Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2022-02-02

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Feb 2
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
978 head
▼ 1,048 vs last sale 2,026▼ 3,024 vs year ago 4,002 · −75.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
102 head
▼ 130 vs last sale 232▼ 94 vs year ago 196 · −48.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 182 vs last sale 186▼ 195 vs year ago 199 · −98.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 700 lb to 850 lb sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Steers 450 lb to 700 lb sold steady with light receipts. Heifers 500 lb to 900 lb sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher with some 6 wts advancing up to 9.00 higher. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $153.61/cwt on 533 head.
Average price
$153.61
533 head · 699 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,074
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$327
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$20.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.75
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1700154.511,082488
Medium and Large 1-2642145.1293240
Large 11,052134.001,4105thin
One grade step is worth $20.51/cwt here — about −$327 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 sale533 hd
153.61
—
KS average4 barns · 3,676 hd
154.36
−0.75
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—Average1,905102.301,9499thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,29185.051,09843
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15174.4485711
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,28567.8287124

Every lot

51 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1340212.50/cwt212.50–212.507233
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy375221.00/cwt221.00–221.008297
Steers—Medium and Large 1377204.68/cwt204.00–205.007723
Steers—Medium and Large 1415206.00/cwt206.00–206.008551
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy457197.00/cwt197.00–197.0090012
Steers—Medium and Large 1477186.93/cwt183.50–188.508928
Steers—Medium and Large 1500187.00/cwt187.00–187.009354
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2547173.00/cwt173.00–173.0094612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2570155.00/cwt155.00–155.008842
Steers—Medium and Large 1576171.36/cwt168.00–174.0098714
Steers—Medium and Large 1600160.00/cwt160.00–160.009602
Steers—Medium and Large 1687162.31/cwt161.00–165.001,1159
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy692170.50/cwt170.50–170.501,18018
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy701168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,17849
Steers—Medium and Large 1732163.89/cwt157.00–165.501,20061
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2770148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,1436
Steers—Medium and Large 1798158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,26126
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy799160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,28250
Steers—Medium and Large 1832158.85/cwt158.00–159.501,32260
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2846141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,19711
Steers—Medium and Large 1937137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,2846
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315185.00/cwt185.00–185.005832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377177.97/cwt172.00–181.006719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435170.27/cwt169.00–173.0074112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1450167.00/cwt167.00–167.007529
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475139.00/cwt139.00–139.006603
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533161.67/cwt159.00–163.0086226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568163.75/cwt163.75–163.7593033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2587151.00/cwt151.00–151.008868
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627157.79/cwt155.00–159.0098942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2648143.00/cwt143.00–143.009276
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669157.26/cwt156.00–162.001,052120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2682144.43/cwt142.00–148.0098523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1733152.12/cwt147.00–153.001,11583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1789150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,18467
Heifers—Medium and Large 1825140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1558
Heifers—Medium and Large 1886145.75/cwt145.75–145.751,29165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1910124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,1283
Heifers—Medium and Large 1968126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,2209
Heifers—Large 11,052134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,4105
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525175.00/cwt175.00–175.009194
Bulls—Medium and Large 1725131.00/cwt131.00–131.009501
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,70587.00/cwt87.00–87.001,4831
Bulls——1,912107.74/cwt101.00–114.502,0605
Bulls——1,96098.34/cwt94.00–101.001,9273
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15174.44/cwt71.00–77.0085711
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,27684.22/cwt80.00–88.001,07538
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,28567.82/cwt61.00–69.0087124
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40191.39/cwt91.00–92.001,2805
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,1451,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0013,1681
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,3351,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0015,6863

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.