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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2021-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-06

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jan 6

● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Dec 30Jan 6Jan 13 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

5,995 head

▲ 5,600 vs last sale 395▼ 60 vs year ago 6,055 · −1.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

472 head

▲ 384 vs last sale 88▲ 172 vs year ago 300 · +57.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

31 head

▲ 13 vs last sale 18▼ 69 vs year ago 100 · −69.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 700 lb to 900 lb sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower. No recent comparison on steer calves 300 lb to 700 lb, however a higher market was noted. Feeder heifers 600 lb to 750 lb sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. No recent comparison on heifers 300 to 600 lb, however a higher market was noted. No recent comparison on heifers 750 lb to 900 lb, however a lower market was noted. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Low yielding bulls sold 2.00 lower.

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 $132.31/cwt on 2,815 head.

Average price

$132.31

2,815 head · 688 lb average

Value per head Derived

$911

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$195

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

$1.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.36

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	690	132.33	913	2,784
Medium and Large 1-2	550	130.65	718	31

One grade step is worth $1.67/cwt here — about $195 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 sale2,815 hd

132.31

—

KS average2 barns · 4,733 hd

137.67

−5.36

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	1,862	74.25	1,383	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,417	55.46	786	77
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,248	50.20	626	239
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,165	44.39	517	71

Every lot

84 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	228	532.41/cwt	500.00–610.00	1,214	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	285	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	1,881	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	331	191.23/cwt	190.00–192.00	633	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	342	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	592	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	381	184.19/cwt	180.00–191.00	702	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	406	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	706	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	746	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	184.70/cwt	179.00–190.00	796	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	189.39/cwt	180.00–196.50	894	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	757	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	494	160.13/cwt	152.00–163.00	791	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	507	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	796	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	180.33/cwt	175.00–186.00	940	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	523	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	863	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	526	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	821	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	564	176.75/cwt	176.75–176.75	997	75
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	161.72/cwt	159.00–165.00	920	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	822	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	148.78/cwt	145.00–155.50	937	364
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	650	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	878	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	657	148.13/cwt	148.00–149.50	973	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	140.82/cwt	136.00–144.00	945	137
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	681	133.44/cwt	130.50–139.00	909	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	903	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	137.74/cwt	133.00–144.50	999	364
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	135.91/cwt	128.00–139.00	1,051	377
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	783	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	955	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	827	132.45/cwt	129.00–134.50	1,095	170
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	874	133.05/cwt	127.75–138.75	1,163	506
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	903	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,102	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	912	130.00/cwt	126.50–131.00	1,186	257
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	963	127.59/cwt	123.00–128.85	1,229	116
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	255	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,173	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	262	189.55/cwt	180.00–192.00	497	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	365	184.00/cwt	177.00–192.50	672	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	391	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	614	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	411	165.42/cwt	160.50–172.00	680	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	412	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	593	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	457	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	708	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	487	146.32/cwt	139.00–150.00	713	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	499	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	664	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	142.72/cwt	137.00–149.00	744	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	532	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	803	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	575	144.87/cwt	143.00–148.00	833	77
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	580	126.24/cwt	124.00–129.00	732	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	585	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	720	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	587	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	743	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	590	136.57/cwt	130.50–139.00	806	342
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	619	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	873	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	626	118.64/cwt	116.00–120.50	743	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	129.49/cwt	125.00–136.00	812	172
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	637	122.65/cwt	120.50–127.00	781	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	669	111.46/cwt	110.50–115.00	746	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	675	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	820	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	131.57/cwt	124.00–135.50	893	635
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	729	131.09/cwt	127.00–138.00	956	306
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	731	125.75/cwt	125.75–125.75	919	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	128.66/cwt	125.50–130.00	995	428
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	826	126.84/cwt	125.50–128.00	1,048	264
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	851	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	945	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	881	124.55/cwt	120.50–125.50	1,097	119
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	908	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,053	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	923	120.25/cwt	120.25–120.25	1,110	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	993	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,152	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	438	168.44/cwt	165.00–177.50	738	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	531	150.71/cwt	150.00–151.00	800	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	624	126.48/cwt	118.00–132.00	789	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	688	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	812	14
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,701	66.81/cwt	64.00–69.50	1,136	11
Bulls	—	—	1,901	75.93/cwt	73.00–79.50	1,443	11
Bulls	—	—	2,030	82.16/cwt	80.00–86.50	1,668	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,165	44.39/cwt	41.00–46.50	517	71
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,248	50.20/cwt	47.00–53.50	626	239
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,387	58.41/cwt	58.00–59.50	810	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,421	55.07/cwt	53.50–57.50	783	68
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1	1,075	672.44/cwt	625.00–710.00	7,229	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,245	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	9,026	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,310	909.92/cwt	875.00–1,100.00	11,920	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,318	919.97/cwt	775.00–1,050.00	12,125	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,346	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	11,778	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,351	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	10,133	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,367	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	14,354	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,427	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	10,845	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,460	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	10,950	1

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 Jan 6, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,995Last week 395Year ago 6,055

Slaughter CattleReceipts 472Last week 88Year ago 300

Replacement CattleReceipts 31Last week 18Year ago 100

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	585	123.00	123.00
27	—	626	116.00–120.50	118.64
19	—	669	110.50–115.00	111.46
12	—	499	133.00	133.00
13	—	391	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	619	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	881	120.50–125.50	124.55
38	—	923	120.25	120.25
172	—	627	125.00–136.00	129.49
264	—	826	125.50–128.00	126.84
428	—	773	125.50–130.00	128.66
11	—	262	180.00–192.00	189.55
48	—	411	160.50–172.00	165.42
9	—	993	116.00	116.00
635	—	679	124.00–135.50	131.57
1	—	255	460.00	460.00
3	—	365	177.00–192.50	184.00
61	—	487	139.00–150.00	146.32
342	—	590	130.50–139.00	136.57
306	—	729	127.00–138.00	131.09
61	—	521	137.00–149.00	142.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	575	143.00–148.00	144.87
12	—	532	151.00	151.00
2	—	457	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	412	144.00	144.00
12	—	637	120.50–127.00	122.65
9	—	587	126.50	126.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	580	124.00–129.00	126.24
9	—	908	116.00	116.00
3	—	851	111.00	111.00
8	—	731	125.75	125.75
23	—	675	121.50	121.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	406	174.00	174.00
13	—	700	129.00	129.00
20	—	681	130.50–139.00	133.44
34	—	494	152.00–163.00	160.13
7	—	526	156.00	156.00
2	—	342	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	963	123.00–128.85	127.59
16	—	381	180.00–191.00	184.19
364	—	630	145.00–155.50	148.78
25	—	569	159.00–165.00	161.72
364	—	725	133.00–144.50	137.74
170	—	827	129.00–134.50	132.45
12	—	431	179.00–190.00	184.70
257	—	912	126.50–131.00	130.00
39	—	472	180.00–196.50	189.39
506	—	874	127.75–138.75	133.05
2	—	285	660.00	660.00
63	—	521	175.00–186.00	180.33
7	—	228	500.00–610.00	532.41
137	—	671	136.00–144.00	140.82
5	—	331	190.00–192.00	191.23
377	—	773	128.00–139.00	135.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	523	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	657	148.00–149.50	148.13
75	—	564	176.75	176.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	585	140.50	140.50
14	—	903	122.00	122.00
9	—	650	135.00	135.00
21	—	424	176.00	176.00
9	—	476	159.00	159.00
5	—	507	157.00	157.00
20	—	783	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	531	150.00–151.00	150.71
14	—	688	118.00	118.00
10	—	624	118.00–132.00	126.48
7	—	438	165.00–177.50	168.44

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,310	875.00–1,100.00	909.92
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,351	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,460	750.00	750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,318	775.00–1,050.00	919.97
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,367	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,245	725.00	725.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,427	760.00	760.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,346	875.00	875.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,075	625.00–710.00	672.44

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,165	41.00–46.50	44.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,387	58.00–59.50	58.41
68	—	1,421	53.50–57.50	55.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
239	—	1,248	47.00–53.50	50.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,701	64.00–69.50	66.81
8	—	2,030	80.00–86.50	82.16
11	—	1,901	73.00–79.50	75.93

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.