Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2021-06-23

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jun 23
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,539 head
▲ 604 vs last sale 935▲ 1,539 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
163 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 103▲ 163 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 17▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Note Winter Livestock will not have an auction next Wednesday June 30 for harvest break

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 625 lb to 925 lb sold steady to 2.00 higher. Approximately 5 loads of fancy steers weighing 800 lb to 850 lb sold 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 625 b to 775 lb sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Heifers 775 lb to 850 lb sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Not enough steer or heifer calves for a market test. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold 6.00 to 7.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 8.00 to 9.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.88/cwt on 902 head.
Average price
$137.88
902 head · 770 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,062
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$97
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$9.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.48
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1772138.561,069835
Medium 1751129.5097367
One grade step is worth $9.06/cwt here — about $97 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 sale902 hd
137.88
—
KS average2 barns · 1,864 hd
138.36
−0.48
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—Average1,61586.301,39411
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,34675.531,01657
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21669.7984966
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17162.3673014

Every lot

32 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1382173.00/cwt173.00–173.006617
Steers—Medium and Large 1544162.00/cwt162.00–162.008815
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2608141.00/cwt141.00–141.008574
Steers—Medium and Large 1650153.00/cwt153.00–153.009953
Steers—Medium and Large 1720147.43/cwt146.50–147.751,06116
Steers—Medium and Large 1792141.51/cwt140.00–143.001,12129
Steers—Medium and Large 1832146.48/cwt142.85–149.251,219312
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy852148.75/cwt148.75–148.751,26749
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy912142.75/cwt142.75–142.751,30267
Steers—Medium and Large 1915136.93/cwt136.25–137.501,25360
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379169.00/cwt169.00–169.006416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430149.00/cwt149.00–149.006411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520145.00/cwt145.00–145.007546
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628140.41/cwt138.00–141.0088225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1691141.50/cwt141.50–141.5097840
Heifers—Medium and Large 1724140.30/cwt140.25–140.351,016128
Heifers—Medium 1751129.50/cwt129.50–129.5097367
Heifers—Medium and Large 1778139.68/cwt137.00–142.251,087425
Heifers—Medium and Large 1818133.27/cwt129.00–134.101,09078
Heifers—Medium and Large 1858133.12/cwt133.00–133.251,142126
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1660137.00/cwt137.00–137.009042
Bulls—Medium and Large 1805121.00/cwt121.00–121.009742
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2806103.00/cwt103.00–103.008305
Bulls—Medium and Large 1945107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,0111
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,41076.85/cwt70.00–82.001,0844
Bulls——1,71390.47/cwt90.00–91.001,5504
Bulls——1,75793.33/cwt93.00–94.001,6403
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17162.36/cwt61.00–65.0073014
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21669.79/cwt66.00–71.5084966
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,26973.53/cwt72.00–74.5093322
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39476.79/cwt75.00–79.001,07035
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3051,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0013,7032

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.