Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2025-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, heavy 500 lbs steers sold 3.00 higher and heavy 600 lbs heifers sold 3.00 higher, other weights not well tested, softer undertone noted. Boning utility cows sold steady to 3.00 higher. Good demand for light supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $324.33/cwt on 76 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −147.90 against this barn's trailing median of $472.23.

Average price

$324.33

76 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,797

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$284

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

$63.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.73

vs KS average

−14.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	343.40	1,880	53
Medium and Large 1-2	569	280.40	1,596	23

One grade step is worth $63.00/cwt here — about $284 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.

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 sale76 hd

324.33

—

KS average3 barns · 312 hd

337.06

−12.73

National average155 barns · 9,244 hd

338.67

−14.34

This barn, trailing median31 sales

472.23

−147.90

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	1,980	165.00	3,267	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,286	140.39	1,805	30

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)	1,473	$2,225	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,435	$2,175	7

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Bulls	—	—	1,980	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	3,267	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	140.39/cwt	132.00–144.50	1,805	30
Bred Cows	Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,435	2,175.00/head	2,175.00–2,175.00	2,175	7
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,473	2,225.00/head	2,225.00–2,225.00	2,225	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	597	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,719	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,698	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,520	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	993	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	267.27/cwt	265.00–267.60	2,328	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	291.24/cwt	285.00–292.00	1,648	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,245	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	231.15/cwt	217.00–236.00	1,898	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	281.48/cwt	275.50–283.00	2,173	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,741	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	386.29/cwt	374.00–391.00	1,642	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	345.38/cwt	337.50–355.00	1,924	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,632	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,871	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	255.55/cwt	248.00–256.00	1,894	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	309.41/cwt	309.00–310.00	1,640	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,828	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,986	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	296	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,332	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,582	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,438	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,736	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	280.61/cwt	280.00–281.00	1,636	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	275.39/cwt	270.00–276.00	2,049	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,064	71

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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