Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2021-06-02

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2021-06-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jun 2

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← May 26Jun 2Jun 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,230 head

▼ 444 vs last sale 1,674▼ 1,027 vs year ago 2,257 · −45.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

57 head

▼ 223 vs last sale 280▼ 258 vs year ago 315 · −81.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 700 lb to 1,000 lb sold steady. Steers 575 lb to 700 lb sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers

575 lb to 925 lb sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady. No high quality bulls were available.

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 $136.37/cwt on 678 head.

Average price

$136.37

678 head · 872 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,189

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$85

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$13.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.67

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	859	138.66	1,191	533
Medium and Large 1-2	816	130.75	1,067	70
Large 1	1,018	125.36	1,276	75

One grade step is worth $13.30/cwt here — about −$85 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 sale678 hd

136.37

—

KS average3 barns · 3,544 hd

134.70

+1.67

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	1,482	90.31	1,339	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,259	78.62	990	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,165	71.62	834	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,121	63.46	711	9thin

Every lot

35 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	430	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	804	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	456	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	766	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	754	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	948	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	611	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,017	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	658	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	967	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	677	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,056	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	705	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,075	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	748	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	987	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	779	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,106	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	843	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,142	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	879	135.34/cwt	134.50–137.00	1,190	212
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	125.75/cwt	125.75–125.75	1,132	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	942	131.19/cwt	131.10–132.25	1,236	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	992	127.40/cwt	123.75–129.35	1,264	129
Steers	—	Large 1	1,010	128.25/cwt	128.25–128.25	1,295	58
Steers	—	Large 1Fleshy	1,044	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,206	17
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	621	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	513	141.84/cwt	141.00–142.50	728	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	577	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	834	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	134.67/cwt	133.50–137.00	839	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	676	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	963	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	978	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	729	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	937	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	758	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	984	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	125.27/cwt	120.75–127.00	1,040	308
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	870	122.00/cwt	121.50–124.00	1,061	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	926	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,111	8
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,022	93.85/cwt	92.50–94.00	959	10
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,449	88.80/cwt	86.00–92.00	1,287	9
Bulls	—	—	1,633	97.13/cwt	95.00–99.00	1,586	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,121	63.46/cwt	62.50–68.00	711	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,165	71.62/cwt	70.50–73.00	834	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,205	77.49/cwt	75.00–79.00	934	16
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,367	80.88/cwt	80.00–82.00	1,106	8

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.

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