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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2023-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-06

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Dec 6

● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Nov 29Dec 6Dec 13 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3,240 head

▲ 2,316 vs last sale 924▼ 791 vs year ago 4,031 · −19.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

340 head

▲ 20 vs last sale 320▲ 19 vs year ago 321 · +5.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

50 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 43▼ 9 vs year ago 59 · −15.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week on limited comparisons, steers sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good on good buyer attendance for weaned calf special.

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 $254.74/cwt on 1,751 head.

Average price

$254.74

1,751 head · 648 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,651

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$150

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

$93.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.13

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	612	270.57	1,655	1,244
Medium and Large 1-2	734	216.42	1,588	500
Large 1-2	1,020	177.00	1,805	7thin

One grade step is worth $93.57/cwt here — about −$150 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 sale1,751 hd

254.74

—

KS average4 barns · 5,085 hd

248.61

+6.13

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	1,806	99.03	1,788	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,407	94.17	1,325	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,239	93.56	1,159	97
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,241	83.07	1,031	140

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)	1,101	$1,575	9
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,238	$1,560	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,385	$1,489	5

Every lot

64 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	335	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,246	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	358	336.90/cwt	327.00–341.00	1,206	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	417	357.43/cwt	354.00–361.00	1,490	164
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	430	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,260	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,225	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	440	316.82/cwt	310.00–326.00	1,394	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	261.02/cwt	257.00–280.00	1,235	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	310.84/cwt	285.00–322.00	1,508	161
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	277.16/cwt	265.00–281.00	1,466	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	543	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,401	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	277.20/cwt	260.00–288.00	1,563	137
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	233.41/cwt	226.00–262.50	1,330	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	605	249.09/cwt	243.00–260.00	1,507	117
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	638	228.52/cwt	221.00–243.00	1,458	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	233.68/cwt	224.00–242.00	1,589	242
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	682	216.13/cwt	210.00–221.00	1,474	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	731	211.90/cwt	198.00–215.00	1,549	112
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	774	219.36/cwt	217.50–222.00	1,698	83
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	782	207.32/cwt	199.50–210.00	1,621	111
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	804	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,809	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	836	200.81/cwt	199.00–208.00	1,679	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	878	210.26/cwt	209.00–213.00	1,846	184
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	928	206.89/cwt	201.00–207.50	1,920	53
Steers	—	Large 1-2	1,020	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,805	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	305	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,071	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	306	282.44/cwt	277.50–290.00	864	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	378	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,219	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	297.67/cwt	282.50–298.00	1,143	137
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,145	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	439	296.40/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,301	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	459	265.11/cwt	235.00–275.00	1,217	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	463	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,296	115
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	255.95/cwt	244.00–285.00	1,241	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	229.60/cwt	222.50–238.00	1,215	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,285	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	231.71/cwt	228.00–240.00	1,332	87
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	589	231.15/cwt	217.00–253.00	1,361	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	612	229.25/cwt	200.50–236.50	1,403	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	218.07/cwt	217.50–219.00	1,363	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	674	211.21/cwt	206.00–212.00	1,424	118
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	199.16/cwt	198.00–199.50	1,344	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	202.36/cwt	197.50–207.50	1,443	64
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	743	198.07/cwt	195.00–201.00	1,472	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	780	192.24/cwt	192.00–193.00	1,499	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	831	192.26/cwt	190.25–195.50	1,598	108
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	859	186.62/cwt	185.25–188.00	1,603	132
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	864	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,577	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	923	184.25/cwt	184.25–184.25	1,701	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	955	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,795	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	261	713.26/head	700.00–725.00	713	21
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	645	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,413	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	785	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,358	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,706	91.96/cwt	88.00–95.00	1,569	13
Bulls	—	—	1,847	101.54/cwt	97.00–110.00	1,875	13
Bulls	—	—	1,998	113.83/cwt	108.50–121.50	2,274	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,131	82.67/cwt	81.00–89.00	935	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,178	70.18/cwt	65.00–86.00	827	47
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,246	94.28/cwt	89.00–100.00	1,175	91
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,259	88.21/cwt	84.00–92.00	1,111	74
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,330	94.92/cwt	94.00–97.00	1,262	19
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,407	94.17/cwt	91.00–102.00	1,325	42
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,101	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	9
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	1,238	1,560.00/head	1,560.00–1,560.00	1,560	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,385	1,488.70/head	1,450.00–1,550.00	1,489	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 Dec 6, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,240Last week 924Year ago 4,031

Slaughter CattleReceipts 340Last week 320Year ago 321

Replacement CattleReceipts 50Last week 43Year ago 59

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
161	—	485	285.00–322.00	310.84
17	—	358	327.00–341.00	336.90
83	—	774	217.50–222.00	219.36
137	—	564	260.00–288.00	277.20
69	—	529	265.00–281.00	277.16
117	—	605	243.00–260.00	249.09
16	—	440	310.00–326.00	316.82
18	—	804	225.00	225.00
242	—	680	224.00–242.00	233.68
184	—	878	209.00–213.00	210.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	433	283.00	283.00
30	—	570	226.00–262.50	233.41
53	—	928	201.00–207.50	206.89
65	—	638	221.00–243.00	228.52
111	—	782	199.50–210.00	207.32
37	—	682	210.00–221.00	216.13
18	—	473	257.00–280.00	261.02
112	—	731	198.00–215.00	211.90
4	—	543	258.00	258.00
60	—	836	199.00–208.00	200.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	430	293.00	293.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
164	—	417	354.00–361.00	357.43
36	—	335	372.00	372.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,020	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	923	184.25	184.25
5	—	306	277.50–290.00	282.44
108	—	831	190.25–195.50	192.26
132	—	859	185.25–188.00	186.62
118	—	674	206.00–212.00	211.21
4	—	955	188.00	188.00
15	—	533	241.00	241.00
64	—	713	197.50–207.50	202.36
137	—	384	282.50–298.00	297.67
28	—	625	217.50–219.00	218.07
26	—	485	244.00–285.00	255.95
14	—	439	280.00–305.00	296.40
87	—	575	228.00–240.00	231.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	378	322.50	322.50
115	—	463	280.00	280.00
31	—	305	351.00	351.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	529	222.50–238.00	229.60
53	—	743	195.00–201.00	198.07
5	—	864	182.50	182.50
81	—	612	200.50–236.50	229.25
21	—	780	192.00–193.00	192.24
20	—	459	235.00–275.00	265.11
18	—	589	217.00–253.00	231.15
6	—	385	297.50	297.50
22	—	675	198.00–199.50	199.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	645	219.00	219.00
4	—	785	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
21	—	261	700.00–725.00	713.26

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,246	89.00–100.00	94.28
6	—	1,131	81.00–89.00	82.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,178	65.00–86.00	70.18
74	—	1,259	84.00–92.00	88.21
19	—	1,330	94.00–97.00	94.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,407	91.00–102.00	94.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,706	88.00–95.00	91.96
4	—	1,998	108.50–121.50	113.83
13	—	1,847	97.00–110.00	101.54

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,385	1,450.00–1,550.00	1,488.70
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,101	1,575.00	1,575.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,238	1,560.00	1,560.00

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.