Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2026-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared to last week, not enough feeder steers 500 lb to 975 lb for a market test, however a lower trend was noted. Feeder heifer 500 lb to 950 lb sold 6.00 to 10.00 lower on a light test. Not enough calves under 500 lb for a market test. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $410.97/cwt on 238 head, down $25.94 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 32 comparable sales and sits −20.02 against this barn's trailing median of $430.98.

Average price

$410.97

▼ 25.94 vs prior sale

238 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,282

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$173

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

$28.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.42

vs KS average

−7.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	412.87	2,294	222
Medium and Large 1-2	552	384.56	2,121	16thin

One grade step is worth $28.31/cwt here — about $173 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $458.54, low $370.48, median $430.98 across 32 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 sale238 hd

410.97

—

KS average3 barns · 453 hd

427.39

−16.42

National average175 barns · 12,602 hd

418.26

−7.30

This barn, trailing median32 sales

430.98

−20.02

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	—	Low	1,936	231.93	4,491	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,316	194.15	2,556	328
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,217	174.95	2,129	91
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,239	159.53	1,977	57

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)	1,433	$3,417	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,510	$3,185	6
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,498	$2,941	29
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,417	$2,917	25
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,073	$2,878	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,298	$2,813	11
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	880	$2,634	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,268	$2,562	64
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,180	$2,550	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,241	$2,351	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,200	$3,850	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,154	$3,590	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,225	$3,563	4thin

Every lot, as filed

76 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,619	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	449.09/cwt	440.00–457.50	2,084	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	402.25/cwt	390.00–406.00	2,305	131
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,106	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	577.50/cwt	577.50–577.50	1,912	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	530	436.72/cwt	435.50–445.00	2,315	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,422	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	420.32/cwt	405.00–430.00	2,219	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	468.75/cwt	462.00–471.00	2,517	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	359.20/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,346	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	379.85/cwt	378.00–385.00	2,796	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,158	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	559	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,303	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	688	365.36/cwt	364.00–368.00	2,514	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	994	321.08/cwt	320.00–321.10	3,192	50
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	971	318.73/cwt	315.00–320.00	3,095	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	515	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,562	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	418	564.72/cwt	550.00–577.50	2,361	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,180	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	305.04/cwt	299.00–305.50	2,684	235
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,632	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	488	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,250	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	403	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,005	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,417	2,917.30/head	2,450.00–3,300.00	2,917	25
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,073	2,878.32/head	2,800.00–2,950.00	2,878	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,433	3,417.09/head	3,400.00–3,425.00	3,417	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,268	2,562.38/head	1,900.00–3,500.00	2,562	64
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	186.00/cwt	180.00–189.00	2,619	216
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	174.95/cwt	170.00–179.00	2,129	91
Bulls	—	—	1,770	220.48/cwt	199.00–233.00	3,902	11
Bulls	—	—	2,318	249.10/cwt	246.00–254.00	5,774	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,239	159.53/cwt	147.00–169.00	1,977	57
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,390	190.76/cwt	190.00–192.00	2,652	21
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	3,850.00/head	3,850.00–3,850.00	3,850	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,300	3,900.00/head	3,900.00–3,900.00	3,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,158	3,622.92/head	3,550.00–3,675.00	3,623	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	3,450.00/head	3,450.00–3,450.00	3,450	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	3,373	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,195	277.50/cwt	262.50–292.50	3,316	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	353.42/cwt	341.00–358.00	2,541	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	465.12/cwt	455.00–471.00	2,037	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,157	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1250–1300	1,279	258.18/cwt	249.00–276.00	3,302	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	460.84/cwt	435.00–477.50	2,392	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	963	289.43/cwt	285.00–290.00	2,787	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	622.50/cwt	622.50–622.50	2,092	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	797	351.85/cwt	350.00–352.00	2,804	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,537	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	326.42/cwt	324.00–327.00	2,667	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	298.86/cwt	298.00–300.00	2,750	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	456	458.00/cwt	458.00–458.00	2,088	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	851	365.58/cwt	352.50–366.75	3,111	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	276.50/cwt	276.50–276.50	2,571	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,095	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	460	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,358	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,304	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	429.74/cwt	423.00–441.00	2,703	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	871	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,988	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	396.30/cwt	392.50–400.00	2,132	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	980	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,646	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,210	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,880	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	410.81/cwt	404.00–421.00	2,781	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,241	2,350.65/head	2,150.00–2,850.00	2,351	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,510	3,185.37/head	3,000.00–3,450.00	3,185	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,298	2,813.06/head	2,350.00–2,900.00	2,813	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	880	2,633.82/head	2,150.00–2,850.00	2,634	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,498	2,941.18/head	2,400.00–3,150.00	2,941	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	335.42/cwt	335.00–337.50	2,274	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,082	214.28/cwt	175.50–282.50	2,319	91
Bulls	—	—	2,012	240.21/cwt	237.00–243.00	4,833	9
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,059	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,753	11
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,017	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,670	17
Steers	Large 1	1200–1250	1,202	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	3,402	2
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,004	318.21/cwt	312.00–320.00	3,195	9

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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