Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2025-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*King of the Ring Sale, Saturday, July 26, 2025*

Compared to two weeks ago, not enough feeders or calves for a market test. Slaughter cows sold steady. Good demand for light supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $344.60/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −86.38 against this barn's trailing median of $430.98.

Average price

$344.60

20 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,925

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs KS average

+3.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	344.60	1,925	20

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 sale20 hd

344.60

—

KS average1 barns · 20 hd

344.60

+0.00

National average157 barns · 9,726 hd

341.53

+3.07

This barn, trailing median32 sales

430.98

−86.38

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	—	High	1,831	193.92	3,550	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,549	161.82	2,507	52
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,261	160.29	2,022	97
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,212	140.14	1,699	115

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)	1,070	$2,930	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,283	$2,661	7
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,170	$2,592	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,218	$2,557	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	945	$1,900	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,000	$4,325	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$3,775	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,192	$3,556	12
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	700	$2,975	1thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,678	176.99/cwt	175.00–179.00	2,970	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,313	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	304.85/cwt	304.85–304.85	2,817	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	704	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,168	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	977	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,433	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,502	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,892	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,498	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,308	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	747	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,099	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,182	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	2,771	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	304.95/cwt	302.50–308.00	2,479	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,970	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	294.50/cwt	294.50–294.50	1,967	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,945	13
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,070	2,930.18/head	2,750.00–3,075.00	2,930	3
Bred Cows	Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,218	2,556.87/head	2,450.00–2,725.00	2,557	3
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,061	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,398	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	2
Bulls	—	—	1,817	198.25/cwt	193.00–206.00	3,602	16
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,068	189.36/cwt	172.50–207.50	2,022	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,936	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,000	3,775.00/head	3,775.00–3,775.00	3,775	3
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	2,975.00/head	2,975.00–2,975.00	2,975	1
Bulls	—	—	1,862	184.01/cwt	181.00–186.00	3,426	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,544	161.21/cwt	159.00–170.00	2,489	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,268	150.39/cwt	143.00–158.00	1,907	47
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,475	176.51/cwt	176.00–177.00	2,604	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,162	138.50/cwt	137.50–139.00	1,609	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,180	3,547.50/head	3,525.00–3,600.00	3,548	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,250	3,600.00/head	3,475.00–3,725.00	3,600	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,000	4,325.00/head	4,325.00–4,325.00	4,325	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,197	134.80/cwt	132.50–138.00	1,614	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,037	122.97/cwt	120.00–127.50	1,275	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	160.65/cwt	146.00–171.00	2,024	92
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,283	2,661.17/head	2,525.00–2,800.00	2,661	7
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,170	2,591.67/head	2,225.00–2,875.00	2,592	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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