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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2022-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-31

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Aug 31

● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Aug 24Aug 31Sep 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3,348 head

▲ 1,059 vs last sale 2,289▲ 1,733 vs year ago 1,615 · +107.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

377 head

▼ 141 vs last sale 518▲ 219 vs year ago 158 · +138.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 13▼ 2 vs year ago 3 · −66.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, steers 500 lb to 925 lb sold steady to 4.00 lower, however 5 loads of thin fleshed steers weighing 800 lb to 900 lb sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Heifers 500 lb to 900 lb sold unevenly steady. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 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 $180.71/cwt on 2,017 head.

Average price

$180.71

2,017 head · 734 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,327

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$144

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

$16.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.36

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	735	181.58	1,335	1,909
Medium and Large 1-2	721	165.26	1,191	108

One grade step is worth $16.32/cwt here — about $144 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 sale2,017 hd

180.71

—

KS average3 barns · 5,559 hd

187.06

−6.36

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	—	Average	1,779	102.73	1,828	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,353	85.71	1,160	222
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,194	75.69	904	92
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,172	65.80	771	5thin

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 Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,113	$1,010	5

Every lot

77 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	315	220.43/cwt	212.50–223.00	694	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	338	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	629	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	374	215.74/cwt	213.00–218.00	807	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	392	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	735	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	408	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	840	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	415	183.14/cwt	182.50–185.00	760	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	440	193.95/cwt	193.00–196.00	853	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	158.79/cwt	150.00–172.50	751	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	476	179.70/cwt	179.00–180.00	855	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	195.38/cwt	191.00–199.00	934	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	479	204.89/cwt	203.00–206.00	981	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	190.09/cwt	185.00–194.50	1,015	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	541	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,136	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	562	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,158	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	188.17/cwt	185.00–194.00	1,088	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	605	181.74/cwt	177.00–185.00	1,100	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	607	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,153	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	164.36/cwt	159.00–170.00	1,035	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	674	162.62/cwt	157.50–169.00	1,096	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	676	174.87/cwt	171.00–175.50	1,182	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	683	184.01/cwt	181.00–186.00	1,257	200
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	716	168.59/cwt	163.00–171.00	1,207	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	729	178.61/cwt	175.00–183.85	1,302	400
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	734	186.85/cwt	186.85–186.85	1,371	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	735	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	1,356	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	769	180.34/cwt	179.25–180.85	1,387	358
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	776	168.48/cwt	167.00–171.00	1,307	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	779	172.57/cwt	171.00–175.00	1,344	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	816	173.10/cwt	171.50–175.00	1,412	145
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	840	166.04/cwt	165.50–167.00	1,395	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	856	184.17/cwt	183.10–185.60	1,576	185
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	881	172.27/cwt	168.50–176.50	1,518	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	903	132.50/cwt	132.00–134.00	1,196	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	931	164.89/cwt	164.00–165.85	1,535	129
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	340	203.78/cwt	201.00–209.00	693	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	368	199.54/cwt	193.00–200.00	734	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	395	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	672	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	188.52/cwt	185.00–193.00	801	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	456	193.75/cwt	191.00–197.00	884	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	460	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	722	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	462	184.80/cwt	180.00–187.00	854	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	512	184.71/cwt	180.00–187.00	946	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	516	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	980	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	530	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,034	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	945	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	175.10/cwt	169.00–177.00	998	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	574	182.36/cwt	182.00–182.50	1,047	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	591	149.74/cwt	141.00–151.00	885	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	610	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	976	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	165.58/cwt	163.00–171.00	1,050	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	653	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	940	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	658	164.00/cwt	160.00–169.00	1,079	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	691	179.75/cwt	179.75–179.75	1,242	83
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	709	161.25/cwt	161.25–161.25	1,143	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	173.28/cwt	166.50–174.50	1,265	72
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	782	166.19/cwt	164.00–168.00	1,300	146
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	785	155.21/cwt	152.00–159.50	1,218	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	822	155.81/cwt	154.25–162.50	1,281	197
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	877	153.76/cwt	150.00–156.00	1,348	117
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	895	144.81/cwt	142.00–146.00	1,296	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	901	154.10/cwt	154.10–154.10	1,388	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	937	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,293	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	495	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	705	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	513	177.05/cwt	173.00–179.00	908	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	804	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	584	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	958	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	609	153.29/cwt	153.00–155.00	934	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	700	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,183	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	755	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,004	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,528	96.87/cwt	93.00–98.50	1,480	7
Bulls	—	—	1,955	106.52/cwt	100.00–109.00	2,082	5
Bulls	—	—	2,220	113.77/cwt	113.00–114.50	2,526	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,172	65.80/cwt	61.00–69.00	771	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,194	75.69/cwt	72.00–79.00	904	92
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,334	84.93/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,133	177
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,430	88.80/cwt	87.50–91.00	1,270	45
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,113	1,010.00/head	1,010.00–1,010.00	1,010	5

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 31, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,348Last week 2,289Year ago 1,615

Slaughter CattleReceipts 377Last week 518Year ago 158

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 13Year ago 3

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
400	—	729	175.00–183.85	178.61
57	—	881	168.50–176.50	172.27
129	—	931	164.00–165.85	164.89
27	—	440	193.00–196.00	193.95
18	—	315	212.50–223.00	220.43
15	—	534	185.00–194.50	190.09
65	—	578	185.00–194.00	188.17
145	—	816	171.50–175.00	173.10
14	—	676	171.00–175.50	174.87
35	—	779	171.00–175.00	172.57
35	—	478	191.00–199.00	195.38
18	—	605	177.00–185.00	181.74
14	—	374	213.00–218.00	215.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	562	206.00	206.00
4	—	607	190.00	190.00
23	—	541	210.00	210.00
4	—	408	206.00	206.00
31	—	479	203.00–206.00	204.89
28	—	735	184.50	184.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	630	159.00–170.00	164.36
14	—	840	165.50–167.00	166.04
5	—	473	150.00–172.50	158.79
4	—	903	132.00–134.00	132.50
10	—	776	167.00–171.00	168.48
16	—	674	157.50–169.00	162.62
51	—	716	163.00–171.00	168.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	734	186.85	186.85
358	—	769	179.25–180.85	180.34
200	—	683	181.00–186.00	184.01
185	—	856	183.10–185.60	184.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	476	179.00–180.00	179.70
3	—	338	186.00	186.00
2	—	392	187.50	187.50
4	—	415	182.50–185.00	183.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	634	163.00–171.00	165.58
32	—	340	201.00–209.00	203.78
16	—	368	193.00–200.00	199.54
34	—	658	160.00–169.00	164.00
50	—	570	169.00–177.00	175.10
72	—	730	166.50–174.50	173.28
11	—	425	185.00–193.00	188.52
25	—	462	180.00–187.00	184.80
146	—	782	164.00–168.00	166.19
50	—	901	154.10	154.10
35	—	512	180.00–187.00	184.71
197	—	822	154.25–162.50	155.81
117	—	877	150.00–156.00	153.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	157.00	157.00
2	—	395	170.00	170.00
2	—	937	138.00	138.00
8	—	591	141.00–151.00	149.74
13	—	709	161.25	161.25
14	—	785	152.00–159.50	155.21
7	—	540	175.00	175.00
5	—	653	144.00	144.00
2	—	610	160.00	160.00
20	—	895	142.00–146.00	144.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	516	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	691	179.75	179.75
34	—	574	182.00–182.50	182.36
21	—	530	195.00	195.00
25	—	456	191.00–197.00	193.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	529	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	513	173.00–179.00	177.05
7	—	495	142.50	142.50
14	—	609	153.00–155.00	153.29
5	—	584	164.00	164.00
2	—	700	169.00	169.00
5	—	755	133.00	133.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,430	87.50–91.00	88.80
177	—	1,334	80.00–87.00	84.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,172	61.00–69.00	65.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	1,194	72.00–79.00	75.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,955	100.00–109.00	106.52
7	—	1,528	93.00–98.50	96.87
2	—	2,220	113.00–114.50	113.77

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,113	1,010.00	1,010.00

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.