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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2022-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Oct 19

● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Oct 12Oct 19Oct 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,528 head

▲ 208 vs last sale 2,320▼ 284 vs year ago 2,812 · −10.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

670 head

▲ 132 vs last sale 538▲ 524 vs year ago 146 · +358.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

31 head

▲ 13 vs last sale 18▲ 20 vs year ago 11 · +181.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, not enough feeder steers 700 lb to 900 lb for a market test, however a lower trend was noted. Steers 575 lb to 700 lb sold steady, however 53 fancy steers weighing 603 lb sold for 193.25. Steer calves 400 lb to 575 lb sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Not enough feeder heifers 550 lb to 900 lb for a market test, however a lower trend was noted. Heifer calves 400 lb to 550 lb sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 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 $180.25/cwt on 1,223 head.

Average price

$180.25

1,223 head · 659 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,188

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$227

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$49.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.13

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	680	182.84	1,244	1,023
Medium and Large 1-2	536	167.92	900	195
Large 1	1,106	133.00	1,471	5thin

One grade step is worth $49.84/cwt here — about −$227 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 sale1,223 hd

180.25

—

KS average3 barns · 3,340 hd

179.13

+1.13

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	1,770	92.48	1,637	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,315	72.68	956	265
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,223	66.56	814	271
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,151	55.84	643	54

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	990	$1,025	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,185	$1,010	21
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	995	$1,010	1thin

Every lot

87 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	320	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	544	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	323	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	589	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	325	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	644	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	360	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	670	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	639	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	372	201.54/cwt	199.00–205.00	750	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	412	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	843	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	419	181.58/cwt	178.00–182.00	761	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	421	214.95/cwt	212.00–218.00	905	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	178.72/cwt	172.00–181.00	758	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	483	210.10/cwt	203.00–215.00	1,015	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	487	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	945	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	495	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	876	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	511	160.80/cwt	152.50–165.00	822	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	184.53/cwt	184.00–187.00	963	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	531	201.92/cwt	195.00–206.50	1,072	194
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	563	190.44/cwt	187.50–192.00	1,072	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	165.68/cwt	165.00–166.00	936	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	152.96/cwt	149.00–159.00	893	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	608	193.25/cwt	193.25–193.25	1,175	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	161.80/cwt	158.00–163.00	1,019	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	637	172.62/cwt	167.00–175.00	1,100	147
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	657	171.25/cwt	166.50–174.00	1,125	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	687	157.12/cwt	145.00–158.00	1,079	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	690	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,242	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	740	151.69/cwt	148.00–161.00	1,123	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	760	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,193	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	767	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,327	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	770	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,413	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	812	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,230	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	844	168.97/cwt	165.50–172.00	1,426	136
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	861	139.92/cwt	134.00–145.00	1,205	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	894	164.41/cwt	154.00–164.50	1,470	120
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	895	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,607	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	913	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,639	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	958	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,370	3
Steers	—	Large 1	1,106	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,471	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	271	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	495	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	342	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	776	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	609	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	372	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	647	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	387	196.50/cwt	193.00–200.00	760	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	395	188.65/cwt	187.50–191.00	745	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	401	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	818	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	422	180.55/cwt	174.00–185.00	762	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	743	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	445	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	757	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	462	150.86/cwt	145.00–153.00	697	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	473	187.15/cwt	183.00–189.50	885	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	487	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	808	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	492	174.30/cwt	170.00–177.00	858	71
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	166.67/cwt	160.00–170.00	877	93
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	153.93/cwt	125.00–157.50	828	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	546	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	942	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	566	140.40/cwt	132.00–144.00	795	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	585	162.09/cwt	157.00–163.00	948	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	590	170.63/cwt	169.00–171.00	1,007	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	601	170.92/cwt	166.00–171.25	1,027	64
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	152.58/cwt	144.00–156.00	943	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	162.52/cwt	159.00–162.75	1,014	109
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	664	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,062	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	938	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	680	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,149	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	708	132.68/cwt	130.00–138.00	939	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	743	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,096	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	744	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,224	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	754	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	995	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	139.43/cwt	139.00–142.00	1,082	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	842	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,238	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	887	144.56/cwt	142.75–144.85	1,282	137
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	905	144.25/cwt	144.25–144.25	1,305	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	917	124.80/cwt	123.00–132.00	1,144	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	959	108.44/cwt	103.00–122.00	1,040	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	564	163.05/cwt	145.00–165.00	920	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	625	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	938	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	680	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	993	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,684	91.89/cwt	87.00–94.50	1,547	18
Bulls	—	—	1,713	84.27/cwt	83.00–85.00	1,444	6
Bulls	—	—	1,958	98.48/cwt	95.00–101.50	1,928	10
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,151	55.84/cwt	50.00–59.50	643	54
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,223	66.56/cwt	60.00–69.50	814	271
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,252	70.93/cwt	70.00–72.50	888	137
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,383	74.55/cwt	73.00–78.00	1,031	128
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	877	105.44/cwt	102.50–106.00	925	7
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	990	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	995	1,010.00/head	1,010.00–1,010.00	1,010	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,185	1,010.00/head	1,010.00–1,010.00	1,010	21

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 Oct 19, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,528Last week 2,320Year ago 2,812

Slaughter CattleReceipts 670Last week 538Year ago 146

Replacement CattleReceipts 31Last week 18Year ago 11

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	608	193.25	193.25
65	—	895	179.50	179.50
36	—	770	183.50	183.50
20	—	421	212.00–218.00	214.95
194	—	531	195.00–206.50	201.92
48	—	483	203.00–215.00	210.10
21	—	563	187.50–192.00	190.44
9	—	690	180.00	180.00
39	—	913	179.50	179.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,106	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	861	134.00–145.00	139.92
3	—	958	143.00	143.00
2	—	812	151.50	151.50
14	—	687	145.00–158.00	157.12
9	—	511	152.50–165.00	160.80
1	—	495	177.00	177.00
10	—	584	149.00–159.00	152.96
3	—	760	157.00	157.00
20	—	323	182.50	182.50
34	—	630	158.00–163.00	161.80
2	—	365	175.00	175.00
14	—	740	148.00–161.00	151.69
76	—	424	172.00–181.00	178.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	767	173.00	173.00
38	—	657	166.50–174.00	171.25
17	—	522	184.00–187.00	184.53
136	—	844	165.50–172.00	168.97
6	—	325	198.00	198.00
120	—	894	154.00–164.50	164.41
10	—	412	204.50	204.50
2	—	487	194.00	194.00
147	—	637	167.00–175.00	172.62
16	—	565	165.00–166.00	165.68
7	—	372	199.00–205.00	201.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	320	170.00	170.00
2	—	360	186.00	186.00
20	—	419	178.00–182.00	181.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	462	145.00–153.00	150.86
7	—	959	103.00–122.00	108.44
7	—	754	132.00	132.00
30	—	618	144.00–156.00	152.58
24	—	538	125.00–157.50	153.93
5	—	917	123.00–132.00	124.80
6	—	665	141.00	141.00
11	—	566	132.00–144.00	140.40
39	—	432	172.00	172.00
15	—	372	174.00	174.00
6	—	708	130.00–138.00	132.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	422	174.00–185.00	180.55
71	—	492	170.00–177.00	174.30
109	—	624	159.00–162.75	162.52
53	—	842	147.00	147.00
6	—	664	160.00	160.00
23	—	395	187.50–191.00	188.65
93	—	526	160.00–170.00	166.67
14	—	776	139.00–142.00	139.43
24	—	585	157.00–163.00	162.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	487	166.00	166.00
3	—	271	182.50	182.50
12	—	445	170.00	170.00
17	—	350	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	680	169.00	169.00
27	—	744	164.50	164.50
64	—	601	166.00–171.25	170.92
18	—	546	172.50	172.50
62	—	473	183.00–189.50	187.15
6	—	342	227.00	227.00
13	—	401	204.00	204.00
38	—	590	169.00–171.00	170.63
22	—	387	193.00–200.00	196.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
137	—	887	142.75–144.85	144.56
61	—	905	144.25	144.25
5	—	743	147.50	147.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	680	146.00	146.00
9	—	625	150.00	150.00
10	—	564	145.00–165.00	163.05

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
271	—	1,223	60.00–69.50	66.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,151	50.00–59.50	55.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
137	—	1,252	70.00–72.50	70.93
128	—	1,383	73.00–78.00	74.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,713	83.00–85.00	84.27
10	—	1,958	95.00–101.50	98.48
18	—	1,684	87.00–94.50	91.89

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	877	102.50–106.00	105.44

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)	21	—	1,185	1,010.00	1,010.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	995	1,010.00	1,010.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	990	1,025.00	1,025.00

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.