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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2025-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Apr 2

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Mar 26Apr 2Apr 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,524 head

▼ 1,159 vs last sale 3,683▲ 297 vs year ago 2,227 · +13.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

270 head

▲ 55 vs last sale 215▲ 120 vs year ago 150 · +80.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

51 head

▼ 37 vs last sale 88▼ 24 vs year ago 75 · −32.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers over 600 lbs sold 10.00 higher, softer undertone noted. Steers and heifers under 600 lbs sold 20.00 higher, reputation and fleshier calves had stronger undertone. Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 higher. Good demand for moderate to heavy supply.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $385.76/cwt on 112 head. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −60.94 against this barn's trailing median of $446.70.

Average price

$385.76

112 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,103

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$659

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

$126.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.40

vs KS average

+16.75 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	390.78	2,132	106
Medium and Large 2	518	330.00	1,709	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	558	264.00	1,473	3thin

One grade step is worth $126.78/cwt here — about $659 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale112 hd

385.76

—

KS average3 barns · 615 hd

377.35

+8.40

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

+16.75

This barn, trailing median31 sales

446.70

−60.94

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,918	165.93	3,183	17
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,880	153.00	2,876	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,540	148.98	2,294	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,235	144.20	1,781	133
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,231	105.96	1,304	47

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)	1,287	$2,374	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,278	$2,335	4thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	794	$1,746	11
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,040	$2,300	5

Every lot

69 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	507.00/cwt	507.00–507.00	1,714	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	351	487.00/cwt	487.00–487.00	1,709	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,986	27
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	1,879	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,678	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	414.77/cwt	406.00–427.00	1,949	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	414.23/cwt	390.00–417.00	2,129	45
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	518	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,709	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,129	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	558	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,473	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	366.89/cwt	355.00–376.00	2,121	41
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,178	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	342.92/cwt	338.00–349.00	2,160	35
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	318.45/cwt	309.00–326.00	2,156	86
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	301.85/cwt	297.00–314.00	2,213	101
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	787	295.79/cwt	285.00–302.25	2,328	173
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	793	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,046	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	289.04/cwt	285.00–291.00	2,327	49
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	825	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,071	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	280.91/cwt	271.00–288.00	2,458	357
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	916	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,208	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	271.93/cwt	261.00–274.00	2,521	112
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	993	257.74/cwt	248.00–262.00	2,559	49
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,030	257.75/cwt	251.00–259.00	2,655	58
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,081	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,670	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,414	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	416.15/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,598	30
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	400	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,620	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,742	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	351.68/cwt	341.00–356.00	1,790	73
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	310.63/cwt	304.50–316.00	1,789	38
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	599	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,677	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	295.49/cwt	286.00–304.00	1,850	70
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	688	285.25/cwt	279.00–287.00	1,963	51
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	273.60/cwt	265.00–276.00	1,975	42
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	269.35/cwt	266.00–272.00	2,063	215
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	802	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,949	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	813	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,797	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	264.70/cwt	248.50–267.00	2,155	194
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	870	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,036	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	245.57/cwt	235.00–256.00	2,161	73
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	912	254.13/cwt	249.00–255.50	2,318	85
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	956	240.55/cwt	228.00–243.00	2,300	80
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	908	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,975	5
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,401	7
Beef/Dairy Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,763	13
Beef/Dairy Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	802	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,965	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,798	150.51/cwt	150.00–151.00	2,706	2
Bulls	—	—	1,825	163.19/cwt	159.00–167.00	2,978	9
Bulls	—	—	2,098	175.18/cwt	172.00–181.00	3,675	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,034	123.47/cwt	119.00–127.00	1,277	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,110	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	777	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,154	95.25/cwt	92.50–100.00	1,099	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,200	155.33/cwt	153.00–160.00	1,864	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,246	144.93/cwt	131.00–149.00	1,806	124
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,253	109.79/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,376	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,340	126.19/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,691	18
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,522	156.43/cwt	155.00–159.00	2,381	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,542	147.95/cwt	145.00–153.00	2,281	36
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,880	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	2,876	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	794	1,745.53/head	1,650.00–1,875.00	1,746	11
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows6 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	830	181.60/cwt	172.50–192.50	1,507	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	897	221.45/cwt	217.50–224.00	1,986	3
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	956	237.97/cwt	235.00–240.00	2,275	11
Stock Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,040	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	5
Stock Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,105	187.33/cwt	180.00–195.00	2,070	2
Stock Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,123	198.20/cwt	180.00–211.00	2,226	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,278	2,334.76/head	2,150.00–2,425.00	2,335	4
Bred Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,287	2,373.62/head	2,050.00–2,475.00	2,374	5

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.

Kansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Winter Livestock - Dodge City, KS

Wed Apr 2, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Manhattan, KS (LS-DC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,524Last week 3,683Year ago 2,227

Slaughter CattleReceipts 270Last week 215Year ago 150

Replacement CattleReceipts 51Last week 88Year ago 75

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	325	435.00	435.00
30	350–400	384	410.00–425.00	416.15
6	400–450	400	405.00	405.00
10	450–500	484	360.00	360.00
73	500–550	509	341.00–356.00	351.68
70	600–650	626	286.00–304.00	295.49
51	650–700	688	279.00–287.00	285.25
42	700–750	722	265.00–276.00	273.60
215	750–800	766	266.00–272.00	269.35
194	800–850	814	248.50–267.00	264.70
73	850–900	880	235.00–256.00	245.57
85	900–950	912	249.00–255.50	254.13
80	950–1000	956	228.00–243.00	240.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	550–600	576	304.50–316.00	310.63
9	800–850	802	243.00	243.00
3	850–900	870	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	599	280.00	280.00
3	800–850	813	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	338	507.00	507.00
9	350–400	351	487.00	487.00
27	400–450	427	465.00	465.00
23	450–500	470	406.00–427.00	414.77
45	500–550	514	390.00–417.00	414.23
41	550–600	578	355.00–376.00	366.89
35	600–650	630	338.00–349.00	342.92
86	650–700	677	309.00–326.00	318.45
101	700–750	733	297.00–314.00	301.85
173	750–800	787	285.00–302.25	295.79
49	800–850	805	285.00–291.00	289.04
357	850–900	875	271.00–288.00	280.91
112	900–950	927	261.00–274.00	271.93
49	950–1000	993	248.00–262.00	257.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	429	438.00	438.00
3	450–500	463	362.50	362.50
3	550–600	558	264.00	264.00
4	750–800	793	258.00	258.00
6	800–850	825	251.00	251.00
3	900–950	916	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	518	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	1000–1050	1,030	251.00–259.00	257.75
6	1050–1100	1,081	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	550	387.00	387.00
7	600–650	600	363.00	363.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	900–950	908	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	544	257.50	257.50
13	650–700	686	257.00	257.00
4	800–850	802	245.00	245.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	794	1,650.00–1,875.00	1,745.53

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	11	—	956	235.00–240.00	237.97
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	897	217.50–224.00	221.45
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	830	172.50–192.50	181.60

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,105	180.00–195.00	187.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,040	2,300.00	2,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,123	180.00–211.00	198.20

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,287	2,050.00–2,475.00	2,373.62

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,278	2,150.00–2,425.00	2,334.76

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	1,246	131.00–149.00	144.93
6	—	1,034	119.00–127.00	123.47
3	—	1,200	153.00–160.00	155.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,110	70.00	70.00
19	—	1,154	92.50–100.00	95.25
18	—	1,340	125.00–131.00	126.19
5	—	1,253	105.00–115.00	109.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,542	145.00–153.00	147.95
5	—	1,522	155.00–159.00	156.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,880	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,825	159.00–167.00	163.19
2	—	1,798	150.00–151.00	150.51
6	—	2,098	172.00–181.00	175.18

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.