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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2021-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Oct 13

● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Oct 6Oct 13Oct 20 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3,224 head

▲ 729 vs last sale 2,495▲ 1,091 vs year ago 2,133 · +51.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

190 head

▼ 221 vs last sale 411▼ 88 vs year ago 278 · −31.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 700 lb to 975 lb sold unevenly steady. Steer calves 400 lb to 700 lb sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher with most advance on weaned fancy calves. Feeder heifers 800 lb to 950 lb sold 2.00 higher. Heifers 600 lb to 800 lb sold steady to 2.00 lower. Heifers weighing 500 lb to 600 lb sold 2.00 higher. Heifer calves 300 lb to 500 lb sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Not enough slaughter bulls for a market test, however a lower trend was noted.

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 $158.74/cwt on 1,872 head.

Average price

$158.74

1,872 head · 695 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,103

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$336

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$21.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.98

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	691	160.76	1,110	1,615
Medium and Large 1-2	628	148.08	929	197
Large 1	1,037	139.44	1,446	60

One grade step is worth $21.31/cwt here — about −$336 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 sale1,872 hd

158.74

—

KS average3 barns · 3,213 hd

156.76

+1.98

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	—	Low	1,608	67.31	1,082	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,450	72.72	1,054	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,321	63.95	845	61
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,224	53.39	653	59

Every lot

77 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	331	182.87/cwt	182.00–193.00	605	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	393	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	582	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	416	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	657	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	424	195.39/cwt	189.00–201.00	828	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	181.04/cwt	175.00–186.00	784	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	438	168.35/cwt	163.00–171.00	737	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	461	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	673	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	163.15/cwt	162.50–167.00	765	108
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	485	179.99/cwt	179.00–182.00	873	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	526	187.85/cwt	184.00–194.00	988	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	767	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	545	172.63/cwt	170.50–174.00	941	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	561	173.16/cwt	170.00–174.00	971	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	156.45/cwt	149.00–159.50	904	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	164.03/cwt	161.00–168.00	951	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	612	162.99/cwt	158.00–167.50	997	202
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	145.60/cwt	138.00–149.00	906	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	640	165.52/cwt	164.00–171.00	1,059	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	664	151.50/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,006	128
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	136.16/cwt	134.00–141.00	910	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	677	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	948	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	703	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,033	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	706	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	932	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	150.14/cwt	146.00–156.50	1,084	88
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	763	157.37/cwt	154.50–161.00	1,201	102
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	764	131.26/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,003	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	826	153.48/cwt	145.50–155.50	1,268	207
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	845	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,162	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	856	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,233	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	873	157.42/cwt	150.00–158.75	1,374	109
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	902	146.13/cwt	145.50–146.25	1,318	86
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	907	155.40/cwt	154.75–155.75	1,409	91
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	963	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,473	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	970	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,407	2
Steers	—	Large 1	1,035	139.89/cwt	136.00–141.75	1,448	58
Steers	—	Large 1	1,065	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,480	1
Steers	—	Large 1	1,145	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,305	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	294	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	500	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	341	164.20/cwt	162.50–165.00	560	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	351	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	597	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	386	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	475	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	387	165.24/cwt	157.50–167.00	639	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	418	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	723	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	156.47/cwt	155.00–157.00	656	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	461	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	615	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	470	155.77/cwt	155.00–161.00	732	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	148.60/cwt	140.00–150.50	706	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	525	157.60/cwt	157.00–159.00	827	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	152.34/cwt	150.00–154.00	803	142
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	532	139.25/cwt	137.00–143.00	741	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	145.18/cwt	141.00–148.00	828	210
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	592	137.75/cwt	137.75–137.75	815	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	139.79/cwt	135.00–141.00	860	108
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	630	157.70/cwt	156.00–157.75	994	114
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	631	140.06/cwt	139.00–141.50	884	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	639	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	863	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	642	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	835	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	658	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,026	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	682	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	951	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	706	146.55/cwt	146.00–148.00	1,035	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	713	130.31/cwt	126.50–133.00	929	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	727	152.85/cwt	152.85–152.85	1,111	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	773	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,074	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	831	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,126	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	897	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	996	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	947	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,245	18
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	592	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	770	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	623	132.74/cwt	129.00–135.00	827	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	676	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	865	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	764	115.76/cwt	111.00–119.00	884	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	805	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,063	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	985	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	896	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,608	67.31/cwt	67.00–68.00	1,082	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,224	53.39/cwt	48.00–58.00	653	59
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,321	63.95/cwt	61.00–68.00	845	61
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,417	71.82/cwt	70.00–74.50	1,018	23
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,576	76.15/cwt	75.50–77.00	1,200	6

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 13, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,224Last week 2,495Year ago 2,133

Slaughter CattleReceipts 190Last week 411Year ago 278

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	561	170.00–174.00	173.16
22	—	640	164.00–171.00	165.52
60	—	526	184.00–194.00	187.85
38	—	424	189.00–201.00	195.39
15	—	485	179.00–182.00	179.99
91	—	907	154.75–155.75	155.40
65	—	963	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	668	134.00–141.00	136.16
7	—	845	137.50	137.50
1	—	540	142.00	142.00
8	—	461	146.00	146.00
36	—	622	138.00–149.00	145.60
12	—	764	130.00–135.00	131.26
38	—	578	149.00–159.50	156.45
22	—	703	147.00	147.00
28	—	856	144.00	144.00
22	—	393	148.00	148.00
15	—	438	163.00–171.00	168.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,035	136.00–141.75	139.89
1	—	1,145	114.00	114.00
1	—	1,065	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	970	145.00	145.00
23	—	331	182.00–193.00	182.87
207	—	826	145.50–155.50	153.48
88	—	722	146.00–156.50	150.14
65	—	580	161.00–168.00	164.03
128	—	664	145.00–155.00	151.50
86	—	902	145.50–146.25	146.13
48	—	433	175.00–186.00	181.04
108	—	469	162.50–167.00	163.15
64	—	545	170.50–174.00	172.63
202	—	612	158.00–167.50	162.99
109	—	873	150.00–158.75	157.42
102	—	763	154.50–161.00	157.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	677	140.00	140.00
7	—	706	132.00	132.00
7	—	416	158.00	158.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	592	130.00	130.00
2	—	805	132.00	132.00
8	—	623	129.00–135.00	132.74
3	—	676	128.00	128.00
1	—	985	91.00	91.00
5	—	764	111.00–119.00	115.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	525	157.00–159.00	157.60
39	—	470	155.00–161.00	155.77
19	—	351	170.00	170.00
8	—	658	156.00	156.00
32	—	727	152.85	152.85
114	—	630	156.00–157.75	157.70
68	—	418	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	475	140.00–150.50	148.60
18	—	947	131.50	131.50
11	—	419	155.00–157.00	156.47
6	—	341	162.50–165.00	164.20
79	—	706	146.00–148.00	146.55
142	—	527	150.00–154.00	152.34
36	—	387	157.50–167.00	165.24
21	—	294	170.00	170.00
108	—	615	135.00–141.00	139.79
13	—	831	135.50	135.50
210	—	570	141.00–148.00	145.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	682	139.50	139.50
13	—	532	137.00–143.00	139.25
12	—	631	139.00–141.50	140.06
4	—	897	111.00	111.00
3	—	461	133.50	133.50
13	—	386	123.00	123.00
5	—	773	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	642	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	592	137.75	137.75
5	—	639	135.00	135.00
19	—	713	126.50–133.00	130.31

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,608	67.00–68.00	67.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,224	48.00–58.00	53.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,576	75.50–77.00	76.15
23	—	1,417	70.00–74.50	71.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,321	61.00–68.00	63.95

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.