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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2020-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Mar 18

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Mar 11Mar 18Mar 25 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

480 head

▼ 1,595 vs last sale 2,075▲ 480 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

125 head

▲ 25 vs last sale 100▲ 125 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No price trend available due to limited receipts. Feeder steers and heifers lower undertone noted. Not enough calves for a market trend. Demand and trade moderate, quality average. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher, bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher using limited comparable weights.

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 $134.18/cwt on 261 head.

Average price

$134.18

261 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$745

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+10.66

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	134.18	745	261

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 sale261 hd

134.18

—

KS average3 barns · 1,949 hd

123.52

+10.66

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	1,881	89.71	1,687	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,200	66.56	799	94
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,036	52.00	539	3thin

Every lot

20 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	492	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	733	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	547	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	859	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	591	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	792	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	640	140.25/cwt	137.00–144.00	898	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	691	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	878	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	757	116.77/cwt	116.00–118.00	884	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	838	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	951	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	459	144.92/cwt	138.00–150.00	665	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	137.76/cwt	131.25–138.50	726	111
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	539	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	674	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	133.01/cwt	129.50–134.00	765	117
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	615	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	683	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	694	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	812	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	810	99.25/cwt	99.25–99.25	804	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,780	87.46/cwt	83.00–91.00	1,557	6
Bulls	—	—	2,082	94.21/cwt	93.00–95.50	1,961	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,036	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	539	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,051	58.55/cwt	56.50–60.00	615	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,193	66.79/cwt	60.00–70.50	797	71
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,299	69.05/cwt	67.50–69.50	897	16

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 Mar 18, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 480Last week 2,075Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 125Last week 100Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,082	93.00–95.50	94.21
6	—	1,780	83.00–91.00	87.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,299	67.50–69.50	69.05
7	—	1,051	56.50–60.00	58.55
71	—	1,193	60.00–70.50	66.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,036	52.00	52.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	691	127.00	127.00
13	—	757	116.00–118.00	116.77
11	—	838	113.50	113.50
17	—	547	157.00	157.00
6	—	591	134.00	134.00
12	—	492	149.00	149.00
26	—	640	137.00–144.00	140.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	810	99.25	99.25
111	—	527	131.25–138.50	137.76
12	—	459	138.00–150.00	144.92
8	—	694	117.00	117.00
117	—	575	129.50–134.00	133.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	539	125.00	125.00
4	—	615	111.00	111.00

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.