Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2025-07-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Special Feeder Sale, King of the Ring*

Very good demand on several load lots on this special sale. Yesterdays cattle on feed report was bullish as placements were lighter than the average guesses and with feeder cattle futures at all time record highs, feedlot managers were in the market to fill empty pens.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $442.81/cwt on 202 head. That ranks 5 of 31 comparable sales and sits −29.42 against this barn's trailing median of $472.23.

Average price

$442.81

202 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,404

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$331

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

$28.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.96

vs KS average

+67.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	444.80	2,427	188
Medium and Large 1-2	504	416.00	2,097	14thin

One grade step is worth $28.80/cwt here — about $331 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale202 hd

442.81

—

KS average3 barns · 340 hd

439.85

+2.96

National average142 barns · 5,388 hd

375.74

+67.07

This barn, trailing median31 sales

472.23

−29.42

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

44 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	383.48/cwt	373.00–390.50	2,075	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,605	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	343.71/cwt	339.00–348.25	2,502	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	313.63/cwt	309.00–315.00	2,707	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	370.42/cwt	364.00–371.00	2,148	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	405.27/cwt	404.00–412.00	1,994	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	336.65/cwt	330.00–342.25	2,774	686
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,606	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	319.39/cwt	314.25–329.50	2,964	1,251
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,029	300.38/cwt	294.50–303.25	3,091	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	345.34/cwt	332.00–353.00	2,711	356
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	349.49/cwt	346.00–352.00	2,429	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	330.64/cwt	323.00–337.75	2,883	1,168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,054	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,149	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	427.23/cwt	422.00–430.00	2,499	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	356.08/cwt	349.00–366.00	2,546	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,056	296.59/cwt	295.85–297.10	3,132	475
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	884	317.91/cwt	315.50–319.50	2,810	55
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	871	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,683	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	450.60/cwt	444.00–452.50	2,375	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	987	296.92/cwt	295.00–299.00	2,931	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	305.82/cwt	302.50–309.50	2,859	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	308.70/cwt	305.85–315.50	3,001	894
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,489	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	847	324.50/cwt	324.50–324.50	2,749	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,456	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,902	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	2,471	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	504	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,097	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	565	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,548	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,870	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	367.59/cwt	357.50–372.00	2,283	108
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	692	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,325	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	313.13/cwt	307.00–316.00	2,386	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	881	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,608	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	313.07/cwt	309.00–316.50	2,552	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	320.04/cwt	313.00–323.50	2,506	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	715	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,660	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	505	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,065	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	812	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,631	60
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,014	304.17/cwt	301.25–307.50	3,084	399
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,063	304.21/cwt	298.50–307.25	3,234	115
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,029	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,768	31

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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