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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2020-07-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jul 1

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Jun 17Jul 1Jul 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,103 head

▼ 510 vs last sale 1,613▲ 1,103 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

152 head

▼ 52 vs last sale 204▲ 152 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Close Compared to 2 weeks ago, feeder steers under 900 lbs sold steady to weak; over 900 lbs sold 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers and steer and heifer calves not tested today. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls weak on a light test.

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 $123.88/cwt on 807 head.

Average price

$123.88

807 head · 880 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,090

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$57

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$9.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.91

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	880	124.62	1,096	717
Medium and Large 1-2	718	121.97	875	38
Large 1	1,003	115.04	1,154	52

One grade step is worth $9.58/cwt here — about −$57 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 sale807 hd

123.88

—

KS average2 barns · 2,471 hd

128.79

−4.91

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	1,795	84.76	1,522	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,374	66.91	920	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,227	63.54	780	62
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,090	56.84	620	20

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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	693	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	842	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	745	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	913	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	788	128.90/cwt	127.00–131.50	1,016	135
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	846	130.06/cwt	123.00–130.75	1,100	66
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	879	125.63/cwt	121.50–130.10	1,104	299
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	929	119.41/cwt	116.25–121.35	1,109	128
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	976	118.20/cwt	111.00–119.25	1,154	89
Steers	—	Large 1	1,003	115.04/cwt	106.00–116.00	1,154	52
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	118.67/cwt	116.50–119.75	731	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	805	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	709	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	819	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	768	111.12/cwt	104.00–114.00	853	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	824	110.56/cwt	109.50–111.00	911	20
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,587	68.11/cwt	60.00–79.00	1,081	5
Bulls	—	—	1,756	86.82/cwt	83.00–89.50	1,525	7
Bulls	—	—	1,983	94.59/cwt	92.00–97.00	1,876	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,090	56.84/cwt	52.50–61.00	620	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,227	63.54/cwt	59.00–66.00	780	62
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,355	65.98/cwt	63.50–68.50	894	31
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,434	69.79/cwt	69.00–70.75	1,001	10

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 Jul 1, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,103Last week 1,613Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 152Last week 204Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,355	63.50–68.50	65.98
10	—	1,434	69.00–70.75	69.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,227	59.00–66.00	63.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,090	52.50–61.00	56.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,587	60.00–79.00	68.11
7	—	1,756	83.00–89.50	86.82
7	—	1,983	92.00–97.00	94.59

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
135	—	788	127.00–131.50	128.90
299	—	879	121.50–130.10	125.63
66	—	846	123.00–130.75	130.06
89	—	976	111.00–119.25	118.20
128	—	929	116.25–121.35	119.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,003	106.00–116.00	115.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	745	122.50	122.50
20	—	693	121.50	121.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	709	115.50	115.50
10	—	665	121.00	121.00
15	—	616	116.50–119.75	118.67
15	—	768	104.00–114.00	111.12
20	—	824	109.50–111.00	110.56

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.