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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2020-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-26

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Feb 26

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Feb 19Feb 26Mar 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,021 head

▼ 2,321 vs last sale 3,342▲ 1,021 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

100 head

▼ 100 vs last sale 200▲ 100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Limited receipts offered today. Feeder steers sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 6.00 to 9.00 lower. Weaned calves sold 4.00 to 7.00 lower using a light test. Overall, demand good, quality mostly average. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 higher, bulls sold steady to 1.00 lower using a limited test.

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 $134.16/cwt on 505 head.

Average price

$134.16

505 head · 645 lb average

Value per head Derived

$865

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$268

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

$23.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.47

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	382	157.00	600	7thin
Medium and Large 1	648	133.84	868	498

One grade step is worth $23.16/cwt here — about −$268 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 sale505 hd

134.16

—

KS average3 barns · 2,717 hd

139.63

−5.47

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	1,920	85.23	1,636	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,359	62.81	853	51
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	942	46.00	433	5thin

Every lot

30 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	839	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	450	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	824	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	519	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	836	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	166.58/cwt	165.00–172.00	890	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	599	156.75/cwt	156.75–156.75	939	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	608	149.60/cwt	148.25–153.25	910	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	613	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	852	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	685	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	966	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	729	142.82/cwt	138.25–144.25	1,041	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	840	136.22/cwt	133.00–137.25	1,144	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	879	131.56/cwt	129.50–134.25	1,156	121
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	997	119.25/cwt	119.25–119.25	1,189	28
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	382	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	600	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	488	155.80/cwt	151.00–156.00	760	97
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	543	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	733	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	139.57/cwt	136.25–144.00	812	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	610	135.28/cwt	133.00–137.50	825	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	129.99/cwt	126.75–134.50	887	71
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	696	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	853	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	124.99/cwt	121.75–127.25	900	175
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	792	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	935	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	806	120.25/cwt	120.25–120.25	969	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,157	89.50/cwt	89.50–89.50	1,036	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,650	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	1,139	1
Bulls	—	—	1,785	81.72/cwt	75.00–89.00	1,459	8
Bulls	—	—	2,144	92.61/cwt	91.00–96.00	1,986	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	942	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	433	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,106	53.92/cwt	52.50–55.00	596	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,276	60.52/cwt	57.00–62.00	772	27
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,521	67.69/cwt	65.00–70.00	1,030	20

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 Feb 26, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,021Last week 3,342Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 100Last week 200Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,106	52.50–55.00	53.92
27	—	1,276	57.00–62.00	60.52
20	—	1,521	65.00–70.00	67.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	942	46.00	46.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,650	69.00	69.00
8	—	1,785	75.00–89.00	81.72
6	—	2,144	91.00–96.00	92.61

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	450	183.00	183.00
25	—	685	141.00	141.00
67	—	729	138.25–144.25	142.82
12	—	599	156.75	156.75
28	—	997	119.25	119.25
70	—	840	133.00–137.25	136.22
3	—	428	196.00	196.00
22	—	608	148.25–153.25	149.60
59	—	534	165.00–172.00	166.58
121	—	879	129.50–134.25	131.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	519	161.00	161.00
6	—	613	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,157	89.50	89.50
37	—	610	133.00–137.50	135.28
97	—	488	151.00–156.00	155.80
22	—	806	120.25	120.25
71	—	682	126.75–134.50	129.99
14	—	543	135.00	135.00
63	—	582	136.25–144.00	139.57
175	—	720	121.75–127.25	124.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	696	122.50	122.50
6	—	792	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	382	157.00	157.00

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.