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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2021-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Nov 3

● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Oct 27Nov 3Nov 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,419 head

▼ 40 vs last sale 2,459▼ 678 vs year ago 3,097 · −21.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

125 head

▼ 349 vs last sale 474▼ 192 vs year ago 317 · −60.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

31 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 17▼ 19 vs year ago 50 · −38.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 600 lb to 900 lb sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower, instances 7.00 to 8.00 lower. Steer calves 400 lb to 600 lb sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 600 lb to 900 lb sold steady to 2.00 higher. Heifers 400 lb to 600 lb sold unevenly steady. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows and 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 $163.58/cwt on 1,168 head.

Average price

$163.58

1,168 head · 706 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,155

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$318

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$26.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.01

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	704	165.55	1,166	1,072
Medium and Large 1-2	612	142.27	870	72
Large 1	1,063	139.54	1,483	24

One grade step is worth $26.01/cwt here — about −$318 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 sale1,168 hd

163.58

—

KS average4 barns · 3,897 hd

163.59

−0.01

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	1,759	74.03	1,302	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,472	69.95	1,030	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,285	63.69	818	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,201	55.45	666	36

Every lot

90 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	311	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	588	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	330	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	620	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	381	209.41/cwt	205.00–212.50	798	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	388	141.95/cwt	138.00–155.00	551	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	424	176.86/cwt	172.00–183.00	750	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	194.24/cwt	189.00–197.00	837	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	457	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	939	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	470	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	827	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	738	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	189.52/cwt	189.00–190.00	896	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	683	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	511	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	802	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	179.53/cwt	174.00–184.00	943	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	563	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	997	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	170.78/cwt	164.00–174.00	982	175
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	596	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	733	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	627	162.04/cwt	158.00–163.00	1,016	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	152.28/cwt	147.00–155.50	967	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	644	148.21/cwt	146.00–151.00	954	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	686	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,002	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	688	143.80/cwt	141.00–149.00	989	75
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	706	144.50/cwt	142.50–145.00	1,020	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	723	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,019	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	145.28/cwt	143.00–148.00	1,058	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	758	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,251	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	764	151.54/cwt	149.00–152.50	1,158	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	814	139.96/cwt	137.50–142.50	1,139	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	847	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,016	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	880	161.02/cwt	158.50–162.25	1,417	366
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	926	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	1,345	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	955	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,218	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	965	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,530	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	975	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,419	12
Steers	—	Large 1	1,015	134.37/cwt	125.00–149.00	1,364	3
Steers	—	Large 1	1,070	140.28/cwt	130.00–141.00	1,501	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,175	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,481	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	337	181.95/cwt	181.00–186.00	613	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	340	165.19/cwt	163.00–169.00	562	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	346	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	685	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	379	169.04/cwt	167.00–170.00	641	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	382	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	535	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	669	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	154.20/cwt	152.50–157.50	660	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	441	173.24/cwt	166.00–174.50	764	95
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	457	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	763	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	159.26/cwt	153.00–161.00	745	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	492	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	659	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	511	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	710	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	523	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	805	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	154.17/cwt	146.00–155.50	811	122
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	531	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	767	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	553	153.16/cwt	146.00–155.25	847	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	555	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	888	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	560	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	762	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	861	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	629	138.25/cwt	138.00–138.50	870	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	144.53/cwt	142.00–149.00	916	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	646	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	982	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	664	147.80/cwt	142.00–149.00	981	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	677	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	900	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	678	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	881	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	729	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	922	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	744	148.59/cwt	146.00–150.50	1,106	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	744	142.62/cwt	141.00–143.00	1,061	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	766	152.47/cwt	150.00–153.50	1,168	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	778	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,078	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	839	153.30/cwt	153.00–153.60	1,286	119
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	850	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,301	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	874	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,377	75
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	900	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,355	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	940	124.05/cwt	118.00–128.00	1,166	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	959	141.59/cwt	140.00–146.50	1,358	41
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	572	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	784	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	625	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	975	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	870	110.50/cwt	105.00–116.00	961	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,632	65.61/cwt	61.00–71.00	1,071	9
Bulls	—	—	1,707	78.42/cwt	76.00–81.50	1,339	5
Bulls	—	—	2,108	87.50/cwt	86.00–89.00	1,845	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,201	55.45/cwt	49.00–59.00	666	36
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,285	63.69/cwt	60.00–66.00	818	23
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,458	69.51/cwt	68.00–70.50	1,013	16
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,700	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,309	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,295	867.00/cwt	835.00–900.00	11,228	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,301	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	11,189	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,322	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	12,559	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,323	864.86/cwt	860.00–885.00	11,442	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,363	983.02/cwt	960.00–985.00	13,399	13
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,395	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	11,300	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,555	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	13,218	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,300	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	15,600	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 Nov 3, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,419Last week 2,459Year ago 3,097

Slaughter CattleReceipts 125Last week 474Year ago 317

Replacement CattleReceipts 31Last week 17Year ago 50

* 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
39	—	457	205.50	205.50
47	—	627	158.00–163.00	162.04
6	—	563	177.00	177.00
366	—	880	158.50–162.25	161.02
22	—	965	158.50	158.50
19	—	758	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	157.00	157.00
13	—	388	138.00–155.00	141.95
9	—	644	146.00–151.00	148.21
30	—	706	142.50–145.00	144.50
4	—	596	123.00	123.00
3	—	686	146.00	146.00
6	—	510	134.00	134.00
1	—	955	127.50	127.50
2	—	847	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,070	130.00–141.00	140.28
3	—	1,015	125.00–149.00	134.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	728	143.00–148.00	145.28
4	—	814	137.50–142.50	139.96
1	—	1,175	126.00	126.00
36	—	635	147.00–155.50	152.28
1	—	330	188.00	188.00
33	—	926	145.25	145.25
26	—	764	149.00–152.50	151.54
15	—	473	189.00–190.00	189.52
75	—	688	141.00–149.00	143.80
51	—	525	174.00–184.00	179.53
30	—	381	205.00–212.50	209.41
24	—	431	189.00–197.00	194.24
12	—	975	145.50	145.50
175	—	575	164.00–174.00	170.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	311	189.00	189.00
7	—	511	157.00	157.00
25	—	470	176.00	176.00
17	—	424	172.00–183.00	176.86
10	—	723	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	729	126.50	126.50
3	—	560	136.00	136.00
24	—	531	144.50	144.50
2	—	382	140.00	140.00
16	—	678	130.00	130.00
20	—	629	138.00–138.50	138.25
2	—	492	134.00	134.00
11	—	340	163.00–169.00	165.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	555	160.00	160.00
13	—	346	198.00	198.00
12	—	646	152.00	152.00
4	—	900	150.50	150.50
95	—	441	166.00–174.50	173.24
10	—	523	154.00	154.00
75	—	874	157.50	157.50
39	—	457	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	337	181.00–186.00	181.95
6	—	379	167.00–170.00	169.04
119	—	839	153.00–153.60	153.30
12	—	428	152.50–157.50	154.20
60	—	850	153.00	153.00
5	—	940	118.00–128.00	124.05
7	—	744	146.00–150.50	148.59
56	—	766	150.00–153.50	152.47
41	—	959	140.00–146.50	141.59
42	—	664	142.00–149.00	147.80
27	—	468	153.00–161.00	159.26
70	—	553	146.00–155.25	153.16
34	—	634	142.00–149.00	144.53
122	—	526	146.00–155.50	154.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	778	138.50	138.50
7	—	626	137.50	137.50
8	—	511	139.00	139.00
10	—	677	133.00	133.00
12	—	421	159.00	159.00
26	—	744	141.00–143.00	142.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	572	137.00	137.00
2	—	870	105.00–116.00	110.50
2	—	625	156.00	156.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,201	49.00–59.00	55.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	77.00	77.00
16	—	1,458	68.00–70.50	69.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,285	60.00–66.00	63.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,632	61.00–71.00	65.61
4	—	2,108	86.00–89.00	87.50
5	—	1,707	76.00–81.50	78.42

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/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,295	835.00–900.00	867.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,555	850.00	850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,322	950.00	950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,395	810.00	810.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,323	860.00–885.00	864.86
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,363	960.00–985.00	983.02
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,301	860.00	860.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,300	1,200.00	1,200.00

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.