Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2026-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* No sale, Wednesday, July 1, 2026

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

Compared to last week, limited supply, not enough for market test on steers and heifers across all weights, strong undertone noted. Slaughter cows sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $489.41/cwt on 17 head, up $29.84 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 32 comparable sales and sits +18.50 against this barn's trailing median of $470.92.

Average price

$489.41

▲ 29.84 vs prior sale

17 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,723

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+13.81

vs KS average

+30.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	489.41	2,723	17thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $513.49, low $343.81, median $470.92 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 sale17 hd

489.41

—

KS average2 barns · 46 hd

475.60

+13.81

National average161 barns · 9,107 hd

459.05

+30.36

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.92

+18.50

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	1,620	227.52	3,685	16
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,690	184.00	3,110	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,565	174.83	2,736	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,262	173.08	2,184	97
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,311	136.37	1,788	90

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,365	$3,000	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	903	$2,950	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,007	$2,930	8
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,215	$2,750	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,588	$2,541	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,251	$2,214	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,055	$3,604	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,150	$3,350	2thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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	750–800	751	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,854	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	438.57/cwt	437.50–439.00	2,873	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	411.62/cwt	407.00–417.50	2,359	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,287	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,511	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	329.02/cwt	326.00–335.00	2,556	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,365	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,749	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,079	224.83/cwt	197.50–240.00	2,426	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,387	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,251	2,214.45/head	1,800.00–2,300.00	2,214	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,665	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	2,119	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,690	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	3,110	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,322	136.68/cwt	130.00–142.50	1,807	68
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,455	159.69/cwt	151.00–166.00	2,323	9
Bulls	—	—	1,683	201.95/cwt	201.00–204.00	3,399	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,565	174.83/cwt	172.00–179.00	2,736	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,000	3,560.00/head	3,560.00–3,560.00	3,560	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	3,350.00/head	2,850.00–3,850.00	3,350	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,745	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	500	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,850	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	406	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	2,182	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	3,124	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	515.52/cwt	515.00–516.00	2,454	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	354.14/cwt	343.50–355.75	3,233	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	587.50/cwt	587.50–587.50	2,133	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,364	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,457	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	341.85/cwt	341.85–341.85	3,295	52
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,007	2,930.23/head	2,800.00–3,100.00	2,930	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,077	241.19/cwt	201.00–270.00	2,598	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	2,950.42/head	2,900.00–2,975.00	2,950	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	296.14/cwt	240.00–327.50	2,411	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,588	2,541.34/head	2,375.00–2,700.00	2,541	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,019	149.16/cwt	135.00–154.00	1,520	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,153	118.60/cwt	110.00–127.50	1,367	13
Bulls	—	—	1,694	228.13/cwt	216.00–239.00	3,865	11
Bulls	—	—	1,117	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,932	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	176.33/cwt	158.00–183.00	2,289	84
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,053	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	3,391	47

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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