Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2021-09-08

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Sep 8
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,730 head
▲ 115 vs last sale 1,615▼ 1,076 vs year ago 2,806 · −38.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
85 head
▼ 73 vs last sale 158▲ 34 vs year ago 51 · +66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 600 lb to 1,000 lb sold 4.00 to 9.00 lower. Steer calves 400 lb to 600 lb sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers 700 lb to 950 lb sold unevenly steady. Heifers 600 lb to 700 lb sold 6.00 higher. Heifer calves 500 lb to 600 lb sold 6.00 lower. Heifer calves 400 lb to 500 lb sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. higher. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold steady. The exception was 2 high yielding cows that sold for 85. Not enough slaughter bulls for a market test, however a lower tone was noted.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $154.38/cwt on 1,166 head.
Average price
$154.38
1,166 head · 683 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,054
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$103
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$51.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.47
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1673156.841,0551,057
Medium and Large 1-2753132.821,000100
Large 11,097105.571,1589thin
One grade step is worth $51.27/cwt here — about −$103 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 sale1,166 hd
154.38
—
KS average3 barns · 2,956 hd
149.91
+4.47
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—Low1,74484.091,46611
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,34175.351,01051
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25367.418454thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11549.645532thin

Every lot

53 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1418184.50/cwt184.00–185.007712
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy427201.00/cwt201.00–201.0085818
Steers—Medium and Large 1545192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,04646
Steers—Medium and Large 1593166.00/cwt166.00–166.009849
Steers—Medium and Large 1635153.00/cwt153.00–153.009727
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2673138.19/cwt136.00–141.009309
Steers—Medium and Large 1697153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,0665
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy704159.50/cwt159.50–159.501,12323
Steers—Medium and Large 1715152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,0874
Steers—Medium and Large 1765148.11/cwt146.00–152.001,13353
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy784159.10/cwt159.10–159.101,24768
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2807136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,09814
Steers—Medium and Large 1833154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,28735
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy841140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,17722
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2862133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,15115
Steers—Medium and Large 1881146.52/cwt146.00–151.001,29159
Steers—Medium and Large 1927153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,41856
Steers—Medium and Large 1967139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,3444
Steers—Large 11,225129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,5802
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy398195.00/cwt195.00–195.00776110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy468174.00/cwt174.00–174.0081415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468163.00/cwt163.00–163.0076322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522148.42/cwt146.00–151.0077521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2541106.00/cwt106.00–106.005733
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575120.00/cwt120.00–120.006901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1588147.44/cwt147.00–148.0086718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2614145.00/cwt145.00–145.008905
Heifers—Medium and Large 1632155.33/cwt153.50–155.7598287
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy637158.25/cwt158.25–158.251,00873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy654163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,06682
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy674132.50/cwt132.50–132.5089310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1686148.08/cwt147.00–152.001,01692
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2709135.39/cwt131.00–143.0096044
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy713158.50/cwt158.50–158.501,13061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728151.78/cwt150.50–153.251,105147
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy756142.25/cwt142.25–142.251,07561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1766154.47/cwt153.75–155.101,183137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2767140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,07814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2804135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,08516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy815137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,12120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1824145.81/cwt143.00–146.501,20177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2875120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0506
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2909119.57/cwt115.00–125.001,08711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1920132.52/cwt127.00–134.001,21924
Heifers—Large 11,062108.35/cwt101.00–112.001,1516
Heifers—Large 11,166100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,1663
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,70585.55/cwt81.00–88.001,4599
Bulls——1,80563.00/cwt63.00–63.001,1371
Bulls——2,03092.00/cwt92.00–92.001,8681
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11549.64/cwt45.00–54.005532
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25367.41/cwt65.00–68.508454
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,28973.60/cwt70.00–75.5094935
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45479.19/cwt76.00–85.001,15116

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.