Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2022-01-05

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jan 5
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
5,212 head
▲ 4,514 vs last sale 698▼ 783 vs year ago 5,995 · −13.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
218 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 241▼ 254 vs year ago 472 · −53.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
109 head
▲ 96 vs last sale 13▲ 78 vs year ago 31 · +251.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to 2 weeks ago, yearling steers and heifers 700 lb to 900 lb sold steady to 3.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves 400 lb to 700 lb sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Outstanding offering of high quality cattle. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $158.28/cwt on 2,549 head.
Average price
$158.28
2,549 head · 636 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,007
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$148
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$44.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.46
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1636158.961,0122,447
Medium and Large 1-2610143.3087398
Large 11,017114.001,1594thin
One grade step is worth $44.96/cwt here — about −$148 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 sale2,549 hd
158.28
—
KS average2 barns · 4,377 hd
158.74
−0.46
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,84087.211,6059thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46672.101,05720
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27763.8281546
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,21755.4867560

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1377190.46/cwt185.00–193.007188
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2398165.00/cwt165.00–165.006573
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2405175.00/cwt175.00–175.007093
Steers—Medium and Large 1422179.43/cwt176.00–183.007576
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy432202.05/cwt199.00–206.0087363
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy456203.50/cwt203.50–203.5092882
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473179.45/cwt165.00–185.0084930
Steers—Medium and Large 1480195.04/cwt193.00–196.5093626
Steers—Medium and Large 1516184.34/cwt178.00–187.0095134
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2519176.00/cwt176.00–176.009138
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy543195.31/cwt190.00–201.501,061159
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy560183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,0257
Steers—Medium and Large 1572176.66/cwt169.00–179.001,01087
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584164.94/cwt157.00–167.0096353
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy615185.50/cwt185.50–185.501,14163
Steers—Medium and Large 1626173.29/cwt167.75–179.001,085134
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2636146.00/cwt146.00–146.0092923
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy654176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,15165
Steers—Medium and Large 1675167.22/cwt163.00–170.001,129118
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2679152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,03516
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2706148.81/cwt140.00–151.001,05110
Steers—Medium and Large 1728165.52/cwt159.00–168.851,205416
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy766170.85/cwt170.85–170.851,30965
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2781152.10/cwt144.00–155.001,18811
Steers—Medium and Large 1784161.80/cwt158.75–165.001,269193
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2810142.25/cwt142.25–142.251,15230
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy813165.50/cwt165.50–165.501,34659
Steers—Medium and Large 1834159.41/cwt157.00–160.251,329232
Steers—Medium and Large 1870157.34/cwt155.00–158.751,369360
Steers—Medium and Large 1911153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,39414
Steers—Medium and Large 1985141.53/cwt139.00–144.001,3942
Steers—Large 11,027148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,5202
Steers—Large 11,088145.75/cwt145.75–145.751,58614
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1336174.00/cwt174.00–174.0058514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy358183.00/cwt183.00–183.0065514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370173.90/cwt169.00–177.0064311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1439170.56/cwt163.00–173.00749175
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy455176.00/cwt176.00–176.00801113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1461163.49/cwt157.00–165.00754191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485138.70/cwt130.00–143.0067321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2500153.00/cwt153.00–153.0076518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy518177.00/cwt177.00–177.0091762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531164.38/cwt160.00–167.5087386
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564158.77/cwt154.00–164.00895189
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy571172.71/cwt170.80–175.00986148
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2591148.00/cwt148.00–148.008759
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624152.32/cwt147.00–157.0095094
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy630159.52/cwt159.35–161.001,00592
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement665162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,08183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2672142.28/cwt137.00–146.7595637
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy674158.29/cwt157.50–159.001,06719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676154.81/cwt149.50–156.501,047109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1722152.50/cwt149.00–154.501,101609
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2748134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1786151.73/cwt150.75–153.001,193194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2812137.80/cwt137.00–139.001,11910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1813149.65/cwt145.50–151.251,217184
Heifers—Medium and Large 1969143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,39119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy975133.60/cwt133.60–133.601,30341
Heifers—Large 11,001117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,1713
Heifers—Large 11,065105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,1181
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1650125.00/cwt125.00–125.008133
Bulls—Medium and Large 1820118.00/cwt118.00–118.009681
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,45079.00/cwt79.00–79.001,1461
Bulls——1,81486.14/cwt81.00–88.001,5636
Bulls——2,11394.51/cwt94.00–95.001,9972
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21755.48/cwt48.00–59.0067560
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27763.82/cwt60.00–68.0081546
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33669.77/cwt69.00–71.009328
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55373.65/cwt72.00–75.001,14412
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,016750.00/cwt750.00–750.007,6205
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1301,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0012,7131
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,167966.05/cwt925.00–1,025.0011,27418
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,244777.73/cwt775.00–780.009,67521
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,361875.00/cwt875.00–875.0011,90924
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4311,069.18/cwt1,050.00–1,075.0015,3005
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4641,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0015,00626
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,520850.00/cwt850.00–850.0012,9201
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0501,110.00/cwt1,060.00–1,160.0011,6558

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.