Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2021-06-09

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jun 9
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,557 head
▲ 327 vs last sale 1,230▲ 104 vs year ago 1,453 · +7.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
274 head
▲ 217 vs last sale 57▲ 129 vs year ago 145 · +89.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 0▼ 39 vs year ago 60 · −65.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 875 lb to 950 lb sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Steers 500 lb to 875 lb sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400 lb to 850 lb sold steady to 3.00 higher. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.56/cwt on 762 head.
Average price
$131.56
762 head · 741 lb average
Value per head Derived
$975
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$207
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.85
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1748131.88987722
Medium and Large 1-2620125.6778040
One grade step is worth $6.21/cwt here — about $207 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 sale762 hd
131.56
—
KS average2 barns · 1,771 hd
129.71
+1.85
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—Average1,89295.821,81328
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,46778.851,15777
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28274.07950104
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,19265.8878532

Every lot

54 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1330182.00/cwt182.00–182.006011
Steers—Medium and Large 1398183.00/cwt183.00–183.007283
Steers—Medium and Large 1460182.41/cwt181.00–184.0083939
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475170.00/cwt170.00–170.008085
Steers—Medium and Large 1529171.05/cwt169.00–174.0090511
Steers—Medium and Large 1565167.38/cwt161.00–170.0094625
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585140.00/cwt140.00–140.008192
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2621147.00/cwt147.00–147.009138
Steers—Medium and Large 1634156.37/cwt156.00–157.0099111
Steers—Medium and Large 1651149.00/cwt149.00–149.009703
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2667128.70/cwt126.00–130.008583
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy714149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,06718
Steers—Medium and Large 1737141.86/cwt141.00–142.001,04639
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy756142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,07710
Steers—Medium and Large 1773137.33/cwt133.00–138.501,06221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2799126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0075
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy810140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,13413
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2855116.00/cwt116.00–116.009923
Steers—Medium and Large 1878135.82/cwt134.00–136.251,19285
Steers—Medium and Large 1918134.40/cwt131.00–135.251,23469
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy929125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1616
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy942135.43/cwt135.25–135.601,276128
Steers—Medium and Large 1955135.10/cwt135.10–135.101,29053
Steers—Large 11,045115.50/cwt115.50–115.501,2072
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1393152.00/cwt152.00–152.005973
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned405123.00/cwt123.00–123.004984
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2408137.00/cwt137.00–137.005594
Heifers—Medium and Large 1439152.63/cwt150.50–158.0067048
Heifers—Medium and Large 1484144.00/cwt144.00–144.006978
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2487131.00/cwt131.00–131.006382
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522144.81/cwt140.50–146.5075625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1588140.50/cwt140.50–140.5082615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2590120.00/cwt120.00–120.007081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2634126.10/cwt121.50–133.0079912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2673127.00/cwt127.00–127.008553
Heifers—Medium and Large 1680135.06/cwt133.50–137.2591829
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy706137.50/cwt137.50–137.5097125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1713131.74/cwt127.00–134.0093971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2741122.19/cwt121.00–122.5090514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1775132.81/cwt130.00–134.001,029194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1835125.28/cwt123.00–128.001,046304
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1447160.00/cwt160.00–160.007152
Bulls—Medium and Large 1590145.00/cwt145.00–145.008562
Bulls—Medium and Large 1635124.00/cwt124.00–124.007871
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,48385.90/cwt84.00–88.001,2743
Bulls——1,88394.29/cwt90.00–98.001,77516
Bulls——2,043101.85/cwt100.00–105.502,0819
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19265.88/cwt60.00–70.5078532
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28274.07/cwt71.00–76.00950104
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35577.52/cwt77.00–79.001,05038
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57680.15/cwt79.50–82.501,26339
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2001,925.94/cwt1,850.00–1,985.0023,11116
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2001,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0014,1002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3001,450.00/cwt1,450.00–1,450.0018,8502

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.