338	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	634	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	455	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	776	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	532	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	777	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	557	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	813	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	583	157.18/cwt	156.50–157.50	916	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	601	144.47/cwt	144.00–145.00	868	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	143.10/cwt	143.10–143.10	902	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	145.78/cwt	144.25–149.50	988	276
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	143.01/cwt	138.75–146.75	1,028	121
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	141.47/cwt	138.50–145.00	1,094	216
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	822	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,097	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	877	137.04/cwt	135.00–139.60	1,202	270
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	924	128.71/cwt	124.75–129.35	1,189	141
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,019	122.25/cwt	122.25–122.25	1,246	36
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	379	158.22/cwt	155.00–170.00	600	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	679	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	674	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	541	144.02/cwt	139.00–144.75	779	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	571	151.72/cwt	149.00–153.00	866	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	782	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	838	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	607	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	917	86
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	142.80/cwt	140.00–144.10	895	226
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	123.80/cwt	123.00–124.50	833	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	140.73/cwt	133.50–143.50	960	195
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	131.54/cwt	128.10–134.50	954	223
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	742	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	905	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	129.30/cwt	125.00–132.10	1,003	719
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	793	123.53/cwt	123.25–125.00	980	67
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	809	127.05/cwt	125.00–128.75	1,028	204
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	830	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,004	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	866	126.84/cwt	126.00–127.25	1,098	179
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	935	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,117	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,001	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,161	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	537	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	722	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,671	69.69/cwt	68.00–71.00	1,165	2
Bulls	—	—	1,919	82.33/cwt	75.00–85.00	1,580	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	953	37.00/cwt	37.00–37.00	353	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,197	47.38/cwt	42.50–49.50	567	30
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,213	51.08/cwt	49.50–53.00	620	31
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,227	56.67/cwt	53.00–61.50	695	77
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,530	60.78/cwt	54.50–63.00	930	7
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,213	649.21/cwt	560.00–725.00	7,875	9
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,312	927.16/cwt	900.00–975.00	12,164	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,387	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	13,870	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,505	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	12,040	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,035	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	10,868	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,618	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	17,394	3

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 Sep 11, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,616Last week 1,663Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 200Last week 166Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 24Last week 134Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	673	123.00–124.50	123.80
13	—	830	121.00	121.00
67	—	793	123.25–125.00	123.53
6	—	573	136.50	136.50
5	—	742	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	607	151.00	151.00
19	—	571	149.00–153.00	151.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
719	—	776	125.00–132.10	129.30
226	—	627	140.00–144.10	142.80
223	—	725	128.10–134.50	131.54
204	—	809	125.00–128.75	127.05
195	—	682	133.50–143.50	140.73
179	—	866	126.00–127.25	126.84
53	—	541	139.00–144.75	144.02
39	—	379	155.00–170.00	158.22
14	—	468	144.00	144.00
11	—	431	157.50	157.50
6	—	582	144.00	144.00
3	—	1,001	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	935	119.50	119.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	557	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	338	187.50	187.50
7	—	822	133.50	133.50
11	—	455	170.50	170.50
15	—	601	144.00–145.00	144.47
18	—	583	156.50–157.50	157.18
36	—	1,019	122.25	122.25
121	—	719	138.75–146.75	143.01
141	—	924	124.75–129.35	128.71
216	—	773	138.50–145.00	141.47
270	—	877	135.00–139.60	137.04
276	—	678	144.25–149.50	145.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	532	146.00	146.00
38	—	630	143.10	143.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	537	134.50	134.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,671	68.00–71.00	69.69
8	—	1,919	75.00–85.00	82.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,530	54.50–63.00	60.78
31	—	1,213	49.50–53.00	51.08
77	—	1,227	53.00–61.50	56.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	953	37.00	37.00
30	—	1,197	42.50–49.50	47.38

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,387	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,312	900.00–975.00	927.16
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,505	800.00	800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	9	—	1,213	560.00–725.00	649.21

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,618	1,075.00	1,075.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,035	1,050.00	1,050.00

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.