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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2023-09-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Sep 13

● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Sep 6Sep 13Sep 20 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

959 head

▼ 50 vs last sale 1,009▼ 2,152 vs year ago 3,111 · −69.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

197 head

▲ 55 vs last sale 142▼ 184 vs year ago 381 · −48.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

5 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 1▼ 2 vs year ago 7 · −28.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Winter Livestock in Dodge City will have their first calf special next Wednesday September 20 *

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, feeder steers 650 lb to 950 lb sold 6.00 to 7.00 higher, however thin fleshed steers sold up to 15.00 higher. Steer calves 400 lb to 650 lb sold up to 20.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500 lb to 800 lb sold 6.00 to 7.00 higher, however thin fleshed heifers sold up to 15.00 higher. Demand was good. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher.

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 $254.41/cwt on 537 head.

Average price

$254.41

537 head · 777 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,977

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$219

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$39.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.50

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	777	255.57	1,985	520
Medium and Large 1-2	761	219.24	1,668	15thin
Large 1	1,020	216.00	2,203	2thin

One grade step is worth $39.57/cwt here — about −$219 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 sale537 hd

254.41

—

KS average3 barns · 2,589 hd

251.90

+2.50

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	—	High	1,779	125.77	2,238	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,276	117.82	1,504	119
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,190	102.09	1,215	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,114	83.79	933	28

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,425	$1,825	1thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	406	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,315	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	442	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,454	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	455	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	967	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,499	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	291.93/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,503	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	545	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,049	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	559	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,616	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	587	276.40/cwt	273.00–277.00	1,622	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	614	246.31/cwt	246.00–249.00	1,512	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	625	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,656	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	685	231.00/cwt	229.00–233.00	1,582	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	712	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,858	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	245.65/cwt	241.00–249.00	1,764	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	773	259.64/cwt	259.50–260.00	2,007	136
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	790	249.38/cwt	245.00–256.50	1,970	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	792	222.72/cwt	222.00–231.00	1,764	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	840	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	2,096	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	895	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,157	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	910	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,920	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	920	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,208	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	954	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,271	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	968	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,139	11
Steers	—	Large 1	1,020	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,203	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	295	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	811	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	434	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,150	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	512	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,311	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	528	269.91/cwt	269.00–271.00	1,425	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	258.13/cwt	253.00–263.00	1,471	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,478	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	625	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,588	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	636	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,428	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	686	220.99/cwt	216.00–231.00	1,516	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	717	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,757	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	736	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,700	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	1,826	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	834	233.21/cwt	230.25–236.75	1,945	167
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	863	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,976	69
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	889	221.80/cwt	218.50–224.00	1,972	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	925	180.51/cwt	180.00–181.00	1,670	2
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,094	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,057	20
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	485	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,225	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	680	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,564	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	700	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,554	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,766	126.13/cwt	123.00–129.00	2,227	6
Bulls	—	—	1,770	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,965	1
Bulls	—	—	1,823	132.08/cwt	131.00–133.00	2,408	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,114	83.79/cwt	80.00–95.00	933	28
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,190	102.09/cwt	99.00–109.00	1,215	29
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,243	115.06/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,430	68
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,321	121.51/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,605	51
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,024	145.26/cwt	135.00–149.00	1,487	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,425	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	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 Sep 13, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 959Last week 1,009Year ago 3,111

Slaughter CattleReceipts 197Last week 142Year ago 381

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 1Year ago 7

* Winter Livestock in Dodge City will have their first calf special next Wednesday September 20 *

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	442	329.00	329.00
1	—	625	265.00	265.00
43	—	954	238.00	238.00
10	—	559	289.00	289.00
34	—	712	261.00	261.00
136	—	773	259.50–260.00	259.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,020	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	319.00	319.00
33	—	840	249.50	249.50
68	—	920	240.00	240.00
51	—	790	245.00–256.50	249.38
10	—	614	246.00–249.00	246.31
11	—	968	221.00	221.00
2	—	685	229.00–233.00	231.00
24	—	895	241.00	241.00
33	—	515	290.00–300.00	291.93
33	—	718	241.00–249.00	245.65
19	—	587	273.00–277.00	276.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	192.50	192.50
1	—	455	212.50	212.50
12	—	792	222.00–231.00	222.72
1	—	910	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	406	324.00	324.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	528	269.00–271.00	269.91
69	—	863	229.00	229.00
8	—	625	254.00	254.00
50	—	750	243.50	243.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	736	231.00	231.00
10	—	889	218.50–224.00	221.80
7	—	434	265.00	265.00
1	—	295	275.00	275.00
167	—	834	230.25–236.75	233.21
4	—	616	240.00	240.00
6	—	512	256.00	256.00
4	—	570	253.00–263.00	258.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	717	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	686	216.00–231.00	220.99
7	—	636	224.50	224.50
2	—	925	180.00–181.00	180.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,094	188.00	188.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	252.50	252.50
2	—	680	230.00	230.00
1	—	700	222.00	222.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,243	110.00–119.00	115.06
51	—	1,321	120.00–127.00	121.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,190	99.00–109.00	102.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,114	80.00–95.00	83.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,823	131.00–133.00	132.08
6	—	1,766	123.00–129.00	126.13
1	—	1,770	111.00	111.00

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	4	—	1,024	135.00–149.00	145.26

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,425	1,825.00	1,825.00

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.