Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2025-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Anniversary Sale, September 17, 2025

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs not well tested, softer undertone noted. Steers and heifers under 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower, several lots of small packages that were unvaccinated. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $398.12/cwt on 76 head. That ranks 5 of 32 comparable sales and sits −32.86 against this barn's trailing median of $430.98.

Average price

$398.12

76 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,114

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$236

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

$69.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.88

vs KS average

+29.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	400.88	2,123	73
Medium and Large 1-2	570	331.00	1,887	3thin

One grade step is worth $69.88/cwt here — about $236 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale76 hd

398.12

—

KS average3 barns · 235 hd

408.00

−9.88

National average171 barns · 13,169 hd

368.34

+29.78

This barn, trailing median32 sales

430.98

−32.86

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	1,678	184.57	3,096	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,580	170.27	2,690	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,335	167.83	2,240	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,247	139.36	1,737	100

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,135	$3,869	26
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,025	$3,801	11
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,065	$3,706	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,142	$3,671	41
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,227	$3,614	10
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,260	$3,372	11
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,378	$3,275	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,196	$3,214	16
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,059	$3,214	8
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	895	$3,165	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,303	$3,030	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,308	$2,714	12
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,254	$2,562	25
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,200	$4,394	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,175	$4,025	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,233	$3,558	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,600	$3,475	2thin

Every lot, as filed

72 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	1,998	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	1,781	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	289	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	396.59/cwt	383.00–408.00	2,078	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	893	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,688	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	599	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,141	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	339.76/cwt	338.00–341.00	2,324	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,292	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	601	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,269	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	511	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,197	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	501	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,265	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	367.64/cwt	363.00–371.00	2,298	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,236	2,558.71/head	2,275.00–2,710.00	2,559	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,301	2,569.23/head	2,025.00–2,950.00	2,569	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,303	3,030.43/head	2,675.00–3,375.00	3,030	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	3,371.90/head	3,350.00–3,400.00	3,372	11
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	185.29/cwt	182.00–205.00	2,455	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	317	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	1,751	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	3,706.09/head	3,125.00–3,975.00	3,706	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	3,800.58/head	3,775.00–3,825.00	3,801	11
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	998	231.74/cwt	185.00–282.50	2,313	30
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,059	3,213.50/head	2,650.00–3,450.00	3,214	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	3,165.45/head	2,750.00–3,775.00	3,165	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,378	3,275.00/head	3,275.00–3,275.00	3,275	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	3,869.24/head	3,550.00–4,000.00	3,869	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,583	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,580	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,508	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,549	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,328	177.53/cwt	170.00–182.00	2,358	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,147	110.63/cwt	97.50–122.50	1,269	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,625	178.39/cwt	177.00–180.00	2,899	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,250	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,038	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	4,025.00/head	3,950.00–4,050.00	4,025	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	4,325.00/head	4,325.00–4,325.00	4,325	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	4,393.75/head	4,025.00–4,550.00	4,394	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,600	3,475.00/head	3,475.00–3,475.00	3,475	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	2,025.00/head	2,025.00–2,025.00	2,025	1
Bulls	—	—	1,705	163.02/cwt	161.00–165.00	2,779	2
Bulls	—	—	1,514	195.31/cwt	192.00–197.50	2,957	6
Bulls	—	—	1,749	182.93/cwt	172.00–189.00	3,199	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,155	129.42/cwt	125.00–132.50	1,495	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,303	149.46/cwt	136.00–161.00	1,947	62
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,341	159.35/cwt	154.00–164.00	2,137	24
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	868	250.04/cwt	202.50–294.00	2,170	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,196	3,213.52/head	2,500.00–3,400.00	3,214	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,227	3,613.90/head	2,375.00–3,850.00	3,614	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,142	3,671.01/head	2,850.00–3,875.00	3,671	41
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,311	2,653.84/head	2,575.00–2,775.00	2,654	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,305	2,775.00/head	2,775.00–2,775.00	2,775	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,887	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,009	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	419.50/cwt	419.50–419.50	2,286	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,532	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,363	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,230	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,334	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	548	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,307	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	527.17/cwt	527.00–527.50	2,035	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	553	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,212	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	420.42/cwt	406.00–429.00	2,047	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	747	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,405	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	428.11/cwt	423.00–431.00	2,419	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	483.00/cwt	483.00–483.00	2,246	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	445.72/cwt	441.00–455.00	1,930	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,956	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,566	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	429	487.00/cwt	487.00–487.00	2,089	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,131	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	493.00/cwt	493.00–493.00	2,174	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	393.52/cwt	390.00–396.00	2,609	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	352.66/cwt	347.00–361.00	2,715	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	702	348.85/cwt	346.00–350.00	2,449	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,699	56

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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