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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2020-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jan 8

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Dec 18Jan 8Jan 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

6,055 head

▲ 3,502 vs last sale 2,553▲ 6,055 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

300 head

▲ 70 vs last sale 230▲ 300 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

100 head

▲ 55 vs last sale 45▲ 100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to three weeks ago: Feeder steers sold mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher, with instances of 5.00 to 8.00 higher on reputation consignments. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Weaned steer calves sold mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher, weaned heifer calves sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Overall, demand good to very good, quality average to attractive. Full house with active buyers for the first sale of the year. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

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 $143.73/cwt on 2,615 head.

Average price

$143.73

2,615 head · 616 lb average

Value per head Derived

$886

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−0.15

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	616	143.73	886	2,615

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 sale2,615 hd

143.73

—

KS average3 barns · 5,393 hd

143.88

−0.15

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	—	High	1,742	77.91	1,357	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,280	56.40	722	163
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,079	33.58	362	10

Every lot

40 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 1	303	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	667	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	202.65/cwt	190.00–212.00	756	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	196.20/cwt	194.00–201.00	826	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	184.08/cwt	177.00–192.50	884	168
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	522	183.40/cwt	179.00–184.00	957	113
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	835	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	170.52/cwt	162.00–176.00	911	142
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	570	172.20/cwt	170.50–177.00	982	126
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	162.72/cwt	156.50–172.50	928	233
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	157.15/cwt	144.00–166.00	976	465
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	153.17/cwt	140.50–158.00	1,037	465
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	148.81/cwt	144.25–152.00	1,076	221
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	147.65/cwt	143.00–153.50	1,147	196
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	823	148.44/cwt	141.50–154.00	1,222	367
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	882	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,244	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	905	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,276	42
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	343	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	617	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	364	177.88/cwt	177.50–178.00	647	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	163.04/cwt	158.00–171.00	701	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	154.66/cwt	149.00–160.00	732	144
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	509	159.82/cwt	159.00–160.25	813	90
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	151.37/cwt	139.00–158.50	801	439
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	552	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	905	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	583	144.24/cwt	137.50–159.00	841	454
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	614	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	737	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	139.70/cwt	136.50–143.50	866	388
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	138.50/cwt	135.00–143.00	932	503
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	724	136.81/cwt	134.00–138.60	991	261
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	134.88/cwt	132.50–135.60	1,048	222
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	813	128.75/cwt	128.75–128.75	1,047	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,030	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,236	8
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,691	75.93/cwt	71.00–80.00	1,284	9
Bulls	—	—	1,973	86.82/cwt	86.00–87.50	1,713	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,079	33.58/cwt	27.00–38.00	362	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,144	47.23/cwt	43.00–51.00	540	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,269	56.90/cwt	50.00–61.00	722	126
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,497	62.61/cwt	59.00–67.00	937	18
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,319	1,052.60/cwt	900.00–1,175.00	13,884	26
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,337	857.53/cwt	825.00–910.00	11,465	13
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,470	760.30/cwt	685.00–810.00	11,176	19

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 Jan 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,055Last week 2,553Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 300Last week 230Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 100Last week 45Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,973	86.00–87.50	86.82
9	—	1,691	71.00–80.00	75.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,497	59.00–67.00	62.61
19	—	1,144	43.00–51.00	47.23
126	—	1,269	50.00–61.00	56.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,079	27.00–38.00	33.58

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
168	—	480	177.00–192.50	184.08
5	—	303	220.00	220.00
221	—	723	144.25–152.00	148.81
465	—	621	144.00–166.00	157.15
465	—	677	140.50–158.00	153.17
18	—	421	194.00–201.00	196.20
18	—	882	141.00	141.00
142	—	534	162.00–176.00	170.52
23	—	373	190.00–212.00	202.65
42	—	905	141.00	141.00
233	—	570	156.50–172.50	162.72
367	—	823	141.50–154.00	148.44
196	—	777	143.00–153.50	147.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	525	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	522	179.00–184.00	183.40
126	—	570	170.50–177.00	172.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
222	—	777	132.50–135.60	134.88
261	—	724	134.00–138.60	136.81
388	—	620	136.50–143.50	139.70
439	—	529	139.00–158.50	151.37
454	—	583	137.50–159.00	144.24
503	—	673	135.00–143.00	138.50
3	—	343	180.00	180.00
4	—	813	128.75	128.75
8	—	1,030	120.00	120.00
13	—	364	177.50–178.00	177.88
43	—	430	158.00–171.00	163.04
144	—	473	149.00–160.00	154.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	552	164.00	164.00
90	—	509	159.00–160.25	159.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	614	120.00	120.00

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	—	1,470	685.00–810.00	760.30
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	26	—	1,319	900.00–1,175.00	1,052.60
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,337	825.00–910.00	857.53

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.