Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2021-09-01

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Sep 1
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,615 head
▲ 200 vs last sale 1,415▲ 341 vs year ago 1,274 · +26.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
158 head
▼ 79 vs last sale 237▼ 8 vs year ago 166 · −4.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 8▼ 13 vs year ago 16 · −81.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 800 lb to 1,000 lb sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Steers 700 lb to 800 lb sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Steer calves 350 lb to 700 lb sold 5.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400 lb to 1,000 lb sold unevenly steady to 3.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $157.89/cwt on 749 head.
Average price
$157.89
749 head · 782 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,235
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$223
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.55
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1795158.411,260666
Medium and Large 1-2675153.681,03783
One grade step is worth $4.74/cwt here — about $223 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 sale749 hd
157.89
—
KS average3 barns · 3,358 hd
162.44
−4.55
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—Low1,83785.381,56921
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,33773.6598551
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18264.4876257
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14455.706379thin

Every lot

65 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1370190.00/cwt190.00–190.007031
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy422185.00/cwt185.00–185.007812
Steers—Medium and Large 1448172.00/cwt172.00–172.0077115
Steers—Medium and Large 1455173.00/cwt173.00–173.007871
Steers—Medium and Large 1526170.81/cwt167.00–172.0089825
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned550164.00/cwt164.00–164.0090236
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned568165.50/cwt165.50–165.509405
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2597138.00/cwt138.00–138.008242
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy598181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,08221
Steers—Medium and Large 1618167.61/cwt165.00–168.501,0364
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned646150.00/cwt150.00–150.0096923
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy670167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,1227
Steers—Medium and Large 1694163.56/cwt159.00–165.001,13584
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2698139.50/cwt139.50–139.509749
Steers—Medium and Large 1710159.37/cwt158.50–161.001,13229
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2720143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0305
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2768152.28/cwt147.00–154.001,17020
Steers—Medium and Large 1776159.53/cwt159.00–160.001,23862
Steers—Medium and Large 1806158.82/cwt152.00–159.851,28074
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2820145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1893
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy849161.35/cwt161.35–161.351,37049
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2857142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,2172
Steers—Medium and Large 1861157.35/cwt157.35–157.351,35564
Steers—Medium and Large 1921152.74/cwt152.00–153.501,407128
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2931140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,3036
Steers—Medium and Large 1961145.80/cwt145.75–146.001,40171
Steers—Medium and Large 11,260116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,4621
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned349146.00/cwt146.00–146.005109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373177.66/cwt171.00–179.0066331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned387164.00/cwt164.00–164.006352
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned433154.00/cwt154.00–154.0066714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460161.93/cwt160.00–166.5074510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned473152.00/cwt152.00–152.007193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480136.00/cwt136.00–136.006531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1509155.59/cwt150.00–157.0079241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2563138.91/cwt135.00–141.007823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568155.36/cwt152.50–157.0088221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1640142.67/cwt142.50–143.5091336
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2664139.50/cwt139.50–139.5092612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1681150.88/cwt150.75–151.001,02727
Heifers—Medium and Large 1709145.71/cwt140.50–147.001,03365
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2736133.62/cwt133.00–134.009838
Heifers—Medium and Large 1763153.28/cwt150.85–154.501,170147
Heifers—Medium and Large 1818147.82/cwt145.75–148.851,209280
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2822123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,0112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1900123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,1122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1990117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,1586
Heifers—Large 11,130104.97/cwt102.00–108.001,1862
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned300188.00/cwt188.00–188.005644
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned370185.00/cwt185.00–185.006851
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned379156.00/cwt156.00–156.005915
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned555145.00/cwt145.00–145.008051
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2712139.00/cwt139.00–139.009902
Bulls—Medium and Large 1736146.34/cwt144.00–147.501,0773
Bulls—Medium and Large 1820125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1953132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,2583
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,63074.54/cwt69.00–78.001,2154
Bulls——1,78385.69/cwt81.00–89.001,52812
Bulls——2,13493.30/cwt91.50–97.501,9915
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14455.70/cwt49.00–58.006379
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18264.48/cwt60.00–69.0076257
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30672.65/cwt70.00–75.0094937
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41976.31/cwt76.00–78.001,08314
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1501,070.00/cwt1,070.00–1,070.0012,3052
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2001,060.00/cwt1,060.00–1,060.0012,7201

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.