Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2026-05-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* King of the Ring*

* Final Report *

An outstanding offering of feeder cattle. Excellent attendance of order buyers and sellers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $502.16/cwt on 232 head, down $11.32 from the prior sale. That ranks 30 of 31 comparable sales and sits +29.94 against this barn's trailing median of $472.23.

Average price

$502.16

▼ 11.32 vs prior sale

232 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,773

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$135

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

$41.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.24

vs KS average

+21.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	505.74	2,784	212
Medium and Large 1-2	570	464.30	2,648	20

One grade step is worth $41.44/cwt here — about $135 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale232 hd

502.16

—

KS average3 barns · 600 hd

501.92

+0.24

National average169 barns · 10,621 hd

481.02

+21.14

This barn, trailing median31 sales

472.23

+29.94

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	539.74/cwt	538.00–542.50	2,747	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	332.31/cwt	325.50–339.00	3,240	871
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	893	341.23/cwt	320.00–346.00	3,047	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	364.34/cwt	351.00–372.00	3,166	650
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	615.78/cwt	602.50–620.00	2,383	12
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,072	314.29/cwt	310.75–318.00	3,369	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	662	451.46/cwt	451.00–452.00	2,989	112
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,025	322.06/cwt	315.00–330.50	3,301	623
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	635	476.25/cwt	476.25–476.25	3,024	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	992	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,867	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	579.05/cwt	577.50–580.00	2,530	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,633	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	379.51/cwt	374.00–386.00	2,717	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	937	330.45/cwt	322.00–332.00	3,096	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	416.57/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,674	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	377.56/cwt	365.50–383.75	3,115	564
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	458.50/cwt	458.50–458.50	2,650	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	694	421.07/cwt	401.50–427.00	2,922	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	343.70/cwt	334.50–352.00	3,183	882
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	468.78/cwt	468.00–474.00	2,658	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	352.33/cwt	352.00–352.50	2,900	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	378.66/cwt	366.00–388.00	2,946	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	850–900	856	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	3,296	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	409.57/cwt	408.00–418.50	2,945	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	541	514.36/cwt	510.00–515.00	2,783	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	453.66/cwt	440.00–460.00	2,867	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,260	6
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,002	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	3,076	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	681	398.89/cwt	398.50–405.00	2,716	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	555	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,464	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	712	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,805	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	502	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,410	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	503.00/cwt	503.00–503.00	2,309	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	419.65/cwt	409.00–423.25	2,564	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,424	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,967	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	328.67/cwt	323.00–337.00	2,889	323
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	351.39/cwt	345.00–356.50	2,748	206
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	824	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	3,032	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	307.23/cwt	303.00–312.00	3,005	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	420.29/cwt	415.00–432.50	2,454	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	319.16/cwt	311.00–323.50	2,939	265
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	381.50/cwt	377.00–392.00	2,590	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	373.80/cwt	365.50–382.00	2,744	267
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	500–550	500	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	2,370	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	459.30/cwt	455.00–467.00	2,416	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	553	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,544	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	339.45/cwt	327.50–346.50	2,804	383
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	330	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	2,178	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	851	356.50/cwt	356.50–356.50	3,034	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	700–750	731	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,544	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	500.21/cwt	500.00–502.00	2,221	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	884	334.18/cwt	333.00–335.75	2,954	330
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	751	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,726	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	550–600	567	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,432	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	350–400	384	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,189	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	900–950	909	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	3,245	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	417	533.10/cwt	525.00–541.00	2,223	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	700	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,996	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	876	375.38/cwt	375.00–375.75	3,288	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	756	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	3,016	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	700–750	723	374.95/cwt	368.25–383.00	2,711	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	584	508.49/cwt	497.50–510.00	2,970	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	849	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,819	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	526.94/cwt	510.00–528.00	2,566	34

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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