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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2021-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Mar 3

● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Feb 24Mar 3Mar 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3,145 head

▼ 906 vs last sale 4,051▲ 204 vs year ago 2,941 · +6.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

126 head

▼ 184 vs last sale 310▼ 24 vs year ago 150 · −16.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

66 head

▼ 139 vs last sale 205▲ 32 vs year ago 34 · +94.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 700 lb to 975 lb sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers 600 lb to 700 lb sold 2.00 higher. Steer calves 400 lb to 600 lb sold steady to 2.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves 300 lb to 400 lb sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifers 400 lb to 800 lb sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers 800 lb to 900 lb sold steady. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows and bull sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

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 $137.78/cwt on 1,514 head.

Average price

$137.78

1,514 head · 780 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,074

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$165

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$17.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.95

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	778	138.26	1,075	1,424
Medium and Large 1-2	665	136.19	905	53
Large 1	1,023	121.24	1,240	37

One grade step is worth $17.03/cwt here — about −$165 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 sale1,514 hd

137.78

—

KS average3 barns · 6,475 hd

140.73

−2.95

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	1,855	81.27	1,508	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,337	63.52	849	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,224	57.07	699	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,116	47.16	526	7thin

Every lot

74 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	319	199.97/cwt	192.50–202.50	638	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	390	193.37/cwt	187.50–199.00	754	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	410	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	763	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	457	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	695	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	177.26/cwt	172.50–180.50	844	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	511	162.96/cwt	155.00–166.00	833	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	514	174.06/cwt	173.00–176.00	895	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	167.90/cwt	160.00–172.50	895	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	574	168.35/cwt	166.50–171.50	966	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	589	157.33/cwt	154.00–161.50	927	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	605	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	805	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	624	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	998	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	149.77/cwt	148.00–151.00	951	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	648	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	881	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	683	144.18/cwt	141.50–150.50	985	160
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	713	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	920	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	140.35/cwt	138.00–143.00	1,019	150
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	759	125.30/cwt	125.00–125.50	951	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	778	133.77/cwt	129.00–137.50	1,041	75
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	823	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	1,109	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	826	130.38/cwt	126.00–132.35	1,077	202
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	870	128.92/cwt	123.00–131.10	1,122	350
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	926	127.48/cwt	125.00–129.85	1,180	149
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	932	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,081	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	971	122.78/cwt	122.50–125.00	1,192	73
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,008	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,215	5
Steers	—	Large 1	1,020	121.39/cwt	120.85–123.50	1,238	34
Steers	—	Large 1	1,058	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,264	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	296	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	585	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	315	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	614	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	375	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	694	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	177.39/cwt	177.00–177.50	671	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	732	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	170.17/cwt	160.00–173.00	720	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	497	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	780	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	514	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	825	57
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	536	146.44/cwt	143.00–155.00	785	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	540	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	837	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	137.50/cwt	133.00–139.00	787	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	593	147.09/cwt	146.00–149.00	872	217
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	608	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	845	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	133.60/cwt	130.00–139.00	839	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	663	128.66/cwt	125.50–134.00	853	150
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	703	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	907	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	126.55/cwt	124.00–128.50	910	95
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	772	126.58/cwt	124.50–127.60	977	146
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	816	125.21/cwt	120.56–128.50	1,022	346
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	887	122.29/cwt	122.25–122.50	1,085	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	906	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,078	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	916	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	962	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	986	115.33/cwt	111.00–117.50	1,137	18
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	395	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	723	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	444	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	715	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	520	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	686	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	579	135.52/cwt	128.00–138.00	785	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	640	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	838	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	650	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	910	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,513	73.20/cwt	68.00–76.00	1,108	11
Bulls	—	—	2,017	83.50/cwt	78.00–87.00	1,684	9
Bulls	—	—	2,143	89.86/cwt	87.00–92.00	1,926	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,116	47.16/cwt	40.00–52.00	526	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,224	57.07/cwt	53.00–59.50	699	52
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,313	62.75/cwt	61.00–64.00	824	24
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,394	65.36/cwt	65.00–66.50	911	10
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	766	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	5,937	6
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,146	1,168.69/cwt	1,025.00–1,200.00	13,393	6
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,235	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	11,424	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,392	885.00/cwt	885.00–885.00	12,319	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,405	862.20/cwt	785.00–950.00	12,114	12
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,450	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	12,688	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,508	1,217.62/cwt	1,150.00–1,250.00	18,362	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,533	1,031.17/cwt	900.00–1,075.00	15,808	18
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,550	1,051.13/cwt	1,025.00–1,075.00	16,293	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,554	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	17,871	11

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 Mar 3, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,145Last week 4,051Year ago 2,941

Slaughter CattleReceipts 126Last week 310Year ago 150

Replacement CattleReceipts 66Last week 205Year ago 34

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
350	—	870	123.00–131.10	128.92
160	—	683	141.50–150.50	144.18
150	—	726	138.00–143.00	140.35
65	—	589	154.00–161.50	157.33
22	—	319	192.50–202.50	199.97
5	—	1,008	120.50	120.50
11	—	390	187.50–199.00	193.37
149	—	926	125.00–129.85	127.48
42	—	635	148.00–151.00	149.77
38	—	533	160.00–172.50	167.90
75	—	778	129.00–137.50	133.77
202	—	826	126.00–132.35	130.38
6	—	410	186.00	186.00
73	—	971	122.50–125.00	122.78
8	—	476	172.50–180.50	177.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	514	173.00–176.00	174.06
7	—	624	160.00	160.00
18	—	823	134.75	134.75
21	—	574	166.50–171.50	168.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,058	119.50	119.50
34	—	1,020	120.85–123.50	121.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	457	152.00	152.00
16	—	605	133.00	133.00
11	—	511	155.00–166.00	162.96
10	—	932	116.00	116.00
7	—	713	129.00	129.00
5	—	759	125.00–125.50	125.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	648	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	572	133.00–139.00	137.50
146	—	772	124.50–127.60	126.58
95	—	719	124.00–128.50	126.55
9	—	378	177.00–177.50	177.39
3	—	315	195.00	195.00
73	—	628	130.00–139.00	133.60
33	—	887	122.25–122.50	122.29
13	—	497	157.00	157.00
150	—	663	125.50–134.00	128.66
13	—	906	119.00	119.00
85	—	536	143.00–155.00	146.44
346	—	816	120.56–128.50	125.21
6	—	296	197.50	197.50
9	—	423	160.00–173.00	170.17
18	—	986	111.00–117.50	115.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	608	139.00	139.00
217	—	593	146.00–149.00	147.09
7	—	400	183.00	183.00
26	—	703	129.00	129.00
15	—	540	155.00	155.00
2	—	375	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	514	160.50	160.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	916	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	395	183.00	183.00
4	—	579	128.00–138.00	135.52
1	—	520	132.00	132.00
2	—	650	140.00	140.00
1	—	640	131.00	131.00
6	—	444	161.00	161.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,235	925.00	925.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,146	1,025.00–1,200.00	1,168.69

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	766	775.00	775.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,508	1,150.00–1,250.00	1,217.62
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,392	885.00	885.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,550	1,025.00–1,075.00	1,051.13
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,405	785.00–950.00	862.20
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,554	1,150.00	1,150.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,450	875.00	875.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	—	1,533	900.00–1,075.00	1,031.17

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,313	61.00–64.00	62.75
10	—	1,394	65.00–66.50	65.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,224	53.00–59.50	57.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,116	40.00–52.00	47.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,513	68.00–76.00	73.20
8	—	2,143	87.00–92.00	89.86
9	—	2,017	78.00–87.00	83.50

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.