Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2022-01-19

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jan 19
● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,620 head
▼ 2,484 vs last sale 6,104▲ 239 vs year ago 3,381 · +7.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
293 head
▼ 46 vs last sale 339▲ 47 vs year ago 246 · +19.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
123 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 126▼ 30 vs year ago 153 · −19.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report

Compared to last week, yearling steers 600 lb to 950 lb sold steady to 3.00 higher. Steer calves 400 lb to 600 lb sold unevenly steady. Yearling heifers 550 lb to 900 lb sold steady to 3.00 higher. Heifer calves 400 lb to 550 lb sold unevenly steady. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $167.36/cwt on 1,729 head.
Average price
$167.36
1,729 head · 700 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,172
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$268
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$42.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.47
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1704167.791,1811,632
Medium and Large 1-2634160.561,01896
Large 11,155125.501,4501thin
One grade step is worth $42.29/cwt here — about −$268 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 sale1,729 hd
167.36
—
KS average3 barns · 6,852 hd
164.89
+2.47
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—High1,95085.731,67212
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,58872.241,14724
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32563.73844154
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14456.7865059

Every lot

83 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1335194.00/cwt194.00–194.006501
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2358171.00/cwt171.00–171.006123
Steers—Medium and Large 1380213.89/cwt211.00–215.0081320
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy392223.56/cwt223.50–224.008768
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy417218.00/cwt218.00–218.0090910
Steers—Medium and Large 1449195.00/cwt195.00–195.008765
Steers—Medium and Large 1460180.22/cwt175.00–183.0082912
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478168.00/cwt168.00–168.008038
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy497193.30/cwt193.00–196.0096119
Steers—Medium and Large 1513186.86/cwt185.00–188.0095911
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned513155.00/cwt155.00–155.0079510
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy515195.57/cwt194.00–201.001,00736
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2519173.21/cwt172.00–174.0089921
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy570187.71/cwt186.00–188.001,07041
Steers—Medium and Large 1576178.13/cwt175.00–181.501,026203
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned577160.00/cwt160.00–160.009235
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy610176.82/cwt175.00–178.001,07944
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2621160.94/cwt159.00–162.0099911
Steers—Medium and Large 1625168.01/cwt164.50–174.001,050130
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy653176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,14970
Steers—Medium and Large 1673167.57/cwt165.00–170.751,128208
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2681160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,09316
Steers—Medium and Large 1718165.36/cwt159.00–167.751,187136
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2739150.83/cwt139.00–153.001,11537
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy763162.33/cwt159.00–164.751,239177
Steers—Medium and Large 1777155.19/cwt148.00–157.501,206119
Steers—Medium and Large 1810159.53/cwt154.00–160.501,29257
Steers—Medium and Large 1874154.82/cwt151.25–158.601,353151
Steers—Medium and Large 1923152.99/cwt151.25–154.101,412154
Steers—Medium and Large 1966151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,4635
Steers—Large 11,155125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,4501
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1342189.00/cwt189.00–189.0064639
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381180.57/cwt177.00–183.0068810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned381164.04/cwt161.00–170.006259
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2414150.40/cwt144.00–167.0062314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425176.47/cwt172.00–178.0075012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned467146.00/cwt146.00–146.006822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy477176.55/cwt176.00–177.0084242
Heifers—Medium and Large 1486160.53/cwt159.50–169.0078057
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2491157.00/cwt157.00–157.007714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy511169.00/cwt169.00–169.0086418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515162.59/cwt157.00–166.0083777
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2543155.75/cwt154.00–156.0084615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy552164.36/cwt163.00–165.0090747
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned557143.00/cwt143.00–143.007978
Heifers—Medium and Large 1584155.34/cwt153.00–158.5090799
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2595139.49/cwt130.00–147.5083011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy615161.75/cwt161.75–161.7599579
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620146.57/cwt141.00–148.5090967
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625156.41/cwt153.00–158.50978198
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673156.69/cwt149.50–158.851,055177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2689142.50/cwt142.50–142.5098210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy690159.75/cwt159.75–159.751,10259
Heifers—Medium and Large 1721156.32/cwt153.00–158.001,12750
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2724145.41/cwt143.00–147.001,05346
Heifers—Medium and Large 1765150.64/cwt146.00–153.001,152336
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2790139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,09814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy810150.75/cwt150.75–150.751,22147
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2812133.65/cwt130.00–141.001,08512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1850140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1925129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,1931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1965119.75/cwt116.00–121.001,1564
Heifers—Large 11,045121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,2642
Heifers—Large 11,113122.28/cwt121.00–126.001,3614
Heifers—Large 11,218106.92/cwt91.00–115.001,3023
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1572161.00/cwt161.00–161.009214
Bulls—Medium and Large 1691135.00/cwt135.00–135.009333
Bulls—Medium and Large 1728132.99/cwt132.00–134.009682
Bulls—Medium and Large 1790135.71/cwt132.00–139.501,0724
Bulls—Medium and Large 1825132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0891
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,74372.10/cwt68.00–76.001,2572
Bulls——1,93285.70/cwt81.00–90.001,6568
Bulls——2,22899.47/cwt98.00–101.002,2162
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14456.78/cwt50.00–59.5065059
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32563.73/cwt60.00–69.00844154
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54370.61/cwt68.00–72.001,09012
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63373.86/cwt73.00–75.001,20612
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,297835.00/cwt835.00–835.0010,8309
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,372870.05/cwt850.00–1,020.0011,93721
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3791,137.48/cwt950.00–1,175.0015,6866
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,399990.79/cwt760.00–1,035.0013,86160
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4281,000.13/cwt975.00–1,035.0014,28226
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,510975.00/cwt975.00–975.0014,7231

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.