Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2020-01-22

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jan 22
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,943 head
▼ 1,080 vs last sale 4,023▲ 2,943 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
▼ 200 vs last sale 300▲ 100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
184 head
▲ 154 vs last sale 30▲ 184 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 650-800 lbs sold mostly 2.00 to 3.00 lower, 800-950 lbs had a higher undertone noted using limited comparable weights. Feeder heifers sold mostly 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Weaned steer and heifer calves sold mostly steady to 1.00 higher . Overall, demand good to very good, quality average to attractive. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.19/cwt on 1,211 head.
Average price
$149.19
1,211 head · 599 lb average
Value per head Derived
$893
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+5.06
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1599149.198931,211
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 sale1,211 hd
149.19
—
KS average3 barns · 3,461 hd
144.13
+5.06
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,86980.801,5107thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26158.0673287
CowsLean 85-90%Average99540.784063thin

Every lot

46 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2312212.00/cwt212.00–212.0066125
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2357195.00/cwt195.00–195.006964
Steers—Medium and Large 1380213.30/cwt212.50–215.0081114
Steers—Medium and Large 1416203.56/cwt198.00–212.0084735
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2432180.00/cwt180.00–180.0077811
Steers—Medium and Large 1466196.39/cwt180.00–200.00915163
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned497171.00/cwt171.00–171.008509
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed515191.14/cwt190.00–194.0098425
Steers—Medium and Large 1527177.31/cwt173.00–183.0093440
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2547151.00/cwt151.00–151.0082617
Steers—Medium and Large 1583162.12/cwt157.00–169.00945216
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy594150.00/cwt150.00–150.008919
Steers—Medium and Large 1630153.22/cwt144.00–159.0096569
Steers—Medium and Large 1698144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,00932
Steers—Medium and Large 1726144.16/cwt142.50–146.501,047164
Steers—Medium and Large 1762143.39/cwt142.00–144.001,093127
Steers—Medium and Large 1849151.75/cwt151.75–151.751,28856
Steers—Medium and Large 1874144.88/cwt137.00–148.351,26665
Steers—Medium and Large 1945141.25/cwt141.25–141.251,33532
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328168.98/cwt165.00–169.5055452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384157.16/cwt152.50–163.0060341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432157.89/cwt148.00–164.0068265
Heifers—Medium and Large 1484152.15/cwt148.00–162.0073644
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed494167.59/cwt167.25–170.00828124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523153.22/cwt147.00–160.00801152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571148.95/cwt140.00–153.00851110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1609147.07/cwt140.00–151.50896152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1684143.62/cwt140.50–147.50982151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1732138.65/cwt137.50–139.501,015148
Heifers—Medium and Large 1766138.04/cwt136.50–138.501,057112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1825133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,10160
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1376200.00/cwt200.00–200.007523
Bulls—Medium and Large 1486156.00/cwt156.00–156.0075810
Bulls—Medium and Large 1542151.00/cwt151.00–151.0081810
Bulls—Medium and Large 1582138.00/cwt138.00–138.0080312
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,74880.47/cwt78.00–82.501,4073
Bulls——1,85067.00/cwt67.00–67.001,2401
Bulls——1,99785.74/cwt83.00–90.501,7123
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99540.78/cwt39.00–43.504063
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18547.51/cwt45.00–49.005635
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25258.45/cwt50.00–61.0073276
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,43861.84/cwt60.00–63.008896
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2890975.00/cwt975.00–975.008,6786
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0951,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0013,1401
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,303914.88/cwt725.00–1,020.0011,921110
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3231,351.67/cwt1,110.00–1,535.0017,88367

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.