Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2026-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers over 700 lbs sold 5.00 to 20.00 higher and heifers over 700 lbs sold steady to 20.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves, not enough for market test. Boning utility sold steady to weak and Lean utility sold steady to strong. Good demand for light supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $421.00/cwt on 29 head, down $48.70 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −51.23 against this barn's trailing median of $472.23.

Average price

$421.00

▼ 48.70 vs prior sale

29 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,160

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−79.77

vs KS average

−62.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	513	421.00	2,160	29

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale29 hd

421.00

—

KS average3 barns · 477 hd

500.77

−79.77

National average169 barns · 10,003 hd

483.18

−62.18

This barn, trailing median31 sales

472.23

−51.23

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	—	High	1,846	213.10	3,934	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,548	173.03	2,679	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,202	172.59	2,074	93
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,182	144.56	1,709	71

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)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,304	$2,936	8
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	772	$2,000	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,050	$3,713	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,084	$3,212	12

Every lot, as filed

47 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	Lean 85-90%	—	1,052	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,210	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,078	3,283.33/head	2,950.00–3,600.00	3,283	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	3,712.50/head	3,400.00–4,000.00	3,713	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	3,000.00/head	2,900.00–3,200.00	3,000	3
Bulls	—	—	1,965	225.02/cwt	218.00–237.00	4,422	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	170.57/cwt	155.00–178.00	2,009	81
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,361	186.22/cwt	182.50–190.00	2,534	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,222	155.17/cwt	145.00–161.00	1,896	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,139	131.58/cwt	125.00–142.50	1,499	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	363.50/cwt	363.50–363.50	2,621	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	939	341.31/cwt	339.25–341.75	3,205	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	315.02/cwt	313.50–316.25	2,794	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,748	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	430.61/cwt	421.00–436.50	2,902	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	355.44/cwt	341.25–359.75	3,107	255
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	593	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,485	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	374.96/cwt	370.00–376.50	2,947	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	277	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	335.39/cwt	332.50–336.85	2,700	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	426.89/cwt	424.00–432.00	1,998	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,121	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,507	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	377.10/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,545	24
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,910	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,533	164.50/cwt	164.00–165.00	2,522	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,536	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	2,796	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,556	171.93/cwt	169.00–174.50	2,675	9
Bulls	—	—	1,754	206.91/cwt	198.00–212.00	3,629	11
Bulls	—	—	1,708	188.11/cwt	185.00–191.00	3,213	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,298	2,427.75/head	2,000.00–2,750.00	2,428	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	250.04/cwt	210.00–272.50	2,625	18
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	982	276.67/cwt	237.50–310.00	2,717	23
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	5
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,003	322.98/cwt	301.00–324.60	3,239	60
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,052	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,893	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,817	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,160	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	363.72/cwt	363.00–368.50	3,012	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	434.98/cwt	422.00–440.00	2,771	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,098	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,306	3,105.82/head	2,950.00–3,175.00	3,106	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,699	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	873	328.50/cwt	328.50–328.50	2,868	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,800	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,953	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,904	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,134	8

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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