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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2021-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Oct 27

● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Oct 20Oct 27Nov 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,459 head

▼ 353 vs last sale 2,812▲ 2,003 vs year ago 456 · +439.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

474 head

▲ 328 vs last sale 146▲ 305 vs year ago 169 · +180.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

17 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 11▼ 1 vs year ago 18 · −5.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 700 lb to 900 lb sold steady to 2.00 higher. Steer calves 350 lb to 700 lb sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers 600 lb to 900 lb sold steady to 2.00 higher. Heifer calves 400 lb to 600 lb sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 higher

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 $165.71/cwt on 1,109 head.

Average price

$165.71

1,109 head · 650 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,077

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$22.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.55

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	645	168.15	1,085	991
Medium and Large 1-2	686	145.17	996	118

One grade step is worth $22.98/cwt here — about $89 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 sale1,109 hd

165.71

—

KS average4 barns · 3,407 hd

166.26

−0.55

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,790	78.68	1,409	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,548	74.50	1,153	47
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,380	64.15	885	155
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,247	54.41	678	198

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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	305	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	702	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	355	207.88/cwt	207.50–208.00	738	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	421	173.50/cwt	167.00–179.00	730	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	178.41/cwt	175.00–182.50	769	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	435	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	761	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	443	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	833	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	466	168.59/cwt	168.00–170.00	786	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	476	192.98/cwt	189.00–194.50	919	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	519	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	846	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	526	180.95/cwt	178.00–183.00	952	66
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	535	152.05/cwt	151.00–161.00	813	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	537	167.35/cwt	164.00–171.00	899	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	847	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	159.82/cwt	155.00–165.00	909	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	578	178.44/cwt	170.00–179.25	1,031	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	806	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	622	169.88/cwt	169.50–170.00	1,057	131
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	145.38/cwt	137.00–146.00	904	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	161.23/cwt	154.00–164.50	1,014	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	648	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	842	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	156.26/cwt	150.00–158.00	1,047	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	671	141.40/cwt	132.00–153.00	949	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	674	166.30/cwt	165.50–167.00	1,121	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	674	139.27/cwt	136.50–143.50	939	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	702	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	863	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	738	158.39/cwt	149.50–162.00	1,169	74
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	756	151.54/cwt	147.00–157.00	1,146	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	797	165.58/cwt	163.00–166.75	1,320	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	806	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,358	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	832	162.56/cwt	156.00–165.00	1,352	78
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	833	137.09/cwt	134.00–139.50	1,142	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	850	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,398	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	893	166.60/cwt	166.60–166.60	1,488	64
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	277	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	479	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	328	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	561	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	331	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	622	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	386	173.69/cwt	172.50–177.00	670	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	407	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	722	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	148.45/cwt	138.00–154.00	625	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	425	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	608	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	441	160.64/cwt	152.00–164.50	708	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	472	141.57/cwt	140.00–153.00	668	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	483	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	782	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	489	154.62/cwt	150.00–156.00	756	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	508	136.00/cwt	130.50–137.00	691	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	516	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	743	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	150.60/cwt	145.00–152.00	792	82
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	533	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	834	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	771	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	583	158.56/cwt	155.25–160.50	924	122
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	584	147.73/cwt	143.00–148.50	863	112
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	613	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	907	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	633	133.50/cwt	130.50–134.00	845	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	646	156.62/cwt	150.00–158.00	1,012	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	653	139.48/cwt	136.00–140.75	911	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	684	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	869	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	686	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,084	69
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	697	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,004	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	703	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	882	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	708	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	938	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	762	154.27/cwt	149.50–156.10	1,176	151
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	762	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	960	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	768	157.71/cwt	157.25–158.10	1,211	128
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	882	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,058	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	891	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,261	44
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	450	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	788	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	505	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	727	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	557	133.76/cwt	122.50–136.00	745	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	785	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	824	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,662	70.90/cwt	69.00–72.50	1,178	7
Bulls	—	—	1,764	79.74/cwt	76.00–84.50	1,407	7
Bulls	—	—	2,007	88.07/cwt	86.00–91.50	1,768	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,247	54.41/cwt	48.00–59.50	678	198
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,380	64.15/cwt	60.00–68.00	885	155
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,522	73.13/cwt	70.00–75.00	1,113	30
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,593	76.92/cwt	76.00–77.50	1,225	17
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,245	915.80/cwt	860.00–960.00	11,402	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,371	1,425.00/cwt	1,425.00–1,425.00	19,537	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,438	955.47/cwt	950.00–960.00	13,740	7

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 27, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,459Last week 2,812Year ago 456

Slaughter CattleReceipts 474Last week 146Year ago 169

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 11Year ago 18

* 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
5	—	443	188.00	188.00
31	—	674	165.50–167.00	166.30
5	—	806	168.50	168.50
131	—	622	169.50–170.00	169.88
80	—	476	189.00–194.50	192.98
66	—	526	178.00–183.00	180.95
64	—	893	166.60	166.60
59	—	578	170.00–179.25	178.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	580	139.00	139.00
2	—	702	123.00	123.00
1	—	435	175.00	175.00
22	—	756	147.00–157.00	151.54
27	—	671	132.00–153.00	141.40
25	—	833	134.00–139.50	137.09
14	—	519	163.00	163.00
15	—	622	137.00–146.00	145.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	569	155.00–165.00	159.82
4	—	355	207.50–208.00	207.88
51	—	670	150.00–158.00	156.26
78	—	832	156.00–165.00	162.56
29	—	797	163.00–166.75	165.58
20	—	537	164.00–171.00	167.35
13	—	431	175.00–182.50	178.41
41	—	850	164.50	164.50
74	—	738	149.50–162.00	158.39
5	—	305	230.00	230.00
85	—	629	154.00–164.50	161.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	674	136.50–143.50	139.27
33	—	466	168.00–170.00	168.59
19	—	535	151.00–161.00	152.05
4	—	550	154.00	154.00
11	—	421	167.00–179.00	173.50
4	—	648	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	143.00	143.00
7	—	684	127.00	127.00
3	—	703	125.50	125.50
14	—	516	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	483	162.00	162.00
122	—	583	155.25–160.50	158.56
3	—	331	188.00	188.00
128	—	768	157.25–158.10	157.71
4	—	407	177.50	177.50
42	—	533	156.50	156.50
69	—	686	158.00	158.00
34	—	646	150.00–158.00	156.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	882	120.00	120.00
7	—	575	134.00	134.00
22	—	613	148.00	148.00
19	—	653	136.00–140.75	139.48
8	—	472	140.00–153.00	141.57
7	—	762	126.00	126.00
21	—	421	138.00–154.00	148.45
5	—	708	132.50	132.50
14	—	508	130.50–137.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
151	—	762	149.50–156.10	154.27
27	—	633	130.50–134.00	133.50
44	—	891	141.50	141.50
7	—	386	172.50–177.00	173.69
53	—	489	150.00–156.00	154.62
7	—	697	144.00	144.00
4	—	277	173.00	173.00
3	—	328	171.00	171.00
112	—	584	143.00–148.50	147.73
50	—	441	152.00–164.50	160.64
82	—	526	145.00–152.00	150.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	785	105.00	105.00
1	—	505	144.00	144.00
1	—	450	175.00	175.00
6	—	557	122.50–136.00	133.76

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
155	—	1,380	60.00–68.00	64.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
198	—	1,247	48.00–59.50	54.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,593	76.00–77.50	76.92
30	—	1,522	70.00–75.00	73.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,662	69.00–72.50	70.90
5	—	2,007	86.00–91.50	88.07
7	—	1,764	76.00–84.50	79.74

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)	4	—	1,371	1,425.00	1,425.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,245	860.00–960.00	915.80
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,438	950.00–960.00	955.47

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.