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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2024-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-09

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Oct 9

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Oct 2Oct 9Oct 16 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,827 head

▲ 412 vs last sale 1,415▼ 1,333 vs year ago 3,160 · −42.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

235 head

▲ 15 vs last sale 220▲ 10 vs year ago 225 · +4.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

9 head

▲ 9 vs last sale 0▼ 3 vs year ago 12 · −25.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, no recent price comparison on steers under 500 lbs. Light 5-weight steers 3.00 higher on limited comparison, while steers 550 to 750 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower. Steers over 750 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifers sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher with instances 10.00 higher some 6 and 7-weight heifers. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher while bulls sold steady. Good demand with moderate supply.

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 $280.82/cwt on 105 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −165.88 against this barn's trailing median of $446.70.

Average price

$280.82

105 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,546

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$198

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

$18.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.18

vs KS average

−13.49 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	283.62	1,577	89
Medium and Large 1-2	520	265.23	1,379	16thin

One grade step is worth $18.39/cwt here — about $198 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale105 hd

280.82

—

KS average3 barns · 261 hd

289.00

−8.18

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

−13.49

This barn, trailing median31 sales

446.70

−165.88

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	—	Low	1,897	143.51	2,723	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,279	122.87	1,571	140
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,153	100.31	1,156	65

Every lot

58 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	317	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,100	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	346	328.69/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,137	22
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	328.31/cwt	320.00–331.00	1,257	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,208	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	430	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,473	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	324.41/cwt	306.00–332.00	1,405	23
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	298.76/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,371	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	290.87/cwt	278.00–305.00	1,498	25
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	265.23/cwt	260.00–266.00	1,379	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	280.79/cwt	270.00–291.00	1,606	64
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,192	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	263.18/cwt	257.00–268.00	1,663	96
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,569	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	666	220.65/cwt	215.00–234.00	1,470	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	251.01/cwt	241.00–257.00	1,719	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	252.80/cwt	247.50–263.00	1,843	156
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	734	234.61/cwt	230.00–243.00	1,722	33
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	258.11/cwt	258.00–258.50	1,982	69
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	772	230.47/cwt	222.00–242.00	1,779	23
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	832	235.96/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,963	49
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	257.67/cwt	257.00–258.50	2,164	168
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,191	61
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	930	247.34/cwt	244.50–250.00	2,300	324
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	988	236.62/cwt	225.00–238.00	2,338	47
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,026	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,339	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	324	309.99/cwt	307.00–311.00	1,004	23
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	277.71/cwt	277.00–279.00	1,141	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	426	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,299	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	480	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,464	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,294	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	507	272.31/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,381	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	253.79/cwt	248.00–257.00	1,426	38
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	597	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,421	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	611	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,430	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	246.98/cwt	243.00–252.50	1,561	51
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	248.70/cwt	247.00–256.00	1,629	76
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	658	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,573	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	241.32/cwt	238.00–245.00	1,747	66
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,624	13
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	829	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,940	47
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	870	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,784	20
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	222.57/cwt	220.00–224.00	2,050	20
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	974	199.31/cwt	194.00–207.00	1,941	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	392	311.30/cwt	305.00–312.50	1,220	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,278	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	260.33/cwt	254.00–262.50	1,403	4
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	915	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,922	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,776	135.15/cwt	133.00–136.00	2,400	4
Bulls	—	—	1,927	146.66/cwt	140.00–152.00	2,826	6
Bulls	—	—	2,205	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	3,484	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,094	84.02/cwt	77.50–90.00	919	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,103	96.37/cwt	92.50–100.00	1,063	25
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,203	106.75/cwt	102.00–117.00	1,284	33
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,272	122.48/cwt	115.00–131.00	1,558	126
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,305	137.46/cwt	133.00–147.50	1,794	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,390	111.69/cwt	111.00–113.00	1,552	6
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	898	208.87/cwt	187.50–215.00	1,876	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	994	199.87/cwt	165.00–217.50	1,987	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 Oct 9, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,827Last week 1,415Year ago 3,160

Slaughter CattleReceipts 235Last week 220Year ago 225

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 0Year ago 12

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	411	277.00–279.00	277.71
5	450–500	481	269.00	269.00
13	500–550	507	270.00–275.00	272.31
38	550–600	562	248.00–257.00	253.79
51	600–650	632	243.00–252.50	246.98
76	650–700	655	247.00–256.00	248.70
66	700–750	724	238.00–245.00	241.32
47	800–850	829	234.00	234.00
20	900–950	921	220.00–224.00	222.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	597	238.00	238.00
5	600–650	611	234.00	234.00
3	650–700	658	239.00	239.00
13	700–750	725	224.00	224.00
20	850–900	870	205.00	205.00
5	950–1000	974	194.00–207.00	199.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	300–350	324	307.00–311.00	309.99
4	400–450	426	305.00	305.00
2	450–500	480	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	392	305.00–312.50	311.30
6	400–450	426	300.00	300.00
4	500–550	539	254.00–262.50	260.33
2	900–950	915	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	346	320.00–330.00	328.69
4	350–400	383	320.00–331.00	328.31
23	400–450	433	306.00–332.00	324.41
4	450–500	459	285.00–305.00	298.76
25	500–550	515	278.00–305.00	290.87
64	550–600	572	270.00–291.00	280.79
96	600–650	632	257.00–268.00	263.18
15	650–700	685	241.00–257.00	251.01
156	700–750	729	247.50–263.00	252.80
69	750–800	768	258.00–258.50	258.11
168	800–850	840	257.00–258.50	257.67
61	850–900	866	253.00	253.00
324	900–950	930	244.50–250.00	247.34
47	950–1000	988	225.00–238.00	236.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	420	287.50	287.50
16	500–550	520	260.00–266.00	265.23
4	600–650	638	246.00	246.00
20	650–700	666	215.00–234.00	220.65
33	700–750	734	230.00–243.00	234.61
23	750–800	772	222.00–242.00	230.47
49	800–850	832	230.00–239.00	235.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1000–1050	1,026	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	605	197.00	197.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	317	347.00	347.00
3	400–450	430	342.50	342.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	898	187.50–215.00	208.87

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	994	165.00–217.50	199.87

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,305	133.00–147.50	137.46
6	—	1,390	111.00–113.00	111.69
126	—	1,272	115.00–131.00	122.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,203	102.00–117.00	106.75
7	—	1,094	77.50–90.00	84.02
25	—	1,103	92.50–100.00	96.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,776	133.00–136.00	135.15
1	—	2,205	158.00	158.00
6	—	1,927	140.00–152.00	146.66

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.