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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2022-08-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Aug 17

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Aug 10Aug 17Aug 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,332 head

▼ 638 vs last sale 1,970▼ 38 vs year ago 1,370 · −2.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

548 head

▲ 163 vs last sale 385▲ 402 vs year ago 146 · +275.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 25 vs last sale 26▼ 4 vs year ago 5 · −80.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers and feeder heifers 650 lb to 950 lb sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves 400 lb to 650 lb sold 3.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 10.00 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 $185.53/cwt on 680 head.

Average price

$185.53

680 head · 718 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,333

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$16

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$27.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.41

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	702	189.71	1,331	578
Medium and Large 1-2	812	161.86	1,315	102

One grade step is worth $27.85/cwt here — about $16 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 sale680 hd

185.53

—

KS average3 barns · 5,626 hd

183.12

+2.41

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	1,772	98.36	1,743	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,368	84.52	1,156	187
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,201	75.24	904	278
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,107	64.75	717	28

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,115	$1,125	1thin

Every lot

68 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	324	216.24/cwt	212.50–217.50	701	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	379	226.82/cwt	223.00–230.00	860	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	191.22/cwt	190.00–192.50	736	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	389	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	953	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	440	204.55/cwt	197.50–217.50	900	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	471	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,072	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	187.26/cwt	184.00–192.50	897	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	512	207.74/cwt	202.50–213.00	1,064	84
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	512	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	883	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	542	182.29/cwt	181.00–182.50	988	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	201.61/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,135	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	176.71/cwt	165.00–179.00	1,092	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	656	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,207	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	674	160.42/cwt	159.00–161.00	1,081	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	748	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,335	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	177.67/cwt	175.00–180.00	1,373	96
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	801	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,482	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	825	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,403	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	838	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,307	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	858	181.14/cwt	179.50–183.10	1,554	118
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	872	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,404	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	895	158.41/cwt	148.00–165.50	1,418	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	910	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,219	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	983	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,622	64
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	293	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	623	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	333	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	666	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	340	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	587	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	354	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	743	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	688	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	390	193.61/cwt	187.50–195.00	755	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	413	194.29/cwt	187.50–196.00	802	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	445	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	783	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	471	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	954	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	180.11/cwt	168.00–186.00	848	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	496	181.52/cwt	181.00–185.00	900	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	515	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	984	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	182.26/cwt	178.00–186.00	959	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	543	167.60/cwt	164.00–173.00	910	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	550	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	756	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	577	173.73/cwt	173.00–174.00	1,002	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	150.14/cwt	145.00–153.00	866	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	609	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,023	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	610	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,061	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	134.50/cwt	131.00–140.00	833	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	677	152.64/cwt	151.00–155.00	1,033	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	164.25/cwt	162.00–168.00	1,117	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	720	180.25/cwt	180.25–180.25	1,298	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	743	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,285	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	758	119.35/cwt	116.00–131.00	905	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	781	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,250	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	809	156.38/cwt	153.00–163.00	1,265	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	810	172.25/cwt	172.25–172.25	1,395	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	946	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,220	4
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,006	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,207	21
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,061	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	1,289	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	608	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	997	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	740	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	962	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	1,030	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,329	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	1,059	128.50/cwt	127.00–130.00	1,361	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	1,171	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,475	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,559	95.47/cwt	91.00–100.00	1,488	12
Bulls	—	—	1,880	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,542	1
Bulls	—	—	2,016	103.46/cwt	101.00–106.50	2,086	10
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,107	64.75/cwt	58.00–69.00	717	28
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,201	75.24/cwt	70.00–79.50	904	278
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,367	89.06/cwt	87.00–93.00	1,217	63
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,369	82.21/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,125	124
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,115	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	1

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 Aug 17, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,332Last week 1,970Year ago 1,370

Slaughter CattleReceipts 548Last week 385Year ago 146

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 26Year ago 5

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	445	176.00	176.00
3	—	380	181.00	181.00
5	—	619	131.00–140.00	134.50
10	—	677	151.00–155.00	152.64
15	—	471	168.00–186.00	180.11
2	—	340	172.50	172.50
1	—	550	137.50	137.50
5	—	758	116.00–131.00	119.35
5	—	543	164.00–173.00	167.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	577	145.00–153.00	150.14
5	—	609	168.00	168.00
9	—	390	187.50–195.00	193.61
37	—	496	181.00–185.00	181.52
12	—	809	153.00–163.00	156.38
41	—	743	173.00	173.00
20	—	526	178.00–186.00	182.26
3	—	293	212.50	212.50
4	—	333	200.00	200.00
26	—	413	187.50–196.00	194.29
29	—	680	162.00–168.00	164.25
4	—	946	129.00	129.00
18	—	781	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,061	121.50	121.50
21	—	1,006	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	610	174.00	174.00
11	—	577	173.00–174.00	173.73
3	—	515	191.00	191.00
51	—	810	172.25	172.25
26	—	471	202.50	202.50
8	—	354	210.00	210.00
65	—	720	180.25	180.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	656	184.00	184.00
84	—	512	202.50–213.00	207.74
29	—	471	227.50	227.50
118	—	858	179.50–183.10	181.14
18	—	801	185.00	185.00
16	—	389	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	674	159.00–161.00	160.42
5	—	838	156.00	156.00
1	—	910	134.00	134.00
15	—	618	165.00–179.00	176.71
2	—	512	172.50	172.50
2	—	385	190.00–192.50	191.22
67	—	895	148.00–165.50	158.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	825	170.00	170.00
96	—	773	175.00–180.00	177.67
28	—	542	181.00–182.50	182.29
25	—	379	223.00–230.00	226.82
4	—	324	212.50–217.50	216.24
29	—	748	178.50	178.50
8	—	479	184.00–192.50	187.26
22	—	563	200.00–205.00	201.61
14	—	872	161.00	161.00
11	—	440	197.50–217.50	204.55
64	—	983	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	740	130.00	130.00
5	—	608	164.00	164.00
1	—	1,030	129.00	129.00
2	—	1,171	126.00	126.00
6	—	1,059	127.00–130.00	128.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,367	87.00–93.00	89.06
124	—	1,369	80.00–86.00	82.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
278	—	1,201	70.00–79.50	75.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,107	58.00–69.00	64.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,880	82.00	82.00
10	—	2,016	101.00–106.50	103.46
12	—	1,559	91.00–100.00	95.47

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,115	1,125.00	1,125.00

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.