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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2021-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Aug 25

● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Aug 18Aug 25Sep 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,415 head

▲ 45 vs last sale 1,370▲ 7 vs year ago 1,408 · +0.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

237 head

▲ 91 vs last sale 146▲ 83 vs year ago 154 · +53.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

8 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 5▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Fi nal Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 700 lb to 1,000 lb sold 4.00 to 7.00 higher. Steers and heifers 500 lb to 700 lb sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves 350 lb to 500 lb sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers 700 lb to 1,000 lb sold steady to 3.00 higher. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

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 $155.43/cwt on 692 head.

Average price

$155.43

692 head · 824 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,281

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$498

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

$26.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.18

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	789	162.23	1,280	470
Medium and Large 1-2	698	144.10	1,005	74
Large 1	1,026	139.73	1,433	139
Medium and Large 2	575	136.00	782	9thin

One grade step is worth $26.23/cwt here — about $498 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 sale692 hd

155.43

—

KS average3 barns · 4,221 hd

156.61

−1.18

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	—	Average	1,916	87.10	1,669	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,398	76.29	1,066	143
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,205	61.29	739	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,192	55.35	660	24

Every lot

72 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	336	196.82/cwt	196.50–197.50	661	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	391	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	772	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	427	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	779	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	866	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	482	179.12/cwt	175.00–181.00	863	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	493	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	917	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	493	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	848	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	519	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	784	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	525	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	835	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	575	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	782	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	973	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	900	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	606	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,088	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	681	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	892	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	160.18/cwt	159.00–166.00	1,092	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	733	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,070	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	160.33/cwt	160.00–160.50	1,244	92
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	791	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,210	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	834	149.99/cwt	146.00–153.00	1,251	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	842	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,120	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	850	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,156	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	927	124.01/cwt	122.00–128.00	1,150	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	928	155.92/cwt	155.85–156.00	1,447	126
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	976	151.05/cwt	147.85–153.10	1,474	95
Steers	—	Large 1	1,010	141.19/cwt	135.00–141.25	1,426	108
Steers	—	Large 1	1,078	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,455	30
Steers	—	Large 1	1,135	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,407	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	341	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	675	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	351	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	614	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	375	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	694	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	413	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	714	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	416	151.00/cwt	147.50–157.50	628	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	419	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	800	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	442	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	707	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	471	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	791	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	741	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	482	161.60/cwt	161.00–165.00	779	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	500	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	795	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	514	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	655	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	538	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	820	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	155.93/cwt	150.00–157.50	895	75
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	754	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	585	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	825	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	151.16/cwt	147.00–155.50	954	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	667	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	917	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	153.35/cwt	145.00–154.52	1,115	74
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	730	157.79/cwt	157.00–158.00	1,152	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	758	154.52/cwt	154.50–155.00	1,171	103
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	802	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	970	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	822	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,217	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	872	127.25/cwt	127.00–128.00	1,110	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	903	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,129	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	995	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,259	25
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,035	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	1,206	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	363	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	590	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	421	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	789	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	440	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	737	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	465	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	753	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	550	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	759	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	595	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	803	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	747	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,068	24
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	880	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,056	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,410	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,128	1
Bulls	—	—	1,640	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	1,115	1
Bulls	—	—	2,046	91.47/cwt	91.00–93.00	1,871	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,192	55.35/cwt	53.00–57.00	660	24
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,205	61.29/cwt	58.00–68.00	739	41
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,347	73.25/cwt	69.50–77.00	987	98
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,508	82.91/cwt	78.00–86.00	1,250	45
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,076	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	11,836	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,187	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	11,870	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,220	1,235.00/cwt	1,235.00–1,235.00	15,067	2

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 25, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,415Last week 1,370Year ago 1,408

Slaughter CattleReceipts 237Last week 146Year ago 154

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 5Year ago 0

* Fi nal Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	416	147.50–157.50	151.00
5	—	538	152.50	152.50
4	—	585	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,035	116.50	116.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	730	157.00–158.00	157.79
16	—	419	191.00	191.00
4	—	822	148.00	148.00
3	—	375	185.00	185.00
28	—	471	168.00	168.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	514	127.50	127.50
5	—	667	137.50	137.50
22	—	802	121.00	121.00
12	—	578	130.50	130.50
11	—	478	155.00	155.00
9	—	442	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	872	127.00–128.00	127.25
6	—	413	173.00	173.00
4	—	903	125.00	125.00
5	—	341	198.00	198.00
2	—	500	159.00	159.00
74	—	727	145.00–154.52	153.35
103	—	758	154.50–155.00	154.52
25	—	995	126.50	126.50
75	—	574	150.00–157.50	155.93
3	—	351	175.00	175.00
46	—	482	161.00–165.00	161.60
20	—	631	147.00–155.50	151.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	791	153.00	153.00
18	—	681	131.00	131.00
16	—	519	151.00	151.00
3	—	590	152.50	152.50
3	—	850	136.00	136.00
3	—	733	146.00	146.00
3	—	493	172.00	172.00
6	—	927	122.00–128.00	124.01
2	—	842	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	576	169.00	169.00
17	—	435	199.00	199.00
5	—	391	197.50	197.50
29	—	482	175.00–181.00	179.12
27	—	834	146.00–153.00	149.99
3	—	336	196.50–197.50	196.82
126	—	928	155.85–156.00	155.92
92	—	776	160.00–160.50	160.33
17	—	682	159.00–166.00	160.18
95	—	976	147.85–153.10	151.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	1,010	135.00–141.25	141.19
1	—	1,135	124.00	124.00
30	—	1,078	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	493	186.00	186.00
16	—	606	179.50	179.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	575	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	427	182.50	182.50
5	—	525	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	162.00	162.00
1	—	550	138.00	138.00
5	—	421	187.50	187.50
5	—	363	162.50	162.50
24	—	747	143.00	143.00
2	—	880	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	440	167.50	167.50
6	—	595	135.00	135.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,192	53.00–57.00	55.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,508	78.00–86.00	82.91
98	—	1,347	69.50–77.00	73.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,205	58.00–68.00	61.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,410	80.00	80.00
1	—	1,640	68.00	68.00
6	—	2,046	91.00–93.00	91.47

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,187	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,220	1,235.00	1,235.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,076	1,100.00	1,100.00

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.