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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2022-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, May 11

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← May 4May 11May 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,786 head

▼ 176 vs last sale 1,962▼ 1,014 vs year ago 2,800 · −36.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

307 head

▼ 143 vs last sale 450▲ 139 vs year ago 168 · +82.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

19 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 21▲ 6 vs year ago 13 · +46.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 500 lb to 975 lb sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower, with the exception of 1 load of fancy steers weighing 837 that sold for 158. Steer calves 400 lb to 500 lb sold 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers 700 lb to 950 lb sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifers 400 lb to 700 lb sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

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 $158.80/cwt on 806 head.

Average price

$158.80

806 head · 771 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,224

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$162

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$20.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.81

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	783	159.52	1,250	703
Medium and Large 1-2	582	158.35	922	79
Large 1	1,016	138.98	1,412	24

One grade step is worth $20.54/cwt here — about −$162 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 sale806 hd

158.80

—

KS average3 barns · 3,324 hd

156.99

+1.81

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	1,922	100.42	1,930	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,373	78.64	1,080	149
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,262	71.33	900	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,200	60.07	721	39

Every lot

69 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 1	315	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	646	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	334	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	608	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	367	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	716	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	749	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	434	191.52/cwt	190.00–195.00	831	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	183.54/cwt	180.00–187.00	886	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	489	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	929	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	157.40/cwt	148.00–164.00	831	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	538	186.48/cwt	183.00–188.00	1,003	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	179.39/cwt	177.00–180.00	1,006	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	575	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,041	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	158.00/cwt	148.00–167.00	923	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,049	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	646	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,160	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	647	161.91/cwt	159.00–163.00	1,048	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	679	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,192	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	721	145.06/cwt	141.00–150.00	1,046	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,227	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	756	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,213	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	771	155.93/cwt	154.00–157.50	1,202	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	773	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,152	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	836	145.14/cwt	142.00–148.00	1,213	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	837	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,322	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	878	142.17/cwt	140.50–146.00	1,248	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	898	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,176	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	919	145.36/cwt	143.50–150.75	1,336	255
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	951	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,151	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	977	139.73/cwt	135.00–140.10	1,365	56
Steers	—	Large 1	1,016	138.98/cwt	128.00–141.25	1,412	24
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	393	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	711	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	395	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	573	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	170.19/cwt	165.00–171.00	715	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	674	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	429	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	725	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	161.26/cwt	156.00–163.00	779	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	498	145.12/cwt	145.00–146.00	723	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	157.45/cwt	152.00–161.50	825	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	792	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	565	159.67/cwt	159.00–161.00	902	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	147.39/cwt	146.00–150.00	840	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	605	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	817	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	921	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	651	136.02/cwt	133.00–145.00	885	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	697	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,077	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	872	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	157.60/cwt	151.00–159.50	1,144	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	752	160.10/cwt	160.10–160.10	1,204	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	758	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,175	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	773	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,059	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	836	141.91/cwt	139.25–146.00	1,186	266
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	842	104.01/cwt	101.00–113.00	876	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	859	139.97/cwt	139.50–140.35	1,202	137
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	867	143.75/cwt	143.75–143.75	1,246	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	907	120.75/cwt	111.00–123.50	1,095	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	939	137.10/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,287	17
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,000	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,250	1
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,177	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,224	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,822	96.66/cwt	93.00–99.00	1,761	10
Bulls	—	—	2,065	105.78/cwt	101.00–109.00	2,184	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,200	60.07/cwt	51.00–67.00	721	39
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,262	71.33/cwt	67.00–74.50	900	49
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,358	83.71/cwt	83.00–85.00	1,137	15
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,375	78.07/cwt	75.00–82.50	1,073	134
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	960	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	9,120	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	920	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	6,532	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,057	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,456	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,078	830.66/cwt	735.00–925.00	8,955	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,100	1,281.67/cwt	1,275.00–1,285.00	14,098	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,311	1,373.89/cwt	1,185.00–1,525.00	18,012	9

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 May 11, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,786Last week 1,962Year ago 2,800

Slaughter CattleReceipts 307Last week 450Year ago 168

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 21Year ago 13

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	715	122.00	122.00
6	—	605	135.00	135.00
3	—	395	145.00	145.00
18	—	535	148.00	148.00
14	—	907	111.00–123.50	120.75
12	—	842	101.00–113.00	104.01
4	—	651	133.00–145.00	136.02
8	—	421	160.00	160.00
3	—	773	137.00	137.00
16	—	498	145.00–146.00	145.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
266	—	836	139.25–146.00	141.91
137	—	859	139.50–140.35	139.97
5	—	570	146.00–150.00	147.39
20	—	483	156.00–163.00	161.26
17	—	939	130.00–138.00	137.10
37	—	726	151.00–159.50	157.60
37	—	524	152.00–161.50	157.45
26	—	697	154.50	154.50
17	—	758	155.00	155.00
12	—	420	165.00–171.00	170.19
8	—	631	146.00	146.00
4	—	393	181.00	181.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	429	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	752	160.10	160.10
40	—	565	159.00–161.00	159.67
11	—	867	143.75	143.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	125.00	125.00
2	—	1,177	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	773	149.00	149.00
26	—	528	148.00–164.00	157.40
11	—	647	159.00–163.00	161.91
9	—	721	141.00–150.00	145.06
6	—	421	178.00	178.00
9	—	334	182.00	182.00
3	—	898	131.00	131.00
9	—	584	148.00–167.00	158.00
3	—	951	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	735	167.00	167.00
25	—	434	190.00–195.00	191.52
13	—	878	140.50–146.00	142.17
38	—	771	154.00–157.50	155.93
17	—	483	180.00–187.00	183.54
3	—	315	205.00	205.00
50	—	538	183.00–188.00	186.48
2	—	367	195.00	195.00
4	—	836	142.00–148.00	145.14
56	—	977	135.00–140.10	139.73
29	—	561	177.00–180.00	179.39
255	—	919	143.50–150.75	145.36
8	—	617	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	575	181.00	181.00
38	—	679	175.50	175.50
28	—	756	160.50	160.50
6	—	489	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,016	128.00–141.25	138.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	646	179.50	179.50
64	—	837	158.00	158.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,200	51.00–67.00	60.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,358	83.00–85.00	83.71
134	—	1,375	75.00–82.50	78.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,262	67.00–74.50	71.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	2,065	101.00–109.00	105.78
10	—	1,822	93.00–99.00	96.66

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	960	950.00	950.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	920	710.00	710.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,057	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,078	735.00–925.00	830.66

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,100	1,275.00–1,285.00	1,281.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,311	1,185.00–1,525.00	1,373.89

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.