Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2021-01-13

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jan 13
● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
4,283 head
▼ 1,712 vs last sale 5,995▲ 260 vs year ago 4,023 · +6.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
248 head
▼ 224 vs last sale 472▼ 52 vs year ago 300 · −17.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 31▼ 8 vs year ago 30 · −26.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 400 lb to 950 lb sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Heifer calves 400 lb to 500 lb sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500 lb to 950 lb sold 3.00 to 7.00 lower. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.23/cwt on 2,119 head.
Average price
$143.23
2,119 head · 699 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,002
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$186
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$26.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.55
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1699143.441,0032,093
Medium and Large 1-2614129.7179719thin
Large 11,014117.251,1897thin
One grade step is worth $26.19/cwt here — about −$186 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 sale2,119 hd
143.23
—
KS average3 barns · 7,534 hd
140.68
+2.55
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,82973.351,34121
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,44456.2981346
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,38551.3271189
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,21144.6354058

Every lot

81 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1390189.08/cwt189.00–189.5073713
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy417181.99/cwt180.00–189.0075913
Steers—Medium and Large 1431171.67/cwt164.00–172.0074037
Steers—Medium and Large 1469184.70/cwt184.00–186.0086636
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy494193.42/cwt192.00–196.0095561
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned496170.00/cwt170.00–170.008438
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy523185.72/cwt180.00–187.0097116
Steers—Medium and Large 1524167.39/cwt160.00–170.0087729
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned568137.00/cwt137.00–137.0077818
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy583166.36/cwt165.00–169.5097035
Steers—Medium and Large 1587156.46/cwt151.00–162.00918255
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2592133.00/cwt133.00–133.0078710
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy598144.50/cwt144.50–144.5086418
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy605166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,00442
Steers—Medium and Large 1632147.36/cwt145.50–152.00931103
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2635125.50/cwt125.50–125.507977
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned642132.50/cwt132.50–132.508512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2655128.00/cwt128.00–128.008382
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy666146.82/cwt146.75–147.0097883
Steers—Medium and Large 1671139.02/cwt133.00–143.00933304
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy719128.50/cwt128.50–128.509249
Steers—Medium and Large 1729136.29/cwt132.00–140.00994301
Steers—Medium and Large 1773129.43/cwt126.50–134.001,000130
Steers—Medium and Large 1826130.48/cwt125.50–133.001,078456
Steers—Medium and Large 1868128.16/cwt127.00–129.001,11219
Steers—Medium and Large 1924121.33/cwt120.00–122.001,1219
Steers—Medium and Large 1963122.14/cwt118.00–124.001,17696
Steers—Large 11,014117.25/cwt117.25–117.251,1897
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1225210.00/cwt210.00–210.004731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1348181.00/cwt181.00–181.006305
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy364169.50/cwt166.00–171.006177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1394154.53/cwt152.00–155.006096
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy413159.24/cwt158.00–160.0065849
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418150.26/cwt146.00–155.0062834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned445133.00/cwt133.00–133.0059230
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy456156.72/cwt156.00–157.5071535
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476149.15/cwt145.00–151.0071068
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned481134.00/cwt134.00–134.0064514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy518147.50/cwt143.00–148.0076481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523133.18/cwt130.00–141.0069784
Heifers—Medium 1-2530108.00/cwt108.00–108.005727
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned531124.50/cwt124.50–124.5066143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535120.29/cwt118.00–124.0064424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy540128.00/cwt128.00–128.0069162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2556120.00/cwt120.00–120.006673
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy563138.00/cwt138.00–138.0077761
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575130.95/cwt125.00–134.50753207
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned588124.58/cwt122.50–127.0073313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620124.00/cwt124.00–124.007693
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635126.43/cwt124.00–128.25803183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned636126.00/cwt126.00–126.008014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1674128.71/cwt123.00–131.25868354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2712120.50/cwt120.50–120.5085812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy718117.50/cwt117.00–118.0084416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725123.12/cwt121.00–127.50893181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy751121.50/cwt121.50–121.509123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned753119.50/cwt119.50–119.5090012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1768124.47/cwt120.50–126.00956149
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2790118.00/cwt118.00–118.009326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1812117.45/cwt115.00–118.0095420
Heifers—Medium and Large 1902108.00/cwt108.00–108.009746
Heifers—Medium and Large 1953115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,09611
Heifers—Large 11,005107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,0754
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1589133.00/cwt133.00–133.007839
Bulls—Medium and Large 1630123.00/cwt123.00–123.007751
Bulls—Medium and Large 1684123.00/cwt123.00–123.008411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1728116.00/cwt116.00–116.008443
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,63564.10/cwt60.00–68.001,0486
Bulls——1,81674.22/cwt70.00–77.501,3489
Bulls——2,04181.29/cwt78.00–84.001,6596
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21144.63/cwt39.00–47.5054058
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38551.32/cwt48.00–54.5071189
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39158.17/cwt57.00–63.0080914
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46755.47/cwt55.00–56.5081432
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1932975.00/cwt975.00–975.009,0874
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,293876.64/cwt750.00–975.0011,3352
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,450773.01/cwt725.00–810.0011,2095
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,515810.00/cwt810.00–810.0012,2721
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 1775800.00/cwt800.00–800.006,2001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1929794.54/cwt710.00–850.007,3815
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,078887.61/cwt800.00–960.009,5682

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.