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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2019-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-11

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

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Dec 4Dec 11Dec 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3,292 head

▲ 294 vs last sale 2,998▲ 3,292 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

400 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 400▲ 400 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

400 head

▲ 350 vs last sale 50▲ 400 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 650 to 850 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Weaned steer and heifer calves sold mostly 3.00 to 4.00 lower using limited comparable weights . Overall, demand good, quality average to attractive. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Bulls sold steady to 1.00 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 $150.95/cwt on 1,287 head.

Average price

$150.95

1,287 head · 700 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,057

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$274

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

$11.44/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	703	151.17	1,062	1,263
Medium and Large 1-2	564	139.73	788	24

One grade step is worth $11.44/cwt here — about $274 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 sale1,287 hd

150.95

—

KS average3 barns · 5,691 hd

150.62

+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	1,777	67.89	1,206	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,300	47.65	619	136
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,096	36.78	403	37

Every lot

53 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	381	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	663	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	383	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	689	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	170.39/cwt	166.00–176.00	729	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	167.42/cwt	163.00–170.50	805	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	486	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	758	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	162.67/cwt	159.00–166.00	864	121
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	564	139.73/cwt	139.50–140.00	788	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	587	149.61/cwt	148.00–154.00	878	109
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	146.18/cwt	145.00–148.00	899	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	652	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	903	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	147.87/cwt	143.00–151.00	1,001	187
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,099	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	149.47/cwt	147.50–153.25	1,151	209
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	829	146.55/cwt	145.75–149.00	1,215	202
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	859	148.63/cwt	143.25–153.50	1,277	199
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	979	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,366	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	326	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	502	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	352	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	502	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	379	156.86/cwt	155.50–163.00	594	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	416	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	578	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	155.40/cwt	153.00–159.00	668	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	483	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	652	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	486	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	671	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	141.08/cwt	139.00–143.00	743	234
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	555	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	699	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	135.86/cwt	132.00–138.75	781	105
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	133.04/cwt	131.00–136.50	822	144
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	136.09/cwt	136.00–136.25	910	87
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	137.84/cwt	134.50–140.50	1,003	241
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	136.23/cwt	130.00–136.75	1,049	102
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	817	132.88/cwt	130.00–137.25	1,086	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	914	128.64/cwt	123.00–130.00	1,176	21
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	366	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	631	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	527	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	743	10
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,561	61.57/cwt	57.00–67.00	961	11
Bulls	—	—	1,946	72.85/cwt	70.00–75.50	1,418	14
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,096	36.78/cwt	31.00–39.50	403	37
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,178	41.66/cwt	38.00–44.00	491	42
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,289	47.75/cwt	42.00–55.00	615	66
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,507	56.41/cwt	54.00–60.00	850	28
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,094	1,173.14/cwt	1,135.00–1,275.00	12,834	42
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,096	1,278.84/cwt	1,210.00–1,460.00	14,016	49
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,229	926.25/cwt	775.00–1,025.00	11,384	12
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,261	855.26/cwt	800.00–875.00	10,785	18
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,275	794.61/cwt	660.00–1,000.00	10,131	89
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,296	1,053.12/cwt	1,000.00–1,100.00	13,648	17
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,307	906.57/cwt	825.00–1,025.00	11,849	55
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,320	630.55/cwt	600.00–710.00	8,323	20
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,337	1,245.10/cwt	1,225.00–1,300.00	16,647	26
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,342	994.26/cwt	900.00–1,075.00	13,343	43
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,041	1,435.00/cwt	1,435.00–1,435.00	14,938	7
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,090	1,464.39/cwt	1,085.00–1,500.00	15,962	10
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,383	1,225.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,275.00	16,942	6

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 Dec 11, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,292Last week 2,998Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 400Last week 400Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 400Last week 50Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	381	174.00	174.00
5	—	486	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	587	148.00–154.00	149.61
85	—	615	145.00–148.00	146.18
14	—	735	149.50	149.50
31	—	428	166.00–176.00	170.39
55	—	481	163.00–170.50	167.42
209	—	770	147.50–153.25	149.47
121	—	531	159.00–166.00	162.67
187	—	677	143.00–151.00	147.87
199	—	859	143.25–153.50	148.63
202	—	829	145.75–149.00	146.55
3	—	383	180.00	180.00
11	—	979	139.50	139.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	652	138.50	138.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	564	139.50–140.00	139.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	352	142.50	142.50
15	—	486	138.00	138.00
9	—	326	154.00	154.00
8	—	416	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	914	123.00–130.00	128.64
17	—	379	155.50–163.00	156.86
241	—	728	134.50–140.50	137.84
144	—	618	131.00–136.50	133.04
37	—	817	130.00–137.25	132.88
234	—	527	139.00–143.00	141.08
105	—	575	132.00–138.75	135.86
102	—	770	130.00–136.75	136.23
87	—	669	136.00–136.25	136.09
50	—	430	153.00–159.00	155.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	555	126.00	126.00
8	—	483	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	366	172.50	172.50
10	—	527	141.00	141.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,561	57.00–67.00	61.57
14	—	1,946	70.00–75.50	72.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,507	54.00–60.00	56.41
42	—	1,178	38.00–44.00	41.66
66	—	1,289	42.00–55.00	47.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,096	31.00–39.50	36.78

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)	17	—	1,296	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,053.12
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	55	—	1,307	825.00–1,025.00	906.57
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	—	1,261	800.00–875.00	855.26
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	42	—	1,094	1,135.00–1,275.00	1,173.14
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	20	—	1,320	600.00–710.00	630.55
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	89	—	1,275	660.00–1,000.00	794.61
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,229	775.00–1,025.00	926.25
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	26	—	1,337	1,225.00–1,300.00	1,245.10
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	43	—	1,342	900.00–1,075.00	994.26
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	49	—	1,096	1,210.00–1,460.00	1,278.84

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,090	1,085.00–1,500.00	1,464.39
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,041	1,435.00	1,435.00

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 (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,383	1,175.00–1,275.00	1,225.00

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.