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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2022-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Mar 30

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Mar 23Mar 30Apr 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,771 head

▲ 1,745 vs last sale 1,026▼ 951 vs year ago 3,722 · −25.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

209 head

▲ 66 vs last sale 143▼ 39 vs year ago 248 · −15.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

39 head

▼ 85 vs last sale 124▼ 141 vs year ago 180 · −78.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Final*

Compared to last week, feeder steers less than 800 lbs sold on a light test though a firm undertone was noted, while those over 800 lbs sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers less than 500 lbs sold on a light test though a firm undertone was noted, while those over 500 lbs sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Buyer attendance and demand was good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $156.63/cwt on 1,304 head.

Average price

$156.63

1,304 head · 686 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,074

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$10.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.02

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	693	158.65	1,099	1,046
Medium and Large 1-2	657	148.42	975	258

One grade step is worth $10.22/cwt here — about $124 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 sale1,304 hd

156.63

—

KS average3 barns · 3,360 hd

151.60

+5.02

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	1,894	107.43	2,034	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,390	86.70	1,205	64
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,305	79.16	1,033	89
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,078	61.74	666	19

Every lot

63 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	322	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	609	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	369	223.64/cwt	218.00–227.00	825	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	918	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	220.59/cwt	214.00–224.00	1,037	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	489	189.09/cwt	181.00–190.00	925	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	513	202.33/cwt	200.00–207.00	1,038	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	521	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	995	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	184.79/cwt	182.00–187.00	972	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	583	205.83/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,200	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	603	188.28/cwt	184.00–193.00	1,135	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	164.92/cwt	164.00–167.00	1,014	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	674	167.71/cwt	167.00–169.00	1,130	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	163.40/cwt	162.50–163.75	1,193	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	734	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,130	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	772	156.48/cwt	151.75–158.85	1,208	158
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	154.35/cwt	150.50–155.25	1,281	158
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	839	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	1,177	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	881	142.17/cwt	141.50–144.00	1,253	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	884	151.06/cwt	150.00–151.60	1,335	122
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	906	149.56/cwt	148.25–150.60	1,355	219
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	946	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,353	61
Steers	—	Large 1	951	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,293	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	965	142.89/cwt	141.35–144.35	1,379	112
Steers	—	Large 1	1,028	139.18/cwt	135.00–140.50	1,431	67
Steers	—	Large 1	1,164	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,560	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	297	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	579	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	336	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	679	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	197.86/cwt	197.50–198.00	760	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	397	178.08/cwt	178.00–179.00	707	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	426	174.71/cwt	173.00–175.00	744	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	437	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	830	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	490	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	862	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	493	187.88/cwt	185.50–191.00	926	107
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	518	192.96/cwt	191.00–195.50	1,000	147
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	519	160.02/cwt	154.00–167.00	831	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	159.53/cwt	153.00–162.00	917	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	169.19/cwt	167.00–177.00	980	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	612	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	995	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	149.90/cwt	146.00–153.00	923	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	898	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	153.67/cwt	147.00–154.75	1,045	96
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	725	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,077	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	135.75/cwt	133.00–138.25	998	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	739	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,060	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	145.73/cwt	144.00–147.10	1,122	192
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,074	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	810	131.82/cwt	129.50–132.50	1,068	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	823	142.72/cwt	138.50–144.85	1,175	124
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	868	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,194	90
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	881	129.18/cwt	128.00–132.00	1,138	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	902	134.85/cwt	134.85–134.85	1,216	93
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,491	98.40/cwt	93.00–102.50	1,467	6
Bulls	—	—	2,009	108.54/cwt	106.00–111.00	2,181	8
Bulls	—	—	2,107	113.90/cwt	111.50–116.00	2,400	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,008	66.61/cwt	63.00–71.00	671	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,133	93.59/cwt	91.00–96.00	1,060	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,156	56.32/cwt	55.00–61.00	651	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,280	92.90/cwt	91.00–95.50	1,189	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,309	78.83/cwt	74.50–82.50	1,032	87
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,399	86.17/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,206	59
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,092	118.98/cwt	116.00–126.00	1,299	20
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,155	108.94/cwt	108.00–112.50	1,258	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,289	1,216.12/cwt	1,175.00–1,235.00	15,676	12

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 30, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,771Last week 1,026Year ago 3,722

Slaughter CattleReceipts 209Last week 143Year ago 248

Replacement CattleReceipts 39Last week 124Year ago 180

*Final*

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	437	190.00	190.00
96	—	680	147.00–154.75	153.67
14	—	336	202.00	202.00
192	—	770	144.00–147.10	145.73
31	—	579	167.00–177.00	169.19
93	—	902	134.85	134.85
17	—	616	146.00–153.00	149.90
124	—	823	138.50–144.85	142.72
15	—	739	143.50	143.50
10	—	384	197.50–198.00	197.86
107	—	493	185.50–191.00	187.88
90	—	868	137.50	137.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	630	142.50	142.50
7	—	490	176.00	176.00
10	—	881	128.00–132.00	129.18
7	—	426	173.00–175.00	174.71
68	—	770	139.50	139.50
38	—	735	133.00–138.25	135.75
34	—	519	154.00–167.00	160.02
29	—	575	153.00–162.00	159.53
23	—	810	129.50–132.50	131.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	725	148.50	148.50
147	—	518	191.00–195.50	192.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	397	178.00–179.00	178.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	297	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	612	162.50	162.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	881	141.50–144.00	142.17
7	—	734	154.00	154.00
45	—	489	181.00–190.00	189.09
13	—	322	189.00	189.00
7	—	839	140.25	140.25
31	—	526	182.00–187.00	184.79
12	—	615	164.00–167.00	164.92
19	—	674	167.00–169.00	167.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	583	200.00–210.00	205.83
19	—	603	184.00–193.00	188.28
17	—	470	214.00–224.00	220.59
13	—	431	213.00	213.00
8	—	369	218.00–227.00	223.64
112	—	965	141.35–144.35	142.89
158	—	772	151.75–158.85	156.48
15	—	513	200.00–207.00	202.33
63	—	730	162.50–163.75	163.40
219	—	906	148.25–150.60	149.56
158	—	830	150.50–155.25	154.35
122	—	884	150.00–151.60	151.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	951	136.00	136.00
6	—	1,164	134.00	134.00
67	—	1,028	135.00–140.50	139.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	521	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	946	143.00	143.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,008	63.00–71.00	66.61
9	—	1,156	55.00–61.00	56.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,280	91.00–95.50	92.90
59	—	1,399	84.00–89.00	86.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,133	91.00–96.00	93.59
87	—	1,309	74.50–82.50	78.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	2,107	111.50–116.00	113.90
6	—	1,491	93.00–102.50	98.40
8	—	2,009	106.00–111.00	108.54

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,155	108.00–112.50	108.94

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,092	116.00–126.00	118.98

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,289	1,175.00–1,235.00	1,216.12

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.