Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2025-09-24

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Sep 24
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,199 head
1,714 vs last sale 2,913 3,387 vs year ago 4,586 · 73.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
311 head
26 vs last sale 285 91 vs year ago 220 · +41.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
101 vs last sale 141 36 vs year ago 76 · 47.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 800 weight steers sold 18.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher. Steers under 600 lbs sold 7.00 to 9.00 higher. Heifers under 600 lbs sold 5.00 higher. Larger lots of vaccinated calves brought 20.00 to 30.00 higher. Boning utility sold steady to 7.00 higher while Lean Utility sold 8.00 lower. Moderate demand for moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $446.19/cwt on 72 head. That ranks 7 of 31 comparable sales and sits 26.03 against this barn's trailing median of $472.23.
Average price
$446.19
72 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,391
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$248
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$45.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.41
vs KS average
+29.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536449.992,41266
Medium and Large 1-2535404.492,1646thin
One grade step is worth $45.50/cwt here — about $248 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales
527462396330median 472.2312/1702/1104/1506/0308/19
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 sale72 hd
446.19
KS average3 barns · 196 hd
444.79
+1.41
National average168 barns · 11,658 hd
417.09
+29.10
This barn, trailing median31 sales
472.23
−26.03
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,650186.373,07426
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,620166.272,6948thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,266161.572,045116
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,192131.041,561106

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,288$2,9104thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,008$2,7935
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,270$2,74411
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,383$2,7063thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)967$3,9173thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450429535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,29540
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650643404.62/cwt386.00–409.002,60228
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750742369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,7385
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950905336.00/cwt336.00–336.003,0416
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850819382.79/cwt380.00–384.753,135147
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900890376.00/cwt376.00–376.003,3466
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450417530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,2109
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450419446.71/cwt435.00–450.001,87219
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500485401.56/cwt395.00–406.001,94815
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550501405.50/cwt405.50–405.502,03228
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned300–350348604.00/cwt604.00–604.002,10232
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400357502.50/cwt502.50–502.501,7947
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350348515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,79237
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000990301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,9803
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy700–750739390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,88265
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650648361.83/cwt361.50–364.002,34561
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900875322.91/cwt318.50–324.002,825121
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750734361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,65019
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800762345.82/cwt342.00–347.002,63581
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850821379.00/cwt379.00–379.003,11211
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy900–950911368.00/cwt368.00–368.003,352104
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,638171.00/cwt171.00–171.002,8014
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,633163.73/cwt161.00–166.002,6743
Bulls1,358163.95/cwt162.50–165.502,2262
Bulls1,886203.82/cwt202.00–208.003,8445
CowsLean 85-90%1,199121.18/cwt115.00–125.001,45319
CowsLean 85-90%1,360153.92/cwt153.50–156.002,0936
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29673,916.67/head3,700.00–4,025.003,9173
CowsLean 85-90%1,198139.42/cwt127.50–150.001,67067
CowsLean 85-90%1,07894.54/cwt85.00–107.501,01914
CowsBoner 80-85%1,266179.75/cwt178.00–183.002,27611
Bulls1,618184.14/cwt170.00–196.002,97919
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,510155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,3411
CowsBoner 80-85%1,294165.32/cwt154.00–174.002,13983
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3832,706.33/head2,550.00–2,875.002,7063
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0082,793.00/head2,700.00–3,025.002,7935
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,223207.95/cwt190.00–215.002,5438
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2882,910.24/head2,900.00–2,950.002,9104
SteersLarge 11000–10501,011333.00/cwt333.00–333.003,3673
CowsBoner 80-85%1,159138.31/cwt130.00–147.001,60322
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850809360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,91215
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750741342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,5345
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700682351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,39418
SteersMedium and Large 2800–850810337.28/cwt336.00–339.002,7327
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550535404.49/cwt404.00–405.002,1646
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,2702,744.09/head2,725.00–2,780.002,74411
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500472489.00/cwt489.00–489.002,30814
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550531427.00/cwt425.00–431.002,26712
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550529465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,46040
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450432465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,0095
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800791322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,5513
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400396460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,82219
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600560426.79/cwt425.00–427.502,39014
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700678387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,62411
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800764361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,7589
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850840311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,6123

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.