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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2021-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Aug 11

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Jul 21Aug 11Aug 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

776 head

▲ 230 vs last sale 546▼ 284 vs year ago 1,060 · −26.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

197 head

▼ 102 vs last sale 299▲ 17 vs year ago 180 · +9.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

15 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 21▼ 4 vs year ago 19 · −21.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Report *

Light run of feeder steers and feeder heifers. Nice run of steer and heifer calves. Demand was good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $162.94/cwt on 416 head.

Average price

$162.94

416 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$923

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$36.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.16

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	163.91	924	405
Medium and Large 1-2	669	127.09	851	11thin

One grade step is worth $36.82/cwt here — about $74 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 sale416 hd

162.94

—

KS average3 barns · 2,457 hd

151.78

+11.16

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	—	Low	1,870	91.24	1,707	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,366	76.49	1,045	51
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,234	67.17	829	51
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,153	59.07	681	23

Every lot

62 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	305	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	572	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	370	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	657	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	377	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	494	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	379	188.15/cwt	185.00–191.00	713	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	448	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	815	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	178.58/cwt	177.00–179.00	836	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	490	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	853	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	513	145.78/cwt	144.00–147.50	748	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	530	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	949	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	542	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	916	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	544	175.48/cwt	175.00–175.50	955	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	165.94/cwt	164.00–166.00	959	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	627	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,053	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	161.82/cwt	161.00–166.50	1,015	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	156.06/cwt	152.00–159.00	1,049	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	703	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,111	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	708	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,005	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	145.64/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,126	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	837	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,151	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	865	150.57/cwt	146.00–151.00	1,302	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	895	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,226	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	918	142.96/cwt	141.00–144.00	1,312	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	965	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,332	1
Steers	—	Large 1	1,055	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,466	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	341	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	610	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	373	168.80/cwt	167.50–169.00	630	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	387	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	689	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	784	113
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	162.45/cwt	161.00–167.00	692	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	156.74/cwt	155.00–160.00	740	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	484	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	803	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	490	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	740	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	509	149.86/cwt	149.00–150.00	763	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	542	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	764	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	147.72/cwt	142.00–148.50	838	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	772	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	149.20/cwt	146.00–151.00	921	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	662	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	874	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	688	143.99/cwt	143.00–147.50	991	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	138.67/cwt	138.00–139.00	1,012	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	750	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,020	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	785	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	785	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	859	138.02/cwt	135.00–141.50	1,186	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	868	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,272	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	896	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	968	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	942	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,243	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	520	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	822	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	535	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	749	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	623	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	903	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	710	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	973	8
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,714	83.37/cwt	82.50–85.00	1,429	7
Bulls	—	—	1,904	92.31/cwt	87.00–97.00	1,758	12
Bulls	—	—	2,009	99.71/cwt	98.00–101.50	2,003	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,153	59.07/cwt	58.00–61.00	681	23
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,234	67.17/cwt	62.00–70.00	829	51
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,288	75.13/cwt	72.00–78.00	968	39
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,620	80.93/cwt	78.50–83.00	1,311	12
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,115	985.00/cwt	985.00–985.00	10,983	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,160	985.00/cwt	985.00–985.00	11,426	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,192	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	9,655	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,575	1,185.00/cwt	1,185.00–1,185.00	18,664	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,300	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	12,675	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 Aug 11, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 776Last week 546Year ago 1,060

Slaughter CattleReceipts 197Last week 299Year ago 180

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 21Year ago 19

* Report *

Light run of feeder steers and feeder heifers. Nice run of steer and heifer calves. Demand was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	662	132.00	132.00
7	—	373	167.50–169.00	168.80
3	—	341	179.00	179.00
2	—	542	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	896	108.00	108.00
4	—	490	151.00	151.00
2	—	785	100.00	100.00
2	—	572	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	868	146.50	146.50
113	—	400	196.00	196.00
41	—	484	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	567	142.00–148.50	147.72
30	—	688	143.00–147.50	143.99
6	—	387	178.00	178.00
11	—	472	155.00–160.00	156.74
2	—	942	132.00	132.00
20	—	617	146.00–151.00	149.20
21	—	426	161.00–167.00	162.45
13	—	859	135.00–141.50	138.02
3	—	750	136.00	136.00
6	—	730	138.00–139.00	138.67
22	—	509	149.00–150.00	149.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	627	161.00–166.50	161.82
10	—	468	177.00–179.00	178.58
1	—	965	138.00	138.00
13	—	379	185.00–191.00	188.15
35	—	578	164.00–166.00	165.94
12	—	672	152.00–159.00	156.06
14	—	865	146.00–151.00	150.57
27	—	544	175.00–175.50	175.48
20	—	918	141.00–144.00	142.96
4	—	703	158.00	158.00
16	—	773	140.00–147.00	145.64
56	—	448	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	530	179.00	179.00
11	—	627	168.00	168.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	187.50	187.50
6	—	490	174.00	174.00
1	—	370	177.50	177.50
5	—	542	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	895	137.00	137.00
3	—	708	142.00	142.00
2	—	837	137.50	137.50
5	—	377	131.00	131.00
2	—	513	144.00–147.50	145.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	520	158.00	158.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	710	137.00	137.00
2	—	623	145.00	145.00
1	—	535	140.00	140.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,115	985.00	985.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,160	985.00	985.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,575	1,185.00	1,185.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,192	810.00	810.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	975.00	975.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,153	58.00–61.00	59.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,288	72.00–78.00	75.13
12	—	1,620	78.50–83.00	80.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,234	62.00–70.00	67.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,714	82.50–85.00	83.37
5	—	2,009	98.00–101.50	99.71
12	—	1,904	87.00–97.00	92.31

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.