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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2024-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-06

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

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Feb 28Mar 6Mar 13 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3,730 head

▲ 698 vs last sale 3,032▲ 1,261 vs year ago 2,469 · +51.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

178 head

▼ 72 vs last sale 250▼ 59 vs year ago 237 · −24.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

174 head

▲ 144 vs last sale 30▲ 153 vs year ago 21 · +728.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers over 700 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves weighing 500 lbs to 700 lbs sold steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. One outstanding high yielding individual Breaking utility cow sold at 132.00. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 3.00 lower. Demand was good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $312.90/cwt on 170 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −133.80 against this barn's trailing median of $446.70.

Average price

$312.90

170 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,766

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$320

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

$35.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs KS average

−0.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	316.63	1,802	152
Medium and Large 1-2	527	281.40	1,482	18thin

One grade step is worth $35.23/cwt here — about $320 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale170 hd

312.90

—

KS average1 barns · 170 hd

312.90

+0.00

National average178 barns · 13,961 hd

313.00

−0.10

This barn, trailing median31 sales

446.70

−133.80

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $513.49, low $343.81, median $446.70 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,771	129.89	2,301	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,384	118.63	1,642	74
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,202	101.43	1,219	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,156	86.99	1,006	33

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,217	$2,591	52
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,316	$2,474	62
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,422	$2,297	32
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,237	$1,852	22
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,010	$1,800	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,135	$1,753	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,285	$1,710	1thin

Every lot

70 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	353	406.47/cwt	403.00–408.00	1,435	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	371	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,289	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	382.44/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,449	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,597	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	427	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,398	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	315.16/cwt	314.00–317.50	1,541	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	510	334.28/cwt	330.00–338.00	1,705	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,502	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	312.74/cwt	305.00–322.50	1,654	26
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	557	251.29/cwt	243.00–276.00	1,400	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	315.49/cwt	310.00–321.00	1,846	113
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	301.29/cwt	296.00–312.50	1,871	39
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	263.52/cwt	257.00–268.00	1,639	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	673	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,878	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	687	271.88/cwt	253.00–278.00	1,868	202
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	252.71/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,857	68
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	755	268.25/cwt	268.25–268.25	2,025	124
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	783	221.74/cwt	221.00–225.00	1,736	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	249.12/cwt	240.25–254.50	1,953	212
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	815	228.49/cwt	201.00–232.00	1,862	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	839	240.64/cwt	234.00–246.00	2,019	292
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	862	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,819	18
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	237.74/cwt	230.00–243.00	2,092	333
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	232.72/cwt	226.00–238.25	2,143	410
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	967	225.38/cwt	221.00–227.50	2,179	135
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	989	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,909	11
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,016	217.67/cwt	209.00–218.00	2,212	154
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1Fleshy	1,041	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	1,983	16
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,070	213.64/cwt	205.00–214.00	2,286	75
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	343	355.23/cwt	339.00–359.00	1,218	19
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,250	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	323.92/cwt	302.50–326.00	1,416	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	468	312.34/cwt	312.00–312.50	1,462	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	296.33/cwt	287.50–305.00	1,396	42
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	504	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,552	91
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	506	262.33/cwt	261.00–267.50	1,327	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	273.66/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,404	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	280.77/cwt	270.00–286.00	1,584	52
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	219.92/cwt	216.00–235.00	1,247	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	262.11/cwt	255.00–271.00	1,622	113
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	626	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,747	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	637	234.76/cwt	221.00–251.00	1,495	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	227.99/cwt	192.50–231.50	1,539	26
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	241.43/cwt	233.00–252.00	1,637	36
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,650	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	737	247.25/cwt	247.25–247.25	1,822	53
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	234.87/cwt	231.75–240.00	1,731	195
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	220.96/cwt	214.00–221.50	1,701	27
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	228.60/cwt	227.00–237.00	1,792	214
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	820	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	1,726	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	224.21/cwt	217.00–227.50	1,845	57
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	855	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,565	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	217.35/cwt	216.00–219.00	1,902	47
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	919	205.13/cwt	202.00–212.00	1,885	25
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	314.24/cwt	280.00–320.00	1,436	11
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	206.87/cwt	202.00–210.00	1,696	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,664	132.32/cwt	127.50–139.00	2,202	10
Bulls	—	—	1,794	120.37/cwt	116.00–126.00	2,159	5
Bulls	—	—	2,250	141.51/cwt	141.00–142.00	3,184	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,156	86.99/cwt	80.00–93.00	1,006	33
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,202	101.43/cwt	95.00–108.00	1,219	40
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,353	114.81/cwt	110.00–121.50	1,553	53
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,462	128.26/cwt	124.00–132.00	1,875	21
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,010	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,135	1,753.47/head	1,675.00–1,910.00	1,753	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,217	2,590.56/head	1,750.00–2,770.00	2,591	52
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,237	1,852.30/head	1,725.00–1,925.00	1,852	22
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,285	1,710.00/head	1,710.00–1,710.00	1,710	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,316	2,473.84/head	1,800.00–2,685.00	2,474	62
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,422	2,297.18/head	2,025.00–2,620.00	2,297	32

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 Mar 6, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,730Last week 3,032Year ago 2,469

Slaughter CattleReceipts 178Last week 250Year ago 237

Replacement CattleReceipts 174Last week 30Year ago 21

* Final Report *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	468	312.00–312.50	312.34
91	500–550	504	308.00	308.00
13	600–650	626	279.00	279.00
53	700–750	737	247.25	247.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	506	261.00–267.50	262.33
5	550–600	567	216.00–235.00	219.92
13	600–650	637	221.00–251.00	234.76
26	650–700	675	192.50–231.50	227.99
6	700–750	730	226.00	226.00
27	750–800	770	214.00–221.50	220.96
2	800–850	820	210.50	210.50
2	850–900	855	183.00	183.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	343	339.00–359.00	355.23
18	350–400	373	335.00	335.00
17	400–450	437	302.50–326.00	323.92
42	450–500	471	287.50–305.00	296.33
6	500–550	513	270.00–277.50	273.66
52	550–600	564	270.00–286.00	280.77
113	600–650	619	255.00–271.00	262.11
36	650–700	678	233.00–252.00	241.43
195	700–750	737	231.75–240.00	234.87
214	750–800	784	227.00–237.00	228.60
57	800–850	823	217.00–227.50	224.21
47	850–900	875	216.00–219.00	217.35
25	900–950	919	202.00–212.00	205.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	353	403.00–408.00	406.47
13	500–550	510	330.00–338.00	334.28
18	650–700	673	279.00	279.00
124	750–800	755	268.25	268.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	518	290.00	290.00
4	550–600	557	243.00–276.00	251.29
10	600–650	622	257.00–268.00	263.52
11	750–800	783	221.00–225.00	221.74
9	800–850	815	201.00–232.00	228.49
18	850–900	862	211.00	211.00
11	950–1000	989	193.00	193.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	379	380.00–385.00	382.44
3	400–450	423	377.50	377.50
10	450–500	489	314.00–317.50	315.16
26	500–550	529	305.00–322.50	312.74
113	550–600	585	310.00–321.00	315.49
39	600–650	621	296.00–312.50	301.29
202	650–700	687	253.00–278.00	271.88
68	700–750	735	245.00–255.00	252.71
212	750–800	784	240.25–254.50	249.12
292	800–850	839	234.00–246.00	240.64
333	850–900	880	230.00–243.00	237.74
410	900–950	921	226.00–238.25	232.72
135	950–1000	967	221.00–227.50	225.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	371	347.50	347.50
2	400–450	427	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	1000–1050	1,041	190.50	190.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
154	1000–1050	1,016	209.00–218.00	217.67
75	1050–1100	1,070	205.00–214.00	213.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	457	280.00–320.00	314.24
5	800–850	820	202.00–210.00	206.87

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,250	141.00–142.00	141.51
5	—	1,794	116.00–126.00	120.37
10	—	1,664	127.50–139.00	132.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,353	110.00–121.50	114.81
21	—	1,462	124.00–132.00	128.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,156	80.00–93.00	86.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,202	95.00–108.00	101.43

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,010	1,800.00	1,800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	52	—	1,217	1,750.00–2,770.00	2,590.56
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,135	1,675.00–1,910.00	1,753.47
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	32	—	1,422	2,025.00–2,620.00	2,297.18
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	22	—	1,237	1,725.00–1,925.00	1,852.30
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	62	—	1,316	1,800.00–2,685.00	2,473.84
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,285	1,710.00	1,710.00

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.