Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2026-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers over 625 lbs sold 5.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves not enough for market test but higher undertone noted. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. A couple lots sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher as replacement heifers. Two exceptionally green lots sold 13.00 higher: 26 head of 652 lbs steers sold for 434.00 cwt and 11 head of steers weighing 651 lbs sold for 438.00 cwt. Condition this week was fleshier than last week, due to being on wheat.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $490.74/cwt on 127 head, up $15.95 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 31 comparable sales and sits +18.51 against this barn's trailing median of $472.23.

Average price

$490.74

▲ 15.95 vs prior sale

127 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,687

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$302

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

$72.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.77

vs KS average

+12.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	499.90	2,724	111
Medium and Large 1-2	567	427.19	2,422	16thin

One grade step is worth $72.71/cwt here — about $302 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale127 hd

490.74

—

KS average3 barns · 370 hd

484.97

+5.77

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

+12.35

This barn, trailing median31 sales

472.23

+18.51

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	1,899	190.30	3,614	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,635	188.51	3,082	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,310	166.10	2,177	164
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,161	128.73	1,494	23

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)	991	$3,550	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,072	$3,350	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,386	$3,241	41
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,379	$3,220	23
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,308	$3,178	35
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,208	$2,971	25
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,292	$2,949	565
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,273	$2,590	167
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,257	$2,065	22
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$3,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

64 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,166	143.87/cwt	136.00–151.00	1,678	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,326	168.50/cwt	155.00–176.00	2,234	148
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,308	3,177.93/head	3,000.00–3,550.00	3,178	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	496.00/cwt	496.00–496.00	2,133	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	338.89/cwt	337.25–341.00	2,650	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	514.57/cwt	506.00–517.00	2,712	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	368.43/cwt	355.00–378.00	2,524	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	783	350.50/cwt	350.50–350.50	2,744	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	652	435.19/cwt	434.00–438.00	2,837	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	479.44/cwt	479.00–480.00	2,440	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	483.93/cwt	475.00–495.00	2,333	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	383.24/cwt	368.00–387.50	2,928	249
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	672	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,594	72
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	208.24/cwt	183.00–237.50	2,364	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	991	3,550.00/head	3,550.00–3,550.00	3,550	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	946	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	3,197	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	367.97/cwt	352.50–378.00	2,653	288
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	302	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,586	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	651	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,558	35
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,359	3,129.64/head	2,950.00–3,275.00	3,130	63
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,284	2,926.57/head	1,850.00–3,225.00	2,927	502
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,379	3,219.58/head	3,050.00–3,525.00	3,220	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	293	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,475	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,386	3,241.41/head	3,100.00–3,285.00	3,241	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	707	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,704	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	496	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,542	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,366	2,731.71/head	2,600.00–3,000.00	2,732	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,625	164.09/cwt	161.00–168.00	2,666	5
Bulls	—	—	1,899	190.30/cwt	182.00–199.00	3,614	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,233	137.37/cwt	130.00–148.00	1,694	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,254	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,257	2,065.48/head	2,000.00–2,075.00	2,065	22
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,014	254.13/cwt	245.00–280.00	2,577	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,072	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,208	2,970.86/head	2,525.00–3,500.00	2,971	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,647	219.03/cwt	204.00–225.00	3,607	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	467	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,522	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	347.95/cwt	340.25–354.00	3,201	128
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	421.94/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,198	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	294	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,262	2,573.13/head	1,775.00–3,240.00	2,573	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	370.77/cwt	358.00–380.25	3,066	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	332.29/cwt	326.00–341.00	2,692	276
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,560	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,124	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,479	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	371	616.50/cwt	616.50–616.50	2,287	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	414.00/cwt	412.00–415.00	2,823	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	304.59/cwt	304.35–304.85	2,796	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	332	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,710	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,607	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,926	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	356.47/cwt	352.00–362.50	3,116	268
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	479.33/cwt	472.50–487.50	2,018	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	452.21/cwt	449.00–465.00	2,831	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,178	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	524.12/cwt	522.00–527.50	2,505	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	478.38/cwt	475.00–481.00	2,732	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	398.86/cwt	384.00–409.00	2,868	227
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	399.97/cwt	389.00–409.00	2,484	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	433.28/cwt	430.00–435.00	2,452	96

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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