Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2024-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* No Sale Christmas Day or New Year's Day*

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady. Heifers under 600 lbs sold steady to 15.00 higher on reputation heifers that were replacement quality. Slaughter cows sold steady. Good demand for moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $314.91/cwt on 132 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −157.32 against this barn's trailing median of $472.23.

Average price

$314.91

132 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,738

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

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

$30.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.33

vs KS average

−11.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	327.01	1,773	80
Medium and Large 1-2	567	296.28	1,681	52

One grade step is worth $30.74/cwt here — about $92 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $513.49, low $343.81, median $472.23 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale132 hd

314.91

—

KS average3 barns · 763 hd

327.23

−12.33

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

−11.72

This barn, trailing median31 sales

472.23

−157.32

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	—	Average	1,815	141.25	2,564	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,493	120.06	1,792	29
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	2,095	117.33	2,459	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,234	116.77	1,440	156
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,240	97.17	1,205	69

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)	1,388	$2,684	52
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,375	$2,585	35
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,343	$2,320	29
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,310	$2,254	24
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,070	$2,099	12
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,023	$2,092	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,313	$1,962	14
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,215	$1,896	25
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,325	$1,710	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	926	$2,100	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,250	$2,750	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,083	$2,750	6

Every lot, as filed

86 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	330.05/cwt	322.50–345.00	1,287	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	309.31/cwt	300.00–322.00	1,506	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	263.16/cwt	247.00–268.00	1,476	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	257.52/cwt	245.00–262.25	1,875	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	924	226.55/cwt	226.00–229.00	2,093	16
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,110	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	2,364	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	292.84/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,561	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	292	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,007	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,389	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	229.08/cwt	224.00–236.00	1,757	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	248.26/cwt	238.25–252.50	2,299	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	239.19/cwt	222.00–244.00	2,100	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,758	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	246.45/cwt	244.00–259.00	1,587	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	221.64/cwt	219.00–224.00	1,944	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,414	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,588	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	248.06/cwt	239.00–251.50	2,086	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	364.73/cwt	352.50–370.00	1,736	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	293.90/cwt	270.00–297.00	1,699	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	263.24/cwt	255.00–272.00	1,651	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	301.63/cwt	287.50–312.50	1,638	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	253.87/cwt	241.00–262.00	1,973	64
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,055	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,268	6
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,175	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,409	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	326.83/cwt	325.00–342.50	1,680	29
Steers	Large 1	1300–1350	1,321	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	2,602	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	396	402.82/cwt	401.00–415.00	1,595	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	356	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,246	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	396.26/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,692	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,378	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	327.12/cwt	320.00–331.00	1,825	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,045	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	284.12/cwt	265.00–289.00	1,952	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,246	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	702	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,720	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	266.77/cwt	256.00–272.00	1,918	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,401	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	556	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,640	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	937	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,837	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	956	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,998	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	224.89/cwt	215.00–237.00	1,774	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	373.79/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,600	9
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	2,038	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	2,507	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,099	79.97/cwt	70.00–85.00	879	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,484	120.66/cwt	119.00–126.00	1,791	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,613	111.93/cwt	110.00–114.00	1,805	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	2,210	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	2,343	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,264	100.09/cwt	90.00–112.50	1,265	59
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	119.30/cwt	107.00–128.00	1,495	135
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,109	100.49/cwt	92.00–106.00	1,114	21
Bulls	—	—	1,741	138.61/cwt	134.00–144.00	2,413	12
Bulls	—	—	1,993	147.57/cwt	146.50–151.00	2,941	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,158	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,023	2,091.99/head	2,000.00–2,175.00	2,092	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	2,098.75/head	1,750.00–2,575.00	2,099	12
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	665	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,390	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	168.18/cwt	155.00–237.50	1,123	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,375	1,996.62/head	1,525.00–2,035.00	1,997	10
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	203.14/cwt	202.50–204.00	1,869	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,246	133.71/cwt	124.00–155.00	1,666	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,343	2,319.82/head	1,900.00–2,450.00	2,320	29
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,032	183.10/cwt	130.00–227.50	1,890	39
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,172	137.94/cwt	121.00–157.00	1,617	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,388	2,683.93/head	2,050.00–2,710.00	2,684	52
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	926	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,083	2,750.00/head	2,250.00–2,850.00	2,750	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	1,710.00/head	1,710.00–1,710.00	1,710	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,375	2,585.13/head	2,450.00–2,600.00	2,585	35
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	2,253.94/head	1,550.00–2,600.00	2,254	24
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,215	1,896.34/head	1,475.00–2,000.00	1,896	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,292	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	274.74/cwt	271.00–280.00	1,681	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,426	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	243.42/cwt	239.00–246.00	1,426	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	893	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,965	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,703	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,518	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	938	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,993	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	263.45/cwt	245.00–269.00	1,736	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	365	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,469	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	297	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,274	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	522	315.88/cwt	315.75–316.00	1,649	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	361	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,552	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	814	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,742	8

How this sale compares

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.

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