Winter Livestock Market Report

Dodge City, Kansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, July 31, 2024

295 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $337.00/cwt +10.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,506/hd at 447 lb · 35 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $341.63/cwt ≈ $1,421/hd at 416 lb · 32 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 heifers $192.60/cwt ≈ $1,783/hd at 926 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	295	816	234
Feeder cattle	164	247	192
Slaughter cattle	129	561	42
Replacement cattle	2	8	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

*** Final Report *** Compared to last week, not enough feeder steers and heifers for a market test. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
447	447	35	337.00	$337.00	$1,506	—
475–497	491	4	290.00–304.00	$298.29	$1,465	-44.21
588	588	3	290.00	$290.00	$1,705	—
670	670	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,642	—
835	835	1	244.00	$244.00	$2,037	-7.19
905	905	8	220.00	$220.00	$1,991	-22.23

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695	695	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,442	—
830	830	1	224.00	$224.00	$1,859	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	2	317.50–327.50	$322.50	$1,000	—
345 unweaned	345	2	292.50	$292.50	$1,009	—
355–360 unweaned	358	2	255.00–280.00	$267.59	$958	—
375	375	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,144	—
411 fancy	411	26	351.50	$351.50	$1,445	—
436–440	437	6	297.00–302.50	$298.84	$1,306	—
485	485	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,261	-47.50
503–520	507	4	282.50	$282.50	$1,432	—
555–561	560	4	245.00–258.00	$254.78	$1,427	—
642 fancy	642	2	237.50	$237.50	$1,525	—
647	647	5	215.00	$215.00	$1,391	—
670	670	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,642	—
775	775	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,589	-23.00
810–840	830	3	202.50–207.50	$205.87	$1,709	—
900–947	926	10	190.00–200.00	$192.60	$1,783	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,378	—
622	622	2	217.50	$217.50	$1,353	—
850	850	1	186.00	$186.00	$1,581	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775	775	1	243.00	$243.00	$1,883	—
965	965	2	211.00	$211.00	$2,036	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1520	1227	80-85%	42	115.00–128.00	$120.38	$1,477	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1460	1099	85-90%	33	97.50–126.00	$104.61	$1,150	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1317	1293	75-80%	9	148.00–150.00	$149.23	$1,930	—
1020–2080	1428	75-80%	22	130.00–145.50	$138.84	$1,983	+0.45

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1795–2260	1949	4	176.00–184.00	$178.69	$3,483	—
1755–2060	1957	3	169.00–171.00	$169.95	$3,326	—
1850–2220	1992	3	156.00–161.00	$159.45	$3,176	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1020	1020	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	152.50	$152.50	$1,556

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1430	1430	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,075.00	$2,075.00

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.