Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2025-01-15

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jan 15
● Final97 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
7,261 head
▲ 5,856 vs last sale 1,405▲ 6,412 vs year ago 849 · +755.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
400 head
▲ 195 vs last sale 205▲ 260 vs year ago 140 · +185.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
513 head
▲ 389 vs last sale 124▲ 513 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers over 700 lbs sold 8.00 higher, under 550 lbs sold 10.00 higher. Heifers over 700 lbs sold steady, softer undertone noted, under 700 lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 higher. Very good demand for heavy supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $339.10/cwt on 774 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −107.60 against this barn's trailing median of $446.70.
Average price
$339.10
774 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,906
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$216
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$47.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.19
vs KS average
−3.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559347.001,941644
Medium and Large 1-2575299.991,725130
One grade step is worth $47.00/cwt here — about $216 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale774 hd
339.10
—
KS average4 barns · 1,401 hd
350.29
−11.19
National average190 barns · 32,836 hd
342.45
−3.35
This barn, trailing median31 sales
446.70
−107.60
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales
527462396330median 446.7003/1104/2906/2409/0910/28
Steers 500–600 lb: high $513.49, low $343.81, median $446.70 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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
Bulls—High1,769148.132,62146
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,539126.141,94170
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,251123.731,548179
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,402104.161,46179

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,028$3,03381
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,144$2,57449
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,339$2,12322
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,149$2,1037
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,328$1,9894thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,284$1,97275
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,326$1,9548
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,242$1,85632
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,395$4,39342
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,400$3,6252thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,260$2,95340
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,295$2,81838
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,217$2,3336

Every lot

97 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1292450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,3144
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1321434.00/cwt434.00–434.001,3935
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy327490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,6026
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy413441.54/cwt441.00–442.501,82414
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440400.25/cwt349.00–422.001,76149
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1492378.11/cwt356.00–383.001,860100
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2493336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,6566
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527313.69/cwt301.00–324.001,65326
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1532357.03/cwt343.00–364.001,899202
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy556356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,979149
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580335.50/cwt321.00–346.001,946293
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587296.57/cwt282.00–312.501,741104
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed606341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,06627
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623283.22/cwt282.00–291.001,76437
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627314.07/cwt305.00–326.001,969232
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy628335.16/cwt331.00–335.502,105179
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy671314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,107130
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1676294.55/cwt281.00–306.001,991448
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678277.77/cwt277.00–279.001,88368
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,7955
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1722283.20/cwt266.00–290.502,045329
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy725293.00/cwt293.00–293.002,12417
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775273.57/cwt261.00–282.002,120674
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1830271.15/cwt258.50–276.502,251757
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1875266.45/cwt255.50–272.602,331292
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1916266.05/cwt255.00–268.252,437288
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1966249.00/cwt249.00–249.002,40546
Steers1000–1050Large 11,002237.00/cwt237.00–237.002,37522
Steers1050–1100Large 11,090231.50/cwt231.50–231.502,5233
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy329455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,4975
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1329426.13/cwt424.00–430.001,40221
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2342397.00/cwt397.00–397.001,3587
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,44411
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy418377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,57824
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed424352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,4956
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432329.53/cwt325.00–337.001,42468
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2439311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,3655
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy469352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,65134
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477324.06/cwt316.00–332.501,54666
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy521325.27/cwt322.00–337.001,695139
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1531312.24/cwt296.00–320.001,658190
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2542288.16/cwt278.50–292.001,56230
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563301.15/cwt297.00–304.001,695249
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582279.13/cwt273.00–288.001,625128
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617280.54/cwt263.00–287.501,731265
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628262.37/cwt254.00–266.501,64827
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy654279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,82565
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1676264.11/cwt250.00–274.001,785315
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677246.67/cwt238.00–248.001,67071
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1722256.30/cwt246.00–266.001,850262
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1770250.80/cwt239.00–255.001,931249
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1822242.37/cwt229.00–248.001,992207
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy823246.16/cwt245.00–249.002,02684
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1853237.75/cwt237.75–237.752,02872
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1972235.25/cwt235.25–235.252,28723
Heifers1050–1100Large 1Guaranteed Open1,051212.50/cwt212.50–212.502,23313
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1408379.00/cwt379.00–379.001,54610
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,60911
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1585298.72/cwt296.00–300.001,74816
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,710146.65/cwt126.00–150.002,50839
Bulls——2,099156.37/cwt152.00–164.003,2827
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%986105.24/cwt104.00–107.001,0386
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,260124.37/cwt110.00–131.001,567173
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,27497.37/cwt80.00–105.001,24053
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,539126.14/cwt124.00–132.001,94170
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,664118.01/cwt117.00–119.001,96426
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows19 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1739213.93/cwt210.00–217.501,5814
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2873206.07/cwt185.00–217.501,79910
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2895166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,4862
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29902,175.08/head2,000.00–2,500.002,1753
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0283,033.18/head2,525.00–3,150.003,03381
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1272,716.62/head1,850.00–2,925.002,71741
Bred Cows—Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,1352,098.57/head1,875.00–2,500.002,0994
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,2331,845.98/head1,425.00–2,125.001,8468
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2531,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8506
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,2581,813.64/head1,500.00–1,950.001,81422
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,2692,048.57/head2,000.00–2,150.002,0494
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2701,919.50/head1,725.00–2,000.001,9206
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,2851,976.38/head1,575.00–2,100.001,97669
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,2851,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2991,955.97/head1,625.00–2,100.001,9565
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,3131,928.71/head1,750.00–2,100.001,9294
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3452,165.67/head1,875.00–2,350.002,16618
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3702,152.92/head2,125.00–2,175.002,1532
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,3721,949.82/head1,750.00–2,025.001,9503
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows6 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1823227.45/cwt220.00–234.001,8723
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1927189.59/cwt131.00–222.001,7573
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2932178.95/cwt140.00–252.001,66819
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2966234.00/cwt234.00–234.002,2603
Stock Cows—Large 1-21,104209.37/cwt160.00–217.502,31113
Stock Cows—Large 1-21,157152.90/cwt132.50–187.501,76912
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2172,333.33/head1,900.00–2,550.002,3336
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2572,789.29/head2,675.00–2,850.002,78928
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2602,952.50/head2,600.00–3,575.002,95340
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3954,393.45/head3,100.00–4,425.004,39342
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4003,625.00/head3,625.00–3,625.003,6252
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4002,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,90010

This sale against other markets

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.