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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2022-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-09

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Mar 9

● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Mar 2Mar 9Mar 16 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3,785 head

▼ 2,159 vs last sale 5,944▼ 2,527 vs year ago 6,312 · −40.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

322 head

▲ 19 vs last sale 303▲ 109 vs year ago 213 · +51.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

51 head

▲ 51 vs last sale 0▼ 54 vs year ago 105 · −51.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 700 lb to 975 lb sold steady to 2.00 lower. Steer calves 400 lb to 700 lb sold 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers 700 lb to 900 lb sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Heifers 600 lb to 700 lb sold steady to 2.00 higher. Heifer calves 400 lb to 600 lb sold 10.00 to 12.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 to 6.00 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 $160.77/cwt on 2,252 head.

Average price

$160.77

2,252 head · 752 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,209

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$154

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$30.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.05

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	750	161.53	1,211	2,084
Medium and Large 1-2	753	153.44	1,156	152
Large 1	1,041	131.17	1,365	16thin

One grade step is worth $30.36/cwt here — about −$154 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 sale2,252 hd

160.77

—

KS average3 barns · 9,253 hd

160.72

+0.05

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	—	High	1,978	105.76	2,092	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,331	89.76	1,195	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,419	83.70	1,188	203
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,254	74.56	935	43

Every lot

73 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	320	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	672	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	388	213.88/cwt	210.00–218.00	830	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	417	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	847	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	422	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	907	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	463	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	810	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	193.96/cwt	192.00–199.00	910	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	487	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,023	103
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	511	204.51/cwt	200.00–207.00	1,045	89
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	192.54/cwt	184.00–195.00	1,003	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	178.53/cwt	176.00–181.00	943	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	572	189.64/cwt	184.00–194.00	1,085	113
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	173.22/cwt	170.00–175.00	999	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	588	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,029	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	622	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	1,154	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	180.94/cwt	173.00–182.00	1,131	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	164.16/cwt	159.00–169.00	1,026	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	662	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,139	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	674	165.88/cwt	163.00–168.00	1,118	81
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	691	158.92/cwt	157.00–159.50	1,098	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	710	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	994	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	156.16/cwt	153.00–158.50	1,137	274
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	771	146.49/cwt	146.00–148.00	1,129	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	785	151.80/cwt	149.00–157.50	1,192	384
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	821	150.11/cwt	145.00–154.00	1,232	182
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	840	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,210	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	869	142.96/cwt	139.50–145.75	1,242	245
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	908	144.46/cwt	138.50–145.00	1,312	209
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	918	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,377	71
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	936	137.75/cwt	137.75–137.75	1,289	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	973	138.38/cwt	137.00–139.00	1,346	100
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	975	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,229	1
Steers	—	Large 1	1,031	132.18/cwt	121.00–133.50	1,363	15
Steers	—	Large 1	1,185	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,375	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	345	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	590	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	166.71/cwt	166.00–169.00	625	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	396	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	645	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	162.87/cwt	160.00–166.00	695	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	440	151.02/cwt	148.00–152.00	664	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	450	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	734	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	462	159.98/cwt	156.00–166.00	739	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	489	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	880	52
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	516	151.37/cwt	147.00–155.00	781	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	520	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	939	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	539	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	903	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	559	165.61/cwt	165.00–166.75	926	83
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	560	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	790	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	153.91/cwt	150.00–159.00	874	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	146.86/cwt	143.00–150.50	919	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	908	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	642	158.78/cwt	158.75–159.00	1,019	87
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	147.02/cwt	143.00–149.25	984	128
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	712	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	926	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	141.52/cwt	137.50–144.50	1,020	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	757	129.47/cwt	123.00–130.00	980	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	138.05/cwt	136.25–139.50	1,070	309
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	816	133.90/cwt	130.50–137.00	1,093	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	846	122.60/cwt	122.00–125.00	1,037	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	855	122.75/cwt	122.75–122.75	1,050	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	859	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,181	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	878	135.33/cwt	128.00–136.60	1,188	97
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	913	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,128	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	916	134.13/cwt	129.00–135.00	1,229	135
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,016	123.65/cwt	123.50–124.00	1,256	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,962	104.26/cwt	101.00–108.50	2,046	9
Bulls	—	—	2,048	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	2,304	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,254	74.56/cwt	69.00–78.00	935	43
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,323	89.32/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,182	22
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,392	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,295	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,419	83.70/cwt	79.00–87.00	1,188	203
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,050	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	11,025	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,195	985.00/cwt	985.00–985.00	11,771	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,321	1,013.75/cwt	985.00–1,035.00	13,392	33
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,345	1,087.63/cwt	910.00–1,150.00	14,629	16

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 9, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,785Last week 5,944Year ago 6,312

Slaughter CattleReceipts 322Last week 303Year ago 213

Replacement CattleReceipts 51Last week 0Year ago 105

* 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
20	—	771	146.00–148.00	146.49
4	—	710	140.00	140.00
4	—	463	175.00	175.00
9	—	840	144.00	144.00
13	—	625	159.00–169.00	164.16
13	—	691	157.00–159.50	158.92
53	—	936	137.75	137.75
24	—	528	176.00–181.00	178.53
1	—	975	126.00	126.00
11	—	588	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
182	—	821	145.00–154.00	150.11
274	—	728	153.00–158.50	156.16
10	—	388	210.00–218.00	213.88
384	—	785	149.00–157.50	151.80
50	—	521	184.00–195.00	192.54
20	—	469	192.00–199.00	193.96
1	—	320	210.00	210.00
209	—	908	138.50–145.00	144.46
61	—	625	173.00–182.00	180.94
11	—	577	170.00–175.00	173.22
245	—	869	139.50–145.75	142.96
8	—	417	203.00	203.00
100	—	973	137.00–139.00	138.38
81	—	674	163.00–168.00	165.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	918	150.00	150.00
4	—	422	215.00	215.00
63	—	622	185.50	185.50
113	—	572	184.00–194.00	189.64
103	—	487	210.00	210.00
5	—	662	172.00	172.00
89	—	511	200.00–207.00	204.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,031	121.00–133.50	132.18
1	—	1,185	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	171.00	171.00
8	—	427	160.00–166.00	162.87
5	—	462	156.00–166.00	159.98
43	—	816	130.50–137.00	133.90
21	—	626	143.00–150.50	146.86
12	—	539	167.50	167.50
128	—	669	143.00–149.25	147.02
309	—	775	136.25–139.50	138.05
97	—	878	128.00–136.60	135.33
19	—	568	150.00–159.00	153.91
8	—	375	166.00–169.00	166.71
135	—	916	129.00–135.00	134.13
81	—	721	137.50–144.50	141.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	559	165.00–166.75	165.61
87	—	642	158.75–159.00	158.78
52	—	489	180.00	180.00
81	—	859	137.50	137.50
11	—	520	180.50	180.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	440	148.00–152.00	151.02
21	—	855	122.75	122.75
14	—	757	123.00–130.00	129.47
10	—	635	143.00	143.00
25	—	516	147.00–155.00	151.37
16	—	712	130.00	130.00
2	—	450	163.00	163.00
5	—	846	122.00–125.00	122.60
1	—	560	141.00	141.00
4	—	913	123.50	123.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	396	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,016	123.50–124.00	123.65

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,254	69.00–78.00	74.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,392	93.00	93.00
22	—	1,323	88.00–90.00	89.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
203	—	1,419	79.00–87.00	83.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,048	112.50	112.50
9	—	1,962	101.00–108.50	104.26

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,195	985.00	985.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,050	1,050.00	1,050.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	33	—	1,321	985.00–1,035.00	1,013.75
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	—	1,345	910.00–1,150.00	1,087.63

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.