Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2025-06-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* No Sale Wednesday, July 2, 2025*

Compared to last week, not enough feeders or calves sold for an accurate market test. Slaughter cows were steady. Light supply had good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $377.50/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −94.73 against this barn's trailing median of $472.23.

Average price

$377.50

25 head · 590 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,227

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs KS average

+7.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	590	377.50	2,227	25

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

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 sale25 hd

377.50

—

KS average1 barns · 25 hd

377.50

+0.00

National average140 barns · 6,212 hd

369.58

+7.92

This barn, trailing median31 sales

472.23

−94.73

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	1,722	192.03	3,307	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,293	165.82	2,144	72
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,645	158.46	2,606	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,268	138.53	1,756	78

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,545	$2,425	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,000	$4,050	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,400	$3,725	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,425	$3,138	2thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,000	4,050.00/head	4,050.00–4,050.00	4,050	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,425	3,137.50/head	2,750.00–3,525.00	3,138	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,400	3,725.00/head	3,725.00–3,725.00	3,725	1
Bulls	—	—	1,495	167.61/cwt	166.00–169.00	2,506	2
Bulls	—	—	1,514	189.85/cwt	186.00–196.00	2,874	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,306	167.33/cwt	156.00–174.00	2,185	66
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,777	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,297	143.12/cwt	134.00–149.00	1,856	63
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,146	119.23/cwt	113.00–127.50	1,366	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,061	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	601	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,248	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	463.00/cwt	463.00–463.00	2,130	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,335	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	954	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,480	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,780	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,227	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,068	6
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,545	2,425.00/head	2,425.00–2,425.00	2,425	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,749	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,033	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,112	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,772	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	947	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	2,798	50
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,651	156.96/cwt	155.00–166.00	2,591	13
Bulls	—	—	2,096	206.97/cwt	200.50–210.00	4,338	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,106	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,142	143.63/cwt	137.00–150.00	1,640	5
Stock Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,213	202.59/cwt	181.00–216.00	2,457	5
Stock Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,440	193.78/cwt	185.00–206.00	2,790	10

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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