Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2025-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*No Sale, Wednesday, November 26, 2025*

Compared to last week, steers and heifers over 700 lbs, not enough sold for market test. One lot of 55 reputation steers weighing 923 lbs sold 6.00 higher, 320.50 cwt. Steers and heifers under 700 lbs uneven, sold higher in spots. Reputation and quality brought higher prices. Breaker and Boning utility sold steady while Lean utility sold steady to weak. One bull weighing 1965 lbs sold 207.00 cwt. Good demand for moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $418.87/cwt on 124 head. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −53.36 against this barn's trailing median of $472.23.

Average price

$418.87

124 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,306

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$325

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

$88.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.39

vs KS average

−6.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	421.01	2,313	121
Medium and Large 1-2	598	332.50	1,988	3thin

One grade step is worth $88.51/cwt here — about $325 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 sale124 hd

418.87

—

KS average3 barns · 919 hd

405.48

+13.39

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

−6.00

This barn, trailing median31 sales

472.23

−53.36

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	1,845	178.83	3,300	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,565	173.57	2,716	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,216	160.57	1,952	90
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,251	125.54	1,571	107

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)	1,208	$2,738	13
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,201	$2,710	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,002	$2,625	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,325	$2,478	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,229	$2,316	23
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$3,200	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	813	$2,829	10

Every lot, as filed

70 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 1-2	450–500	476	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,964	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	335.78/cwt	329.00–345.00	2,277	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	498.81/cwt	492.00–502.50	2,265	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	342.77/cwt	322.00–345.00	2,598	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	324.91/cwt	323.85–325.85	3,018	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,073	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	499	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,270	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	1,160.00/head	1,160.00–1,160.00	1,160	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	369.76/cwt	362.50–373.00	2,071	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	951	320.50/cwt	320.50–320.50	3,048	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	355.07/cwt	347.50–369.00	2,255	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	329.04/cwt	320.00–332.50	2,050	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	338.32/cwt	318.00–352.00	2,439	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	857	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,854	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	523	399.47/cwt	398.00–403.00	2,089	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	311.01/cwt	309.00–313.00	2,046	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	430.32/cwt	426.00–445.00	2,307	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	443.22/cwt	437.50–447.50	1,866	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	375.28/cwt	367.50–390.00	1,970	48
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,201	2,710.37/head	2,450.00–2,800.00	2,710	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,174	201.73/cwt	196.00–225.00	2,368	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	288.55/cwt	288.25–288.85	2,557	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,513	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	394.57/cwt	391.00–400.00	1,862	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,434	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	638	382.21/cwt	380.00–387.50	2,438	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	680	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,489	28
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,273	2,479.68/head	2,200.00–2,650.00	2,480	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,195	2,190.51/head	1,800.00–2,550.00	2,191	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,404	104.22/cwt	97.50–107.50	1,463	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,212	121.79/cwt	112.50–130.00	1,476	71
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,314	138.69/cwt	133.00–148.00	1,822	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,695	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	3,187	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,539	170.68/cwt	169.00–174.00	2,627	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	144.62/cwt	135.00–151.00	1,720	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	982	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,750	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,731	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,182	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	396.20/cwt	383.00–405.00	2,318	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	564.92/cwt	557.50–572.50	2,079	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,883	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	357.13/cwt	348.00–362.50	1,879	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	452.14/cwt	441.00–475.00	2,193	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,970	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	850–900	858	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,625	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	333.95/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,732	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,988	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,433	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	497	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,615	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	933	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,263	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	300.14/cwt	299.00–301.00	1,975	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,597	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,652	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,491	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,864	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,638	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	310.75/cwt	304.00–312.50	1,967	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	334.73/cwt	321.00–346.00	1,921	44
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	2,478.40/head	2,250.00–2,700.00	2,478	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,208	2,737.78/head	2,075.00–3,000.00	2,738	13
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	2,828.54/head	2,650.00–3,050.00	2,829	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	999	256.11/cwt	227.50–289.00	2,559	48
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,002	2,624.55/head	2,200.00–2,850.00	2,625	5
Bulls	—	—	1,839	177.36/cwt	163.00–188.00	3,262	19
Bulls	—	—	2,000	198.88/cwt	194.00–207.00	3,978	4
Bulls	—	—	1,598	152.65/cwt	149.00–156.00	2,439	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	167.24/cwt	155.00–177.00	2,074	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	184.86/cwt	181.00–190.00	2,270	16
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,065	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,971	3

How this sale compares

Kansas weighted averages

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