Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2026-06-10

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jun 10
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
400 head
83 vs last sale 483 320 vs year ago 720 · 44.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
303 head
18 vs last sale 285 18 vs year ago 285 · +6.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
102 head
73 vs last sale 175 40 vs year ago 62 · +64.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Hall of Fame Sale, Saturday, July 25, 2026*

Compared to last week, steers and heifers not well tested across all weights. One lot of 54 reputation steers weighing 912 lbs sold for 341.50 cwt. Average dressing slaughter cows sold steady, weak undertone noted. Good demand for light supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $474.72/cwt on 9 head, up $15.15 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 31 comparable sales and sits +2.49 against this barn's trailing median of $472.23.
Average price
$474.72
15.15 vs prior sale
9 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,696
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$27
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$27.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs KS average
+21.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553490.002,7104thin
Medium and Large 1-2580462.502,6835thin
One grade step is worth $27.50/cwt here — about $27 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
527462396330median 472.2312/1702/1104/1506/0308/19
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 sale9 hd
474.72
KS average1 barns · 9 hd
474.72
+0.00
National average163 barns · 9,671 hd
453.72
+21.00
This barn, trailing median31 sales
472.23
+2.49
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,665232.633,87425
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,666178.572,97510
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,288177.402,285127
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,285144.921,86392

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,136$3,9165
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,400$3,6308
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,269$3,57812
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,384$3,5687
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,147$3,5423thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,319$3,4205
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,443$3,2683thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,412$2,5752thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)982$1,5752thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,114$4,0077
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,275$3,6134thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1144,007.14/head3,900.00–4,025.004,0077
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,2753,612.50/head3,350.00–4,200.003,6134
CowsLean 85-90%1,147128.94/cwt127.50–130.001,47924
CowsLean 85-90%1,203115.79/cwt110.00–120.001,3939
BullsReturn to Feed1,005290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,9152
Bulls1,720221.89/cwt205.00–231.003,81718
CowsBoner 80-85%1,300178.28/cwt161.00–185.002,318122
CowsBoner 80-85%1,245187.50/cwt187.50–187.502,3341
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2936260.39/cwt205.00–322.502,43718
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2951222.43/cwt190.00–255.002,1156
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4003,629.77/head3,500.00–3,650.003,6308
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4433,267.90/head3,000.00–3,400.003,2683
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy400–450441515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,2714
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900861315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,7123
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450446552.50/cwt552.50–552.502,4646
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–3002621,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1363,916.42/head3,850.00–3,950.003,9165
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1473,541.72/head3,525.00–3,550.003,5423
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850838367.00/cwt367.00–367.003,07510
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600571425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,4276
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400379555.00/cwt555.00–555.002,10314
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650618411.00/cwt411.00–411.002,54026
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed600–650600480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,8809
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500465520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,4183
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850826317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,6183
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750749369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,7649
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500453492.50/cwt492.50–492.502,23114
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350331631.65/cwt626.00–647.502,0917
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750738380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,8044
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900881351.84/cwt344.00–355.003,10053
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800752384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,8887
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600580462.50/cwt462.50–462.502,6835
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350326552.50/cwt552.50–552.501,8014
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350345505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,7423
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950922339.85/cwt338.00–341.503,133120
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600553490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,7104
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,1713,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,5423,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth9821,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5752
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4122,575.00/head2,575.00–2,575.002,5752
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3843,568.38/head3,025.00–3,900.003,5687
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2693,577.52/head3,025.00–3,700.003,57812
Bulls1,733248.36/cwt242.00–254.004,3045
CowsBoner 80-85%929147.95/cwt137.50–154.001,3744
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,666178.57/cwt176.00–183.002,97510
CowsLean 85-90%1,332155.25/cwt141.00–162.002,06856
CowsLean 85-90%1,765167.28/cwt166.00–168.002,9523
Dairy SteersLarge 3400–4504001,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1254

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.