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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2020-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, May 20

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← May 13May 20May 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,327 head

▲ 1,515 vs last sale 812▲ 1,426 vs year ago 901 · +158.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

253 head

▲ 118 vs last sale 135▲ 178 vs year ago 75 · +237.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

59 head

▲ 31 vs last sale 28▲ 27 vs year ago 32 · +84.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Close* Compared to last week: Feeder steers 750-850 lbs sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher while feeder heifers 800-850 lbs sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. All other weights of feeder steers and heifers no recent price comparison, however a higher undertone noted. Steer and heifer calves not tested. Slaughter cows: Breaker and Boning Utility cows sold steady to 1.00 lower, Lean Utility steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls steady undertone noted.

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 $124.55/cwt on 1,013 head.

Average price

$124.55

1,013 head · 855 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,066

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$296

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

$28.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.85

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	595	136.87	815	26
Medium and Large 1	857	124.79	1,069	953
Large 1	1,023	108.57	1,111	34

One grade step is worth $28.30/cwt here — about −$296 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 sale1,013 hd

124.55

—

KS average3 barns · 5,618 hd

119.71

+4.85

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	1,872	90.98	1,703	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,487	67.49	1,004	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,285	66.33	852	147
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,099	55.95	615	33

Every lot

50 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	292	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,562	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	654	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	444	161.94/cwt	161.00–162.00	719	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	463	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	778	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	537	142.27/cwt	142.00–142.50	764	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	870	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	649	134.25/cwt	134.25–134.25	871	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	654	141.25/cwt	141.25–141.25	924	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	685	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	897	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	742	134.01/cwt	131.50–134.75	994	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	769	125.38/cwt	121.00–133.00	964	136
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	827	126.60/cwt	121.50–129.35	1,047	222
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	836	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	941	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	879	124.98/cwt	124.75–125.10	1,099	87
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	885	128.60/cwt	128.60–128.60	1,138	87
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	912	122.19/cwt	121.75–122.60	1,114	112
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	971	115.84/cwt	112.50–117.00	1,125	230
Steers	—	Large 1	1,023	108.57/cwt	103.75–112.00	1,111	34
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	363	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	606	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	391	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	536	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	147.29/cwt	142.00–154.00	633	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	487	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	682	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	506	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	658	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	767	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	755	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	127.33/cwt	123.50–133.50	798	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	124.43/cwt	119.75–129.10	831	84
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	674	116.90/cwt	116.00–118.00	788	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	744	111.39/cwt	111.00–113.00	829	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	109.25/cwt	109.25–109.25	836	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	779	119.84/cwt	115.75–124.75	934	220
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	780	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	878	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	820	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	886	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	833	114.34/cwt	112.85–115.75	952	168
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	880	111.11/cwt	109.50–112.25	978	101
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	929	106.89/cwt	104.50–108.25	993	93
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,039	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,029	49
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,057	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,068	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	634	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	831	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,245	74.90/cwt	74.00–76.00	933	2
Bulls	—	—	1,581	81.64/cwt	77.00–87.00	1,291	7
Bulls	—	—	2,078	97.07/cwt	91.00–99.25	2,017	16
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,037	47.74/cwt	44.00–51.00	495	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,113	57.77/cwt	52.00–62.00	643	27
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,285	66.33/cwt	61.50–70.00	852	147
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,487	67.49/cwt	66.50–69.75	1,004	17
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,219	1,181.25/cwt	1,100.00–1,300.00	14,399	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,098	797.49/cwt	710.00–850.00	8,756	9
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,216	960.21/cwt	950.00–1,000.00	11,676	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,351	998.60/cwt	910.00–1,075.00	13,491	31

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 May 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,327Last week 812Year ago 901

Slaughter CattleReceipts 253Last week 135Year ago 75

Replacement CattleReceipts 59Last week 28Year ago 32

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
222	—	827	121.50–129.35	126.60
230	—	971	112.50–117.00	115.84
6	—	292	535.00	535.00
4	—	561	155.00	155.00
6	—	463	168.00	168.00
11	—	654	141.25	141.25
15	—	444	161.00–162.00	161.94
17	—	649	134.25	134.25
26	—	742	131.50–134.75	134.01
87	—	879	124.75–125.10	124.98
112	—	912	121.75–122.60	122.19
136	—	769	121.00–133.00	125.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	885	128.60	128.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	433	151.00	151.00
4	—	836	112.50	112.50
5	—	685	131.00	131.00
13	—	537	142.00–142.50	142.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,023	103.75–112.00	108.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,057	101.00	101.00
49	—	1,039	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	780	112.50	112.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	668	119.75–129.10	124.43
93	—	929	104.50–108.25	106.89
101	—	880	109.50–112.25	111.11
168	—	833	112.85–115.75	114.34
220	—	779	115.75–124.75	119.84
3	—	487	140.00	140.00
5	—	568	135.00	135.00
10	—	363	167.00	167.00
13	—	430	142.00–154.00	147.29
42	—	627	123.50–133.50	127.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	765	109.25	109.25
26	—	820	108.00	108.00
30	—	744	111.00–113.00	111.39
5	—	391	137.00	137.00
5	—	506	130.00	130.00
7	—	585	129.00	129.00
22	—	674	116.00–118.00	116.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	634	131.00	131.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,219	1,100.00–1,300.00	1,181.25

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,216	950.00–1,000.00	960.21

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	9	—	1,098	710.00–850.00	797.49
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	31	—	1,351	910.00–1,075.00	998.60

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,245	74.00–76.00	74.90
7	—	1,581	77.00–87.00	81.64
16	—	2,078	91.00–99.25	97.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
147	—	1,285	61.50–70.00	66.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,487	66.50–69.75	67.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,037	44.00–51.00	47.74
27	—	1,113	52.00–62.00	57.77

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.