Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2025-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Sale Wednesday, December 24, 2025 Next Sale Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Compared to last week, steer and heifer feeders sold steady to 20.00 higher. Steer calves sold uneven while heifer calves sold steady to 16.00 higher. Large lots of reputation steer calves brought 10.00 to 13.00 higher. Two sets of reputation heifers sold as replacement brought 30.00 higher. Boning cows sold steady and Lean cows sold 3.00 higher. Good demand for heavy supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $445.03/cwt on 98 head. That ranks 5 of 31 comparable sales and sits −27.20 against this barn's trailing median of $472.23.

Average price

$445.03

98 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,549

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$56

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

$4.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.86

vs KS average

+0.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	556	449.00	2,498	10thin
Medium and Large 1	575	444.58	2,555	88

One grade step is worth $4.42/cwt here — about −$56 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 sale98 hd

445.03

—

KS average3 barns · 519 hd

450.89

−5.86

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

+0.93

This barn, trailing median31 sales

472.23

−27.20

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	1,831	171.53	3,140	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,594	167.87	2,676	17
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,783	164.68	2,936	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,243	159.74	1,986	200
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,199	126.88	1,521	114

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)	1,187	$3,112	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,228	$2,729	10
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,155	$2,677	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,385	$2,656	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,338	$2,653	13
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,300	$2,485	27
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,300	$2,392	39
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	847	$2,487	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,300	$3,300	4thin

Every lot, as filed

85 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,293	2,404.18/head	2,000.00–2,550.00	2,404	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,228	2,728.81/head	2,250.00–3,000.00	2,729	10
Stock Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,113	250.77/cwt	227.00–267.50	2,791	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,338	2,653.23/head	2,225.00–2,750.00	2,653	13
Bulls	—	—	1,864	177.37/cwt	162.00–185.00	3,306	14
Bulls	—	—	1,725	154.83/cwt	143.00–159.00	2,671	6
Bulls	—	—	2,000	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,385	2,656.14/head	2,550.00–2,700.00	2,656	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,187	3,111.88/head	2,900.00–3,200.00	3,112	4
Stock Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,086	238.75/cwt	180.00–280.00	2,593	45
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	926	266.02/cwt	210.00–305.00	2,463	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	396	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,059	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,305	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,338	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	341.62/cwt	337.00–351.00	2,296	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	310.57/cwt	309.50–312.75	2,665	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	556	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,324	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	353.26/cwt	337.00–360.00	2,745	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	335.04/cwt	328.00–340.00	2,922	264
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	319.50/cwt	304.50–323.25	3,045	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	349	539.00/cwt	539.00–539.00	1,881	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,253	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,464	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	852	320.01/cwt	311.00–329.00	2,726	6
Steers	Large 1	1250–1300	1,258	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,969	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	433.98/cwt	420.00–444.00	2,530	61
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,029	303.39/cwt	291.00–310.50	3,122	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,771	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	649	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,028	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	414.92/cwt	399.50–424.00	2,622	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	352.84/cwt	346.50–359.00	2,918	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,970	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	382.78/cwt	369.00–391.00	2,461	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	484.53/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,592	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,207	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,633	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,897	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	1,959	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	363.74/cwt	353.00–376.00	2,670	266
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	570	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,608	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	950–1000	956	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	3,112	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	382.31/cwt	372.00–385.00	2,573	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	489.75/cwt	487.00–491.00	2,414	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,986	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	301.50/cwt	301.50–301.50	2,834	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,297	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,679	11
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,053	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,748	9
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	282.33/cwt	269.50–287.00	2,880	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	327.43/cwt	319.00–328.50	2,492	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	368.99/cwt	349.00–374.00	2,273	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	892	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,640	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	721	336.57/cwt	323.00–348.50	2,427	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	315.18/cwt	312.50–322.50	2,616	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,038	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	334.47/cwt	321.00–343.00	2,415	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,940	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,729	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	364.70/cwt	362.00–365.00	2,345	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	310.25/cwt	310.00–311.00	2,150	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	440.97/cwt	427.50–447.50	2,320	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	503	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,037	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	688	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,477	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	811	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,774	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,765	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,127	25
Heifers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,158	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,698	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	264	1,090.70/head	1,025.00–1,150.00	1,091	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,308	2,378.96/head	1,750.00–2,600.00	2,379	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	2,677.33/head	2,400.00–2,850.00	2,677	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	3,750.00/head	3,750.00–3,750.00	3,750	2
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	812	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,517	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,296	2,506.34/head	1,700.00–2,600.00	2,506	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,307	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	10
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	847	2,487.01/head	1,900.00–2,800.00	2,487	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,174	127.29/cwt	124.00–131.00	1,494	54
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	126.94/cwt	117.50–139.00	1,428	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	163.16/cwt	145.00–169.00	2,036	161
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,367	172.42/cwt	171.00–174.00	2,357	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,594	167.87/cwt	150.00–177.00	2,676	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,363	140.34/cwt	130.00–146.00	1,913	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,112	115.92/cwt	107.50–120.00	1,289	34
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,783	164.68/cwt	161.00–168.00	2,936	2

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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