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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2021-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Apr 21

● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Apr 14Apr 21Apr 28 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,945 head

▼ 318 vs last sale 2,263▼ 419 vs year ago 2,364 · −17.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

294 head

▲ 75 vs last sale 219▲ 20 vs year ago 274 · +7.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

56 head

▼ 195 vs last sale 251▼ 24 vs year ago 80 · −30.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared with last week, feeder steers 700 lb to 1000 lb sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Steer calves 350 lb to 700 lb sold steady. Feeder heifers 700 lb to 950 lb sold steady Heifer calves 450 lb to 700 lb sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 to 5.00 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 $141.46/cwt on 965 head.

Average price

$141.46

965 head · 819 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,158

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$190

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$18.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.76

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	820	141.75	1,163	920
Medium and Large 1-2	756	136.74	1,034	41
Large 1	1,095	123.50	1,352	4thin

One grade step is worth $18.25/cwt here — about −$190 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 sale965 hd

141.46

—

KS average3 barns · 5,719 hd

144.22

−2.76

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	—	High	1,786	85.37	1,525	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,445	71.60	1,035	113
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,437	63.27	909	80
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,496	58.29	872	56

Every lot

59 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	338	188.74/cwt	180.00–191.00	638	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	387	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	700	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	439	192.55/cwt	187.00–196.00	845	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	484	175.32/cwt	175.00–176.00	849	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	505	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,005	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	507	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	867	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	169.33/cwt	164.00–170.00	889	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	558	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,021	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	589	163.32/cwt	162.00–168.00	962	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	698	145.75/cwt	145.75–145.75	1,017	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	706	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,115	75
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	142.81/cwt	135.50–146.50	1,035	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	769	139.60/cwt	138.00–141.00	1,074	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	783	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	959	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	827	136.07/cwt	131.50–138.00	1,125	97
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	865	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,038	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	882	132.98/cwt	131.50–136.00	1,173	262
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	915	130.51/cwt	125.00–132.75	1,194	169
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	950	122.25/cwt	122.25–122.25	1,161	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	985	125.94/cwt	123.75–127.75	1,241	130
Steers	—	Large 1	1,095	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,352	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	361	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	653	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	441	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	657	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	453	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	702	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	150.88/cwt	150.50–151.00	709	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	724	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	518	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	777	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	543	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	744	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	780	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	762	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	630	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	958	75
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	633	136.42/cwt	131.00–139.00	864	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	133.80/cwt	129.25–139.50	910	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	720	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	893	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	134.17/cwt	132.00–138.25	973	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	782	128.04/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,001	157
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	822	117.25/cwt	117.25–117.25	964	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	832	123.46/cwt	119.00–124.50	1,027	93
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	874	124.81/cwt	118.00–125.50	1,091	93
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	930	115.63/cwt	115.00–116.50	1,075	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	545	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	883	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	622	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	921	18
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,535	73.05/cwt	69.00–79.00	1,121	3
Bulls	—	—	1,784	83.34/cwt	78.00–90.00	1,487	10
Bulls	—	—	1,896	93.55/cwt	91.50–97.50	1,774	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,385	68.96/cwt	66.50–73.00	955	62
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,437	63.27/cwt	59.00–66.00	909	80
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,496	58.29/cwt	52.00–59.50	872	56
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,519	74.82/cwt	73.00–77.50	1,137	51
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,000	1,550.00/cwt	1,550.00–1,550.00	15,500	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,000	910.00/cwt	910.00–910.00	9,100	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,250	1,125.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,175.00	14,063	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,310	1,115.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,150.00	14,607	10
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,161	930.95/cwt	925.00–950.00	10,808	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,196	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	9,269	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,319	1,216.30/cwt	1,175.00–1,250.00	16,043	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,400	1,018.33/cwt	950.00–1,085.00	14,257	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,405	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	14,050	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,515	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	15,529	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 21, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,945Last week 2,263Year ago 2,364

Slaughter CattleReceipts 294Last week 219Year ago 274

Replacement CattleReceipts 56Last week 251Year ago 80

* Final Report *

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,896	91.50–97.50	93.55
10	—	1,784	78.00–90.00	83.34
3	—	1,535	69.00–79.00	73.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,496	52.00–59.50	58.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,519	73.00–77.50	74.82
62	—	1,385	66.50–73.00	68.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,437	59.00–66.00	63.27

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,250	1,075.00–1,175.00	1,125.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,310	1,050.00–1,150.00	1,115.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,000	1,550.00	1,550.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,000	910.00	910.00

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)	4	—	1,319	1,175.00–1,250.00	1,216.30
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,515	1,025.00	1,025.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,196	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,400	950.00–1,085.00	1,018.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,405	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,161	925.00–950.00	930.95

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	543	137.00	137.00
42	—	470	150.50–151.00	150.88
4	—	441	149.00	149.00
12	—	633	131.00–139.00	136.42
7	—	930	115.00–116.50	115.63
61	—	725	132.00–138.25	134.17
93	—	874	118.00–125.50	124.81
93	—	832	119.00–124.50	123.46
1	—	565	138.00	138.00
157	—	782	125.00–130.00	128.04
55	—	680	129.25–139.50	133.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	361	181.00	181.00
75	—	630	152.00	152.00
3	—	518	150.00	150.00
15	—	453	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	582	131.00	131.00
7	—	720	124.00	124.00
5	—	822	117.25	117.25
14	—	510	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	387	181.00	181.00
97	—	827	131.50–138.00	136.07
38	—	725	135.50–146.50	142.81
262	—	882	131.50–136.00	132.98
9	—	589	162.00–168.00	163.32
6	—	484	175.00–176.00	175.32
169	—	915	125.00–132.75	130.51
9	—	338	180.00–191.00	188.74
15	—	769	138.00–141.00	139.60
130	—	985	123.75–127.75	125.94
16	—	439	187.00–196.00	192.55
15	—	525	164.00–170.00	169.33
10	—	698	145.75	145.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	706	158.00	158.00
41	—	505	199.00	199.00
23	—	558	183.00	183.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,095	123.50	123.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	783	122.50	122.50
18	—	865	120.00	120.00
13	—	507	171.00	171.00
6	—	950	122.25	122.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	622	148.00	148.00
1	—	545	162.00	162.00

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.