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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2021-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Sep 22

● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Sep 15Sep 22Sep 29 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,651 head

▼ 195 vs last sale 1,846▼ 972 vs year ago 2,623 · −37.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

150 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 148▲ 27 vs year ago 123 · +22.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

12 head

▲ 12 vs last sale 0▼ 48 vs year ago 60 · −80.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 800 lb to 1,000 lb sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Steers 400 lb to 800 lb sold unevenly steady. Steer calves 300 lb to 400 lb sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers 700 lb to 950 lb sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Heifer calves 350 lb to 700 lb sold unevenly steady. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

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 $148.23/cwt on 756 head.

Average price

$148.23

756 head · 662 lb average

Value per head Derived

$981

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$288

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$22.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.48

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	669	150.34	1,005	629
Medium and Large 1-2	615	138.09	849	123
Large 1	1,010	128.00	1,293	4thin

One grade step is worth $22.34/cwt here — about −$288 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 sale756 hd

148.23

—

KS average3 barns · 1,471 hd

145.74

+2.48

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,850	84.94	1,571	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,389	69.62	967	46
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,181	59.30	700	73
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,105	46.00	508	2thin

Every lot

79 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	291	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	541	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	330	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	652	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	381	173.45/cwt	171.00–179.00	661	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	399	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	642	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	175.73/cwt	171.00–180.00	747	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	445	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	650	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	458	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	719	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	817	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	789	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	508	175.63/cwt	172.00–177.00	892	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	829	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	162.83/cwt	160.00–169.00	870	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	564	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	931	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	136.37/cwt	133.00–143.00	790	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	588	152.87/cwt	152.50–157.50	899	83
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	590	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,062	71
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	160.34/cwt	160.00–161.00	986	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	625	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,041	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	634	147.30/cwt	147.00–150.00	934	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	143.29/cwt	141.00–144.00	950	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	666	152.14/cwt	147.00–154.00	1,013	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	702	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,018	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	147.51/cwt	142.00–149.00	1,064	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	745	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,185	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	787	146.45/cwt	144.00–151.00	1,153	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	794	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,056	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	805	155.35/cwt	155.35–155.35	1,251	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	825	145.31/cwt	142.00–151.00	1,199	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	838	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,115	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	859	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,340	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	884	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,326	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	980	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,348	63
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	277	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	575	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	321	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	642	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	348	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	653	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	367	180.86/cwt	175.00–183.00	664	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	405	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	709	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	157.29/cwt	155.00–162.00	679	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	619	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	457	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	781	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	160.48/cwt	157.00–163.00	756	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	494	144.84/cwt	144.00–145.00	716	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	516	147.65/cwt	147.00–151.00	762	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	541	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	771	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	563	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	743	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	144.81/cwt	144.50–145.00	825	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	597	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	916	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	598	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	783	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	132.96/cwt	131.00–135.00	835	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	134.49/cwt	133.00–135.00	846	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	633	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	975	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	985	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	141.47/cwt	128.00–148.00	952	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	695	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,074	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	708	154.75/cwt	154.75–154.75	1,096	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	711	148.45/cwt	146.50–153.00	1,055	89
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	720	133.73/cwt	121.00–136.50	963	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	782	145.18/cwt	142.00–149.00	1,135	123
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	905	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	941	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	941	130.75/cwt	130.75–130.75	1,230	44
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,010	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,293	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	339	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	678	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	451	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	710	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	452	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	687	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	575	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	805	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	656	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	827	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	722	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	852	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,700	77.43/cwt	75.00–79.00	1,316	2
Bulls	—	—	1,860	91.54/cwt	90.50–92.50	1,703	2
Bulls	—	—	1,906	85.31/cwt	84.00–87.00	1,626	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,105	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	508	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,181	59.30/cwt	53.00–65.00	700	73
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,318	66.81/cwt	64.00–69.50	881	25
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,474	72.96/cwt	70.00–78.00	1,075	21
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	933	1,029.36/cwt	900.00–1,150.00	9,604	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,015	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	10,658	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,032	1,115.78/cwt	1,085.00–1,200.00	11,515	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,063	1,005.47/cwt	835.00–1,150.00	10,688	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,452	920.00/cwt	920.00–920.00	13,358	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 Sep 22, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,651Last week 1,846Year ago 2,623

Slaughter CattleReceipts 150Last week 148Year ago 123

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 0Year ago 60

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	291	186.00	186.00
63	—	980	137.50	137.50
28	—	721	142.00–149.00	147.51
83	—	588	152.50–157.50	152.87
16	—	425	171.00–180.00	175.73
18	—	787	144.00–151.00	146.45
26	—	825	142.00–151.00	145.31
3	—	381	171.00–179.00	173.45
23	—	666	147.00–154.00	152.14
3	—	615	160.00–161.00	160.34
5	—	884	150.00	150.00
12	—	475	172.00	172.00
1	—	330	197.50	197.50
39	—	534	160.00–169.00	162.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	458	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	564	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	508	172.00–177.00	175.63
71	—	590	180.00	180.00
52	—	805	155.35	155.35
13	—	745	159.00	159.00
63	—	859	156.00	156.00
19	—	625	166.50	166.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	478	165.00	165.00
16	—	663	141.00–144.00	143.29
9	—	702	145.00	145.00
4	—	838	133.00	133.00
18	—	399	161.00	161.00
27	—	528	157.00	157.00
2	—	445	146.00	146.00
11	—	794	133.00	133.00
61	—	634	147.00–150.00	147.30
6	—	579	133.00–143.00	136.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	656	126.00	126.00
3	—	575	140.00	140.00
4	—	722	118.00	118.00
3	—	451	157.50	157.50
5	—	339	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	452	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	782	142.00–149.00	145.18
37	—	471	157.00–163.00	160.48
8	—	367	175.00–183.00	180.86
3	—	348	187.50	187.50
44	—	941	130.75	130.75
89	—	711	146.50–153.00	148.45
30	—	673	128.00–148.00	141.47
13	—	516	147.00–151.00	147.65
49	—	570	144.50–145.00	144.81
8	—	629	133.00–135.00	134.49
2	—	277	207.50	207.50
13	—	432	155.00–162.00	157.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	633	154.00	154.00
3	—	321	200.00	200.00
44	—	708	154.75	154.75
29	—	457	171.00	171.00
66	—	695	154.50	154.50
3	—	405	175.00	175.00
31	—	597	153.50	153.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,010	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	541	142.50	142.50
12	—	494	144.00–145.00	144.84
7	—	905	104.00	104.00
4	—	598	131.00	131.00
30	—	720	121.00–136.50	133.73
10	—	628	131.00–135.00	132.96
21	—	670	147.00	147.00
19	—	433	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	563	132.00	132.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,105	46.00	46.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,318	64.00–69.50	66.81
21	—	1,474	70.00–78.00	72.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	1,181	53.00–65.00	59.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,906	84.00–87.00	85.31
2	—	1,700	75.00–79.00	77.43
2	—	1,860	90.50–92.50	91.54

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,063	835.00–1,150.00	1,005.47
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,032	1,085.00–1,200.00	1,115.78
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	933	900.00–1,150.00	1,029.36
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,015	1,050.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,452	920.00	920.00

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.