Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2025-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's lighter run where calves were more lightly tested, steer and heifer calves sold with a higher to sharply higher undertone. Yearling steers sold steady to 10.00 higher while yearling heifers sold 15.00 to 20.00 higher. Feeder cattle futures have made significant gains since last week, leading the charge higher along with a higher cash fed trade last week. Demand was good to very good. Slaughter cows sold steady to weak.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $440.33/cwt on 342 head. That ranks 4 of 31 comparable sales and sits −31.90 against this barn's trailing median of $472.23.

Average price

$440.33

342 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,452

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$376

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

$56.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.37

vs KS average

−28.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	468.08	2,597	175
Medium and Large 1-2	566	411.24	2,327	122
Medium and Large 2	540	411.24	2,221	45

One grade step is worth $56.84/cwt here — about $376 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 sale342 hd

440.33

—

KS average3 barns · 833 hd

451.70

−11.37

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

−28.71

This barn, trailing median31 sales

472.23

−31.90

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	1,621	188.58	3,056	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,517	176.41	2,676	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,170	165.15	1,933	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,220	135.46	1,653	47

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)	1,027	$2,956	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,259	$2,704	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,364	$2,676	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,080	$2,604	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	945	$2,347	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,060	$2,320	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,037	$2,225	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,323	$2,212	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,121	$2,148	7
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	857	$1,975	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,200	$3,400	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,200	$3,013	2thin

Every lot, as filed

81 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 1-2	700–750	747	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,764	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	356.10/cwt	347.00–360.00	2,785	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	443.09/cwt	441.00–444.00	2,003	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	297	529.00/cwt	529.00–529.00	1,571	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	359.93/cwt	355.50–361.75	3,322	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	369.74/cwt	365.00–378.00	2,792	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	390.64/cwt	389.00–392.00	2,430	85
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,238	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	356.50/cwt	356.50–356.50	2,588	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	575.64/cwt	575.00–577.50	1,796	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	578.58/cwt	577.50–580.00	1,904	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	499.72/cwt	488.00–510.00	2,549	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	526.92/cwt	517.00–537.00	2,498	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	540	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,511	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	689	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,708	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	757	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,967	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	389.79/cwt	383.00–395.00	2,226	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	474.55/cwt	457.50–482.50	1,965	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	395.21/cwt	383.00–399.00	2,881	72
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,259	2,704.23/head	1,975.00–2,875.00	2,704	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,364	2,675.50/head	2,475.00–2,725.00	2,676	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,037	2,225.00/head	2,225.00–2,225.00	2,225	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,838	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	374.33/cwt	360.00–381.00	2,313	101
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,174	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	2,604.11/head	2,075.00–3,100.00	2,604	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,027	2,956.17/head	2,300.00–3,175.00	2,956	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	2,347.22/head	1,875.00–2,750.00	2,347	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	440	546.00/cwt	546.00–546.00	2,402	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	351.34/cwt	341.00–352.50	2,877	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	543.00/cwt	543.00–543.00	1,933	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	549	549.00/cwt	549.00–549.00	3,014	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,119	123.87/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,386	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,372	158.10/cwt	157.00–161.00	2,169	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,517	176.41/cwt	176.00–178.00	2,676	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	166.66/cwt	156.00–173.00	2,017	28
Bulls	—	—	1,435	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,526	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,238	110.72/cwt	107.50–114.00	1,371	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	3,012.50/head	2,825.00–3,200.00	3,013	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	3
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,013	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,039	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,128	179.51/cwt	176.00–182.50	2,025	6
Bulls	—	—	1,205	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,531	1
Bulls	—	—	1,721	187.11/cwt	185.00–190.00	3,220	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,027	143.76/cwt	139.00–152.00	1,476	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,258	142.00/cwt	136.00–145.00	1,786	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,121	2,148.27/head	2,075.00–2,650.00	2,148	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	857	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	299.31/cwt	295.00–305.00	2,553	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,060	2,319.50/head	2,250.00–2,450.00	2,320	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,323	2,211.86/head	2,175.00–2,250.00	2,212	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,033	261.69/cwt	187.00–295.00	2,703	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,007	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	476.62/cwt	470.00–480.00	2,526	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	284	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,243	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	372.13/cwt	361.00–383.00	2,300	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	359.66/cwt	351.00–372.00	2,086	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	895	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	3,016	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,236	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	386.80/cwt	385.00–387.50	2,085	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,793	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	431.01/cwt	422.50–435.00	2,302	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	510	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,086	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	358.85/cwt	356.00–361.00	2,594	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	430.94/cwt	428.00–433.00	1,896	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	390.29/cwt	376.00–391.50	2,650	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	377.66/cwt	373.00–387.50	3,104	392
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	350.79/cwt	349.00–353.00	2,182	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	402.08/cwt	396.00–416.00	2,296	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,748	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	364.33/cwt	356.00–369.00	3,166	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	405.61/cwt	399.00–409.00	2,089	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	508.00/cwt	508.00–508.00	2,118	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	356	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	1,807	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	709	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,396	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,948	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	423.88/cwt	411.00–428.00	2,679	122
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,305	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	358.58/cwt	355.00–362.50	2,449	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	956	349.12/cwt	348.25–354.75	3,338	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	446.66/cwt	435.00–457.50	2,591	109

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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