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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2024-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jan 17

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Jan 10Jan 17Jan 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

849 head

▲ 184 vs last sale 665▼ 1,827 vs year ago 2,676 · −68.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

140 head

▲ 45 vs last sale 95▼ 242 vs year ago 382 · −63.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Final

Compared to last week, light test but a higher undertone was noted on feeder cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 10.00 to 12.00 higher, likely a product of less transportation issues and the better weather. Demand was good.

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 $258.15/cwt on 508 head.

Average price

$258.15

508 head · 729 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,883

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$329

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

$3.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.04

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	600	261.23	1,567	21
Medium and Large 1	735	258.02	1,896	487

One grade step is worth $3.22/cwt here — about −$329 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 sale508 hd

258.15

—

KS average3 barns · 1,515 hd

241.11

+17.04

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	1,409	120.59	1,699	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,437	105.74	1,519	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,217	101.50	1,235	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,129	85.73	968	52

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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	382	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,356	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	458	332.85/cwt	327.50–337.50	1,524	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	489	289.43/cwt	281.00–300.00	1,415	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	541	323.22/cwt	319.00–325.00	1,749	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	298.44/cwt	288.00–304.00	1,731	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	257.84/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,599	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	264.97/cwt	242.00–269.75	1,799	188
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	731	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,791	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	886	218.25/cwt	218.25–218.25	1,934	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	944	214.10/cwt	214.10–214.10	2,021	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	955	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,633	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	988	213.35/cwt	213.35–213.35	2,108	56
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	360	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,102	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	399	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,097	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	438	282.42/cwt	277.50–283.00	1,237	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	439	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,155	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,164	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	537	254.20/cwt	251.00–254.50	1,365	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	591	232.17/cwt	222.00–239.00	1,372	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,440	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	658	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,494	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,443	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	778	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,206	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	511	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,367	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	704	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,471	9
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,383	114.00/cwt	111.00–118.00	1,577	6
Bulls	—	—	1,434	127.18/cwt	119.50–134.50	1,824	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,129	85.73/cwt	72.50–104.00	968	52
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,217	101.50/cwt	91.00–110.50	1,235	38
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,437	105.74/cwt	101.00–107.00	1,519	6

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 Jan 17, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 849Last week 665Year ago 2,676

Slaughter CattleReceipts 140Last week 95Year ago 382

Final

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	511	267.50	267.50
9	—	704	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	537	251.00–254.50	254.20
15	—	618	233.00	233.00
48	—	438	277.50–283.00	282.42
22	—	658	227.00	227.00
5	—	360	306.00	306.00
9	—	718	201.00	201.00
12	—	475	245.00	245.00
15	—	591	222.00–239.00	232.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	778	155.00	155.00
5	—	439	263.00	263.00
7	—	399	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	955	171.00	171.00
16	—	489	281.00–300.00	289.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	731	245.00	245.00
27	—	458	327.50–337.50	332.85
10	—	382	355.00	355.00
19	—	620	245.00–265.00	257.84
26	—	580	288.00–304.00	298.44
30	—	541	319.00–325.00	323.22
51	—	886	218.25	218.25
56	—	944	214.10	214.10
56	—	988	213.35	213.35
188	—	679	242.00–269.75	264.97

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,383	111.00–118.00	114.00
6	—	1,434	119.50–134.50	127.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,217	91.00–110.50	101.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,437	101.00–107.00	105.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,129	72.50–104.00	85.73

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.