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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2019-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Nov 13

● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Nov 6Nov 13Nov 20 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,091 head

▼ 2,278 vs last sale 4,369▲ 2,091 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

240 head

▼ 60 vs last sale 300▲ 240 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

71 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 74▲ 71 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers not enough comparable weights for a market test. A few consignments of thin cattle off grass weighing 850-950 lbs offered today. Feeder heifers limited comparable weights for a market test, lower undertone noted. Steer calves sold unevenly steady using a limited test. Heifer calves lower undertone noted. Overall, demand good to very good, quality average to attractive. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher using a limited test.

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 $151.09/cwt on 1,007 head.

Average price

$151.09

1,007 head · 707 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,068

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$251

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

$6.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.34

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	709	151.20	1,072	991
Medium and Large 1-2	568	144.31	820	16thin

One grade step is worth $6.88/cwt here — about $251 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 sale1,007 hd

151.09

—

KS average3 barns · 4,297 hd

150.75

+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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,755	71.15	1,249	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,923	68.43	1,316	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,292	52.06	673	91
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,098	37.67	414	14

Every lot

52 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	343	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	587	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	356	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	595	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	387	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	716	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	436	171.94/cwt	169.50–175.50	750	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	484	158.60/cwt	157.00–159.00	768	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	160.51/cwt	153.50–167.50	846	121
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	539	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	755	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	594	150.35/cwt	150.00–155.00	893	94
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	641	135.41/cwt	134.50–136.50	868	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	643	145.75/cwt	140.50–149.00	937	105
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	902	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	655	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	950	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	891	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	739	149.38/cwt	145.00–149.85	1,104	72
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	764	148.42/cwt	143.75–151.00	1,134	249
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	794	138.25/cwt	138.25–138.25	1,098	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	843	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,180	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	859	149.60/cwt	149.60–149.60	1,285	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	888	154.17/cwt	152.50–155.85	1,369	110
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	925	151.85/cwt	151.85–151.85	1,405	55
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	331	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	458	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	335	160.18/cwt	154.00–167.50	537	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	159.61/cwt	157.00–162.00	599	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	416	158.19/cwt	154.00–165.00	658	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	458	148.00/cwt	147.00–149.00	678	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	488	153.26/cwt	151.50–158.50	748	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	518	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	658	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	142.03/cwt	138.00–143.50	754	102
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	556	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	781	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	561	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	729	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	582	134.35/cwt	134.35–134.35	782	57
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	143.50/cwt	136.00–144.25	897	89
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	633	125.66/cwt	123.00–127.00	795	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	135.94/cwt	134.50–137.00	923	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	136.65/cwt	134.25–138.50	995	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	778	137.17/cwt	135.50–139.10	1,067	181
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	543	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	763	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	551	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	760	9
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,679	66.46/cwt	64.00–70.00	1,116	7
Bulls	—	—	1,804	74.14/cwt	72.50–76.50	1,337	11
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,098	37.67/cwt	33.00–42.00	414	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,150	43.35/cwt	41.00–47.00	499	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,255	50.98/cwt	46.00–54.50	640	52
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,417	57.48/cwt	51.00–64.00	814	28
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,923	68.43/cwt	67.00–70.00	1,316	2
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,855	1,498.18/cwt	1,375.00–1,675.00	27,791	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,105	722.81/cwt	675.00–775.00	7,987	19
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,208	613.62/cwt	600.00–635.00	7,413	12
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,209	745.30/cwt	735.00–760.00	9,011	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,285	818.58/cwt	735.00–900.00	10,519	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,292	1,060.00/cwt	1,060.00–1,060.00	13,695	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,342	1,128.24/cwt	835.00–1,225.00	15,141	12

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 Nov 13, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,091Last week 4,369Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 240Last week 300Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 71Last week 74Year ago 0

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	—	1,105	675.00–775.00	722.81
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,209	735.00–760.00	745.30
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,208	600.00–635.00	613.62
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,342	835.00–1,225.00	1,128.24
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,292	1,060.00	1,060.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,285	735.00–900.00	818.58

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,855	1,375.00–1,675.00	1,498.18

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	556	140.50	140.50
38	—	375	157.00–162.00	159.61
89	—	625	136.00–144.25	143.50
22	—	416	154.00–165.00	158.19
81	—	488	151.50–158.50	153.26
181	—	778	135.50–139.10	137.17
14	—	679	134.50–137.00	135.94
51	—	728	134.25–138.50	136.65
102	—	531	138.00–143.50	142.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	335	154.00–167.50	160.18
57	—	582	134.35	134.35
23	—	458	147.00–149.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	518	127.00	127.00
12	—	633	123.00–127.00	125.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	331	138.50	138.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	561	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	794	138.25	138.25
15	—	843	140.00	140.00
11	—	641	134.50–136.50	135.41
7	—	650	138.75	138.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	484	157.00–159.00	158.60
72	—	739	145.00–149.85	149.38
121	—	527	153.50–167.50	160.51
17	—	436	169.50–175.50	171.94
57	—	859	149.60	149.60
105	—	643	140.50–149.00	145.75
5	—	387	185.00	185.00
25	—	655	145.00	145.00
94	—	594	150.00–155.00	150.35
249	—	764	143.75–151.00	148.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	343	171.00	171.00
11	—	539	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	356	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	888	152.50–155.85	154.17
55	—	925	151.85	151.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	665	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	543	140.50	140.50
9	—	551	138.00	138.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,255	46.00–54.50	50.98
11	—	1,150	41.00–47.00	43.35
28	—	1,417	51.00–64.00	57.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,923	67.00–70.00	68.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,098	33.00–42.00	37.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,679	64.00–70.00	66.46
11	—	1,804	72.50–76.50	74.14

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.