Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2022-06-01

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jun 1
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,317 head
▼ 377 vs last sale 1,694▲ 87 vs year ago 1,230 · +7.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
328 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 325▲ 271 vs year ago 57 · +475.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 5▲ 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 875 lb to 975 lb sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Not enough steers 500 lb to 875 lb for a market test. Feeder heifers 800 lb to 975 lb sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Not enough heifers 500 lb to 800 lb for a market test. Demand was good for cattle over 800 lb. Slaughter cows sold 10.00 to 12.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.12/cwt on 622 head.
Average price
$140.12
622 head · 780 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,093
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$121
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$32.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.23
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1778140.901,096583
Medium and Large 1-2645139.5890025
Large 11,121108.621,21714thin
One grade step is worth $32.28/cwt here — about −$121 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 sale622 hd
140.12
—
KS average3 barns · 1,544 hd
140.35
−0.23
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,888105.851,99811
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37889.871,23894
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25981.491,026105
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17669.6381969

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,395$1,2222thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,100$1,0753thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,240$1,0751thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,278$1,0003thin

Every lot

57 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1336178.47/cwt171.00–181.006004
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy375220.00/cwt220.00–220.0082562
Steers—Medium and Large 1375192.00/cwt192.00–192.007206
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2421156.72/cwt154.00–162.006603
Steers—Medium and Large 1474171.86/cwt169.00–175.0081512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2482161.00/cwt161.00–161.007764
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy553181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,00118
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585138.00/cwt138.00–138.008071
Steers—Medium and Large 1597160.50/cwt160.00–162.009584
Steers—Medium and Large 1635154.00/cwt154.00–154.009782
Steers—Medium and Large 1695145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0081
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725136.00/cwt136.00–136.009862
Steers—Medium and Large 1780145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1312
Steers—Medium and Large 1820146.80/cwt145.50–148.351,20454
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2857130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1144
Steers—Medium and Large 1867145.74/cwt145.00–146.351,264111
Steers—Medium and Large 1937144.19/cwt142.00–146.251,351119
Steers—Medium and Large 1957147.81/cwt147.00–148.501,415118
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1310180.00/cwt180.00–180.005581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2351147.00/cwt147.00–147.005163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365187.00/cwt187.00–187.006831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1411188.00/cwt188.00–188.007735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2416168.86/cwt165.00–175.007025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2455145.00/cwt145.00–145.006601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482155.26/cwt154.00–158.007487
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515153.54/cwt148.00–156.0079124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy543164.00/cwt164.00–164.008915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2562147.50/cwt147.50–147.508292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568154.94/cwt151.00–155.508808
Heifers—Medium and Large 1636138.32/cwt138.00–142.0088018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy649148.00/cwt148.00–148.0096156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676138.01/cwt135.50–138.5093312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1703136.69/cwt136.00–137.5096111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy783140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,09623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1806137.89/cwt137.60–138.501,111155
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2815126.01/cwt125.00–128.501,02714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy830144.05/cwt144.00–144.101,196115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1880133.60/cwt133.25–134.001,176134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1930124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,1532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1973126.64/cwt120.00–128.001,2326
Heifers—Large 11,071104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,1143
Heifers—Large 11,134109.88/cwt103.00–112.501,24611
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1542155.24/cwt155.00–156.0084112
Bulls—Medium and Large 1588146.47/cwt139.00–154.008612
Bulls—Medium and Large 1648145.19/cwt145.00–148.0094115
Bulls—Medium and Large 1683145.00/cwt145.00–145.009904
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,62595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,5441
Bulls——1,705102.06/cwt100.00–104.001,7402
Bulls——1,966108.16/cwt107.00–111.002,1268
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17669.63/cwt65.00–76.0081969
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25981.49/cwt75.50–86.001,026105
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37288.34/cwt87.00–89.501,21264
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39193.14/cwt90.00–97.501,29630
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1001,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0753
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2401,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2781,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3951,221.77/head1,100.00–1,325.001,2222

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.