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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2024-04-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Apr 24

● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Apr 17Apr 24May 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,098 head

▲ 664 vs last sale 1,434▲ 848 vs year ago 1,250 · +67.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

255 head

▲ 35 vs last sale 220▼ 112 vs year ago 367 · −30.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

35 head

▲ 35 vs last sale 0▼ 6 vs year ago 41 · −14.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 850 lbs sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher on limited comparison from last week. Over 850 lbs sold unevenly steady. Heifers sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 lower.

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 $297.24/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −149.45 against this barn's trailing median of $446.70.

Average price

$297.24

31 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,663

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$235

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

$34.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.91

vs KS average

−12.31 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	310.74	1,755	19thin
Medium and Large 1-2	551	275.88	1,520	12thin

One grade step is worth $34.86/cwt here — about $235 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 sale31 hd

297.24

—

KS average3 barns · 395 hd

316.15

−18.91

National average173 barns · 10,802 hd

309.55

−12.31

This barn, trailing median31 sales

446.70

−149.45

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	1,692	141.89	2,401	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,460	130.71	1,909	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,269	129.37	1,641	82
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,178	98.50	1,160	61

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,191	$2,000	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,148	$1,967	6
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,417	$1,950	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,250	$2,995	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,200	$2,800	3thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,125	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	359	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,239	13
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	361.60/cwt	342.50–365.00	1,367	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	338.76/cwt	326.00–358.00	1,406	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,663	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	503	307.63/cwt	307.50–308.00	1,547	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,495	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	306.66/cwt	297.50–318.00	1,769	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	289.60/cwt	287.00–290.00	1,781	22
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	289.11/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,980	55
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	706	284.50/cwt	267.50–292.00	2,009	20
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	257.33/cwt	241.50–265.00	2,017	167
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	828	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,178	57
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	239.37/cwt	228.85–252.50	1,982	189
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	888	229.15/cwt	220.85–237.25	2,035	81
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	219.46/cwt	215.75–223.00	2,012	156
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	968	215.53/cwt	214.75–216.10	2,086	97
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,003	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,166	18
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	319.98/cwt	313.00–326.00	1,194	22
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	382	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,115	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,435	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	492	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,368	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,655	172
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	264.44/cwt	244.00–266.50	1,544	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	261.72/cwt	254.00–265.00	1,604	66
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	236.80/cwt	230.50–238.00	1,568	39
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	228.10/cwt	216.50–229.50	1,556	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	243.50/cwt	231.00–245.00	1,787	107
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	213.98/cwt	211.00–215.00	1,648	23
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	225.97/cwt	222.50–231.25	1,754	86
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	216.51/cwt	213.10–219.35	1,762	227
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	835	206.27/cwt	204.50–207.00	1,722	24
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,817	5
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	907	207.03/cwt	191.00–209.50	1,878	67
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	975	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	1,760	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,519	129.28/cwt	123.00–135.00	1,964	6
Bulls	—	—	1,545	159.33/cwt	159.00–160.00	2,462	2
Bulls	—	—	1,795	145.03/cwt	136.00–150.00	2,603	13
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,025	110.72/cwt	109.00–112.00	1,135	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,156	119.73/cwt	113.00–124.00	1,384	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,211	91.29/cwt	75.00–97.00	1,106	43
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,225	118.86/cwt	116.00–122.00	1,456	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,269	129.64/cwt	119.00–135.00	1,645	68
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,308	136.38/cwt	135.00–137.00	1,784	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,311	137.26/cwt	136.00–142.50	1,799	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,493	123.51/cwt	123.00–124.00	1,844	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,530	129.32/cwt	125.00–133.00	1,979	10
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Large 1-2	1,200	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Large 1-2	1,250	2,995.00/head	2,675.00–3,035.00	2,995	9
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,148	1,966.93/head	1,900.00–2,010.00	1,967	6
Bred Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,191	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	3
Bred Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,417	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	2

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 24, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,098Last week 1,434Year ago 1,250

Slaughter CattleReceipts 255Last week 220Year ago 367

Replacement CattleReceipts 35Last week 0Year ago 41

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	492	278.00	278.00
25	550–600	584	244.00–266.50	264.44
19	650–700	682	216.50–229.50	228.10
23	750–800	770	211.00–215.00	213.98
24	800–850	835	204.50–207.00	206.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	373	313.00–326.00	319.98
6	400–450	413	347.50	347.50
172	550–600	563	294.00	294.00
66	600–650	613	254.00–265.00	261.72
39	650–700	662	230.50–238.00	236.80
107	700–750	734	231.00–245.00	243.50
86	750–800	776	222.50–231.25	225.97
227	800–850	814	213.10–219.35	216.51
5	850–900	865	210.00	210.00
67	900–950	907	191.00–209.50	207.03
4	950–1000	975	180.50	180.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	382	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	327	344.00	344.00
15	350–400	378	342.50–365.00	361.60
15	400–450	415	326.00–358.00	338.76
3	500–550	500	332.50	332.50
16	550–600	577	297.50–318.00	306.66
22	600–650	615	287.00–290.00	289.60
55	650–700	685	270.00–295.00	289.11
20	700–750	706	267.50–292.00	284.50
167	750–800	784	241.50–265.00	257.33
189	800–850	828	228.85–252.50	239.37
81	850–900	888	220.85–237.25	229.15
156	900–950	917	215.75–223.00	219.46
97	950–1000	968	214.75–216.10	215.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	359	345.00	345.00
4	500–550	503	307.50–308.00	307.63
8	550–600	575	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
57	800–850	828	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	1000–1050	1,003	216.00	216.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,308	135.00–137.00	136.38
10	—	1,530	125.00–133.00	129.32
2	—	1,493	123.00–124.00	123.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,225	116.00–122.00	118.86
7	—	1,311	136.00–142.50	137.26
68	—	1,269	119.00–135.00	129.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,156	113.00–124.00	119.73
8	—	1,025	109.00–112.00	110.72
43	—	1,211	75.00–97.00	91.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,545	159.00–160.00	159.33
13	—	1,795	136.00–150.00	145.03
6	—	1,519	123.00–135.00	129.28

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,200	2,800.00	2,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,250	2,675.00–3,035.00	2,995.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,191	2,000.00	2,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,148	1,900.00–2,010.00	1,966.93
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,417	1,950.00	1,950.00

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.