Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2025-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 700 weight steers sold 8.00 higher, steers over 800 lbs steers sold steady to 6.00 lower while under 800 lbs sold steady with a soft undertone. Heifers over 600 lbs sold steady, soft undertone and under 600 lbs sold steady, strong undertone. Larger packages of feeders were better quality and condition kept prices steady, smaller packages with less condition sold 10.00 lower. Breaker utility sold 3.00 higher, Lean Utility sold 3.00 to 10.00 higher while Boning Utility sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. One bull weighing 2065 lbs sold for 226.00 cwt. Moderate demand for heavy supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $432.55/cwt on 268 head. That ranks 3 of 31 comparable sales and sits −39.68 against this barn's trailing median of $472.23.

Average price

$432.55

268 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,361

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$169

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

$51.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.99

vs KS average

+9.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	442.31	2,391	217
Medium and Large 1-2	568	391.04	2,222	51

One grade step is worth $51.27/cwt here — about $169 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

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 sale268 hd

432.55

—

KS average3 barns · 544 hd

439.54

−6.99

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

+9.90

This barn, trailing median31 sales

472.23

−39.68

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	—	Average	1,746	189.01	3,300	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,582	169.82	2,686	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,209	161.26	1,950	160
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,190	133.05	1,583	76

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)	1,285	$3,250	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,081	$2,449	22
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,081	$2,410	45
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,017	$2,381	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,233	$2,312	17
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,299	$2,302	54
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,146	$2,205	29
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,400	$3,525	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,500	$2,350	3thin

Every lot, as filed

78 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	358.59/cwt	354.00–377.00	2,628	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	419.96/cwt	413.00–427.50	2,369	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	441.23/cwt	437.00–450.00	2,330	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	373.39/cwt	361.00–383.00	2,158	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	393.59/cwt	391.00–400.00	1,877	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	344.35/cwt	342.00–345.25	2,665	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	449.58/cwt	448.00–457.50	1,704	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	798	377.66/cwt	374.75–378.75	3,014	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	382.25/cwt	377.00–392.00	2,351	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	380.03/cwt	371.00–393.00	1,946	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	377.51/cwt	371.50–390.00	2,537	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	352.89/cwt	352.00–354.50	2,562	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,778	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	967	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,891	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	517.73/cwt	508.00–521.00	1,941	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,652	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	271	1,339.81/head	1,275.00–1,400.00	1,340	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	362.90/cwt	352.50–370.00	2,235	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	337.41/cwt	329.00–340.00	2,294	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	356.94/cwt	354.50–362.25	3,127	326
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	415.91/cwt	412.50–418.00	1,942	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	525	417.38/cwt	404.00–421.00	2,191	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	465	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,032	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	522	474.50/cwt	474.50–474.50	2,477	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	600	401.50/cwt	401.50–401.50	2,409	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,914	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	576	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,557	36
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	3,250.00/head	3,250.00–3,250.00	3,250	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,017	2,380.74/head	2,225.00–2,725.00	2,381	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,081	2,448.60/head	2,275.00–2,475.00	2,449	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	174.80/cwt	173.00–177.00	2,727	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,594	166.97/cwt	161.00–169.00	2,662	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	958	124.18/cwt	122.50–125.00	1,190	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,171	133.08/cwt	127.50–140.00	1,558	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,348	175.75/cwt	173.00–182.00	2,369	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,322	164.25/cwt	162.00–167.00	2,171	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,500	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	3,525.00/head	3,525.00–3,525.00	3,525	1
Bulls	—	—	1,718	189.37/cwt	177.50–199.00	3,253	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,109	115.70/cwt	100.00–121.00	1,283	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,274	142.54/cwt	135.00–152.00	1,816	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,013	133.63/cwt	129.00–141.00	1,354	11
Bulls	—	—	1,560	168.53/cwt	163.00–173.00	2,629	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	161.34/cwt	146.00–171.00	1,938	118
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	2,275.00/head	2,275.00–2,275.00	2,275	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,102	2,149.01/head	1,825.00–2,300.00	2,149	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,233	2,312.37/head	2,025.00–2,335.00	2,312	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,081	2,410.28/head	2,385.00–2,425.00	2,410	45
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,021	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	3,104	3
Bulls	—	—	2,228	213.28/cwt	206.00–226.00	4,752	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,767	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,153	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	497	425.03/cwt	418.00–434.00	2,112	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	383.58/cwt	370.00–387.00	2,217	40
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,253	2,347.35/head	2,325.00–2,450.00	2,347	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,316	2,284.83/head	2,035.00–2,400.00	2,285	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	493.48/cwt	493.00–494.00	2,013	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,776	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	362.96/cwt	361.00–367.00	2,406	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	418.15/cwt	407.50–427.50	2,229	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	1,667	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,143	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	298	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,341	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,022	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	796	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,348	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	793	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,672	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	949	330.61/cwt	325.00–331.00	3,137	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	438.39/cwt	437.50–441.00	1,859	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	396	424.76/cwt	422.50–432.50	1,682	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	458.11/cwt	450.00–464.00	2,135	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	1,485	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	364.36/cwt	356.00–375.50	3,010	335
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	347.42/cwt	342.00–354.00	3,207	334
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	541.37/cwt	540.00–547.50	1,743	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	487.37/cwt	478.00–499.00	2,339	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,091	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	523.00/cwt	523.00–523.00	2,254	66

How this sale compares

Kansas weighted averages

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