Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2022-07-13

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jul 13
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
942 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 892▲ 388 vs year ago 554 · +70.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
522 head
▲ 57 vs last sale 465▲ 324 vs year ago 198 · +163.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 94 vs last sale 99▼ 20 vs year ago 25 · −80.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 450 lb to 950 lb sold 3.00 to 10.00 higher on light receipts. Feeder heifers 450 lb to 900 lb sold 3.00 to 10.00 higher on light receipts. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold 8.00 lower. One high yielding cow sold for 93. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 to 7.00 lower. One high yielding bull sold for 106.50

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $156.32/cwt on 401 head.
Average price
$156.32
401 head · 750 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,172
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$120
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$60.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.24
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1741159.621,183361
Medium and Large 1-2756134.421,01631
Large 11,07299.091,0639thin
One grade step is worth $60.53/cwt here — about $120 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 sale401 hd
156.32
—
KS average2 barns · 797 hd
154.07
+2.24
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—Average1,83794.611,73828
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44985.121,233169
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29073.92954152
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,48065.96976118

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,128$1,0005

Every lot

66 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy373210.00/cwt210.00–210.007836
Steers—Medium and Large 1382190.69/cwt187.50–197.507283
Steers—Medium and Large 1410191.00/cwt191.00–191.007831
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy413211.05/cwt210.00–212.0087219
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2434178.00/cwt178.00–178.0077310
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy458212.50/cwt212.50–212.509736
Steers—Medium and Large 1464191.00/cwt191.00–191.008865
Steers—Medium and Large 1532199.02/cwt198.00–200.001,05914
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy552199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,0989
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2556166.00/cwt166.00–166.009234
Steers—Medium and Large 1581180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0463
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2610162.22/cwt153.00–176.009906
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy628190.52/cwt188.00–191.001,19612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2685152.70/cwt149.00–160.501,0463
Steers—Medium and Large 1688177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,2214
Steers—Medium and Large 1733158.02/cwt155.00–161.001,15810
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2746144.67/cwt133.00–147.001,0796
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy756165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,2474
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2784134.29/cwt123.00–144.001,0538
Steers—Medium and Large 1787155.27/cwt155.00–156.001,22219
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2830144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,1955
Steers—Medium and Large 1845164.58/cwt159.00–165.501,39114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2860141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,2131
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy864173.34/cwt173.10–173.501,498116
Steers—Medium and Large 1867144.60/cwt144.00–145.001,2545
Steers—Medium and Large 1910148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,34712
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy943167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,58016
Steers—Medium and Large 1951153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,4553
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy972165.60/cwt165.60–165.601,61060
Steers—Large 11,030141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,4521
Steers—Large 11,092140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,5292
Steers—Large 11,250112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,4001
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323189.00/cwt189.00–189.006103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363187.99/cwt181.00–190.006829
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417179.12/cwt177.50–181.0074725
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460169.02/cwt168.00–170.007772
Heifers—Medium and Large 1500161.00/cwt161.00–161.008053
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575166.90/cwt165.00–168.0096022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2601145.00/cwt145.00–145.008713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1642155.52/cwt152.00–156.009988
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2660136.50/cwt136.50–136.509011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1671156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,0473
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy698163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,13827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2701138.50/cwt138.50–138.509719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy720168.25/cwt168.25–168.251,21144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1743152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,12910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2775143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,1081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2817129.76/cwt105.00–142.001,06017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy823158.75/cwt158.75–158.751,30725
Heifers—Medium and Large 1837154.22/cwt153.00–155.601,291169
Heifers—Medium and Large 1947126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,1935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1989116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,1476
Heifers—Large 11,03598.55/cwt92.50–101.001,0207
Heifers—Large 11,110105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,1661
Heifers—Large 11,29597.00/cwt97.00–97.001,2561
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1556163.00/cwt163.00–163.009063
Bulls—Medium and Large 1766144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,1033
Bulls—Medium and Large 1985100.00/cwt100.00–100.009851
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,72386.53/cwt83.00–88.001,4918
Bulls——1,84294.62/cwt92.00–99.001,74312
Bulls——1,944102.66/cwt101.00–106.501,9968
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29073.92/cwt63.00–79.00954152
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36782.64/cwt80.00–84.001,13075
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,48065.96/cwt54.00–69.50976118
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51487.10/cwt85.00–93.001,31994
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1281,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0005

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.