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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2023-08-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Aug 2

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Jul 26Aug 2Aug 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

192 head

▼ 169 vs last sale 361▼ 958 vs year ago 1,150 · −83.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

42 head

▼ 76 vs last sale 118▼ 397 vs year ago 439 · −90.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, not enough steers and heifers for a market test. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady on light receipts.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $238.16/cwt on 73 head.

Average price

$238.16

73 head · 594 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,414

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

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

$52.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.31

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	588	241.73	1,422	68
Medium and Large 1-2	669	189.71	1,269	5thin

One grade step is worth $52.02/cwt here — about $152 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 sale73 hd

238.16

—

KS average3 barns · 468 hd

250.47

−12.31

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	1,599	129.47	2,071	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,295	123.85	1,604	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,030	93.00	958	2thin

Every lot

30 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	320	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	931	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	960	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	390	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,034	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	415	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,100	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	738	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,827	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	784	227.02/cwt	219.00–229.00	1,780	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	787	201.40/cwt	190.00–205.00	1,585	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	218.70/cwt	218.50–219.00	1,815	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	840	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,957	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	895	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,620	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	355	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	834	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	434	255.87/cwt	253.00–258.00	1,110	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	446	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,182	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	220.27/cwt	218.00–222.50	1,024	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	549	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,373	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	588	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,161	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,444	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	704	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,637	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,544	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	771	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,766	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	785	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,327	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	815	169.50/cwt	168.00–171.00	1,381	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	895	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,351	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	900	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,584	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,560	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,732	1
Bulls	—	—	1,567	134.86/cwt	131.50–140.00	2,113	5
Bulls	—	—	1,800	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	2,178	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,030	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	958	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,193	119.22/cwt	116.00–123.00	1,422	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,356	126.63/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,717	20

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 2, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 192Last week 361Year ago 1,150

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 118Year ago 439

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, not enough steers and heifers for a market test. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady on light receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	895	181.00	181.00
4	—	787	190.00–205.00	201.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	830	218.50–219.00	218.70
6	—	738	247.50	247.50
1	—	320	291.00	291.00
1	—	380	252.50	252.50
1	—	415	265.00	265.00
5	—	784	219.00–229.00	227.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	265.00	265.00
7	—	840	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	895	151.00	151.00
1	—	900	176.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	446	265.00	265.00
19	—	704	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	588	197.50	197.50
15	—	549	250.00	250.00
4	—	771	229.00	229.00
7	—	628	230.00	230.00
9	—	434	253.00–258.00	255.87
1	—	355	235.00	235.00
2	—	725	213.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	218.00–222.50	220.27
2	—	815	168.00–171.00	169.50
1	—	785	169.00	169.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,800	121.00	121.00
5	—	1,567	131.50–140.00	134.86
1	—	1,560	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,193	116.00–123.00	119.22
20	—	1,356	125.00–131.00	126.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,030	93.00	93.00

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.