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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2024-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-17

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

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Apr 10Apr 17Apr 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,434 head

▼ 266 vs last sale 1,700▼ 930 vs year ago 2,364 · −39.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

220 head

▲ 30 vs last sale 190▼ 383 vs year ago 603 · −63.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 750 lbs were unevenly steady with heavier weights steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 650 lbs. sold 4.00-12.00 lower. Heavier weights not well tested, however, 3 loads of eight weight heifers sold 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady. Demand was moderate to good on light to moderate supply.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $268.46/cwt on 97 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −138.06 against this barn's trailing median of $406.52.

Average price

$268.46

97 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,443

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

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

$31.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.17

vs KS average

+3.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	272.34	1,459	41
Medium and Large 1-2	539	267.51	1,441	52
Medium and Large 2	542	241.00	1,306	4thin

One grade step is worth $31.34/cwt here — about $152 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale97 hd

268.46

—

KS average3 barns · 419 hd

272.62

−4.17

National average180 barns · 13,997 hd

264.52

+3.94

This barn, trailing median32 sales

406.52

−138.06

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

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $458.54, low $344.43, median $406.52 across 32 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	—	Low	1,983	143.44	2,844	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,428	133.37	1,905	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,253	125.92	1,578	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,197	95.98	1,148	48

Every lot

50 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	311	349.34/cwt	331.00–352.50	1,086	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	382.04/cwt	382.00–382.50	1,203	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	366	355.55/cwt	355.00–356.00	1,301	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,387	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	346.89/cwt	344.00–354.00	1,467	22
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	312.86/cwt	300.00–321.00	1,333	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	328.96/cwt	320.00–341.00	1,714	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	301.85/cwt	297.00–316.00	1,582	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,445	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	566	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,811	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,705	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	291.81/cwt	275.00–297.50	1,841	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	270.69/cwt	266.50–279.50	1,852	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,009	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	737	270.86/cwt	266.50–286.00	1,996	51
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	753	258.98/cwt	257.50–261.00	1,950	38
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	246.24/cwt	230.50–252.00	1,913	15
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	839	234.31/cwt	234.00–239.00	1,966	32
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	890	230.25/cwt	221.00–233.00	2,049	164
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	895	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,799	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	223.01/cwt	222.25–226.00	2,056	20
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	958	221.51/cwt	205.50–224.35	2,122	112
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,001	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,927	8
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1Fancy	1,084	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,070	50
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	342	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,197	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,244	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,203	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,179	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	263.97/cwt	255.00–273.00	1,214	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	276.12/cwt	273.00–280.00	1,450	34
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	274.31/cwt	270.50–276.50	1,454	42
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	542	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,306	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	238.93/cwt	236.00–245.50	1,374	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,491	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	253.18/cwt	241.50–267.00	1,610	82
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,532	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,523	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	693	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,580	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	226.74/cwt	217.00–239.00	1,662	36
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	219.34/cwt	205.00–224.50	1,715	236
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	217.97/cwt	208.00–220.50	1,781	106
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	189.39/cwt	184.00–192.00	1,663	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	928	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,847	22
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	981	185.07/cwt	177.00–187.00	1,816	21
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,742	126.84/cwt	126.00–129.00	2,210	3
Bulls	—	—	2,043	147.59/cwt	137.00–155.00	3,015	12
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	978	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,105	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,222	94.00/cwt	86.00–99.00	1,149	43
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,253	125.92/cwt	113.00–130.00	1,578	58
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,428	133.37/cwt	131.00–136.00	1,905	15

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 Apr 17, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,434Last week 1,700Year ago 2,364

Slaughter CattleReceipts 220Last week 190Year ago 603

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	315	382.00–382.50	382.04
2	350–400	382	363.00	363.00
22	400–450	423	344.00–354.00	346.89
14	500–550	521	320.00–341.00	328.96
6	550–600	560	258.00	258.00
15	600–650	611	279.00	279.00
15	650–700	684	266.50–279.50	270.69
10	700–750	715	281.00	281.00
15	750–800	777	230.50–252.00	246.24
32	800–850	839	234.00–239.00	234.31
164	850–900	890	221.00–233.00	230.25
20	900–950	922	222.25–226.00	223.01
112	950–1000	958	205.50–224.35	221.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	311	331.00–352.50	349.34
9	350–400	366	355.00–356.00	355.55
12	400–450	426	300.00–321.00	312.86
4	500–550	524	297.00–316.00	301.85
3	550–600	566	320.00	320.00
13	600–650	631	275.00–297.50	291.81
51	700–750	737	266.50–286.00	270.86
38	750–800	753	257.50–261.00	258.98
2	850–900	895	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
50	1050–1100	1,084	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1000–1050	1,001	192.50	192.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	284.00	284.00
6	450–500	460	255.00–273.00	263.97
42	500–550	530	270.50–276.50	274.31
10	550–600	575	236.00–245.50	238.93
2	600–650	645	237.50	237.50
8	650–700	693	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	342	350.00	350.00
10	350–400	377	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	405	297.00	297.00
34	500–550	525	273.00–280.00	276.12
7	550–600	587	254.00	254.00
82	600–650	636	241.50–267.00	253.18
4	650–700	662	230.00	230.00
36	700–750	733	217.00–239.00	226.74
236	750–800	782	205.00–224.50	219.34
106	800–850	817	208.00–220.50	217.97
3	850–900	878	184.00–192.00	189.39
22	900–950	928	199.00	199.00
21	950–1000	981	177.00–187.00	185.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	542	241.00	241.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,222	86.00–99.00	94.00
5	—	978	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,428	131.00–136.00	133.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,253	113.00–130.00	125.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,742	126.00–129.00	126.84
12	—	2,043	137.00–155.00	147.59

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.