Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2025-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 20.00 lower across all weight brackets. Larger, reputation lots sold better than smaller packages of feeders and calves. Boning utility sold steady strong while Lean utility sold steady to 4.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $396.91/cwt on 242 head. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −75.31 against this barn's trailing median of $472.23.

Average price

$396.91

242 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,230

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$398

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

$93.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.80

vs KS average

−22.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	410.87	2,290	173
Medium and Large 1-2	571	365.39	2,087	64
Medium and Large 2	596	317.50	1,892	5thin

One grade step is worth $93.37/cwt here — about $398 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 sale242 hd

396.91

—

KS average4 barns · 1,085 hd

411.71

−14.80

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

−22.19

This barn, trailing median31 sales

472.23

−75.31

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	1,822	182.42	3,323	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,524	161.05	2,454	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,167	151.15	1,764	146
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,840	143.00	2,631	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,346	131.20	1,766	139

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,298	$2,887	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,338	$2,829	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,426	$2,399	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,315	$2,365	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,207	$2,273	14
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	842	$1,981	3thin

Every lot, as filed

71 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	750–800	772	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,748	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	477.50/cwt	470.00–488.00	2,034	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	298.48/cwt	297.00–299.00	2,543	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,822	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	360.66/cwt	344.00–369.00	2,243	96
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,903	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	348.47/cwt	339.00–360.00	1,990	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	378.93/cwt	367.50–389.00	1,993	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	297	564.00/cwt	564.00–564.00	1,675	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	463.05/cwt	460.00–465.00	2,199	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	431.40/cwt	430.00–432.50	2,092	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	397.10/cwt	382.50–407.00	2,256	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	403.24/cwt	402.50–405.00	1,758	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,500	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	433.28/cwt	430.00–442.50	1,642	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	311.56/cwt	306.00–323.00	2,106	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,357	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,763	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	842	1,980.99/head	1,325.00–2,550.00	1,981	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,694	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,494	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,849	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	513	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,385	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	326.07/cwt	313.00–336.00	2,048	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	317.87/cwt	311.00–318.50	2,305	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	329.97/cwt	329.75–332.00	2,986	62
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,058	221.36/cwt	195.00–250.00	2,342	28
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,338	2,828.60/head	2,550.00–3,100.00	2,829	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,019	268.00/cwt	235.00–305.00	2,731	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	176.72/cwt	167.00–187.50	2,179	21
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,840	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	2,631	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,072	114.24/cwt	110.00–117.50	1,225	18
Bulls	—	—	1,818	181.94/cwt	166.00–189.00	3,308	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,503	182.51/cwt	180.00–185.00	2,743	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,529	155.69/cwt	148.00–165.00	2,381	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,315	2,364.92/head	2,300.00–2,400.00	2,365	5
Bulls	—	—	1,895	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	3,638	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,233	124.48/cwt	119.00–130.00	1,535	53
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,507	140.92/cwt	133.00–148.00	2,124	68
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,071	131.53/cwt	126.50–137.00	1,409	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,176	150.50/cwt	140.00–165.00	1,770	101
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	596	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,892	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	562	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,327	32
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,298	2,886.56/head	2,700.00–3,050.00	2,887	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,196	2,245.07/head	1,975.00–2,350.00	2,245	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,218	2,301.22/head	2,075.00–2,400.00	2,301	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,426	2,399.36/head	2,175.00–2,515.00	2,399	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	314.25/cwt	314.25–314.25	2,608	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	369.06/cwt	366.00–372.50	1,989	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,118	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	346.39/cwt	333.00–357.50	2,200	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	316.30/cwt	312.50–325.00	2,277	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,574	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,016	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	318.01/cwt	304.00–331.00	2,474	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	354.75/cwt	337.00–360.00	1,884	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	514.94/cwt	510.00–522.50	1,962	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	316.28/cwt	302.00–320.00	1,980	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	424.11/cwt	415.00–428.00	2,053	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	363.60/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,134	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	375.86/cwt	366.00–385.00	1,631	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,049	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	322.81/cwt	316.00–332.00	1,869	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	393.93/cwt	387.50–405.00	1,907	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	923	316.02/cwt	311.00–317.50	2,917	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	356.65/cwt	345.00–357.00	2,639	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	436.20/cwt	426.00–450.00	2,316	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	339.37/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,308	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	952	313.57/cwt	313.25–316.00	2,985	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,912	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	976	283.25/cwt	283.25–283.25	2,765	65

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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