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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2022-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Mar 2

● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Feb 23Mar 2Mar 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

5,944 head

▲ 3,550 vs last sale 2,394▲ 2,799 vs year ago 3,145 · +89.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

303 head

▲ 175 vs last sale 128▲ 177 vs year ago 126 · +140.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 550 lb to 1000 lb sold steady to 5.00 lower. Steer calves 400 lb to 550 lb sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers 650 lb to 900 lb sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Heifers 550 lb to 650 lb sold 7.00 to 10.00 lower. Heifer calves 400 lb to 550 lb sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 to 6.00 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 $165.81/cwt on 3,522 head.

Average price

$165.81

3,522 head · 742 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,231

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$358

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

$27.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.98

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	634	167.78	1,063	224
Medium and Large 1	741	166.55	1,234	3,188
Large 1	1,014	140.12	1,421	110

One grade step is worth $27.65/cwt here — about −$358 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 sale3,522 hd

165.81

—

KS average3 barns · 6,869 hd

162.82

+2.98

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	1,633	106.80	1,744	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,400	93.91	1,314	146
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,220	83.78	1,022	88
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,143	75.33	861	21

Every lot

76 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 · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	335	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	720	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	339	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	770	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	373	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	780	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	217.25/cwt	214.00–224.00	821	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	438	214.21/cwt	203.00–215.00	938	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	441	221.49/cwt	219.00–225.00	977	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	212.16/cwt	211.00–215.00	987	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	470	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	931	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	473	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	818	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	480	225.28/cwt	218.00–231.00	1,081	101
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	930	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	502	223.91/cwt	219.00–224.00	1,124	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	204.28/cwt	197.00–207.50	1,083	62
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	183.12/cwt	171.00–194.50	971	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	552	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	977	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	170.71/cwt	170.00–175.00	965	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	182.20/cwt	181.00–185.00	1,049	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	581	198.84/cwt	192.00–205.50	1,155	245
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	606	192.41/cwt	189.00–200.00	1,166	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	183.60/cwt	181.00–187.50	1,148	125
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	169.52/cwt	167.50–171.00	1,076	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	170.43/cwt	167.00–174.00	1,140	226
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	685	160.24/cwt	149.00–161.00	1,098	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	716	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,224	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	159.05/cwt	153.25–163.50	1,148	321
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	734	150.21/cwt	143.00–156.00	1,103	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	763	160.25/cwt	160.25–160.25	1,223	104
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	779	142.24/cwt	137.00–145.75	1,108	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	781	153.70/cwt	148.50–157.50	1,200	329
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,152	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	825	158.76/cwt	156.50–162.50	1,310	216
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	828	151.42/cwt	145.00–153.75	1,254	270
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	854	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,307	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	868	146.37/cwt	143.00–149.50	1,270	425
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	918	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,092	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	925	143.98/cwt	140.75–146.50	1,332	292
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	993	144.75/cwt	144.75–144.75	1,437	61
Steers	—	Large 1	1,004	140.87/cwt	138.75–143.35	1,414	96
Steers	—	Large 1	1,085	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,465	14
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	327	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	703	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	348	195.16/cwt	195.00–196.00	679	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	356	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	691	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	378	194.36/cwt	193.00–197.00	735	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	411	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	711	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	181.72/cwt	172.00–182.50	778	57
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	179.15/cwt	171.00–180.00	851	99
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	164.88/cwt	153.00–169.50	783	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	513	185.62/cwt	185.00–188.50	952	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	159.79/cwt	145.00–168.00	845	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	544	173.73/cwt	170.00–179.50	945	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	555	175.02/cwt	168.00–175.50	971	182
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	156.09/cwt	149.00–160.00	912	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	616	160.95/cwt	159.75–163.00	991	106
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	154.73/cwt	150.00–158.00	955	204
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	144.16/cwt	138.00–146.25	904	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	651	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,032	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	676	146.77/cwt	143.00–150.50	992	216
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	691	136.26/cwt	126.00–140.00	942	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	701	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	841	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	719	148.75/cwt	148.75–148.75	1,070	88
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	742	139.01/cwt	135.50–139.60	1,031	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	771	140.88/cwt	135.00–143.10	1,086	666
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	814	137.31/cwt	135.25–139.00	1,118	140
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	913	136.69/cwt	135.50–137.50	1,248	104
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	942	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,074	9
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,007	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,239	10
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,113	118.99/cwt	117.00–121.00	1,324	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	645	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	922	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	680	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	969	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,223	95.63/cwt	90.00–97.50	1,170	4
Bulls	—	—	1,632	105.48/cwt	103.00–107.50	1,721	5
Bulls	—	—	1,839	113.21/cwt	110.00–117.00	2,082	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,143	75.33/cwt	71.00–79.00	861	21
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,220	83.78/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,022	88
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,341	98.15/cwt	97.00–100.00	1,316	18
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,408	93.31/cwt	90.00–96.50	1,314	128

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 Mar 2, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,944Last week 2,394Year ago 3,145

Slaughter CattleReceipts 303Last week 128Year ago 126

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	685	149.00–161.00	160.24
29	—	530	171.00–194.50	183.12
53	—	635	167.50–171.00	169.52
27	—	779	137.00–145.75	142.24
5	—	800	144.00	144.00
27	—	734	143.00–156.00	150.21
7	—	565	170.00–175.00	170.71
3	—	918	119.00	119.00
33	—	482	193.00	193.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	1,004	138.75–143.35	140.87
14	—	1,085	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	763	160.25	160.25
101	—	480	218.00–231.00	225.28
216	—	825	156.50–162.50	158.76
22	—	441	219.00–225.00	221.49
56	—	854	153.00	153.00
54	—	716	171.00	171.00
245	—	581	192.00–205.50	198.84
57	—	606	189.00–200.00	192.41
57	—	502	219.00–224.00	223.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	465	211.00–215.00	212.16
329	—	781	148.50–157.50	153.70
61	—	993	144.75	144.75
34	—	438	203.00–215.00	214.21
27	—	576	181.00–185.00	182.20
321	—	722	153.25–163.50	159.05
292	—	925	140.75–146.50	143.98
25	—	378	214.00–224.00	217.25
425	—	868	143.00–149.50	146.37
270	—	828	145.00–153.75	151.42
62	—	530	197.00–207.50	204.28
226	—	669	167.00–174.00	170.43
125	—	625	181.00–187.50	183.60
1	—	335	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	552	177.00	177.00
13	—	473	173.00	173.00
3	—	373	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	339	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	470	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	475	171.00–180.00	179.15
204	—	617	150.00–158.00	154.73
104	—	913	135.50–137.50	136.69
182	—	555	168.00–175.50	175.02
216	—	676	143.00–150.50	146.77
61	—	742	135.50–139.60	139.01
666	—	771	135.00–143.10	140.88
9	—	356	194.00	194.00
140	—	814	135.25–139.00	137.31
73	—	544	170.00–179.50	173.73
57	—	428	172.00–182.50	181.72
18	—	348	195.00–196.00	195.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	378	193.00–197.00	194.36
106	—	616	159.75–163.00	160.95
88	—	719	148.75	148.75
70	—	513	185.00–188.50	185.62
32	—	651	158.50	158.50
4	—	327	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	701	120.00	120.00
8	—	627	138.00–146.25	144.16
18	—	691	126.00–140.00	136.26
6	—	411	173.00	173.00
39	—	529	145.00–168.00	159.79
40	—	584	149.00–160.00	156.09
26	—	475	153.00–169.50	164.88
9	—	942	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,007	123.00	123.00
2	—	1,113	117.00–121.00	118.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	142.50	142.50
1	—	645	143.00	143.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,341	97.00–100.00	98.15
128	—	1,408	90.00–96.50	93.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,143	71.00–79.00	75.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	1,220	80.00–89.00	83.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,223	90.00–97.50	95.63
8	—	1,839	110.00–117.00	113.21
5	—	1,632	103.00–107.50	105.48

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.