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

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jun 2
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
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 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 / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1859138.661,191533
Medium and Large 1-2816130.751,06770
Large 11,018125.361,27675
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,48290.311,33911
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,25978.6299024
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16571.628344thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12163.467119thin

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed430187.00/cwt187.00–187.008046
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2456168.00/cwt168.00–168.007663
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535141.00/cwt141.00–141.007548
Steers—Medium and Large 1580163.50/cwt163.50–163.5094817
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy611166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,01741
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2658147.00/cwt147.00–147.009673
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy677156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,05630
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy705152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,07518
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2748132.00/cwt132.00–132.009876
Steers—Medium and Large 1779142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,1066
Steers—Medium and Large 1843135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,14215
Steers—Medium and Large 1879135.34/cwt134.50–137.001,190212
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2900125.75/cwt125.75–125.751,13250
Steers—Medium and Large 1942131.19/cwt131.10–132.251,23659
Steers—Medium and Large 1992127.40/cwt123.75–129.351,264129
Steers—Large 11,010128.25/cwt128.25–128.251,29558
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,044115.50/cwt115.50–115.501,20617
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425146.00/cwt146.00–146.006211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513141.84/cwt141.00–142.507289
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy577144.50/cwt144.50–144.5083419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623134.67/cwt133.50–137.008396
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy676142.50/cwt142.50–142.5096316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1719136.00/cwt136.00–136.0097813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2729128.50/cwt128.50–128.509374
Heifers—Medium and Large 1758129.75/cwt129.75–129.7598446
Heifers—Medium and Large 1830125.27/cwt120.75–127.001,040308
Heifers—Medium and Large 1870122.00/cwt121.50–124.001,06180
Heifers—Medium and Large 1926120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1118
Heifers—Large 11,02293.85/cwt92.50–94.0095910
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,44988.80/cwt86.00–92.001,2879
Bulls——1,63397.13/cwt95.00–99.001,5862
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12163.46/cwt62.50–68.007119
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16571.62/cwt70.50–73.008344
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,20577.49/cwt75.00–79.0093416
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36780.88/cwt80.00–82.001,1068

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.