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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2020-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Nov 4

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Oct 28Nov 4Nov 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3,097 head

▲ 2,641 vs last sale 456▼ 1,272 vs year ago 4,369 · −29.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

317 head

▲ 148 vs last sale 169▲ 17 vs year ago 300 · +5.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

50 head

▲ 32 vs last sale 18▼ 24 vs year ago 74 · −32.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last weeks limited numbers, feeder steers 600 lb to 950 lb sold 5.00 to 11.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers 300 lb to 600 lb sold 12.00 to 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers 600 lb to 925 lb sold 6.00 to 12.00 higher. Demand was good. Breaker cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Boner and lean cows sold steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.14/cwt on 1,301 head.

Average price

$130.14

1,301 head · 695 lb average

Value per head Derived

$905

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$158

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$26.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.15

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	693	130.45	904	1,284
Medium and Large 1-2	745	111.00	827	7thin
Large 1	1,021	104.00	1,062	10thin

One grade step is worth $26.45/cwt here — about −$158 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 sale1,301 hd

130.14

—

KS average3 barns · 2,091 hd

131.29

−1.15

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	—	High	1,977	77.64	1,535	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,364	59.47	811	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,294	52.54	680	150
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,186	45.65	541	63

Every lot

66 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	305	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	573	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	351	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	642	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	406	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	524	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	167.02/cwt	157.50–171.00	718	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	449	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	682	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	456	155.56/cwt	154.00–159.00	709	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	803	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	525	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	772	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	537	145.40/cwt	144.00–147.50	781	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	538	156.36/cwt	148.00–159.50	841	88
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	576	137.72/cwt	137.50–139.00	793	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	146.02/cwt	140.00–151.50	850	138
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	612	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	802	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	625	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	909	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	137.50/cwt	132.50–139.50	859	116
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	641	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	814	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	135.48/cwt	132.00–139.00	914	98
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	699	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	839	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	132.30/cwt	129.25–136.00	957	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	781	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	769	137.08/cwt	136.50–138.25	1,054	90
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	782	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	981	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	826	122.57/cwt	121.00–124.25	1,012	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	833	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,054	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	882	138.85/cwt	138.00–139.00	1,225	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	918	145.45/cwt	144.75–146.25	1,335	171
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	949	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,305	62
Steers	—	Large 1	1,017	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	1,053	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	363	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	599	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	414	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	542	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	439	143.64/cwt	140.00–148.00	631	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	478	138.81/cwt	138.00–139.00	664	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	486	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	710	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	507	130.42/cwt	128.00–133.00	661	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	508	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	650	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	582	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	739	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	586	131.40/cwt	126.50–133.50	770	120
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	130.24/cwt	128.00–133.00	805	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	620	125.74/cwt	125.50–127.00	780	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	128.35/cwt	126.50–131.50	863	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	672	120.50/cwt	119.50–121.00	810	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	684	121.39/cwt	120.00–122.50	830	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	716	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	997	75
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	130.61/cwt	128.00–132.35	938	114
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	723	120.38/cwt	118.50–121.85	870	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	745	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	827	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	756	137.25/cwt	137.25–137.25	1,038	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	788	128.19/cwt	125.50–131.85	1,010	307
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	812	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	966	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	813	126.61/cwt	125.25–127.75	1,029	147
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	886	118.62/cwt	114.25–119.50	1,051	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	924	114.75/cwt	114.75–114.75	1,060	11
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,021	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,062	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	483	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	657	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	616	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	550	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	765	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,951	75.62/cwt	70.00–77.50	1,475	8
Bulls	—	—	2,047	83.02/cwt	81.00–84.50	1,699	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,186	45.65/cwt	41.00–48.00	541	63
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,294	52.54/cwt	48.00–56.50	680	150
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,332	58.42/cwt	57.00–61.00	778	39
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,573	66.32/cwt	64.50–69.00	1,043	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,076	1,152.21/cwt	860.00–1,175.00	12,398	14
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,081	1,113.92/cwt	850.00–1,185.00	12,041	13
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,239	660.06/cwt	635.00–685.00	8,178	15
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,006	939.72/cwt	875.00–975.00	9,454	3

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 Nov 4, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,097Last week 456Year ago 4,369

Slaughter CattleReceipts 317Last week 169Year ago 300

Replacement CattleReceipts 50Last week 18Year ago 74

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
171	—	918	144.75–146.25	145.45
60	—	625	145.50	145.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	449	152.00	152.00
11	—	612	131.00	131.00
17	—	826	121.00–124.25	122.57
17	—	782	125.50	125.50
13	—	525	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	625	132.50–139.50	137.50
68	—	723	129.25–136.00	132.30
88	—	538	148.00–159.50	156.36
23	—	481	167.00	167.00
34	—	430	157.50–171.00	167.02
138	—	582	140.00–151.50	146.02
90	—	769	136.50–138.25	137.08
98	—	675	132.00–139.00	135.48
13	—	351	183.00	183.00
5	—	833	126.50	126.50
1	—	305	188.00	188.00
62	—	949	137.50	137.50
53	—	882	138.00–139.00	138.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	699	120.00	120.00
12	—	406	129.00	129.00
19	—	641	127.00	127.00
40	—	576	137.50–139.00	137.72
32	—	456	154.00–159.00	155.56
61	—	537	144.00–147.50	145.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	730	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,017	103.50	103.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	723	118.50–121.85	120.38
18	—	684	120.00–122.50	121.39
16	—	812	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	363	165.00	165.00
63	—	486	146.00	146.00
307	—	788	125.50–131.85	128.19
11	—	439	140.00–148.00	143.64
147	—	813	125.25–127.75	126.61
80	—	672	126.50–131.50	128.35
41	—	507	128.00–133.00	130.42
120	—	586	126.50–133.50	131.40
32	—	618	128.00–133.00	130.24
30	—	886	114.25–119.50	118.62
11	—	924	114.75	114.75
114	—	718	128.00–132.35	130.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	672	119.50–121.00	120.50
14	—	582	127.00	127.00
49	—	478	138.00–139.00	138.81
9	—	414	131.00	131.00
4	—	508	128.00	128.00
32	—	620	125.50–127.00	125.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	745	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	756	137.25	137.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	716	139.25	139.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,021	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	483	136.00	136.00
6	—	550	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	485	127.00	127.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,573	64.50–69.00	66.32
39	—	1,332	57.00–61.00	58.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
150	—	1,294	48.00–56.50	52.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,186	41.00–48.00	45.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,047	81.00–84.50	83.02
8	—	1,951	70.00–77.50	75.62

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,239	635.00–685.00	660.06
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,081	850.00–1,185.00	1,113.92
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,076	860.00–1,175.00	1,152.21

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,006	875.00–975.00	939.72

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.