Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2020-06-10

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jun 10
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,453 head
▼ 804 vs last sale 2,257▲ 389 vs year ago 1,064 · +36.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
145 head
▼ 170 vs last sale 315▲ 22 vs year ago 123 · +17.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 54▲ 28 vs year ago 32 · +87.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers over 800 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher, while feeder heifers over 750 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. All other weights of yearlings and all weights of calves not well tested today. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 higher, instances 2.00 to 3.00 higher on fleshier cows. Slaughter bulls not well tested today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.43/cwt on 641 head.
Average price
$114.43
641 head · 793 lb average
Value per head Derived
$907
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$52
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.41
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1793114.73910610
Medium and Large 1-2791108.4685831
One grade step is worth $6.27/cwt here — about $52 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 sale641 hd
114.43
—
KS average2 barns · 2,481 hd
117.84
−3.41
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—Average1,90392.001,7502thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40769.2497428
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17565.6677274
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11956.8663731

Every lot

39 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1597146.00/cwt146.00–146.0087214
Steers—Medium and Large 1729130.27/cwt130.00–131.009507
Steers—Medium and Large 1756127.00/cwt127.00–127.0096044
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2778124.00/cwt124.00–124.009654
Steers—Large 1785125.00/cwt125.00–125.009816
Steers—Medium and Large 1824127.02/cwt122.00–128.001,047149
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2858117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0048
Steers—Medium and Large 1879124.24/cwt121.00–125.601,092110
Steers—Medium and Large 1928121.32/cwt120.00–122.001,12663
Steers—Medium and Large 1970118.61/cwt118.00–119.251,151113
Steers—Large 11,025109.79/cwt109.50–111.001,12586
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431138.20/cwt137.00–141.0059620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517130.00/cwt130.00–130.006726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2627115.00/cwt115.00–115.007215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635128.50/cwt128.50–128.5081634
Heifers—Medium and Large 1684123.00/cwt123.00–123.0084131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2730120.00/cwt120.00–120.008766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1784115.31/cwt112.00–117.00904166
Heifers—Medium and Large 1826112.37/cwt109.25–114.25928214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2838103.95/cwt102.50–105.0087114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1880108.44/cwt108.10–108.75954139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2881102.00/cwt102.00–102.008996
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,90094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,7861
Bulls——1,90590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,7151
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97946.76/cwt44.00–51.004586
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14158.92/cwt53.00–62.5067224
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17565.66/cwt60.00–70.0077274
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40368.58/cwt66.50–71.0096224
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43373.22/cwt72.50–74.001,0494
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,44568.00/cwt68.00–68.009831
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2841,050.99/cwt1,035.00–1,075.0013,49513
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,291850.00/cwt850.00–850.0010,9744
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,311948.55/cwt885.00–975.0012,43513
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,345835.00/cwt835.00–835.0011,2312
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,388887.49/cwt800.00–960.0012,3186
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,408916.76/cwt860.00–950.0012,9085
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,5051,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0015,8032
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2631,092.50/cwt1,025.00–1,160.0013,7986
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5501,210.00/cwt1,210.00–1,210.0018,7552

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.