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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2024-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Nov 13

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Nov 6Nov 13Nov 20 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,061 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 1,051▼ 1,101 vs year ago 2,162 · −50.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

360 head

▼ 181 vs last sale 541▼ 180 vs year ago 540 · −33.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

69 head

▼ 219 vs last sale 288▼ 100 vs year ago 169 · −59.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Special Cow Sale next Wednesday, November 20, 2024*

Compared to last week, feeder steers over 700 lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher, under 700 lbs sold $15.00 higher with several weaned calves selling 20.00 to 30.00 higher. Heifers over 650 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher, under 650 lbs sold $20 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher. Good demand for 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 $276.51/cwt on 175 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −130.01 against this barn's trailing median of $406.52.

Average price

$276.51

175 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,496

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$480

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

$87.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.09

vs KS average

+11.41 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	278.00	1,504	172
Medium and Large 2	536	191.00	1,024	3thin

One grade step is worth $87.00/cwt here — about $480 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 sale175 hd

276.51

—

KS average3 barns · 681 hd

278.61

−2.09

National average194 barns · 23,548 hd

265.10

+11.41

This barn, trailing median32 sales

406.52

−130.01

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	—	High	1,758	140.97	2,479	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,520	126.28	1,919	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,204	117.51	1,415	223
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,240	97.32	1,207	57

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)	1,385	$2,175	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,222	$2,062	10
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,254	$1,900	16
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,259	$1,819	20

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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,307	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,443	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	363.84/cwt	360.00–366.00	1,583	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	437	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,377	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	438	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,699	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	450	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,395	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	456	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,783	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,575	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	509	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,845	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,339	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	338.33/cwt	332.50–342.00	1,766	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	556	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,412	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	309.92/cwt	295.00–313.00	1,732	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	560	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,960	27
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	612	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	1,490	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	616	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	1,882	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	283.04/cwt	274.00–295.00	1,777	22
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	248.79/cwt	248.00–258.00	1,622	26
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	709	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,744	18
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	270.63/cwt	269.00–271.00	2,068	44
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	813	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,187	32
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	242.49/cwt	240.00–253.50	1,979	40
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	832	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,914	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	891	244.64/cwt	244.00–248.00	2,180	18
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	950	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,052	22
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,073	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,350	10
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,148	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	2,279	5
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,154	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	2,337	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,128	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	357	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,169	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	421	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,431	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	309.81/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,351	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	446	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,360	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	290.72/cwt	285.00–302.50	1,358	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	477	251.44/cwt	251.00–252.00	1,199	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	502	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,493	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	536	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,024	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	280.52/cwt	262.00–287.50	1,512	148
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	250.82/cwt	243.00–261.00	1,430	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	608	247.82/cwt	234.00–253.00	1,507	29
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	654	260.94/cwt	258.00–273.00	1,707	61
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	239.04/cwt	231.00–241.75	1,609	24
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	241.89/cwt	230.00–246.50	1,744	25
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	745	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,624	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,921	9
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	792	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,723	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	804	228.18/cwt	228.00–232.00	1,835	92
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	857	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,757	2
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,006	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,203	23
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,140	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,223	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,471	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	488	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,405	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,326	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,548	5
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	888	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,554	3
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	924	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,728	9
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,681	128.21/cwt	125.00–132.00	2,155	7
Bulls	—	—	1,826	152.13/cwt	144.00–158.00	2,778	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,067	84.23/cwt	82.50–92.50	899	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,203	117.41/cwt	105.00–126.00	1,412	222
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,260	99.66/cwt	94.00–102.50	1,256	32
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,390	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,932	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,435	109.45/cwt	105.00–113.00	1,571	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,517	125.38/cwt	123.00–130.00	1,902	22
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,585	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,314	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,222	2,062.46/head	1,900.00–2,175.00	2,062	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,254	1,899.62/head	1,225.00–2,150.00	1,900	16
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,259	1,819.15/head	1,735.00–1,925.00	1,819	20
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,385	2,175.00/head	2,175.00–2,175.00	2,175	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	911	185.30/cwt	147.50–227.00	1,688	14

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 Nov 13, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,061Last week 1,051Year ago 2,162

Slaughter CattleReceipts 360Last week 541Year ago 540

Replacement CattleReceipts 69Last week 288Year ago 169

*Special Cow Sale next Wednesday, November 20, 2024*

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	315	415.00	415.00
2	350–400	390	370.00	370.00
17	400–450	435	360.00–366.00	363.84
3	450–500	470	335.00	335.00
19	500–550	522	332.50–342.00	338.33
21	550–600	559	295.00–313.00	309.92
22	600–650	628	274.00–295.00	283.04
26	650–700	652	248.00–258.00	248.79
18	700–750	709	246.00	246.00
44	750–800	764	269.00–271.00	270.63
40	800–850	816	240.00–253.50	242.49
18	850–900	891	244.00–248.00	244.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	437	315.00	315.00
2	450–500	450	310.00	310.00
13	500–550	519	258.00	258.00
14	550–600	556	254.00	254.00
12	600–650	612	243.50	243.50
4	800–850	832	230.00	230.00
22	950–1000	950	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1050–1100	1,073	219.00	219.00
5	1100–1150	1,148	198.50	198.50
5	1150–1200	1,154	202.50	202.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	438	388.00	388.00
9	450–500	456	391.00	391.00
5	500–550	509	362.50	362.50
27	550–600	560	350.00	350.00
9	600–650	616	305.50	305.50
32	800–850	813	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	327	345.00	345.00
4	350–400	357	327.50	327.50
12	400–450	436	300.00–325.00	309.81
9	450–500	467	285.00–302.50	290.72
148	500–550	539	262.00–287.50	280.52
18	550–600	570	243.00–261.00	250.82
29	600–650	608	234.00–253.00	247.82
24	650–700	673	231.00–241.75	239.04
25	700–750	721	230.00–246.50	241.89
9	750–800	781	246.00	246.00
92	800–850	804	228.00–232.00	228.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	446	305.00	305.00
9	450–500	477	251.00–252.00	251.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	745	218.00	218.00
5	750–800	792	217.50	217.50
2	850–900	857	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	1000–1050	1,006	219.00	219.00
5	1100–1150	1,140	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	536	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	421	340.00	340.00
6	500–550	502	297.50	297.50
61	650–700	654	258.00–273.00	260.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	488	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	467	315.00	315.00
2	550–600	550	241.00	241.00
5	750–800	778	199.00	199.00
3	850–900	888	175.00	175.00
9	900–950	924	187.00	187.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,385	2,175.00	2,175.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	20	—	1,259	1,735.00–1,925.00	1,819.15
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,222	1,900.00–2,175.00	2,062.46
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,254	1,225.00–2,150.00	1,899.62

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	14	—	911	147.50–227.00	185.30

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,435	105.00–113.00	109.45
15	—	1,067	82.50–92.50	84.23
32	—	1,260	94.00–102.50	99.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,585	146.00	146.00
22	—	1,517	123.00–130.00	125.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,390	139.00	139.00
222	—	1,203	105.00–126.00	117.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,826	144.00–158.00	152.13
7	—	1,681	125.00–132.00	128.21

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.