Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2022-08-10

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Aug 10
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,970 head
▲ 820 vs last sale 1,150▲ 1,194 vs year ago 776 · +153.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
385 head
▼ 54 vs last sale 439▲ 188 vs year ago 197 · +95.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 10▲ 11 vs year ago 15 · +73.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to 2 weeks ago, steers 550 lb to 1,000 lb sold 13.00 to 20.00 higher. Heifers 475 lb to 900 lb sold 7.00 to 15.00 higher. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $187.98/cwt on 1,388 head.
Average price
$187.98
1,388 head · 723 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,360
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$247
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$31.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.40
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1714190.031,3561,295
Medium and Large 1-2559162.1790631
Large 11,013158.251,60362
One grade step is worth $31.78/cwt here — about −$247 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 sale1,388 hd
187.98
—
KS average3 barns · 5,749 hd
180.58
+7.40
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—Low1,784104.931,87230
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,33389.911,198108
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24781.221,013155
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14274.4585055

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,339$1,24725
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,040$1,1751thin

Every lot

73 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned282203.00/cwt203.00–203.005722
Steers—Medium and Large 1326228.00/cwt228.00–228.007439
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned371205.00/cwt205.00–205.007616
Steers—Medium and Large 1381224.20/cwt222.00–229.008546
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy435216.84/cwt212.00–223.009439
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned435187.50/cwt187.50–187.508161
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2436142.50/cwt142.50–142.506214
Steers—Medium and Large 1449204.00/cwt204.00–204.009169
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned457195.00/cwt195.00–195.008912
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2461155.92/cwt150.00–160.007195
Steers—Medium and Large 1469203.25/cwt200.50–210.0095321
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned512198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,0147
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy515213.60/cwt213.00–214.001,10025
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527148.00/cwt148.00–148.007804
Steers—Medium and Large 1541202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,09323
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy550208.94/cwt205.00–209.501,14924
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2555184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,0217
Steers—Medium and Large 1570192.27/cwt188.00–195.001,0965
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed590214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,26342
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned602178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,0727
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2606169.97/cwt167.00–173.001,0308
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed621206.25/cwt206.25–206.251,28167
Steers—Medium and Large 1623193.64/cwt191.00–195.001,20688
Steers—Medium and Large 1664167.68/cwt165.00–173.001,11321
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed667200.27/cwt191.25–202.251,336219
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed718186.43/cwt185.25–188.001,339111
Steers—Medium and Large 1722175.47/cwt171.00–180.001,2674
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed768184.66/cwt184.25–185.251,418357
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2810146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,1833
Steers—Medium and Large 1811161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,3064
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy845178.10/cwt178.10–178.101,50550
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy853180.10/cwt180.10–180.101,53651
Steers—Medium and Large 1939165.75/cwt165.75–165.751,55658
Steers—Medium and Large 1989163.10/cwt163.10–163.101,61367
Steers—Large 11,013158.25/cwt158.25–158.251,60362
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1331198.60/cwt198.00–200.006577
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned335145.00/cwt145.00–145.004863
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy339200.00/cwt200.00–200.0067812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1395190.00/cwt190.00–190.007513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431184.00/cwt184.00–184.0079310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470188.02/cwt182.50–192.5088420
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2495165.00/cwt165.00–165.008172
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2504154.10/cwt147.50–158.007777
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515178.75/cwt177.00–181.0092139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy532197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,0519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2563129.65/cwt127.50–140.0073018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1584171.16/cwt168.00–175.001,00078
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy635181.50/cwt181.50–181.501,15313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1642164.54/cwt158.00–167.001,05623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2645143.00/cwt143.00–143.009226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy671173.23/cwt172.50–174.501,16225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1683163.01/cwt160.00–164.001,11329
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2688140.66/cwt129.00–143.009686
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2765128.00/cwt128.00–128.009792
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy790171.10/cwt171.10–171.101,35238
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2812146.59/cwt145.00–149.001,1905
Heifers—Medium and Large 1813164.48/cwt164.25–166.001,33738
Heifers—Medium and Large 1913124.19/cwt121.00–130.501,1343
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy919148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,36511
Heifers—Large 11,045131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,3691
Heifers—Large 11,061141.42/cwt138.00–142.501,50017
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1505157.50/cwt157.50–157.507951
Bulls—Medium and Large 1595155.00/cwt155.00–155.009223
Bulls—Medium and Large 1835135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1271
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,699105.58/cwt100.00–109.001,79420
Bulls——1,85294.09/cwt86.00–99.001,7435
Bulls——2,056113.18/cwt110.00–116.502,3275
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14274.45/cwt63.00–76.5085055
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24781.22/cwt77.00–86.501,013155
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31989.31/cwt87.00–93.501,17896
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44394.75/cwt94.00–96.001,36712
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0401,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3391,246.52/head1,210.00–1,285.001,24725

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.