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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2021-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-10

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Mar 10

● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Mar 3Mar 10Mar 17 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

6,312 head

▲ 3,167 vs last sale 3,145▲ 4,237 vs year ago 2,075 · +204.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

213 head

▲ 87 vs last sale 126▲ 113 vs year ago 100 · +113.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

105 head

▲ 39 vs last sale 66▲ 105 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared with last week, feeder steers 650 lb to 975 lb sold steady to 1.00 lower. Steer calves 450 lb to 650 lb sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Steer calves 300 lb to 450 lb sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers 725 lb to 925 lb sold steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder heifers 575 lb to 725 lb sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Heifer calves 300 lb to 575 lb sold 5.00 to 6.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 4.00 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 $128.93/cwt on 3,074 head.

Average price

$128.93

3,074 head · 739 lb average

Value per head Derived

$953

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$11.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.64

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	741	129.46	959	2,925
Medium and Large 1-2	701	118.41	830	149

One grade step is worth $11.05/cwt here — about $129 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 sale3,074 hd

128.93

—

KS average3 barns · 6,834 hd

129.57

−0.64

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	1,675	77.13	1,292	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,436	62.48	897	49
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,241	56.76	704	103
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,097	44.49	488	14

Every lot

83 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	322	190.40/cwt	180.00–194.00	613	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	334	170.04/cwt	165.00–173.00	568	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	361	176.66/cwt	175.00–180.00	638	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	174.64/cwt	171.00–176.00	740	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	432	190.51/cwt	188.00–192.50	823	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	454	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	872	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	467	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	682	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	180.95/cwt	176.00–187.00	852	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	503	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	931	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	178.22/cwt	173.00–182.00	927	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	570	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,012	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	583	167.00/cwt	165.00–168.00	974	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	598	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	927	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	156.36/cwt	153.50–161.00	977	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	642	146.55/cwt	142.00–148.00	941	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	681	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	838	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	683	147.65/cwt	146.00–149.00	1,008	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	692	140.56/cwt	134.50–142.50	973	90
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	711	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	956	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	141.17/cwt	136.00–145.00	1,019	270
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	898	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	767	115.78/cwt	103.00–125.00	888	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	134.51/cwt	128.00–137.10	1,044	259
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	820	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,000	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	829	129.87/cwt	125.00–132.75	1,077	568
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	867	132.10/cwt	132.10–132.10	1,145	82
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	871	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,067	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	873	128.62/cwt	124.50–130.50	1,123	664
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	907	99.50/cwt	99.50–99.50	902	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	927	125.45/cwt	125.10–126.00	1,163	178
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	969	124.19/cwt	122.75–125.10	1,203	232
Steers	—	Large 1	1,047	121.25/cwt	121.25–121.25	1,269	41
Steers	—	Large 1	1,059	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,207	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	334	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	585	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	340	158.78/cwt	158.00–160.00	540	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	390	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	601	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	609	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	465	152.70/cwt	150.00–154.00	710	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	480	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	605	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	484	142.74/cwt	138.00–144.00	691	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	606	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	146.37/cwt	145.00–149.00	758	166
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	528	154.16/cwt	151.00–159.00	814	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	530	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	721	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	564	126.14/cwt	126.00–127.00	711	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	568	150.21/cwt	142.50–152.25	853	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	585	131.25/cwt	131.00–133.00	768	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	133.92/cwt	130.00–140.00	837	86
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	633	121.82/cwt	121.00–124.00	771	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	132.92/cwt	125.00–135.75	891	345
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	683	113.11/cwt	111.00–120.00	773	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	130.32/cwt	124.50–132.60	941	370
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	722	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	866	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	758	116.39/cwt	112.50–122.50	882	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	126.15/cwt	122.00–128.25	978	716
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	782	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	919	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	807	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	960	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	124.07/cwt	118.50–126.50	1,017	467
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	862	114.72/cwt	114.00–115.00	989	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	870	122.86/cwt	118.00–125.75	1,069	425
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	914	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	941	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	918	116.50/cwt	111.00–118.50	1,069	68
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 1-2	392	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	541	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	415	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	668	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	505	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	758	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	612	133.34/cwt	122.50–144.00	816	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	705	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	895	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,567	76.30/cwt	75.00–80.00	1,196	11
Bulls	—	—	1,923	85.49/cwt	85.00–86.00	1,644	2
Bulls	—	—	2,365	69.50/cwt	69.50–69.50	1,644	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,097	44.49/cwt	40.00–49.00	488	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,241	56.76/cwt	50.00–59.50	704	103
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,414	62.09/cwt	60.50–63.00	878	41
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,550	64.48/cwt	64.00–66.00	999	8
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,266	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	10,445	12
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,353	774.19/cwt	760.00–800.00	10,475	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,354	903.88/cwt	775.00–1,025.00	12,239	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,416	1,034.47/cwt	725.00–1,110.00	14,648	37
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,461	1,137.45/cwt	1,050.00–1,150.00	16,618	18
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,610	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	18,113	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,000	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	11,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,250	937.25/cwt	885.00–980.00	11,716	20
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	940	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	7,755	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 Mar 10, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,312Last week 3,145Year ago 2,075

Slaughter CattleReceipts 213Last week 126Year ago 100

Replacement CattleReceipts 105Last week 66Year ago 0

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	871	122.50	122.50
9	—	711	134.50	134.50
9	—	598	155.00	155.00
28	—	642	142.00–148.00	146.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	424	171.00–176.00	174.64
12	—	583	165.00–168.00	167.00
178	—	927	125.10–126.00	125.45
90	—	692	134.50–142.50	140.56
270	—	722	136.00–145.00	141.17
67	—	625	153.50–161.00	156.36
232	—	969	122.75–125.10	124.19
259	—	776	128.00–137.10	134.51
568	—	829	125.00–132.75	129.87
6	—	361	175.00–180.00	176.66
59	—	471	176.00–187.00	180.95
664	—	873	124.50–130.50	128.62
22	—	520	173.00–182.00	178.22
30	—	322	180.00–194.00	190.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	467	146.00	146.00
8	—	334	165.00–173.00	170.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	867	132.10	132.10
8	—	503	185.00	185.00
27	—	683	146.00–149.00	147.65
13	—	454	192.00	192.00
2	—	570	177.50	177.50
21	—	432	188.00–192.50	190.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,059	114.00	114.00
41	—	1,047	121.25	121.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	681	123.00	123.00
3	—	820	122.00	122.00
5	—	730	123.00	123.00
20	—	907	99.50	99.50
30	—	767	103.00–125.00	115.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	154.00	154.00
68	—	918	111.00–118.50	116.50
5	—	340	158.00–160.00	158.78
370	—	722	124.50–132.60	130.32
86	—	625	130.00–140.00	133.92
18	—	484	138.00–144.00	142.74
467	—	820	118.50–126.50	124.07
16	—	585	131.00–133.00	131.25
166	—	518	145.00–149.00	146.37
345	—	670	125.00–135.75	132.92
716	—	775	122.00–128.25	126.15
7	—	435	140.00	140.00
425	—	870	118.00–125.75	122.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	722	120.00	120.00
9	—	807	119.00	119.00
23	—	914	103.00	103.00
16	—	530	136.00	136.00
5	—	782	117.50	117.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	862	114.00–115.00	114.72
7	—	633	121.00–124.00	121.82
7	—	485	125.00	125.00
65	—	758	112.50–122.50	116.39
21	—	683	111.00–120.00	113.11
31	—	564	126.00–127.00	126.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	568	142.50–152.25	150.21
15	—	334	175.00	175.00
25	—	528	151.00–159.00	154.16
51	—	465	150.00–154.00	152.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	505	150.00	150.00
4	—	612	122.50–144.00	133.34
2	—	705	127.00	127.00
1	—	415	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	392	138.00	138.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,365	69.50	69.50
11	—	1,567	75.00–80.00	76.30
2	—	1,923	85.00–86.00	85.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,097	40.00–49.00	44.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,550	64.00–66.00	64.48
41	—	1,414	60.50–63.00	62.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	1,241	50.00–59.50	56.76

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,266	825.00	825.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	—	1,461	1,050.00–1,150.00	1,137.45
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,610	1,125.00	1,125.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,353	760.00–800.00	774.19
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	37	—	1,416	725.00–1,110.00	1,034.47
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,354	775.00–1,025.00	903.88

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,150.00	1,150.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,250	885.00–980.00	937.25

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	940	825.00	825.00

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.