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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2020-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-09

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Dec 9

● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Dec 2Dec 9Dec 16 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3,573 head

▲ 1,401 vs last sale 2,172▲ 281 vs year ago 3,292 · +8.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

183 head

▼ 182 vs last sale 365▼ 217 vs year ago 400 · −54.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

12 head

▼ 340 vs last sale 352▼ 388 vs year ago 400 · −97.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 500 lb to 900 lb sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. No recent comparison on steers under 500 lb, however a higher market was noted. Feeder heifers 700 lb to 900 lb sold 3 .00 to 6.00 lower. Heifer calves 300 lb to 500 lb sold 6.00 higher. Heifers 500 lb to 700 lb sold steady. Demand was moderate. Breaker cows sold 2.00 lower. Lean cows and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 higher.

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 $146.34/cwt on 1,574 head.

Average price

$146.34

1,574 head · 663 lb average

Value per head Derived

$970

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$266

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$25.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.87

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	661	146.80	971	1,511
Medium and Large 1-2	619	139.11	861	49
Large 1	1,018	121.52	1,237	14thin

One grade step is worth $25.28/cwt here — about −$266 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 sale1,574 hd

146.34

—

KS average3 barns · 3,398 hd

145.47

+0.87

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	1,945	75.69	1,472	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,416	58.50	828	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,261	53.53	675	68
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,216	47.42	577	40

Every lot

71 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	295	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	620	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	335	203.85/cwt	193.00–206.00	683	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	381	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	728	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	418	187.43/cwt	180.00–197.00	783	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	667	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	437	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	773	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	188.27/cwt	188.00–190.00	875	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	473	166.17/cwt	165.00–167.50	786	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	497	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	860	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	518	177.31/cwt	176.00–182.50	918	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	161.82/cwt	154.50–167.00	856	161
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	551	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	804	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	557	165.73/cwt	164.00–166.00	923	105
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	152.20/cwt	148.00–161.00	874	79
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	593	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	842	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	596	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	852	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	609	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	770	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	615	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	932	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	140.63/cwt	137.50–146.50	873	62
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	624	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	836	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	662	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	880	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	141.98/cwt	135.50–146.50	954	281
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	695	146.10/cwt	146.10–146.10	1,015	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	697	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	885	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	707	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	990	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	136.31/cwt	128.50–141.00	981	116
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	771	127.26/cwt	127.00–127.50	981	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	789	135.83/cwt	131.00–139.85	1,072	162
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	805	126.75/cwt	126.75–126.75	1,020	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	816	134.93/cwt	132.00–136.25	1,101	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,190	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	868	127.20/cwt	126.00–131.50	1,104	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	913	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,123	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	931	130.85/cwt	130.85–130.85	1,218	63
Steers	—	Large 1	1,018	121.52/cwt	116.00–123.00	1,237	14
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	293	189.32/cwt	186.00–191.00	555	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	332	176.06/cwt	170.00–180.00	585	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	379	164.30/cwt	161.00–166.00	623	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	415	157.64/cwt	151.00–164.00	654	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	442	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	650	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	447	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	603	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	150.62/cwt	143.00–156.50	718	246
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	145.13/cwt	140.00–154.00	765	294
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	528	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	681	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	539	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	835	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	562	164.24/cwt	163.00–167.00	923	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	567	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	839	90
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	139.94/cwt	131.00–144.00	807	255
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	652	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	616	159.60/cwt	151.00–162.00	983	103
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	725	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	130.47/cwt	128.00–132.50	817	129
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	131.76/cwt	131.50–132.00	892	64
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	718	116.45/cwt	115.75–117.00	836	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	734	127.20/cwt	123.50–129.00	934	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	789	126.71/cwt	123.00–127.75	1,000	87
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	856	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	929	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	889	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,058	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	935	125.18/cwt	123.00–126.50	1,170	28
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	541	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	768	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	608	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	778	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	656	126.45/cwt	123.00–129.00	830	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,660	68.52/cwt	68.00–69.00	1,137	2
Bulls	—	—	1,887	75.25/cwt	72.00–77.00	1,420	6
Bulls	—	—	2,174	79.94/cwt	79.00–81.00	1,738	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,216	47.42/cwt	41.00–51.00	577	40
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,261	53.53/cwt	51.00–56.00	675	68
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,365	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	928	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,418	58.06/cwt	56.00–62.00	823	43
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,346	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	15,479	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,365	1,091.25/cwt	975.00–1,125.00	14,896	5

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 Dec 9, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,573Last week 2,172Year ago 3,292

Slaughter CattleReceipts 183Last week 365Year ago 400

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 352Year ago 400

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	415	151.00–164.00	157.64
129	—	626	128.00–132.50	130.47
5	—	332	170.00–180.00	176.06
17	—	889	119.00	119.00
9	—	379	161.00–166.00	164.30
3	—	293	186.00–191.00	189.32
85	—	734	123.50–129.00	127.20
255	—	577	131.00–144.00	139.94
294	—	527	140.00–154.00	145.13
28	—	935	123.00–126.50	125.18
87	—	789	123.00–127.75	126.71
246	—	477	143.00–156.50	150.62
64	—	677	131.50–132.00	131.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	856	108.50	108.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	577	113.00	113.00
9	—	447	135.00	135.00
6	—	625	116.00	116.00
14	—	718	115.75–117.00	116.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	567	148.00	148.00
14	—	539	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	528	129.00	129.00
15	—	442	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	562	163.00–167.00	164.24
103	—	616	151.00–162.00	159.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	473	165.00–167.50	166.17
12	—	662	133.00	133.00
24	—	593	142.00	142.00
15	—	437	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	609	126.50	126.50
9	—	551	146.00	146.00
13	—	913	123.00	123.00
16	—	425	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	596	143.00	143.00
6	—	805	126.75	126.75
11	—	624	134.00	134.00
34	—	771	127.00–127.50	127.26
11	—	497	173.00	173.00
12	—	697	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	707	140.00	140.00
29	—	615	151.50	151.50
105	—	557	164.00–166.00	165.73
5	—	850	140.00	140.00
22	—	695	146.10	146.10
15	—	518	176.00–182.50	177.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,018	116.00–123.00	121.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	574	148.00–161.00	152.20
3	—	381	191.00	191.00
69	—	816	132.00–136.25	134.93
15	—	335	193.00–206.00	203.85
281	—	672	135.50–146.50	141.98
1	—	295	210.00	210.00
63	—	931	130.85	130.85
116	—	720	128.50–141.00	136.31
21	—	418	180.00–197.00	187.43
51	—	868	126.00–131.50	127.20
15	—	465	188.00–190.00	188.27
62	—	621	137.50–146.50	140.63
162	—	789	131.00–139.85	135.83
161	—	529	154.50–167.00	161.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	656	123.00–129.00	126.45
3	—	608	128.00	128.00
15	—	541	142.00	142.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,365	975.00–1,125.00	1,091.25
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,346	1,150.00	1,150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,660	68.00–69.00	68.52
6	—	1,887	72.00–77.00	75.25
4	—	2,174	79.00–81.00	79.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,261	51.00–56.00	53.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,418	56.00–62.00	58.06
2	—	1,365	68.00	68.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,216	41.00–51.00	47.42

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.