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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2022-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Sep 28

● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Sep 21Sep 28Oct 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,536 head

▼ 292 vs last sale 2,828▲ 1,107 vs year ago 1,429 · +77.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

453 head

▲ 23 vs last sale 430▲ 200 vs year ago 253 · +79.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 700 lb to 900 lb sold unevenly steady. Steer calves 400 lb to 700 lb sold 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Not enough feeder heifers 700 lb to 900 lb for a market test, however a lower trend was noted. Heifer calves 400 lb to 700 lb sold 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 to 5.00 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 $182.61/cwt on 1,191 head.

Average price

$182.61

1,191 head · 633 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,156

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$345

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$43.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.43

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	626	187.30	1,173	945
Medium and Large 1-2	655	164.79	1,080	244
Large 1	1,058	143.50	1,518	2thin

One grade step is worth $43.80/cwt here — about −$345 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 sale1,191 hd

182.61

—

KS average3 barns · 2,841 hd

186.04

−3.43

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	1,764	91.26	1,610	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,418	82.43	1,169	60
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,262	72.07	910	184
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,124	57.39	645	115

Every lot

85 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	308	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	656	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	328	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	564	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	330	195.35/cwt	192.00–200.00	645	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	207.56/cwt	201.00–210.00	778	103
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	379	193.12/cwt	191.00–196.00	732	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	403	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	838	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	434	197.29/cwt	189.00–200.00	856	115
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	439	184.58/cwt	181.00–186.00	810	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	464	190.11/cwt	182.00–193.00	882	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	466	166.48/cwt	158.00–178.00	776	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	531	165.22/cwt	159.00–170.00	877	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	179.07/cwt	177.50–180.00	953	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	538	195.32/cwt	194.00–196.00	1,051	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	551	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,003	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	556	169.47/cwt	167.00–171.50	942	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	598	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	969	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	608	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,070	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	169.32/cwt	168.00–172.50	1,050	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	166.16/cwt	143.00–174.00	1,047	72
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	168.54/cwt	149.50–177.00	1,112	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	671	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,033	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	697	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,307	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	711	163.86/cwt	156.25–166.50	1,165	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	737	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	1,301	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	784	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	1,454	114
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	790	175.47/cwt	172.10–178.00	1,386	181
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	811	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,192	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,453	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	872	156.13/cwt	155.75–156.50	1,361	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	896	176.93/cwt	172.00–177.00	1,585	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	910	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,411	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	933	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,595	4
Steers	—	Large 1	1,000	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,510	1
Steers	—	Large 1	1,115	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,516	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	275	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	550	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	321	184.83/cwt	180.00–189.00	593	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	328	205.02/cwt	197.00–207.50	672	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	351	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	681	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	368	197.41/cwt	197.00–198.00	726	90
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	189.98/cwt	185.00–192.00	718	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	386	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	683	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	423	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	689	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	170.24/cwt	159.00–179.00	722	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	425	186.61/cwt	183.00–193.00	793	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	173.53/cwt	170.00–177.00	746	57
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	465	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	818	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	484	163.44/cwt	160.00–170.00	791	89
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	496	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	620	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	165.63/cwt	163.00–174.50	856	88
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	167.37/cwt	160.25–171.50	944	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	569	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	996	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	151.00/cwt	143.00–157.00	874	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	607	154.18/cwt	150.00–155.00	936	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	638	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,053	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	638	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	995	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	674	156.70/cwt	152.00–158.00	1,056	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	679	143.42/cwt	141.00–145.00	974	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	712	167.68/cwt	167.50–168.00	1,194	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	721	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	973	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	740	156.20/cwt	150.00–161.50	1,156	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	759	150.08/cwt	146.00–151.00	1,139	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	785	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	966	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	823	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,243	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	825	165.10/cwt	165.10–165.10	1,362	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	832	159.18/cwt	158.00–159.75	1,324	130
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	885	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,465	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	909	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,118	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	922	143.65/cwt	142.00–144.50	1,324	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	950	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,235	1
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,045	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,348	1
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,057	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,374	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	423	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	730	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	461	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	798	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	565	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	842	33
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	625	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	934	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	756	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,043	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	860	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,101	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,582	82.72/cwt	74.00–88.00	1,309	7
Bulls	—	—	1,925	94.78/cwt	93.00–96.00	1,825	3
Bulls	—	—	1,963	103.57/cwt	101.00–105.50	2,033	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,103	59.37/cwt	53.00–66.00	655	90
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,198	50.25/cwt	47.50–52.00	602	25
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,262	72.07/cwt	67.00–77.00	910	184
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,383	79.96/cwt	78.00–81.00	1,106	23
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,440	83.96/cwt	83.00–85.50	1,209	37

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 Sep 28, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,536Last week 2,828Year ago 1,429

Slaughter CattleReceipts 453Last week 430Year ago 253

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	933	171.00	171.00
36	—	308	213.00	213.00
4	—	737	176.50	176.50
64	—	896	172.00–177.00	176.93
43	—	532	177.50–180.00	179.07
29	—	556	167.00–171.50	169.47
20	—	464	182.00–193.00	190.11
10	—	620	168.00–172.50	169.32
103	—	375	201.00–210.00	207.56
52	—	830	175.00	175.00
181	—	790	172.10–178.00	175.47
115	—	434	189.00–200.00	197.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	551	182.00	182.00
14	—	608	176.00	176.00
70	—	697	187.50	187.50
38	—	538	194.00–196.00	195.32
114	—	784	185.50	185.50
21	—	403	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	466	158.00–178.00	166.48
25	—	598	162.00	162.00
10	—	660	149.50–177.00	168.54
42	—	711	156.25–166.50	163.86
13	—	531	159.00–170.00	165.22
4	—	328	172.00	172.00
20	—	439	181.00–186.00	184.58
72	—	630	143.00–174.00	166.16
22	—	910	155.00	155.00
6	—	811	147.00	147.00
18	—	872	155.75–156.50	156.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	151.00	151.00
1	—	1,115	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	671	154.00	154.00
14	—	379	191.00–196.00	193.12
5	—	330	192.00–200.00	195.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	378	185.00–192.00	189.98
88	—	517	163.00–174.50	165.63
11	—	759	146.00–151.00	150.08
40	—	321	180.00–189.00	184.83
41	—	564	160.25–171.50	167.37
3	—	922	142.00–144.50	143.65
18	—	674	152.00–158.00	156.70
89	—	484	160.00–170.00	163.44
57	—	430	170.00–177.00	173.53
4	—	275	200.00	200.00
17	—	740	150.00–161.50	156.20
1	—	950	130.00	130.00
130	—	832	158.00–159.75	159.18
41	—	607	150.00–155.00	154.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	386	177.00	177.00
15	—	423	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	123.00	123.00
5	—	679	141.00–145.00	143.42
30	—	579	143.00–157.00	151.00
9	—	351	194.00	194.00
4	—	496	125.00	125.00
8	—	638	156.00	156.00
18	—	424	159.00–179.00	170.24
4	—	721	135.00	135.00
9	—	823	151.00	151.00
6	—	909	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	328	197.00–207.50	205.02
65	—	425	183.00–193.00	186.61
90	—	368	197.00–198.00	197.41
44	—	885	165.50	165.50
4	—	638	165.00	165.00
45	—	569	175.00	175.00
12	—	465	176.00	176.00
73	—	825	165.10	165.10
40	—	712	167.50–168.00	167.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,045	129.00	129.00
7	—	1,057	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	128.00	128.00
3	—	756	138.00	138.00
8	—	461	173.00	173.00
7	—	423	172.50	172.50
33	—	565	149.00	149.00
13	—	625	149.50	149.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,383	78.00–81.00	79.96
37	—	1,440	83.00–85.50	83.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,198	47.50–52.00	50.25
90	—	1,103	53.00–66.00	59.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
184	—	1,262	67.00–77.00	72.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,925	93.00–96.00	94.78
7	—	1,582	74.00–88.00	82.72
4	—	1,963	101.00–105.50	103.57

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.