Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2025-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers over 700 lbs sold 10.00 higher while 500 lbs to 650 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher, and 300 lbs to 500 lbs sold 5.00 to 15.00 lower. Heifers over 600 lbs sold 4.00 to 12.00 higher while under 600 lbs sold steady, soft undertone. Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Moderate demand for moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $421.84/cwt on 109 head. That ranks 3 of 31 comparable sales and sits −50.39 against this barn's trailing median of $472.23.

Average price

$421.84

109 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,349

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$13

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

$39.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.27

vs KS average

−24.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	429.00	2,349	89
Medium and Large 1-2	599	390.00	2,336	20

One grade step is worth $39.00/cwt here — about $13 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 sale109 hd

421.84

—

KS average3 barns · 392 hd

418.58

+3.27

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

−24.01

This barn, trailing median31 sales

472.23

−50.39

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	1,773	187.64	3,327	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,620	172.59	2,796	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,234	161.46	1,993	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,237	143.78	1,779	86

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	882	$3,000	10
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,306	$2,925	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,330	$2,851	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,302	$2,833	27
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,321	$2,522	32
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,345	$2,408	4thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	912	$2,856	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$3,419	4thin

Every lot, as filed

69 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	600–650	604	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,217	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	428.95/cwt	411.00–435.00	2,419	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,845	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	370.74/cwt	362.00–382.00	2,866	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	460.05/cwt	458.00–463.00	1,514	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,033	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,097	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	429.72/cwt	429.00–435.00	1,869	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	401.25/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,099	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	373.13/cwt	365.00–376.00	2,153	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	409.07/cwt	402.50–414.00	1,959	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	993	337.03/cwt	334.00–337.25	3,347	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	557.50/cwt	557.50–557.50	1,996	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,534	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,104	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,952	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	2,204	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	336.93/cwt	336.00–337.85	2,749	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	365.83/cwt	363.50–369.00	2,649	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	458	483.00/cwt	483.00–483.00	2,212	28
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,590	2,725.00/head	2,725.00–2,725.00	2,725	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,345	2,408.28/head	2,350.00–2,625.00	2,408	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,302	2,833.12/head	2,200.00–3,050.00	2,833	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,679	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	324.50/cwt	324.50–324.50	2,823	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	374	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,814	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	316	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,627	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,164	147.19/cwt	141.00–155.00	1,713	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	2,108	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,279	168.61/cwt	160.00–178.00	2,157	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,200	132.97/cwt	125.00–139.00	1,596	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,340	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,265	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,263	149.81/cwt	141.00–162.00	1,892	58
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	3,418.75/head	3,350.00–3,550.00	3,419	4
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,058	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,396	3
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	3,319	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,052	109.16/cwt	105.00–117.50	1,148	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,335	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,621	174.56/cwt	171.00–179.00	2,830	14
Bulls	—	—	1,773	187.64/cwt	176.00–200.00	3,327	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,681	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,306	2,925.00/head	2,925.00–2,925.00	2,925	6
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	912	2,856.48/head	2,825.00–2,885.00	2,856	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,330	2,850.50/head	2,450.00–3,010.00	2,851	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,293	2,501.20/head	1,525.00–2,625.00	2,501	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	837	326.50/cwt	326.50–326.50	2,733	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	998	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	2,730	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,941	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,088	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	354.89/cwt	352.00–361.00	2,431	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	952	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,056	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,998	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,888	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	917	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,953	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	405.50/cwt	405.50–405.50	2,498	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	599	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,336	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	335.46/cwt	330.00–352.50	2,472	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	418.72/cwt	416.00–422.00	2,630	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	356.61/cwt	353.00–359.60	3,324	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	370.75/cwt	368.85–375.50	3,118	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	555	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,242	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	819	356.84/cwt	356.00–357.00	2,923	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,587	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,884	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	401.21/cwt	401.00–402.00	2,680	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	3,153	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	311.08/cwt	308.00–315.00	2,912	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	431.21/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,324	57

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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