Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2021-02-10

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Feb 10
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,050 head
▼ 2,952 vs last sale 4,002▼ 1,774 vs year ago 2,824 · −62.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 189 vs last sale 199▼ 161 vs year ago 171 · −94.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE*

Compared to last week, feeder steers over 800 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher; other weights of steers not tested. Feeder heifers over 750 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher; other weights not tested. Demand was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $136.17/cwt on 484 head.
Average price
$136.17
484 head · 886 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,207
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$74
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.82
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1889137.631,224373
Medium and Large 1-2876131.241,150111
One grade step is worth $6.39/cwt here — about $74 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 sale484 hd
136.17
—
KS average3 barns · 4,371 hd
136.99
−0.82
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

23 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2460159.00/cwt159.00–159.007312
Steers—Medium and Large 1741134.00/cwt134.00–134.0099317
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2765133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,01712
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy841141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,18666
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy854140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,19666
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2871132.66/cwt127.00–133.751,15551
Steers—Medium and Large 1925136.22/cwt132.35–136.851,260224
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2929128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,18946
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2492129.50/cwt129.50–129.506375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518138.00/cwt138.00–138.0071510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned535131.50/cwt131.50–131.5070431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned613128.00/cwt128.00–128.0078533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1684123.50/cwt123.50–123.508457
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2692119.00/cwt119.00–119.008232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1778125.31/cwt123.00–126.7597567
Heifers—Medium and Large 1830126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,04666
Heifers—Medium and Large 1869122.86/cwt122.85–123.001,06847
Heifers—Medium and Large 1917122.65/cwt122.00–122.851,125126
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned523139.00/cwt139.00–139.0072716
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2600126.00/cwt126.00–126.007562
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned609136.25/cwt136.25–136.2583052
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned634128.00/cwt128.00–128.008126
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,395875.00/cwt875.00–875.0012,2066

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.