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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2022-05-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, May 25

● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← May 18May 25Jun 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,694 head

▼ 60 vs last sale 1,754▲ 20 vs year ago 1,674 · +1.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

325 head

▼ 134 vs last sale 459▲ 45 vs year ago 280 · +16.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 7▼ 102 vs year ago 107 · −95.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 550 lb to 975 lb sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Not enough steer calves 400 lb to 550 lb for a market test, however a lower trend was noted. Feeder heifers 750 lb to 900 lb sold steady to 2.00 higher. Heifers 400 lb to 750 lb sold unevenly steady. Demand was good on cattle over 700 lb, while moderate on cattle under 700 lb. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 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 $154.68/cwt on 765 head.

Average price

$154.68

765 head · 784 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,212

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$103

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$30.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.03

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	781	156.91	1,225	649
Medium and Large 1-2	767	144.18	1,106	103
Large 1	1,050	126.50	1,329	13thin

One grade step is worth $30.41/cwt here — about −$103 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 sale765 hd

154.68

—

KS average3 barns · 3,247 hd

153.65

+1.03

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	1,662	92.86	1,543	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,278	77.56	991	244
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,126	63.60	716	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,213	57.00	691	3thin

Every lot

74 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	342	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	727	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	352	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	785	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	759	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	808	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	445	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	761	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	446	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	575	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	823	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	519	186.66/cwt	183.00–190.00	969	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	173.59/cwt	172.00–175.00	925	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	545	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	763	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	583	171.61/cwt	168.00–174.00	1,000	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	592	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	906	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	618	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,007	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	646	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,047	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	162.95/cwt	158.00–166.00	1,111	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	698	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,089	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	773	144.06/cwt	143.00–148.00	1,114	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	778	159.19/cwt	157.75–160.75	1,238	139
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	796	155.03/cwt	150.00–156.00	1,234	91
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	812	156.49/cwt	155.00–157.00	1,271	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	856	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,335	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	873	136.69/cwt	131.00–147.00	1,193	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	905	143.97/cwt	139.50–144.00	1,303	138
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	920	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,242	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	973	136.88/cwt	136.00–139.50	1,332	74
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	974	132.57/cwt	132.00–134.00	1,291	7
Steers	—	Large 1	1,025	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,266	7
Steers	—	Large 1	1,080	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,404	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	315	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	559	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	320	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	512	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	347	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	642	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	355	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	518	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	365	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	551	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	385	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	674	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	389	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	642	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	408	115.74/cwt	115.00–118.00	472	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	172.56/cwt	171.00–174.00	725	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	161.78/cwt	160.00–164.00	764	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	148.24/cwt	143.00–150.00	703	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	499	167.35/cwt	167.35–167.35	835	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	525	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	898	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	538	163.27/cwt	158.00–166.50	878	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	550	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	803	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	556	165.25/cwt	165.25–165.25	919	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	156.10/cwt	151.00–158.50	893	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600	160.25/cwt	160.25–160.25	962	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	632	131.56/cwt	127.00–133.00	831	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	636	146.64/cwt	143.00–149.00	933	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	136.63/cwt	136.00–137.50	915	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	143.14/cwt	139.00–145.25	976	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	714	134.91/cwt	133.00–136.50	963	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	754	144.11/cwt	138.00–145.50	1,087	189
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	769	132.09/cwt	131.00–136.50	1,016	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	810	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,069	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	827	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	968	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	862	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,142	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	913	123.63/cwt	121.00–125.00	1,129	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	968	117.98/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,142	2
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,050	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,103	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	475	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	836	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	586	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	809	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	662	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,019	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	715	126.49/cwt	126.00–127.00	904	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	780	116.94/cwt	115.00–120.00	912	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	842	114.65/cwt	103.00–130.00	965	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,525	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,479	1
Bulls	—	—	1,557	85.76/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,335	6
Bulls	—	—	1,918	105.68/cwt	105.50–106.00	2,027	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,126	63.60/cwt	60.00–69.00	716	19
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,213	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	691	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,250	76.25/cwt	70.00–79.50	953	190
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,376	82.15/cwt	80.00–84.50	1,130	54
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,115	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	13,101	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,100	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	12,100	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 25, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,694Last week 1,754Year ago 1,674

Slaughter CattleReceipts 325Last week 459Year ago 280

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 7Year ago 107

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
139	—	778	157.75–160.75	159.19
8	—	352	223.00	223.00
23	—	519	183.00–190.00	186.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	773	143.00–148.00	144.06
12	—	476	173.00	173.00
4	—	698	156.00	156.00
20	—	873	131.00–147.00	136.69
1	—	545	140.00	140.00
4	—	446	129.00	129.00
2	—	592	153.00	153.00
7	—	974	132.00–134.00	132.57
12	—	920	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	533	172.00–175.00	173.59
4	—	342	212.50	212.50
21	—	646	162.00	162.00
20	—	583	168.00–174.00	171.61
74	—	973	136.00–139.50	136.88
138	—	905	139.50–144.00	143.97
47	—	812	155.00–157.00	156.49
10	—	421	192.00	192.00
3	—	856	156.00	156.00
91	—	796	150.00–156.00	155.03
43	—	682	158.00–166.00	162.95
10	—	375	202.50	202.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,080	130.00	130.00
7	—	1,025	123.50	123.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	618	163.00	163.00
1	—	445	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	472	160.00–164.00	161.78
45	—	682	139.00–145.25	143.14
3	—	913	121.00–125.00	123.63
34	—	420	171.00–174.00	172.56
1	—	315	177.50	177.50
18	—	714	133.00–136.50	134.91
15	—	862	132.50	132.50
2	—	968	115.00–121.00	117.98
28	—	636	143.00–149.00	146.64
1	—	810	132.00	132.00
5	—	389	165.00	165.00
85	—	572	151.00–158.50	156.10
81	—	538	158.00–166.50	163.27
189	—	754	138.00–145.50	144.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	151.00	151.00
3	—	320	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	556	165.25	165.25
1	—	385	175.00	175.00
13	—	525	171.00	171.00
4	—	347	185.00	185.00
27	—	600	160.25	160.25
36	—	499	167.35	167.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	827	117.00	117.00
10	—	769	131.00–136.50	132.09
7	—	670	136.00–137.50	136.63
12	—	632	127.00–133.00	131.56
1	—	355	146.00	146.00
3	—	550	146.00	146.00
4	—	408	115.00–118.00	115.74
4	—	474	143.00–150.00	148.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	586	138.00	138.00
11	—	475	176.00	176.00
8	—	662	154.00	154.00
7	—	842	103.00–130.00	114.65
2	—	715	126.00–127.00	126.49
5	—	780	115.00–120.00	116.94

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,213	57.00	57.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,126	60.00–69.00	63.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,376	80.00–84.50	82.15
190	—	1,250	70.00–79.50	76.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,918	105.50–106.00	105.68
1	—	1,525	97.00	97.00
6	—	1,557	84.00–89.00	85.76

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 (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,115	1,175.00	1,175.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,100	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.