Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2026-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers over 650 lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Steers and heifers under 650 lbs sold steady, strong undertone. Slaughter cows sold steady, strong undertone. Good demand for moderate to heavy supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $351.82/cwt on 11 head, down $22.83 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 32 comparable sales and sits −73.41 against this barn's trailing median of $425.23.

Average price

$351.82

▼ 22.83 vs prior sale

11 head · 589 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,072

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$8.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.91

vs KS average

−2.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	595	354.00	2,106	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	573	346.00	1,983	3thin

One grade step is worth $8.00/cwt here — about $124 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 $344.43, median $425.23 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 sale11 hd

351.82

—

KS average3 barns · 75 hd

361.73

−9.91

National average171 barns · 9,246 hd

354.31

−2.49

This barn, trailing median32 sales

425.23

−73.41

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	1,595	182.61	2,913	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,553	159.31	2,474	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,112	153.12	1,703	59
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,268	122.56	1,554	74

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,088	$2,750	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,129	$2,537	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,148	$2,512	9
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,418	$2,325	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,290	$2,244	13
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,108	$1,949	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$3,275	3thin

Every lot, as filed

71 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	700–750	740	330.31/cwt	315.00–332.50	2,444	95
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,924	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	673	328.40/cwt	322.50–331.50	2,210	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,962	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,288	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	318	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,670	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	335.50/cwt	335.25–335.75	2,919	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	327.01/cwt	320.00–339.50	2,243	45
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,088	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	816	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,464	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,983	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	923	302.16/cwt	297.00–305.00	2,789	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	773	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,273	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	650–700	676	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,315	5
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,052	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,977	11
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,018	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,881	58
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,129	2,537.47/head	2,475.00–2,650.00	2,537	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,108	1,949.00/head	1,875.00–2,150.00	1,949	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,275	2,237.81/head	1,975.00–2,450.00	2,238	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,375	2,275.00/head	2,275.00–2,275.00	2,275	2
Bulls	—	—	1,653	162.59/cwt	156.00–169.00	2,688	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,631	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,267	128.29/cwt	120.00–140.00	1,625	49
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,365	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	2,280	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,532	145.44/cwt	144.00–148.00	2,228	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,181	110.80/cwt	95.00–115.00	1,309	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	3,275.00/head	3,275.00–3,275.00	3,275	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	948	135.42/cwt	135.00–136.00	1,284	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,561	156.93/cwt	151.00–165.00	2,450	7
Bulls	—	—	1,559	183.24/cwt	176.00–197.00	2,857	17
Bulls	—	—	2,095	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	4,441	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,301	70.72/cwt	65.00–90.00	920	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,112	153.59/cwt	137.50–162.00	1,708	54
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,418	2,325.00/head	2,325.00–2,325.00	2,325	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	403	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	1,818	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	606	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,073	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	1,941	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	900–950	906	332.25/cwt	332.25–332.25	3,010	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	671	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,362	57
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,100	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	281	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,148	2,512.07/head	2,375.00–2,700.00	2,512	9
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	192.14/cwt	171.00–220.00	2,267	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	911	306.59/cwt	295.00–308.50	2,793	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	300.88/cwt	298.00–307.00	2,651	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,955	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	243	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	1,722	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	702	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,675	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	340.11/cwt	331.00–357.50	2,149	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	321.96/cwt	313.00–323.60	2,663	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,531	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	2,101	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,415	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	287	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	710	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,499	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	334.22/cwt	323.50–337.00	2,517	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	759	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,467	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	429.33/cwt	423.00–430.00	2,383	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	228	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,162	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	319.55/cwt	309.00–324.00	2,965	221
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	457	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,773	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	683	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,220	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,106	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	347.70/cwt	330.00–349.50	2,674	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	545	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,262	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	971	316.55/cwt	309.50–320.25	3,074	162
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,989	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,198	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	392.83/cwt	380.00–399.00	2,384	20

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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