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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2022-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, May 18

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

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Feeder Cattle receipts

1,754 head

▼ 32 vs last sale 1,786▲ 1,094 vs year ago 660 · +165.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

459 head

▲ 152 vs last sale 307▲ 288 vs year ago 171 · +168.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

7 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 19▼ 57 vs year ago 64 · −89.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, steers 500 lb to 975 lb sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers 600 lb to 975 lb sold 7.00 to 11.00 lower. Heifers 450 lb to 600 lb sold steady to 3.00 higher. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 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 $150.83/cwt on 993 head.

Average price

$150.83

993 head · 797 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,202

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$163

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$21.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.78

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	789	152.79	1,205	872
Medium and Large 1-2	722	140.90	1,017	70
Large 1	1,046	130.81	1,368	51

One grade step is worth $21.99/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 sale993 hd

150.83

—

KS average3 barns · 3,620 hd

154.61

−3.78

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	1,885	98.47	1,857	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,323	76.93	1,018	300
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,197	65.86	788	80
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,148	54.67	628	11

Every lot

70 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	317	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	567	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	323	199.85/cwt	197.00–205.00	646	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	341	204.90/cwt	203.00–206.00	699	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	367	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	683	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	206.17/cwt	204.00–210.00	876	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	427	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	813	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	485	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	936	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	171.40/cwt	167.50–172.00	831	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	510	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	984	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	537	171.25/cwt	169.50–175.00	920	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	171.50/cwt	170.00–172.00	983	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	160.62/cwt	156.00–162.50	936	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	615	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,046	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	160.75/cwt	160.00–161.00	989	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	150.61/cwt	146.00–158.00	940	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	159.20/cwt	155.00–163.00	1,075	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	141.00/cwt	140.00–142.00	956	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	710	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	880	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	748	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,100	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	766	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,210	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	778	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,043	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	787	148.82/cwt	143.00–149.50	1,171	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	824	136.38/cwt	126.00–139.00	1,124	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	837	150.66/cwt	144.00–151.60	1,261	105
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	841	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,270	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	869	148.83/cwt	145.50–150.25	1,293	130
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	889	137.35/cwt	136.85–139.00	1,221	140
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	900	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,229	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	987	130.25/cwt	129.00–130.50	1,286	77
Steers	—	Large 1	1,038	131.37/cwt	125.00–131.50	1,364	49
Steers	—	Large 1	1,230	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,439	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	273	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	513	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	321	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	600	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	333	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	546	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	355	178.80/cwt	177.00–184.00	635	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	443	163.24/cwt	162.00–167.00	723	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	152.30/cwt	149.00–157.00	722	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	487	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	794	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	160.49/cwt	157.00–161.00	841	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	793	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	562	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	821	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	590	161.16/cwt	160.50–164.50	951	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	602	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	969	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	142.07/cwt	140.00–145.00	895	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	923	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	141.50/cwt	138.50–144.50	1,017	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	764	143.70/cwt	139.50–144.10	1,098	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	785	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,001	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	805	126.48/cwt	124.00–129.00	1,018	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	822	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,028	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	855	130.55/cwt	130.00–131.00	1,116	156
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	859	116.58/cwt	111.00–121.50	1,001	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	910	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,056	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	976	122.73/cwt	122.50–125.00	1,198	42
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,052	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	1,141	2
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,108	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	975	44
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,150	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,231	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	646	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	911	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	686	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	981	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	820	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	984	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,679	94.27/cwt	90.00–98.00	1,583	8
Bulls	—	—	1,690	72.52/cwt	72.00–73.00	1,226	2
Bulls	—	—	2,071	106.24/cwt	100.00–111.50	2,200	11
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,148	54.67/cwt	54.00–58.00	628	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,197	65.86/cwt	60.50–69.50	788	80
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,315	75.64/cwt	70.00–79.50	995	226
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,347	80.87/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,089	74
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,000	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	10,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,200	1,235.00/cwt	1,235.00–1,235.00	14,820	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,600	1,310.00/cwt	1,310.00–1,310.00	20,960	2

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 18, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,754Last week 1,786Year ago 660

Slaughter CattleReceipts 459Last week 307Year ago 171

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 19Year ago 64

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	900	136.50	136.50
77	—	987	129.00–130.50	130.25
21	—	537	169.50–175.00	171.25
29	—	787	143.00–149.50	148.82
20	—	675	155.00–163.00	159.20
16	—	615	160.00–161.00	160.75
105	—	837	144.00–151.60	150.66
140	—	889	136.85–139.00	137.35
10	—	341	203.00–206.00	204.90
21	—	425	204.00–210.00	206.17
16	—	573	170.00–172.00	171.50
7	—	485	167.50–172.00	171.40
3	—	748	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,230	117.00	117.00
49	—	1,038	125.00–131.50	131.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	624	146.00–158.00	150.61
12	—	778	134.00	134.00
25	—	824	126.00–139.00	136.38
2	—	317	179.00	179.00
7	—	583	156.00–162.50	160.62
4	—	678	140.00–142.00	141.00
8	—	710	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	766	158.00	158.00
68	—	841	151.00	151.00
13	—	485	193.00	193.00
43	—	615	170.00	170.00
13	—	510	193.00	193.00
130	—	869	145.50–150.25	148.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	367	186.00	186.00
16	—	323	197.00–205.00	199.85
5	—	427	190.50	190.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,150	107.00	107.00
44	—	1,108	88.00	88.00
2	—	1,052	108.50	108.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
156	—	855	130.00–131.00	130.55
36	—	719	138.50–144.50	141.50
24	—	590	160.50–164.50	161.16
10	—	487	163.00	163.00
15	—	602	161.00	161.00
3	—	273	188.00	188.00
24	—	524	157.00–161.00	160.49
1	—	910	116.00	116.00
42	—	976	122.50–125.00	122.73
2	—	805	124.00–129.00	126.48
9	—	321	187.00	187.00
70	—	764	139.50–144.10	143.70
4	—	355	177.00–184.00	178.80
15	—	443	162.00–167.00	163.24
11	—	669	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	859	111.00–121.50	116.58
7	—	785	127.50	127.50
20	—	630	140.00–145.00	142.07
10	—	525	151.00	151.00
2	—	562	146.00	146.00
7	—	474	149.00–157.00	152.30
2	—	822	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	333	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	646	141.00	141.00
14	—	686	143.00	143.00
1	—	820	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
226	—	1,315	70.00–79.50	75.64
74	—	1,347	80.00–85.00	80.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,197	60.50–69.50	65.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,148	54.00–58.00	54.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,690	72.00–73.00	72.52
11	—	2,071	100.00–111.50	106.24
8	—	1,679	90.00–98.00	94.27

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,200	1,235.00	1,235.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,050.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,600	1,310.00	1,310.00

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.