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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2023-03-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Mar 1

● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Feb 22Mar 1Mar 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,318 head

▼ 1,333 vs last sale 3,651▼ 3,626 vs year ago 5,944 · −61.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

342 head

▲ 192 vs last sale 150▲ 39 vs year ago 303 · +12.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

2 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 10▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers 600 lb to 900 lb sold 2.00 lower, however high quality and fancy steers and heifers sold 2.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves 400 lb to 600 lb sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Demand was good on high quality and fancy cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

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 $194.59/cwt on 1,081 head.

Average price

$194.59

1,081 head · 733 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,426

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$392

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$23.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.44

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	704	197.24	1,388	954
Medium and Large 1-2	685	178.59	1,224	27
Large 1	1,025	173.67	1,780	100

One grade step is worth $23.57/cwt here — about −$392 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 sale1,081 hd

194.59

—

KS average3 barns · 4,144 hd

192.15

+2.44

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	1,911	110.97	2,121	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,385	97.45	1,349	145
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,273	87.56	1,115	105
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,050	68.85	723	41

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,425	$1,450	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,100	$1,525	1thin

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	325	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	848	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	345	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	875	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	851	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	874	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	388	252.19/cwt	252.00–258.00	978	75
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	420	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	966	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	903	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	451	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,033	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	215.32/cwt	211.00–219.00	1,025	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	479	229.68/cwt	228.00–233.00	1,100	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	212.02/cwt	209.00–217.00	1,128	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,033	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	546	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,103	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	560	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,036	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	567	227.92/cwt	226.00–229.00	1,292	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	203.49/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,166	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	625	215.45/cwt	211.00–218.50	1,347	81
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	195.49/cwt	190.00–195.75	1,234	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	645	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,180	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	660	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,294	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	686	188.33/cwt	184.50–194.50	1,292	106
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	713	180.48/cwt	178.00–183.00	1,287	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	187.79/cwt	183.00–192.00	1,365	73
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	772	179.96/cwt	177.00–184.25	1,389	90
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	790	192.85/cwt	192.85–192.85	1,524	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	798	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,341	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	179.52/cwt	174.50–180.50	1,490	172
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	861	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,614	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	873	173.74/cwt	170.00–177.50	1,517	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	892	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,436	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	925	176.60/cwt	175.00–177.35	1,634	93
Steers	—	Large 1	1,025	173.67/cwt	172.50–174.50	1,780	100
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	336	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	753	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	383	213.01/cwt	212.00–227.00	816	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	394	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	942	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	455	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	842	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	472	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,001	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	473	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	989	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	489	198.91/cwt	193.00–200.00	973	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	523	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,119	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	196.51/cwt	187.00–198.00	1,045	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	540	208.51/cwt	207.50–212.00	1,126	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	575	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,104	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	581	176.41/cwt	171.00–180.00	1,025	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	616	198.25/cwt	198.25–198.25	1,221	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	637	170.55/cwt	163.00–173.00	1,086	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	639	179.01/cwt	177.00–186.00	1,144	115
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	672	184.00/cwt	183.00–185.50	1,236	77
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	176.86/cwt	174.50–179.50	1,190	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	683	166.05/cwt	157.00–168.00	1,134	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	738	176.53/cwt	173.50–180.00	1,303	317
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	763	175.68/cwt	170.50–177.00	1,340	204
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,163	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	841	169.71/cwt	161.00–170.10	1,427	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	879	165.53/cwt	159.00–165.75	1,455	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	916	161.02/cwt	159.00–165.00	1,475	3
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,021	149.40/cwt	147.50–160.50	1,525	8
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,126	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,419	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	450	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	873	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	533	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,103	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	685	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,226	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	716	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,138	26
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	825	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,312	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,853	110.15/cwt	108.00–113.00	2,041	14
Bulls	—	—	1,949	100.84/cwt	90.00–105.00	1,965	4
Bulls	—	—	2,021	119.64/cwt	117.00–123.00	2,418	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	956	63.15/cwt	61.00–66.00	604	25
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,196	77.76/cwt	73.00–79.00	930	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,273	87.56/cwt	81.00–91.50	1,115	105
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,383	100.73/cwt	100.00–104.00	1,393	34
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,385	96.44/cwt	92.00–99.50	1,336	111
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,425	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,100	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	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 Mar 1, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,318Last week 3,651Year ago 5,944

Slaughter CattleReceipts 342Last week 150Year ago 303

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 10Year ago 0

* 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
9	—	345	253.50	253.50
23	—	861	187.50	187.50
23	—	479	228.00–233.00	229.68
56	—	790	192.85	192.85
20	—	660	196.00	196.00
1	—	350	243.00	243.00
38	—	567	226.00–229.00	227.92
1	—	420	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	1,025	172.50–174.50	173.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	532	209.00–217.00	212.02
15	—	573	200.00–205.00	203.49
172	—	830	174.50–180.50	179.52
106	—	686	184.50–194.50	188.33
73	—	727	183.00–192.00	187.79
90	—	772	177.00–184.25	179.96
1	—	325	261.00	261.00
43	—	631	190.00–195.75	195.49
6	—	476	211.00–219.00	215.32
1	—	385	227.00	227.00
93	—	925	175.00–177.35	176.60
1	—	435	207.50	207.50
2	—	873	170.00–177.50	173.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	892	161.00	161.00
6	—	713	178.00–183.00	180.48
3	—	535	193.00	193.00
7	—	560	185.00	185.00
4	—	798	168.00	168.00
3	—	645	183.00	183.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	546	202.00	202.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	388	252.00–258.00	252.19
4	—	451	229.00	229.00
81	—	625	211.00–218.50	215.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	533	207.00	207.00
26	—	716	159.00	159.00
1	—	825	159.00	159.00
6	—	685	179.00	179.00
1	—	450	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	473	209.00	209.00
13	—	540	207.50–212.00	208.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	879	159.00–165.75	165.53
14	—	383	212.00–227.00	213.01
23	—	841	161.00–170.10	169.71
317	—	738	173.50–180.00	176.53
8	—	581	171.00–180.00	176.41
11	—	532	187.00–198.00	196.51
204	—	763	170.50–177.00	175.68
3	—	916	159.00–165.00	161.02
62	—	673	174.50–179.50	176.86
6	—	489	193.00–200.00	198.91
115	—	639	177.00–186.00	179.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	394	239.00	239.00
40	—	523	214.00	214.00
77	—	672	183.00–185.50	184.00
3	—	336	224.00	224.00
1	—	575	192.00	192.00
17	—	472	212.00	212.00
42	—	616	198.25	198.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	185.00	185.00
1	—	765	152.00	152.00
27	—	637	163.00–173.00	170.55
23	—	683	157.00–168.00	166.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,021	147.50–160.50	149.40
4	—	1,126	126.00	126.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,196	73.00–79.00	77.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	1,385	92.00–99.50	96.44
34	—	1,383	100.00–104.00	100.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	1,273	81.00–91.50	87.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	956	61.00–66.00	63.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,853	108.00–113.00	110.15
4	—	1,949	90.00–105.00	100.84
6	—	2,021	117.00–123.00	119.64

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,425	1,450.00	1,450.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,525.00	1,525.00

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.