Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2026-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steer and heifer feeders and stocker calves, not enough for market test. 55 reputation heifers weighing 932 lbs sold 305.00 cwt; 55 reputation heifers weighing 926 lbs sold 306.00 cwt. Boning utility slaughter cows sold steady, weak undertone while Lean utility slaughter cows sold steady to 9.00 higher. Good demand for light to moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $440.93/cwt on 39 head, up $3.17 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 31 comparable sales and sits −31.30 against this barn's trailing median of $472.23.

Average price

$440.93

▲ 3.17 vs prior sale

39 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,441

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

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

$32.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.78

vs KS average

+26.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	458.69	2,527	18thin
Medium and Large 1-2	556	425.71	2,366	21

One grade step is worth $32.98/cwt here — about $162 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 sale39 hd

440.93

—

KS average3 barns · 77 hd

432.15

+8.78

National average157 barns · 6,223 hd

414.24

+26.69

This barn, trailing median31 sales

472.23

−31.30

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	—	Average	1,587	232.96	3,698	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,488	171.49	2,552	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,233	169.06	2,085	233
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,274	142.02	1,810	83
Dairy Bulls	—	Average	1,852	206.00	3,815	2thin

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)	1,378	$3,175	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,187	$3,100	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,123	$3,050	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,098	$2,996	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,247	$2,831	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,377	$2,823	16
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,304	$2,731	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,215	$2,678	12
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,153	$2,626	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,225	$2,213	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	960	$4,452	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,319	$4,393	21
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,222	$4,050	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,138	$3,850	2thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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	750–800	794	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,406	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	305.50/cwt	305.00–306.00	2,838	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,376	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,960	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,376	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,281	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,225	2,212.90/head	1,975.00–2,500.00	2,213	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,247	2,830.75/head	2,700.00–2,850.00	2,831	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	219.11/cwt	205.00–241.00	2,290	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,187	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,098	241.85/cwt	210.00–289.00	2,656	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	340.25/cwt	340.25–340.25	2,991	24
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,368	2,525.50/head	2,500.00–2,550.00	2,526	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,098	2,996.04/head	2,550.00–3,500.00	2,996	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,153	2,625.70/head	2,450.00–2,750.00	2,626	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,226	197.56/cwt	189.00–205.00	2,422	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,282	2,799.40/head	2,600.00–2,900.00	2,799	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	913	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,164	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,077	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,346	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,489	163.00/cwt	157.00–176.00	2,427	17
Bulls	—	—	1,796	220.20/cwt	209.00–228.00	3,955	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,481	171.01/cwt	165.00–178.00	2,533	48
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,037	138.64/cwt	132.50–150.00	1,438	18
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,222	4,050.00/head	3,950.00–4,400.00	4,050	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,500	4,500.00/head	4,500.00–4,500.00	4,500	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,167	4,220.83/head	3,325.00–4,400.00	4,221	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	3,900.00/head	3,900.00–3,900.00	3,900	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,138	3,850.00/head	3,050.00–4,650.00	3,850	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	4,452.00/head	4,185.00–4,550.00	4,452	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,355	4,556.82/head	4,500.00–4,625.00	4,557	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	347.74/cwt	334.00–352.00	2,326	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,275	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,558	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	1,784	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,619	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	388.91/cwt	383.00–389.50	2,746	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	473.00/cwt	473.00–473.00	2,464	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	892	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	2,779	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	447.24/cwt	440.00–465.00	2,572	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,285	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	431.06/cwt	427.50–432.00	2,453	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,220	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,606	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	355.89/cwt	345.00–363.00	2,715	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,935	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	329.66/cwt	328.00–335.00	3,066	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	1,958	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,195	7
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,043	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,660	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,261	2,755.76/head	2,575.00–2,875.00	2,756	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,200	2,651.73/head	2,600.00–2,800.00	2,652	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,123	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,378	3,175.27/head	3,125.00–3,225.00	3,175	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,377	2,823.46/head	2,550.00–2,975.00	2,823	16
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,147	259.91/cwt	245.00–270.00	2,981	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	172.02/cwt	156.00–183.00	2,155	213
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,655	183.08/cwt	182.00–184.00	3,030	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,233	137.78/cwt	130.00–147.00	1,699	60
Dairy Bulls	—	—	1,852	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	3,815	2
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,103	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	3,066	16

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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