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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2023-09-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Sep 20

● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Sep 13Sep 20Oct 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,482 head

▲ 1,523 vs last sale 959▼ 346 vs year ago 2,828 · −12.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

291 head

▲ 94 vs last sale 197▼ 139 vs year ago 430 · −32.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

20 head

▲ 15 vs last sale 5▼ 120 vs year ago 140 · −85.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

* Note * Next week in Dodge City, Winter Livestock will have their 87th Anniversary Sale along with a special cow sale

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers 750 lb to 900 lb sold steady. Steers and heifers 450 lb to 750 lb sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher, however reputation and thin fleshed calves sold 20.00 to 23.00 higher. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and 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 $267.47/cwt on 1,404 head.

Average price

$267.47

1,404 head · 711 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,901

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$690

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

$75.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.80

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	712	269.18	1,917	1,372
Large 1	1,005	206.00	2,070	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	633	193.77	1,227	31

One grade step is worth $75.41/cwt here — about $690 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 sale1,404 hd

267.47

—

KS average3 barns · 3,814 hd

262.67

+4.80

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	1,643	114.55	1,882	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,305	108.37	1,415	207
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,204	93.62	1,127	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,264	72.05	911	5thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,216	$1,700	5

Every lot

75 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	285	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	898	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	333	326.38/cwt	318.00–328.00	1,087	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	434	327.59/cwt	320.00–331.00	1,422	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	436	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	964	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	442	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,529	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	472	327.95/cwt	327.50–329.00	1,548	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	488	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,732	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	489	313.46/cwt	306.00–317.00	1,533	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,294	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	273.46/cwt	271.00–275.00	1,449	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	542	321.25/cwt	321.25–321.25	1,741	100
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	553	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,670	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	563	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,695	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	285.99/cwt	283.00–292.00	1,644	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	576	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,555	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	620	277.90/cwt	277.00–283.50	1,723	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	270.10/cwt	269.00–273.00	1,688	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	648	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,017	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	654	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,550	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	662	288.97/cwt	288.00–290.00	1,913	144
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	687	267.31/cwt	266.50–269.00	1,836	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	691	255.18/cwt	251.50–258.00	1,763	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	717	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,685	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	736	254.37/cwt	251.00–260.50	1,872	226
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	766	238.98/cwt	237.50–242.00	1,831	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	775	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,000	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	821	257.06/cwt	254.00–259.85	2,110	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	822	245.53/cwt	242.25–249.75	2,018	276
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	856	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,875	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	889	244.54/cwt	239.00–247.10	2,174	166
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	901	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,009	3
Steers	—	Large 1	1,005	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,070	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	307	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	944	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	330	292.92/cwt	285.00–297.50	967	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	369	285.96/cwt	285.00–287.50	1,055	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	403	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	991	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	280.67/cwt	271.00–283.00	1,198	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	429	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,266	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	468	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,353	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	275.65/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,296	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	515	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,447	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	273.62/cwt	265.00–276.00	1,442	69
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	555	271.08/cwt	264.00–274.00	1,504	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	584	252.24/cwt	249.00–258.00	1,473	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	623	265.94/cwt	264.25–268.00	1,657	162
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	256.16/cwt	251.00–259.00	1,616	106
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	666	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,685	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	243.59/cwt	236.50–247.00	1,656	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	686	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,478	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	729	249.10/cwt	246.25–250.25	1,816	113
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	738	250.25/cwt	250.25–250.25	1,847	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	227.67/cwt	225.00–228.00	1,753	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	793	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,903	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	793	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,213	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	818	217.43/cwt	214.00–221.00	1,779	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	891	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,014	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	950	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,948	1
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,029	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,708	9
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,050	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,759	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	474	273.83/cwt	260.00–292.50	1,298	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	517	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	956	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	594	242.17/cwt	226.00–246.00	1,438	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	677	214.97/cwt	206.00–234.00	1,455	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	825	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,592	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	935	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,646	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	970	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,770	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,244	116.92/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,454	2
Bulls	—	—	1,641	100.59/cwt	97.00–106.00	1,651	5
Bulls	—	—	1,777	125.39/cwt	122.00–130.50	2,228	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,204	93.62/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,127	49
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,252	106.34/cwt	102.00–110.50	1,331	140
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,264	72.05/cwt	71.00–75.00	911	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,417	112.62/cwt	111.00–123.00	1,596	67
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	859	168.74/cwt	168.00–180.00	1,449	15
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,216	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	5

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 20, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,482Last week 959Year ago 2,828

Slaughter CattleReceipts 291Last week 197Year ago 430

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 5Year ago 140

* Final Report *

* Note * Next week in Dodge City, Winter Livestock will have their 87th Anniversary Sale along with a special cow sale

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	891	226.00	226.00
8	—	330	285.00–297.50	292.92
1	—	950	205.00	205.00
69	—	527	265.00–276.00	273.62
62	—	584	249.00–258.00	252.24
49	—	427	271.00–283.00	280.67
12	—	470	270.00–277.50	275.65
2	—	818	214.00–221.00	217.43
106	—	631	251.00–259.00	256.16
18	—	770	225.00–228.00	227.67
10	—	369	285.00–287.50	285.96
113	—	729	246.25–250.25	249.10
68	—	680	236.50–247.00	243.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	167.50	167.50
9	—	1,029	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	403	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	468	289.00	289.00
49	—	515	281.00	281.00
2	—	307	307.50	307.50
162	—	623	264.25–268.00	265.94
79	—	738	250.25	250.25
27	—	555	264.00–274.00	271.08
5	—	666	253.00	253.00
5	—	429	295.00	295.00
16	—	793	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	686	215.50	215.50
3	—	793	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	488	355.00	355.00
15	—	687	266.50–269.00	267.31
4	—	553	302.00	302.00
34	—	442	346.00	346.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
166	—	889	239.00–247.10	244.54
68	—	691	251.50–258.00	255.18
5	—	530	271.00–275.00	273.46
3	—	901	223.00	223.00
54	—	625	269.00–273.00	270.10
68	—	575	283.00–292.00	285.99
6	—	489	306.00–317.00	313.46
226	—	736	251.00–260.50	254.37
3	—	766	237.50–242.00	238.98
6	—	333	318.00–328.00	326.38
2	—	285	315.00	315.00
276	—	822	242.25–249.75	245.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	856	219.00	219.00
2	—	717	235.00	235.00
3	—	526	246.00	246.00
3	—	576	270.00	270.00
3	—	436	221.00	221.00
17	—	648	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
144	—	662	288.00–290.00	288.97
100	—	542	321.25	321.25
4	—	775	258.00	258.00
13	—	472	327.50–329.00	327.95
14	—	434	320.00–331.00	327.59
50	—	563	301.00	301.00
28	—	620	277.00–283.50	277.90
70	—	821	254.00–259.85	257.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	654	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	517	185.00	185.00
1	—	825	193.00	193.00
9	—	594	226.00–246.00	242.17
7	—	474	260.00–292.50	273.83
3	—	677	206.00–234.00	214.97
1	—	970	182.50	182.50
1	—	935	176.00	176.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	1,252	102.00–110.50	106.34
67	—	1,417	111.00–123.00	112.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,204	90.00–100.00	93.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,264	71.00–75.00	72.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,244	115.00–119.00	116.92
5	—	1,641	97.00–106.00	100.59
6	—	1,777	122.00–130.50	125.39

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	15	—	859	168.00–180.00	168.74

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)	5	—	1,216	1,700.00	1,700.00

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.