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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2025-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Apr 30

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Apr 23Apr 30May 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,173 head

▼ 1,361 vs last sale 2,534▼ 999 vs year ago 2,172 · −46.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

202 head

▲ 27 vs last sale 175▼ 36 vs year ago 238 · −15.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

87 head

▼ 19 vs last sale 106▲ 66 vs year ago 21 · +314.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers over 550 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher while heifers over 550 lbs sold steady to 8.00 higher. Steers and heifers under 550 lbs not well tested. Slaughter cows sold steady. Very good demand for light to moderate supply.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $315.00/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −91.52 against this barn's trailing median of $406.52.

Average price

$315.00

36 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,708

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$306

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

$18.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.62

vs KS average

−14.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	588	328.50	1,932	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	525	309.81	1,625	26

One grade step is worth $18.69/cwt here — about $306 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale36 hd

315.00

—

KS average3 barns · 370 hd

341.62

−26.62

National average176 barns · 11,721 hd

329.34

−14.34

This barn, trailing median32 sales

406.52

−91.52

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

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $458.54, low $344.43, median $406.52 across 32 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	—	High	1,790	176.46	3,158	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,574	150.74	2,373	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,229	149.59	1,839	116
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,153	109.30	1,260	32

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)	1,405	$2,950	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,346	$2,385	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,323	$2,343	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,407	$2,265	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,045	$3,859	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,100	$3,100	7

Every lot

63 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	288	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,440	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	394	444.96/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,753	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	441	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,973	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,070	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	415.72/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,966	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	367.65/cwt	360.00–383.00	2,129	61
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	337.11/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,070	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	686	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,298	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	690	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,029	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,234	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	757	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	2,358	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	292.03/cwt	290.00–296.00	2,237	74
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	837	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,302	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	852	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,386	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	890	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,323	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	918	277.35/cwt	266.00–284.50	2,546	232
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	966	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,222	3
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	997	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,532	2
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,026	254.60/cwt	254.00–257.00	2,612	10
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,060	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,692	12
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,087	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,391	16
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,135	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,452	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	320	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,352	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	342	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,530	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,574	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,682	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	451	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,646	28
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,730	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	507	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,597	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	558	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,674	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	328.50/cwt	328.50–328.50	1,932	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	649	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,869	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	661	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,659	54
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	297.41/cwt	296.50–301.00	2,031	53
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	742	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,107	12
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	792	283.78/cwt	278.00–288.00	2,248	109
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,247	13
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,321	11
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	890	260.79/cwt	260.00–265.00	2,321	72
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	940	254.25/cwt	254.25–254.25	2,390	66
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	951	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	2,316	4
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	987	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	2,043	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,475	161.03/cwt	160.00–162.00	2,375	2
Bulls	—	—	1,745	175.95/cwt	167.00–185.00	3,070	14
Bulls	—	—	2,207	189.13/cwt	187.00–192.00	4,174	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,051	131.67/cwt	128.50–137.00	1,384	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,150	117.06/cwt	115.00–123.00	1,346	19
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,157	97.95/cwt	87.50–102.50	1,133	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,240	150.53/cwt	140.00–160.00	1,867	107
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,283	162.24/cwt	162.00–162.50	2,082	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,568	157.65/cwt	155.00–162.00	2,472	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,578	146.60/cwt	145.00–148.00	2,313	5
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Large 1-2	1,000	4,075.00/head	4,075.00–4,075.00	4,075	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Large 1-2	1,100	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Large 1-2	1,100	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	7
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,323	2,343.05/head	2,335.00–2,350.00	2,343	2
Bred Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,346	2,384.79/head	2,310.00–2,525.00	2,385	3
Bred Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,405	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	5
Bred Cows	—	Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,407	2,264.99/head	2,225.00–2,360.00	2,265	3
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	928	176.03/cwt	162.50–182.50	1,634	5
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	932	228.95/cwt	221.00–250.00	2,134	13
Stock Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,046	221.22/cwt	202.50–229.00	2,314	18
Stock Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,176	181.07/cwt	171.00–197.50	2,129	9

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 30, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,173Last week 2,534Year ago 2,172

Slaughter CattleReceipts 202Last week 175Year ago 238

Replacement CattleReceipts 87Last week 106Year ago 21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	394	440.00–450.00	444.96
5	400–450	441	447.50	447.50
10	450–500	455	455.00	455.00
61	550–600	579	360.00–383.00	367.65
14	600–650	614	330.00–345.00	337.11
7	650–700	686	335.00	335.00
4	700–750	707	316.00	316.00
74	750–800	766	290.00–296.00	292.03
2	800–850	837	275.00	275.00
4	850–900	852	280.00	280.00
232	900–950	918	266.00–284.50	277.35
2	950–1000	997	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	288	500.00	500.00
20	450–500	473	415.00–420.00	415.72
3	850–900	890	261.00	261.00
3	950–1000	966	230.00	230.00
16	1050–1100	1,087	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1000–1050	1,026	254.00–257.00	254.60
12	1050–1100	1,060	254.00	254.00
2	1100–1150	1,135	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	757	311.50	311.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	690	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	342	447.50	447.50
3	350–400	373	422.00	422.00
4	400–450	418	402.50	402.50
28	450–500	451	365.00	365.00
10	550–600	588	328.50	328.50
53	650–700	683	296.50–301.00	297.41
12	700–750	742	284.00	284.00
109	750–800	792	278.00–288.00	283.78
13	800–850	820	274.00	274.00
72	850–900	890	260.00–265.00	260.79
66	900–950	940	254.25	254.25
4	950–1000	951	243.50	243.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	850–900	850	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	422.50	422.50
19	450–500	490	353.00	353.00
17	500–550	507	315.00	315.00
9	550–600	558	300.00	300.00
6	600–650	649	288.00	288.00
54	650–700	661	251.00	251.00
7	950–1000	987	207.00	207.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,578	145.00–148.00	146.60
3	—	1,568	155.00–162.00	157.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	1,240	140.00–160.00	150.53
2	—	1,283	162.00–162.50	162.24
7	—	1,051	128.50–137.00	131.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,150	115.00–123.00	117.06
13	—	1,157	87.50–102.50	97.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,207	187.00–192.00	189.13
14	—	1,745	167.00–185.00	175.95
2	—	1,475	160.00–162.00	161.03

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,100	3,100.00	3,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,000	4,075.00	4,075.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,100	3,600.00	3,600.00

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)	2	—	1,323	2,335.00–2,350.00	2,343.05
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,407	2,225.00–2,360.00	2,264.99

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	—	1,405	2,950.00	2,950.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,346	2,310.00–2,525.00	2,384.79

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	18	—	1,046	202.50–229.00	221.22
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,176	171.00–197.50	181.07

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	—	932	221.00–250.00	228.95
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	928	162.50–182.50	176.03

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.