Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2025-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, light feeder supply, not well tested, higher undertone noted.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $347.59/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −124.64 against this barn's trailing median of $472.23.

Average price

$347.59

33 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,816

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$376

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

$93.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.69

vs KS average

+6.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	364.56	1,879	27
Medium and Large 1-2	554	271.25	1,503	6thin

One grade step is worth $93.31/cwt here — about $376 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 sale33 hd

347.59

—

KS average2 barns · 47 hd

339.90

+7.69

National average106 barns · 4,665 hd

341.21

+6.38

This barn, trailing median31 sales

472.23

−124.64

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	1,778	164.76	2,929	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,665	151.16	2,517	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,149	134.93	1,550	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,201	116.66	1,401	36

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/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,350	$2,150	1thin

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	998	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,136	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,064	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,492	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,691	3
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,023	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,174	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	289.04/cwt	282.00–299.00	2,075	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	254.68/cwt	238.50–256.50	2,330	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	767	230.92/cwt	220.00–236.00	1,771	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,931	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	1,934	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	246.87/cwt	242.50–252.50	1,903	111
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,350	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	147.42/cwt	144.00–155.00	1,666	5
Stock Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,335	151.04/cwt	149.00–152.00	2,016	8
Bulls	—	—	1,778	164.76/cwt	158.00–171.00	2,929	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,149	134.93/cwt	130.00–143.00	1,550	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,665	151.16/cwt	146.00–157.00	2,517	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,234	127.45/cwt	120.00–143.00	1,573	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	88.62/cwt	82.50–91.00	988	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	265.59/cwt	262.00–266.00	1,700	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,508	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	893	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	2,219	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	369.50/cwt	369.50–369.50	1,881	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,980	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,840	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,020	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	2,060	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,107	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,766	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	235.77/cwt	231.00–240.50	1,947	16

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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