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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2022-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Mar 16

● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Mar 9Mar 16Mar 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

4,378 head

▲ 593 vs last sale 3,785▲ 3,521 vs year ago 857 · +410.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

245 head

▼ 77 vs last sale 322▲ 210 vs year ago 35 · +600.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

9 head

▼ 42 vs last sale 51▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 600 lb to 975 lb sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Steer calves 400 lb to 600 lb sold unevenly steady. Heifers 400 lb to 950 lb sold steady to 2.00 higher. Approximately 200 head of fancy heifers weighing 500 lb to 600 lb sold 10.00 higher. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. One outstanding cow sold for 99. One outstanding bull sold for 120.

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 $158.83/cwt on 2,183 head.

Average price

$158.83

2,183 head · 763 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,212

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$163

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$51.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.52

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	768	159.49	1,225	2,031
Medium and Large 1-2	679	151.44	1,028	147
Large 1	1,291	107.50	1,388	5thin

One grade step is worth $51.99/cwt here — about −$163 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 sale2,183 hd

158.83

—

KS average3 barns · 6,176 hd

161.34

−2.52

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	—	Average	1,797	109.71	1,971	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,358	93.99	1,276	76
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,312	86.38	1,133	69
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,229	73.97	909	26

Every lot

72 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	326	225.92/cwt	225.00–227.00	736	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	359	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	811	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	824	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	437	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	935	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	811	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	466	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	918	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	185.41/cwt	182.50–188.00	886	95
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	509	198.80/cwt	196.00–201.00	1,012	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	733	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	543	181.73/cwt	181.00–182.00	987	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	557	201.24/cwt	186.00–202.00	1,121	66
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	174.63/cwt	170.00–179.00	992	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	162.24/cwt	161.00–166.00	922	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	603	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,103	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	603	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	980	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	168.79/cwt	166.00–172.00	1,070	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	162.90/cwt	156.00–165.00	1,087	159
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	725	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,142	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	731	154.37/cwt	150.00–156.50	1,128	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	737	145.60/cwt	134.50–149.25	1,073	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	775	157.52/cwt	157.00–158.00	1,221	211
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	786	156.43/cwt	154.00–157.00	1,230	163
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	786	141.82/cwt	140.50–143.10	1,115	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	821	152.64/cwt	150.25–157.25	1,253	206
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	856	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,310	88
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	885	144.42/cwt	141.00–146.50	1,278	191
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	930	143.05/cwt	138.75–145.85	1,330	263
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	974	138.64/cwt	136.75–139.85	1,350	223
Steers	—	Large 1	1,291	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	1,388	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	287	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	542	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	302	193.18/cwt	189.00–195.00	583	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	367	195.55/cwt	191.00–197.50	718	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	386	169.39/cwt	167.00–171.00	654	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	392	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	631	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	440	187.92/cwt	183.00–193.50	827	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	171.87/cwt	171.00–174.00	806	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	499	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	933	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	509	163.76/cwt	158.00–167.00	834	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	153.97/cwt	147.00–155.00	802	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	526	179.87/cwt	171.00–180.50	946	118
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	571	176.91/cwt	176.00–177.50	1,010	106
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	578	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	968	90
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	592	156.68/cwt	151.00–157.00	928	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	603	159.45/cwt	158.50–160.50	961	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	152.11/cwt	147.00–155.00	958	87
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	648	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	948	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	662	136.23/cwt	136.00–137.00	902	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	679	154.03/cwt	153.75–154.50	1,046	192
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	145.83/cwt	143.00–147.25	990	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	733	143.27/cwt	139.35–145.85	1,050	174
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	751	130.25/cwt	130.25–130.25	978	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	774	139.42/cwt	136.25–141.00	1,079	327
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,000	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	801	140.10/cwt	140.10–140.10	1,122	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	828	135.95/cwt	130.00–138.75	1,126	92
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	875	136.23/cwt	128.00–137.85	1,192	185
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	931	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,196	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	962	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,193	9
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,004	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,245	3
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,081	114.29/cwt	110.00–123.00	1,235	3
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,113	114.80/cwt	107.50–122.00	1,278	2
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,181	115.79/cwt	110.00–127.00	1,367	4
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,207	109.00/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,316	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,706	108.04/cwt	102.00–112.00	1,843	23
Bulls	—	—	1,974	115.91/cwt	114.00–120.00	2,288	10
Bulls	—	—	2,110	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,815	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,229	73.97/cwt	68.00–79.00	909	26
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,312	86.38/cwt	81.00–89.00	1,133	69
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,319	95.46/cwt	95.00–99.00	1,259	27
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,379	93.18/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,285	49
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,196	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	13,156	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,337	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	15,710	6

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 16, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,378Last week 3,785Year ago 857

Slaughter CattleReceipts 245Last week 322Year ago 35

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 51Year ago 0

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,181	110.00–127.00	115.79
2	—	1,113	107.50–122.00	114.80
3	—	1,004	124.00	124.00
3	—	1,081	110.00–123.00	114.29
3	—	1,207	105.00–111.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	392	161.00	161.00
16	—	287	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	509	158.00–167.00	163.76
20	—	302	189.00–195.00	193.18
327	—	774	136.25–141.00	139.42
185	—	875	128.00–137.85	136.23
60	—	469	171.00–174.00	171.87
174	—	733	139.35–145.85	143.27
9	—	962	124.00	124.00
8	—	931	128.50	128.50
85	—	679	143.00–147.25	145.83
92	—	828	130.00–138.75	135.95
87	—	630	147.00–155.00	152.11
10	—	386	167.00–171.00	169.39
59	—	592	151.00–157.00	156.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	440	183.00–193.50	187.92
106	—	571	176.00–177.50	176.91
19	—	603	158.50–160.50	159.45
192	—	679	153.75–154.50	154.03
118	—	526	171.00–180.50	179.87
63	—	801	140.10	140.10
18	—	499	187.00	187.00
7	—	367	191.00–197.50	195.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	578	167.50	167.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	662	136.00–137.00	136.23
11	—	648	146.25	146.25
4	—	751	130.25	130.25
81	—	521	147.00–155.00	153.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	800	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	856	153.00	153.00
66	—	557	186.00–202.00	201.24
40	—	603	183.00	183.00
32	—	437	214.00	214.00
16	—	359	226.00	226.00
13	—	326	225.00–227.00	225.92
19	—	466	197.00	197.00
41	—	509	196.00–201.00	198.80
12	—	725	157.50	157.50
211	—	775	157.00–158.00	157.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
206	—	821	150.25–157.25	152.64
191	—	885	141.00–146.50	144.42
163	—	786	154.00–157.00	156.43
223	—	974	136.75–139.85	138.64
33	—	731	150.00–156.50	154.37
15	—	543	181.00–182.00	181.73
5	—	429	192.00	192.00
263	—	930	138.75–145.85	143.05
76	—	568	170.00–179.00	174.63
64	—	634	166.00–172.00	168.79
95	—	478	182.50–188.00	185.41
159	—	667	156.00–165.00	162.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	520	141.00	141.00
12	—	465	174.50	174.50
18	—	603	162.50	162.50
70	—	737	134.50–149.25	145.60
24	—	786	140.50–143.10	141.82
19	—	568	161.00–166.00	162.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,291	107.50	107.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,229	68.00–79.00	73.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,319	95.00–99.00	95.46
49	—	1,379	90.00–94.00	93.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,312	81.00–89.00	86.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,706	102.00–112.00	108.04
1	—	2,110	86.00	86.00
10	—	1,974	114.00–120.00	115.91

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,337	1,175.00	1,175.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,196	1,100.00	1,100.00

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.