Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2026-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers over 600 lbs sold 5.00 lower to 5.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs sold 20.00 higher, with a couple instances of sharply higher. Steer and heifers under 600 lbs, not enough sold for market test. Boning utility sold steady to 2.00 higher while Breaker and Lean utility sold 5.00 lower. Large, good quality, multi-vaccinated lots from reputation breeders brought higher prices while the fleshy lots did not. Very good demand for heavy supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $474.79/cwt on 125 head, up $10.52 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 31 comparable sales and sits +2.56 against this barn's trailing median of $472.23.

Average price

$474.79

▲ 10.52 vs prior sale

125 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,725

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$111

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

$18.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.43

vs KS average

−8.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	478.12	2,746	102
Medium and Large 1-2	573	460.00	2,635	23

One grade step is worth $18.12/cwt here — about $111 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale125 hd

474.79

—

KS average4 barns · 565 hd

485.22

−10.43

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

−8.24

This barn, trailing median31 sales

472.23

+2.56

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	1,995	189.78	3,786	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,577	166.78	2,630	70
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,735	165.99	2,880	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,291	162.70	2,101	360
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,178	129.33	1,523	55

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,067	$3,550	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,321	$3,390	30
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,432	$3,029	12
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,328	$3,017	83
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,430	$3,000	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,392	$2,650	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,397	$2,650	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,200	$3,800	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,300	$3,600	1thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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	850–900	853	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,836	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	445.83/cwt	440.00–457.50	2,367	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	446.00/cwt	441.00–457.00	2,636	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	2,613	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	525.64/cwt	522.00–527.50	2,660	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	356.75/cwt	350.00–359.50	3,107	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	661	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,789	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	596	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,223	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,760	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	383.22/cwt	374.00–390.00	2,610	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	351.06/cwt	350.00–356.00	2,879	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	922	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,960	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	469.93/cwt	463.00–482.00	2,754	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	366.97/cwt	360.00–371.00	2,679	263
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	375.46/cwt	374.25–381.00	2,929	178
Steers	Large 1	1400–1450	1,403	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	3,073	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,552	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	343.89/cwt	337.25–346.35	3,167	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	601	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	2,662	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	812	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	3,086	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	395.50/cwt	385.00–401.00	2,859	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,544	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,046	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	3,211	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	444.04/cwt	431.00–456.00	2,793	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	404.19/cwt	397.00–416.00	2,789	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	369.44/cwt	361.50–373.00	3,022	291
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,340	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	477.82/cwt	474.00–482.00	2,284	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	423.64/cwt	422.50–425.00	2,279	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	393.87/cwt	380.00–396.00	2,470	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,295	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	653	396.50/cwt	396.50–396.50	2,589	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	163.83/cwt	150.00–176.00	2,127	342
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,159	132.63/cwt	127.50–143.00	1,537	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,242	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,118	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,162	141.13/cwt	127.50–149.00	1,640	18
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,735	165.99/cwt	165.00–167.00	2,880	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,442	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,134	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,164	104.20/cwt	101.00–117.50	1,213	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,577	166.78/cwt	154.00–175.00	2,630	70
Bulls	—	—	1,869	184.50/cwt	171.00–196.00	3,448	12
Bulls	—	—	2,297	202.44/cwt	198.00–210.00	4,650	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	259.25/cwt	225.00–277.50	2,670	19
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,199	193.21/cwt	185.00–210.00	2,317	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,432	3,325.00/head	3,325.00–3,325.00	3,325	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,392	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,397	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,067	3,550.00/head	3,550.00–3,550.00	3,550	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,392	2,894.02/head	2,450.00–3,050.00	2,894	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,321	3,389.97/head	3,000.00–3,650.00	3,390	30
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,430	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,512	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,317	2,984.49/head	2,025.00–3,275.00	2,984	75
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	3,800.00/head	3,350.00–4,250.00	3,800	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,300	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	339.98/cwt	333.00–347.00	2,465	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,639	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,356	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	430.62/cwt	425.00–436.00	2,523	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	339.56/cwt	335.50–346.00	2,812	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,225	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	708	405.50/cwt	405.50–405.50	2,871	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	378.40/cwt	369.00–387.50	2,566	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	307.50/cwt	301.00–313.50	2,817	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	355.84/cwt	350.00–359.00	2,736	118

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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