Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2025-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, not enough steers and heifers for accurate market test, strong undertone noted. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 higher. One bull weighing 1800 lbs sold for 210.00 cwt. Demand was good for light supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $326.67/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −96.36 against this barn's trailing median of $423.03.

Average price

$326.67

23 head · 633 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,068

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−15.48

vs KS average

−15.65 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	633	326.67	2,068	23

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

32 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $447.84, low $377.43, median $423.03 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale23 hd

326.67

—

KS average3 barns · 162 hd

342.15

−15.48

National average112 barns · 4,370 hd

342.32

−15.65

This barn, trailing median32 sales

423.03

−96.36

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	2,016	186.75	3,766	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,209	159.28	1,926	86
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,535	156.57	2,403	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,206	133.84	1,614	54

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)	1,360	$2,737	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,394	$2,525	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,188	$2,247	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,085	$1,905	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$2,842	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,000	$1,900	3thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	896	$3,582	39

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,251	141.78/cwt	132.50–149.00	1,774	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	123.14/cwt	112.50–125.00	1,410	23
Bulls	—	—	1,993	179.42/cwt	172.00–191.00	3,576	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,075	2,800.00/head	2,450.00–3,300.00	2,800	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,150	2,925.00/head	2,750.00–3,100.00	2,925	2
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	879	2,789.29/head	2,200.00–3,200.00	2,789	7
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	3,755.00/head	3,675.00–3,800.00	3,755	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	156.57/cwt	151.00–165.00	2,403	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,221	158.67/cwt	147.50–165.00	1,937	82
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	972	171.70/cwt	171.00–172.00	1,669	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,840	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	326.67/cwt	326.00–328.00	2,068	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,852	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,864	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,723	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	2,232	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,967	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,581	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,133	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	918	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,295	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	303	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,295	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	410	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,513	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,052	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	294.09/cwt	290.25–298.25	2,553	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	883	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,411	8
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,003	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,377	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	243.90/cwt	202.50–250.00	2,202	11
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	190.79/cwt	185.00–197.00	2,267	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,316	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	269.52/cwt	261.00–271.00	2,221	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	801	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,123	3
Bulls	—	—	2,069	203.25/cwt	200.00–210.00	4,205	4
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,360	2,737.36/head	2,725.00–2,750.00	2,737	2
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,085	1,905.18/head	1,525.00–2,350.00	1,905	2
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,394	2,525.04/head	2,260.00–2,725.00	2,525	7
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,188	2,246.84/head	2,050.00–2,475.00	2,247	2
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,011	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	2,613	39

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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