Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2025-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeders and calves not well tested, a higher trend noted. Slaughter cows sold steady, higher undertone noted. Supply was light with very good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $378.00/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 2 of 32 comparable sales and sits −52.98 against this barn's trailing median of $430.98.

Average price

$378.00

27 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,939

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+14.51

vs KS average

+43.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	513	378.00	1,939	27

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $458.54, low $370.48, median $430.98 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 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale27 hd

378.00

—

KS average2 barns · 91 hd

363.49

+14.51

National average153 barns · 9,567 hd

334.11

+43.89

This barn, trailing median32 sales

430.98

−52.98

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	—	Low	1,702	186.14	3,167	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,288	166.12	2,140	129
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,587	152.95	2,427	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,279	134.13	1,716	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)	1,496	$2,750	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,303	$2,474	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,420	$2,325	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	925	$2,150	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,530	$3,360	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	850	$3,280	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	960	$2,770	5

Every lot, as filed

46 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	450–500	465	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,953	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,052	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,500	3,075.00/head	3,075.00–3,075.00	3,075	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,550	3,550.00/head	3,550.00–3,550.00	3,550	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,600	3,850.00/head	3,850.00–3,850.00	3,850	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	3,280.00/head	2,250.00–3,950.00	3,280	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	165.58/cwt	146.00–172.00	2,139	124
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	179.47/cwt	176.00–182.50	2,155	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,587	152.95/cwt	143.00–162.00	2,427	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,347	153.38/cwt	153.00–154.00	2,066	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,254	137.37/cwt	132.00–140.00	1,723	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,240	112.34/cwt	108.00–115.00	1,393	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,233	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	1,872	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	333.97/cwt	330.00–342.00	2,431	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,652	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,568	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,068	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,208	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,280	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,784	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,723	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,035	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,939	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,198	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,361	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	831	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,559	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,294	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	451	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,500	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,383	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,857	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	497	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,702	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,725	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	871	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,317	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	944	224.09/cwt	202.50–243.00	2,115	23
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,756	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,698	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,927	3
Bulls	—	—	1,576	161.26/cwt	156.50–168.00	2,541	6
Bulls	—	—	1,677	186.79/cwt	174.00–199.00	3,132	38
Bulls	—	—	1,983	206.89/cwt	202.00–212.00	4,103	6
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,303	2,473.96/head	2,425.00–2,500.00	2,474	5
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,496	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	3
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,420	2,325.00/head	2,325.00–2,325.00	2,325	2

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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