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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2021-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-14

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Apr 14

● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Apr 7Apr 14Apr 21 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,263 head

▼ 1,265 vs last sale 3,528▲ 283 vs year ago 1,980 · +14.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

219 head

▲ 43 vs last sale 176▲ 87 vs year ago 132 · +65.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

251 head

▲ 214 vs last sale 37▼ 81 vs year ago 332 · −24.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 400 lb to 1000 lb sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400 lb to 925 lb sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

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 $130.65/cwt on 1,082 head.

Average price

$130.65

1,082 head · 755 lb average

Value per head Derived

$987

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$182

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$17.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.14

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	753	131.14	988	1,039
Medium and Large 1-2	754	120.06	905	35
Large 1	1,026	114.00	1,170	8thin

One grade step is worth $17.14/cwt here — about −$182 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 sale1,082 hd

130.65

—

KS average3 barns · 4,296 hd

136.79

−6.14

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	—	Average	1,914	90.08	1,724	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,423	68.60	976	92
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,183	61.35	726	60
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,138	52.86	602	16

Every lot

72 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	329	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	658	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	343	180.63/cwt	175.00–182.50	620	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	186.86/cwt	185.00–187.50	706	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	380	175.80/cwt	175.00–177.50	668	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	434	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	807	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	436	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	785	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	736	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	184.86/cwt	182.50–188.00	882	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	171.61/cwt	169.00–176.00	891	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	562	156.05/cwt	153.00–159.00	877	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	136.58/cwt	132.50–142.00	922	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	687	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,034	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	719	135.75/cwt	133.25–137.00	976	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	141.05/cwt	140.00–142.50	1,016	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	776	146.47/cwt	141.00–147.00	1,137	77
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	794	134.63/cwt	131.00–135.00	1,069	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	801	138.35/cwt	138.35–138.35	1,108	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	838	133.69/cwt	133.00–134.10	1,120	128
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	879	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,204	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	887	131.18/cwt	130.00–131.50	1,164	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	934	127.81/cwt	121.50–129.00	1,194	191
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	990	124.39/cwt	121.00–124.60	1,231	74
Steers	—	Large 1	1,055	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,266	4
Steers	—	Large 1	1,232	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,380	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	285	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	449	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	335	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	603	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	391	163.77/cwt	162.00–164.00	640	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	157.39/cwt	153.00–162.00	663	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	150.72/cwt	145.00–154.00	720	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	548	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	729	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	562	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	747	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	134.98/cwt	131.00–137.00	844	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	633	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	889	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	656	130.45/cwt	129.00–134.00	856	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	817	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	695	136.12/cwt	135.00–137.00	946	132
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	133.91/cwt	132.25–134.75	963	106
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	776	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	896	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	127.63/cwt	125.25–129.00	996	339
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	805	121.75/cwt	121.75–121.75	980	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	828	125.04/cwt	121.00–126.25	1,035	126
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	830	131.06/cwt	130.75–134.00	1,088	147
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	880	122.85/cwt	122.85–122.85	1,081	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	923	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,085	27
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,026	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,170	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	599	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	875	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	647	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	906	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	712	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	854	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	770	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	893	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	880	109.78/cwt	106.00–114.00	966	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	936	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	983	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,466	74.00/cwt	68.50–77.00	1,085	4
Bulls	—	—	1,939	91.47/cwt	86.00–95.00	1,774	15
Bulls	—	—	2,197	98.76/cwt	96.00–102.00	2,170	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,138	52.86/cwt	45.00–55.50	602	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,183	61.35/cwt	58.00–65.00	726	60
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,401	66.91/cwt	65.00–69.00	937	59
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,461	71.61/cwt	70.00–75.00	1,046	33
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,200	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	11,400	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,274	1,153.75/cwt	935.00–1,200.00	14,699	19
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,296	858.92/cwt	835.00–950.00	11,132	13
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,300	1,185.00/cwt	1,185.00–1,185.00	15,405	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,315	907.56/cwt	685.00–935.00	11,934	18
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,345	830.00/cwt	830.00–830.00	11,164	6
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs7 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	967	1,616.67/cwt	1,525.00–1,800.00	15,633	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,000	885.00/cwt	885.00–885.00	8,850	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,082	1,126.82/cwt	910.00–1,175.00	12,192	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,121	1,076.70/cwt	960.00–1,225.00	12,070	47
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,186	1,316.43/cwt	1,175.00–1,650.00	15,613	35
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,229	1,317.14/cwt	1,210.00–1,360.00	16,188	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,312	1,900.66/cwt	1,200.00–2,125.00	24,937	68
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,050	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	11,288	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 Apr 14, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,263Last week 3,528Year ago 1,980

Slaughter CattleReceipts 219Last week 176Year ago 132

Replacement CattleReceipts 251Last week 37Year ago 332

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	519	169.00–176.00	171.61
8	—	343	175.00–182.50	180.63
31	—	794	131.00–135.00	134.63
5	—	434	186.00	186.00
68	—	720	140.00–142.50	141.05
65	—	887	130.00–131.50	131.18
19	—	687	150.50	150.50
11	—	477	182.50–188.00	184.86
10	—	562	153.00–159.00	156.05
4	—	378	185.00–187.50	186.86
191	—	934	121.50–129.00	127.81
128	—	838	133.00–134.10	133.69
74	—	990	121.00–124.60	124.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	329	200.00	200.00
77	—	776	141.00–147.00	146.47
45	—	801	138.35	138.35
18	—	879	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	436	180.00	180.00
3	—	380	175.00–177.50	175.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,055	120.00	120.00
2	—	1,232	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	719	133.25–137.00	135.75
13	—	675	132.50–142.00	136.58
4	—	475	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
147	—	830	130.75–134.00	131.06
132	—	695	135.00–137.00	136.12
18	—	633	140.50	140.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	923	117.50	117.50
106	—	719	132.25–134.75	133.91
33	—	656	129.00–134.00	130.45
29	—	880	122.85	122.85
7	—	335	180.00	180.00
4	—	562	133.00	133.00
339	—	780	125.25–129.00	127.63
126	—	828	121.00–126.25	125.04
8	—	391	162.00–164.00	163.77
24	—	625	131.00–137.00	134.98
19	—	478	145.00–154.00	150.72
5	—	548	133.00	133.00
13	—	421	153.00–162.00	157.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	285	157.50	157.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,026	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	675	121.00	121.00
8	—	776	115.50	115.50
15	—	805	121.75	121.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	647	140.00	140.00
7	—	599	146.00	146.00
5	—	712	120.00	120.00
6	—	936	105.00	105.00
4	—	770	116.00	116.00
15	—	880	106.00–114.00	109.78

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/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	—	1,315	685.00–935.00	907.56
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	—	1,274	935.00–1,200.00	1,153.75
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,200	950.00	950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,345	830.00	830.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,296	835.00–950.00	858.92
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,300	1,185.00	1,185.00

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	6	—	967	1,525.00–1,800.00	1,616.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	35	—	1,186	1,175.00–1,650.00	1,316.43
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	47	—	1,121	960.00–1,225.00	1,076.70
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,229	1,210.00–1,360.00	1,317.14
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	68	—	1,312	1,200.00–2,125.00	1,900.66
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,000	885.00	885.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,082	910.00–1,175.00	1,126.82

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	—	1,050	1,075.00	1,075.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,461	70.00–75.00	71.61
59	—	1,401	65.00–69.00	66.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,183	58.00–65.00	61.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,138	45.00–55.50	52.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,939	86.00–95.00	91.47
4	—	1,466	68.50–77.00	74.00
5	—	2,197	96.00–102.00	98.76

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.