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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2020-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Sep 23

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Sep 16Sep 23Sep 30 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,623 head

▲ 654 vs last sale 1,969▲ 460 vs year ago 2,163 · +21.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

123 head

▼ 62 vs last sale 185▼ 47 vs year ago 170 · −27.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

60 head

▲ 60 vs last sale 0▲ 44 vs year ago 16 · +275.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 500 lb to 975 lb sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. No recent comparison on steers under 500 lb, however a lower market was noted. Feeder heifers 500 lb to 900 lb sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. No recent comparison on heifers under 500 lb, however a lower market noted. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower.

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 $145.73/cwt on 1,504 head.

Average price

$145.73

1,504 head · 744 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,085

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$313

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

$18.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.43

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	744	146.12	1,087	1,470
Large 1	1,004	130.00	1,305	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	605	128.10	774	21

One grade step is worth $18.02/cwt here — about $313 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 sale1,504 hd

145.73

—

KS average3 barns · 3,788 hd

143.30

+2.43

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	—	Average	1,940	82.46	1,600	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,396	64.25	897	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,202	56.86	683	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,094	49.78	545	32

Every lot

68 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	265	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,087	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	347	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	628	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	374	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	610	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	722	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	460	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	690	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	787	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	509	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	840	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	157.65/cwt	155.00–160.50	812	75
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	547	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	744	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	553	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	755	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	156.30/cwt	152.50–157.50	897	160
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	587	147.20/cwt	145.00–147.50	864	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	738	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	615	153.25/cwt	153.25–153.25	942	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	144.28/cwt	142.00–147.00	896	89
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	651	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	898	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	151.25/cwt	151.25–151.25	1,006	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	704	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	943	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,008	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	726	150.60/cwt	150.00–152.50	1,093	100
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	771	149.31/cwt	148.50–153.50	1,151	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	771	140.66/cwt	139.50–143.00	1,084	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	825	137.79/cwt	134.85–141.50	1,137	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	865	143.61/cwt	142.00–145.50	1,242	197
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	875	140.15/cwt	136.50–141.50	1,226	90
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	911	131.50/cwt	130.10–137.00	1,198	148
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	929	141.34/cwt	140.50–142.00	1,313	162
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	975	136.06/cwt	134.50–136.35	1,327	62
Steers	—	Large 1	1,004	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,305	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	217	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	564	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	318	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	604	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	345	155.54/cwt	151.50–168.00	537	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	382	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	638	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	392	155.58/cwt	155.00–158.00	610	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	447	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	666	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	684	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	145.41/cwt	143.50–147.00	691	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	515	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	788	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	523	134.30/cwt	132.00–137.00	702	67
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	142.47/cwt	135.00–146.00	758	201
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	587	131.06/cwt	129.85–136.00	769	52
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	602	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	777	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	606	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	785	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	609	130.15/cwt	126.00–131.00	793	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	643	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	916	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	657	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	821	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	675	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	733	130.45/cwt	128.00–135.00	956	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	779	128.90/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,004	86
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	871	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,067	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	915	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,103	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,918	80.69/cwt	78.50–82.50	1,548	5
Bulls	—	—	1,956	83.73/cwt	83.00–84.50	1,638	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,094	49.78/cwt	44.00–51.00	545	32
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,202	56.86/cwt	53.50–59.50	683	36
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,349	61.85/cwt	60.00–65.00	834	26
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,469	67.91/cwt	66.00–69.75	998	17
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,150	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	8,740	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,161	706.54/cwt	685.00–735.00	8,203	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,191	833.52/cwt	825.00–850.00	9,927	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,221	814.93/cwt	760.00–910.00	9,950	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,263	1,083.13/cwt	1,075.00–1,100.00	13,680	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,267	940.00/cwt	940.00–940.00	11,910	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,290	885.00/cwt	885.00–885.00	11,417	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	994	1,084.38/cwt	975.00–1,100.00	10,779	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,000	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	11,750	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,300	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	14,950	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,300	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	12,675	2

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 Sep 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,623Last week 1,969Year ago 2,163

Slaughter CattleReceipts 123Last week 185Year ago 170

Replacement CattleReceipts 60Last week 0Year ago 16

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	606	129.50	129.50
7	—	675	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	515	153.00	153.00
20	—	318	190.00	190.00
32	—	450	152.00	152.00
5	—	382	167.00	167.00
7	—	643	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	871	122.50	122.50
14	—	733	128.00–135.00	130.45
86	—	779	125.00–130.00	128.90
20	—	345	151.50–168.00	155.54
201	—	532	135.00–146.00	142.47
29	—	392	155.00–158.00	155.58
6	—	217	260.00	260.00
35	—	609	126.00–131.00	130.15
46	—	475	143.50–147.00	145.41
3	—	915	120.50	120.50
52	—	587	129.85–136.00	131.06
6	—	447	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	657	125.00	125.00
13	—	602	129.00	129.00
67	—	523	132.00–137.00	134.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,004	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	460	150.00	150.00
11	—	547	136.00	136.00
12	—	553	136.50	136.50
9	—	704	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	347	181.00	181.00
30	—	771	148.50–153.50	149.31
100	—	726	150.00–152.50	150.60
162	—	929	140.50–142.00	141.34
197	—	865	142.00–145.50	143.61
9	—	615	153.25	153.25
13	—	509	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	875	136.50–141.50	140.15
32	—	771	139.50–143.00	140.66
148	—	911	130.10–137.00	131.50
62	—	975	134.50–136.35	136.06
160	—	574	152.50–157.50	156.30
68	—	480	164.00	164.00
5	—	374	163.00	163.00
9	—	265	410.00	410.00
75	—	515	155.00–160.50	157.65
6	—	435	166.00	166.00
76	—	825	134.85–141.50	137.79
8	—	665	151.25	151.25
89	—	621	142.00–147.00	144.28
11	—	715	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	587	145.00–147.50	147.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	651	138.00	138.00
16	—	590	125.00	125.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,161	685.00–735.00	706.54
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,263	1,075.00–1,100.00	1,083.13
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,267	940.00	940.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,290	885.00	885.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,150	760.00	760.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,191	825.00–850.00	833.52
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,221	760.00–910.00	814.93

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,300	975.00	975.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,300	1,150.00	1,150.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,000	1,175.00	1,175.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	994	975.00–1,100.00	1,084.38

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,349	60.00–65.00	61.85
17	—	1,469	66.00–69.75	67.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,094	44.00–51.00	49.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,202	53.50–59.50	56.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,918	78.50–82.50	80.69
7	—	1,956	83.00–84.50	83.73

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.