Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2025-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 8.00 higher. Steers and heifers under 600 lbs not well tested. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower. Good demand for moderate to heavy supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $362.89/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −109.34 against this barn's trailing median of $472.23.

Average price

$362.89

41 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,010

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$174

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

$68.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.98

vs KS average

+5.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	389.70	2,068	25
Medium and Large 1-2	590	321.00	1,894	16thin

One grade step is worth $68.70/cwt here — about $174 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 sale41 hd

362.89

—

KS average3 barns · 598 hd

361.91

+0.98

National average170 barns · 10,920 hd

357.16

+5.73

This barn, trailing median31 sales

472.23

−109.34

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	1,865	163.06	3,041	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,506	147.11	2,215	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,324	143.93	1,906	124
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,161	111.82	1,298	37

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)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	915	$2,194	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,344	$2,163	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,091	$3,147	17
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$3,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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	750–800	764	286.61/cwt	282.75–292.00	2,190	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	254.11/cwt	250.00–255.50	2,094	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	977	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,335	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	290.25/cwt	282.00–296.75	2,119	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	324.49/cwt	322.50–327.00	2,028	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	430.55/cwt	422.50–437.50	1,632	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	341.70/cwt	340.00–342.50	1,667	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	267.25/cwt	263.00–268.25	2,467	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,894	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	273.35/cwt	265.50–275.00	2,408	264
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	757	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,983	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	277.04/cwt	271.50–284.75	1,842	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	325.85/cwt	318.00–331.00	2,180	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	891	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,201	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,881	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	249.24/cwt	246.00–251.00	2,428	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,998	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	284.64/cwt	279.00–292.50	2,345	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,134	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	821	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	2,245	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	948	241.25/cwt	241.25–241.25	2,287	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	281.89/cwt	273.00–286.00	1,731	18
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,067	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,411	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	329.67/cwt	325.00–338.00	1,444	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	351	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,474	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,843	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,506	147.11/cwt	144.00–148.00	2,215	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,151	99.90/cwt	91.00–105.00	1,150	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,351	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,242	138.42/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,719	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	146.09/cwt	136.00–151.00	1,972	110
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,122	126.94/cwt	121.00–132.00	1,424	14
Bulls	—	—	1,819	161.60/cwt	154.00–173.00	2,940	18
Bulls	—	—	1,640	143.94/cwt	141.00–150.00	2,361	3
Bulls	—	—	2,241	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	4,123	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	909	213.02/cwt	187.50–242.50	1,936	11
Stock Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,046	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,144	6
Stock Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,196	178.92/cwt	160.00–187.50	2,140	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	2,193.72/head	2,025.00–2,350.00	2,194	2
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,344	2,162.92/head	1,750.00–2,300.00	2,163	7
Heifer Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,000	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,091	3,147.06/head	3,000.00–3,250.00	3,147	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	264.23/cwt	256.00–265.75	1,961	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,621	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	304.34/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,738	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	881	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,097	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	265.67/cwt	260.00–274.25	2,056	359
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	802	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,949	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	534	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,136	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	410	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,825	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,817	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	246.52/cwt	242.50–251.00	2,167	253
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,699	5

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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