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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2024-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Oct 16

● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Oct 9Oct 16Oct 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3,583 head

▲ 1,756 vs last sale 1,827▲ 1,771 vs year ago 1,812 · +97.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

245 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 235▼ 178 vs year ago 423 · −42.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

43 head

▲ 34 vs last sale 9▲ 24 vs year ago 19 · +126.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers under 500 lbs sold 5.00 lower and over 500 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder Heifers sold unevenly steady; 2.00 lower to 2.00 higher. Slaughter Cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. 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 $292.55/cwt on 253 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −154.14 against this barn's trailing median of $446.70.

Average price

$292.55

253 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,597

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$173

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

$45.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.39

vs KS average

−6.78 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	294.54	1,604	242
Medium and Large 1-2	575	248.87	1,431	11thin

One grade step is worth $45.67/cwt here — about $173 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale253 hd

292.55

—

KS average3 barns · 762 hd

295.95

−3.39

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

−6.78

This barn, trailing median31 sales

446.70

−154.14

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	2,081	140.37	2,921	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,503	125.52	1,886	46
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,211	122.33	1,481	91
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,130	102.96	1,163	92

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,278	$1,835	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,404	$1,807	26

Every lot

84 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	296	406.99/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,205	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	318	374.77/cwt	372.50–376.00	1,192	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	319.60/cwt	312.50–327.50	1,061	42
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	372	386.18/cwt	385.50–387.50	1,437	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,237	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	394	352.70/cwt	346.00–361.00	1,390	53
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	404	319.10/cwt	315.00–333.00	1,289	65
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	427	367.46/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,569	66
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	448	271.29/cwt	270.00–273.00	1,215	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	471	332.01/cwt	327.00–335.00	1,564	48
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	310.84/cwt	298.00–324.00	1,508	148
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	269.35/cwt	262.00–287.00	1,306	48
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	519	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,671	62
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	293.79/cwt	280.00–300.50	1,557	89
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	557	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,665	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	248.87/cwt	236.00–257.00	1,431	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	275.26/cwt	270.00–281.00	1,588	86
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	628	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,796	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	268.81/cwt	264.00–277.50	1,696	258
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	644	247.85/cwt	232.00–250.00	1,596	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,505	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	682	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,845	32
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	251.72/cwt	241.00–265.00	1,719	43
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	252.25/cwt	243.00–257.50	1,834	84
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	729	225.41/cwt	221.00–231.00	1,643	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	768	237.91/cwt	226.00–243.50	1,827	27
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	787	258.93/cwt	256.00–260.50	2,038	153
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	246.26/cwt	229.00–252.00	2,051	59
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	839	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,854	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	249.46/cwt	237.50–255.00	2,183	334
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	918	247.62/cwt	242.50–249.50	2,273	194
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	919	232.19/cwt	232.00–232.50	2,134	18
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,026	218.68/cwt	218.50–220.00	2,244	51
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,069	215.07/cwt	215.00–216.00	2,299	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	282	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	895	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	330	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,048	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	342	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,091	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	319.67/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,157	30
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	372	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	882	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	386	294.51/cwt	293.00–296.00	1,137	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	277.45/cwt	276.00–281.00	1,174	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	246.86/cwt	240.00–251.00	1,071	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	437	305.76/cwt	305.00–308.50	1,336	149
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	276.90/cwt	270.00–281.00	1,290	44
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	473	294.64/cwt	293.00–300.00	1,394	126
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	265.84/cwt	261.00–269.50	1,364	109
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	241.47/cwt	230.50–256.00	1,265	29
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	243.88/cwt	227.50–251.00	1,402	35
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	254.56/cwt	248.00–260.00	1,487	123
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	595	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,583	80
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	244.58/cwt	238.00–246.00	1,521	113
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	252.77/cwt	248.50–256.50	1,699	25
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	724	219.08/cwt	211.00–226.50	1,586	29
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	244.83/cwt	233.50–246.50	1,775	70
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	240.61/cwt	229.50–244.00	1,848	165
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	771	209.27/cwt	205.00–213.50	1,613	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	233.62/cwt	227.00–238.00	1,941	30
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	890	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,967	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	929	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	2,132	63
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	945	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	1,999	15
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	955	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,986	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,404	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	245.00/cwt	235.00–260.00	1,139	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,468	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	245.30/cwt	233.00–250.00	1,496	11
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	705	210.45/cwt	207.50–219.00	1,484	36
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	230.10/cwt	224.00–237.50	1,661	4
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	960	212.75/cwt	212.50–213.00	2,042	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,015	132.51/cwt	132.00–133.00	2,670	2
Bulls	—	—	2,018	140.92/cwt	137.00–144.00	2,844	2
Bulls	—	—	2,340	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	3,627	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,100	111.96/cwt	108.00–119.00	1,232	59
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,110	79.76/cwt	70.00–92.50	885	21
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,142	140.91/cwt	137.00–145.00	1,609	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,170	115.35/cwt	109.00–118.00	1,350	38
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,260	124.55/cwt	120.00–129.00	1,569	44
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,310	99.28/cwt	98.00–101.00	1,301	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,335	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,575	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,466	130.99/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,920	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,546	125.39/cwt	121.00–129.00	1,939	31
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,278	1,835.14/head	1,775.00–1,900.00	1,835	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,404	1,807.15/head	1,775.00–1,925.00	1,807	26
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	899	187.49/cwt	160.00–208.00	1,686	9
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,041	158.36/cwt	157.00–162.00	1,649	4

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 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,583Last week 1,827Year ago 1,812

Slaughter CattleReceipts 245Last week 235Year ago 423

Replacement CattleReceipts 43Last week 9Year ago 19

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	282	317.50	317.50
6	300–350	342	319.00	319.00
30	350–400	362	315.00–320.00	319.67
19	400–450	423	276.00–281.00	277.45
44	450–500	466	270.00–281.00	276.90
109	500–550	513	261.00–269.50	265.84
123	550–600	584	248.00–260.00	254.56
113	600–650	622	238.00–246.00	244.58
25	650–700	672	248.50–256.50	252.77
70	700–750	725	233.50–246.50	244.83
165	750–800	768	229.50–244.00	240.61
30	800–850	831	227.00–238.00	233.62
3	850–900	890	221.00	221.00
63	900–950	929	229.50	229.50
2	950–1000	955	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	317.50	317.50
8	350–400	386	293.00–296.00	294.51
8	400–450	434	240.00–251.00	246.86
29	500–550	524	230.50–256.00	241.47
35	550–600	575	227.50–251.00	243.88
29	700–750	724	211.00–226.50	219.08
6	750–800	771	205.00–213.50	209.27
15	900–950	945	211.50	211.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
149	400–450	437	305.00–308.50	305.76
126	450–500	473	293.00–300.00	294.64
80	550–600	595	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	372	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	465	235.00–260.00	245.00
36	700–750	705	207.50–219.00	210.45
2	950–1000	960	212.50–213.00	212.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	462	304.00	304.00
6	550–600	552	266.00	266.00
11	600–650	610	233.00–250.00	245.30
4	700–750	722	224.00–237.50	230.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	296	405.00–415.00	406.99
42	300–350	332	312.50–327.50	319.60
53	350–400	394	346.00–361.00	352.70
65	400–450	404	315.00–333.00	319.10
148	450–500	485	298.00–324.00	310.84
89	500–550	530	280.00–300.50	293.79
86	550–600	577	270.00–281.00	275.26
258	600–650	631	264.00–277.50	268.81
43	650–700	683	241.00–265.00	251.72
84	700–750	727	243.00–257.50	252.25
153	750–800	787	256.00–260.50	258.93
59	800–850	833	229.00–252.00	246.26
334	850–900	875	237.50–255.00	249.46
194	900–950	918	242.50–249.50	247.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	377	328.00	328.00
7	400–450	448	270.00–273.00	271.29
48	450–500	485	262.00–287.00	269.35
11	550–600	575	236.00–257.00	248.87
16	600–650	644	232.00–250.00	247.85
2	650–700	672	224.00	224.00
9	700–750	729	221.00–231.00	225.41
27	750–800	768	226.00–243.50	237.91
6	800–850	839	221.00	221.00
18	900–950	919	232.00–232.50	232.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	1000–1050	1,026	218.50–220.00	218.68
15	1050–1100	1,069	215.00–216.00	215.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	318	372.50–376.00	374.77
11	350–400	372	385.50–387.50	386.18
66	400–450	427	365.00–370.00	367.46
48	450–500	471	327.00–335.00	332.01
62	500–550	519	322.00	322.00
5	550–600	557	299.00	299.00
12	600–650	628	286.00	286.00
32	650–700	682	270.50	270.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	—	1,404	1,775.00–1,925.00	1,807.15
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,278	1,775.00–1,900.00	1,835.14

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,041	157.00–162.00	158.36
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	899	160.00–208.00	187.49

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,100	108.00–119.00	111.96
21	—	1,110	70.00–92.50	79.76
12	—	1,310	98.00–101.00	99.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,335	118.00	118.00
9	—	1,466	130.00–140.00	130.99
31	—	1,546	121.00–129.00	125.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,170	109.00–118.00	115.35
9	—	1,142	137.00–145.00	140.91
44	—	1,260	120.00–129.00	124.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,015	132.00–133.00	132.51
1	—	2,340	155.00	155.00
2	—	2,018	137.00–144.00	140.92

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.