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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2020-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-31

Feeder Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Fri, Jul 31

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Jul 22Jul 31Aug 5 →

Receipts

11,590 head

▲ 11,183 vs last sale 407▲ 3,363 vs year ago 8,227 · +40.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This was the 84th Anniversary two day sale. Many consignments from reputation farms and ranches were fresh off grass pastures, thin fleshed. Demand was very good as many buyers were very eager to replace empty feed yard pens.

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 $139.64/cwt on 6,631 head.

Average price

$139.64

6,631 head · 840 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,173

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$70

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$16.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.29

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	836	140.46	1,174	6,222
Medium and Large 1-2	860	128.90	1,108	276
Large 1	1,006	123.62	1,244	133

One grade step is worth $16.84/cwt here — about −$70 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 sale6,631 hd

139.64

—

KS average3 barns · 11,224 hd

139.34

+0.29

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

35 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	161.59/cwt	159.50–165.50	758	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	163.31/cwt	162.25–166.50	869	107
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	162.53/cwt	155.00–164.25	941	263
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	984	86
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	155.16/cwt	152.00–160.00	976	157
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	152.76/cwt	150.50–156.00	1,016	81
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700	154.75/cwt	154.75–154.75	1,083	88
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	731	146.47/cwt	142.00–149.75	1,071	293
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	745	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,050	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	772	145.51/cwt	142.00–149.50	1,123	511
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	772	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,081	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	829	142.57/cwt	138.00–146.50	1,182	1,293
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	845	127.87/cwt	124.00–135.50	1,081	130
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	872	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,134	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	878	137.17/cwt	133.35–140.00	1,204	1,447
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	879	126.16/cwt	122.50–130.00	1,109	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	919	132.70/cwt	129.00–137.50	1,220	1,106
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	926	127.14/cwt	125.50–128.25	1,177	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	970	128.90/cwt	126.10–133.75	1,250	773
Steers	—	Large 1	1,006	123.62/cwt	120.50–124.10	1,244	133
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	166.92/cwt	165.00–168.50	718	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	159.61/cwt	156.50–161.25	838	295
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	531	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	738	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	153.69/cwt	150.00–155.00	873	91
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	146.66/cwt	142.00–151.00	912	636
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	637	138.57/cwt	131.00–140.50	883	57
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	664	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	850	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	142.41/cwt	138.85–145.50	967	589
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	137.58/cwt	133.10–140.10	1,000	1,060
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	128.27/cwt	126.50–131.50	936	74
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	762	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	937	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	132.91/cwt	129.00–136.85	1,030	1,174
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	129.57/cwt	125.75–133.25	1,062	334
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	858	126.79/cwt	126.25–127.00	1,088	82
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	911	117.95/cwt	117.00–119.25	1,075	67

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

Fri Jul 31, 2020

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

Receipts 11,590Last week 407Year ago 8,227

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	845	124.00–135.50	127.87
10	—	745	141.00	141.00
11	—	772	140.00	140.00
33	—	879	122.50–130.00	126.16
42	—	926	125.50–128.25	127.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,106	—	919	129.00–137.50	132.70
107	—	532	162.25–166.50	163.31
263	—	579	155.00–164.25	162.53
293	—	731	142.00–149.75	146.47
511	—	772	142.00–149.50	145.51
773	—	970	126.10–133.75	128.90
1,293	—	829	138.00–146.50	142.57
1,447	—	878	133.35–140.00	137.17
17	—	469	159.50–165.50	161.59
81	—	665	150.50–156.00	152.76
157	—	629	152.00–160.00	155.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	700	154.75	154.75
86	—	600	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	872	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	1,006	120.50–124.10	123.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	430	165.00–168.50	166.92
67	—	911	117.00–119.25	117.95
82	—	858	126.25–127.00	126.79
91	—	568	150.00–155.00	153.69
295	—	525	156.50–161.25	159.61
589	—	679	138.85–145.50	142.41
334	—	820	125.75–133.25	129.57
636	—	622	142.00–151.00	146.66
1,060	—	727	133.10–140.10	137.58
1,174	—	775	129.00–136.85	132.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	762	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	664	128.00	128.00
18	—	531	139.00	139.00
57	—	637	131.00–140.50	138.57
74	—	730	126.50–131.50	128.27

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.