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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2021-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-06

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Oct 6

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Sep 29Oct 6Oct 13 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,495 head

▲ 1,066 vs last sale 1,429▲ 834 vs year ago 1,661 · +50.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

411 head

▲ 158 vs last sale 253▲ 199 vs year ago 212 · +93.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

51 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 71▲ 39 vs year ago 12 · +325.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 700 lb to 1,000 lb sold steady to 2.00 higher. No recent comparison on steers under 700 lb, however a steady tone was noted. Feeder heifers 500 lb to 850 lb sold steady to 2.00 higher. Heifer calves under 500 lb sold steady. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 lower.

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 $153.08/cwt on 1,288 head.

Average price

$153.08

1,288 head · 799 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,223

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$147

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$19.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.12

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	821	156.63	1,286	972
Medium and Large 1-2	712	142.40	1,014	298
Large 1	1,041	137.63	1,433	18thin

One grade step is worth $19.01/cwt here — about −$147 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 sale1,288 hd

153.08

—

KS average3 barns · 3,052 hd

153.20

−0.12

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	—	High	1,895	78.71	1,492	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,365	68.57	936	163
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,260	59.88	754	107
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,162	51.42	598	95

Every lot

61 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	250	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	456	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	340	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	609	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	366	170.82/cwt	170.00–172.00	625	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	416	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	707	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	817	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	488	162.33/cwt	157.00–164.00	792	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	498	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	881	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	151.84/cwt	149.00–153.00	812	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	583	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	950	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	588	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	856	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	143.30/cwt	135.50–144.50	886	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	641	157.39/cwt	155.00–162.00	1,009	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	683	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	990	86
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	716	152.73/cwt	151.00–154.00	1,094	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	731	137.01/cwt	135.50–138.00	1,002	92
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	751	160.75/cwt	160.75–160.75	1,207	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	772	154.93/cwt	151.00–156.00	1,196	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	790	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,165	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	824	160.31/cwt	160.10–160.50	1,321	121
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	837	157.16/cwt	154.00–157.85	1,315	109
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	842	140.45/cwt	137.00–144.00	1,183	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	851	144.44/cwt	143.25–146.50	1,229	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	876	158.84/cwt	158.50–159.00	1,391	166
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	878	153.20/cwt	149.25–155.00	1,345	127
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	918	150.97/cwt	148.00–155.20	1,386	101
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	924	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,446	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	983	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,411	20
Steers	—	Large 1	1,024	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,413	9
Steers	—	Large 1	1,058	137.25/cwt	137.25–137.25	1,452	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	295	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	504	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	342	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	573	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	387	165.14/cwt	156.00–169.00	639	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	438	167.67/cwt	163.00–168.00	734	111
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	156.05/cwt	151.00–156.50	754	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	149.11/cwt	144.00–150.00	775	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	125.61/cwt	123.00–130.00	729	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	590	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	850	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	634	139.48/cwt	128.50–141.75	884	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	637	146.11/cwt	145.50–151.50	931	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	924	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	684	156.25/cwt	156.25–156.25	1,069	52
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	693	149.50/cwt	149.00–150.00	1,036	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	704	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,077	87
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	732	149.31/cwt	140.00–153.10	1,093	109
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	744	140.29/cwt	137.50–141.00	1,044	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	764	146.92/cwt	144.50–148.50	1,122	282
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	823	132.23/cwt	128.50–135.50	1,088	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	870	124.27/cwt	123.00–126.00	1,081	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	887	131.25/cwt	131.25–131.25	1,164	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	905	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,113	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	610	122.83/cwt	122.50–123.00	749	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,742	72.19/cwt	68.00–74.00	1,258	3
Bulls	—	—	1,931	83.95/cwt	82.00–86.00	1,621	5
Bulls	—	—	1,965	77.05/cwt	76.00–79.00	1,514	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,162	51.42/cwt	46.00–54.00	598	95
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,260	59.88/cwt	55.00–66.00	754	107
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,361	68.32/cwt	66.50–73.00	930	159
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,507	78.34/cwt	76.00–79.50	1,181	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,125	985.00/cwt	985.00–985.00	11,081	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,263	893.80/cwt	775.00–925.00	11,289	26
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,284	1,562.22/cwt	1,000.00–1,610.00	20,059	24

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 Oct 6, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,495Last week 1,429Year ago 1,661

Slaughter CattleReceipts 411Last week 253Year ago 212

Replacement CattleReceipts 51Last week 71Year ago 12

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	618	135.50–144.50	143.30
8	—	488	157.00–164.00	162.33
22	—	851	143.25–146.50	144.44
11	—	588	145.50	145.50
92	—	731	135.50–138.00	137.01
11	—	790	147.50	147.50
86	—	683	145.00	145.00
29	—	842	137.00–144.00	140.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	366	170.00–172.00	170.82
3	—	416	170.00	170.00
53	—	716	151.00–154.00	152.73
1	—	250	182.50	182.50
7	—	583	163.00	163.00
51	—	772	151.00–156.00	154.93
7	—	535	149.00–153.00	151.84
1	—	340	179.00	179.00
109	—	837	154.00–157.85	157.16
67	—	641	155.00–162.00	157.39
101	—	918	148.00–155.20	150.97
127	—	878	149.25–155.00	153.20
20	—	983	143.50	143.50
6	—	475	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
121	—	824	160.10–160.50	160.31
52	—	924	156.50	156.50
166	—	876	158.50–159.00	158.84
5	—	498	177.00	177.00
70	—	751	160.75	160.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,024	138.00	138.00
9	—	1,058	137.25	137.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	704	153.00	153.00
52	—	684	156.25	156.25
13	—	887	131.25	131.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	660	140.00	140.00
50	—	634	128.50–141.75	139.48
8	—	580	123.00–130.00	125.61
58	—	744	137.50–141.00	140.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	732	140.00–153.10	149.31
19	—	637	145.50–151.50	146.11
11	—	823	128.50–135.50	132.23
111	—	438	163.00–168.00	167.67
36	—	693	149.00–150.00	149.50
7	—	870	123.00–126.00	124.27
282	—	764	144.50–148.50	146.92
1	—	295	171.00	171.00
58	—	483	151.00–156.50	156.05
6	—	590	144.00	144.00
1	—	905	123.00	123.00
2	—	342	167.50	167.50
49	—	387	156.00–169.00	165.14
29	—	520	144.00–150.00	149.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	610	122.50–123.00	122.83

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,507	76.00–79.50	78.34
159	—	1,361	66.50–73.00	68.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	1,260	55.00–66.00	59.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	1,162	46.00–54.00	51.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,931	82.00–86.00	83.95
3	—	1,742	68.00–74.00	72.19
4	—	1,965	76.00–79.00	77.05

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	24	—	1,284	1,000.00–1,610.00	1,562.22
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,125	985.00	985.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	—	1,263	775.00–925.00	893.80

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.