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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2025-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Sep 24

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Sep 17Sep 24Oct 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,199 head

▼ 1,714 vs last sale 2,913▼ 3,387 vs year ago 4,586 · −73.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

311 head

▲ 26 vs last sale 285▲ 91 vs year ago 220 · +41.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

40 head

▼ 101 vs last sale 141▼ 36 vs year ago 76 · −47.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 800 weight steers sold 18.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher. Steers under 600 lbs sold 7.00 to 9.00 higher. Heifers under 600 lbs sold 5.00 higher. Larger lots of vaccinated calves brought 20.00 to 30.00 higher. Boning utility sold steady to 7.00 higher while Lean Utility sold 8.00 lower. Moderate demand for moderate 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 $446.19/cwt on 72 head. That ranks 16 of 31 comparable sales and sits −0.50 against this barn's trailing median of $446.70.

Average price

$446.19

72 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,391

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$248

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

$45.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.41

vs KS average

+29.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	449.99	2,412	66
Medium and Large 1-2	535	404.49	2,164	6thin

One grade step is worth $45.50/cwt here — about $248 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 sale72 hd

446.19

—

KS average3 barns · 196 hd

444.79

+1.41

National average168 barns · 11,658 hd

417.09

+29.10

This barn, trailing median31 sales

446.70

−0.50

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	—	Low	1,650	186.37	3,074	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,620	166.27	2,694	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,266	161.57	2,045	116
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,192	131.04	1,561	106

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)	1,288	$2,910	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,008	$2,793	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,270	$2,744	11
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,383	$2,706	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	967	$3,917	3thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	348	604.00/cwt	604.00–604.00	2,102	32
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,210	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	429	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,295	40
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,009	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	489.00/cwt	489.00–489.00	2,308	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	529	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,460	40
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	427.00/cwt	425.00–431.00	2,267	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	404.49/cwt	404.00–405.00	2,164	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	426.79/cwt	425.00–427.50	2,390	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	404.62/cwt	386.00–409.00	2,602	28
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,624	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	739	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,882	65
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	741	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,534	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	742	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,738	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,758	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	791	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,551	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	809	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,912	15
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	810	337.28/cwt	336.00–339.00	2,732	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	382.79/cwt	380.00–384.75	3,135	147
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	890	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	3,346	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	905	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	3,041	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fancy	911	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	3,352	104
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,011	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	3,367	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	348	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,792	37
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	357	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,794	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	396	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,822	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	446.71/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,872	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	401.56/cwt	395.00–406.00	1,948	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	501	405.50/cwt	405.50–405.50	2,032	28
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	361.83/cwt	361.50–364.00	2,345	61
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,394	18
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,650	19
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	345.82/cwt	342.00–347.00	2,635	81
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	3,112	11
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	840	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,612	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	322.91/cwt	318.50–324.00	2,825	121
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	990	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,980	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,358	163.95/cwt	162.50–165.50	2,226	2
Bulls	—	—	1,618	184.14/cwt	170.00–196.00	2,979	19
Bulls	—	—	1,886	203.82/cwt	202.00–208.00	3,844	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,078	94.54/cwt	85.00–107.50	1,019	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,159	138.31/cwt	130.00–147.00	1,603	22
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,198	139.42/cwt	127.50–150.00	1,670	67
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,199	121.18/cwt	115.00–125.00	1,453	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,266	179.75/cwt	178.00–183.00	2,276	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,294	165.32/cwt	154.00–174.00	2,139	83
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,360	153.92/cwt	153.50–156.00	2,093	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,510	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,341	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,633	163.73/cwt	161.00–166.00	2,674	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,638	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	2,801	4
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	967	3,916.67/head	3,700.00–4,025.00	3,917	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,008	2,793.00/head	2,700.00–3,025.00	2,793	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,270	2,744.09/head	2,725.00–2,780.00	2,744	11
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,288	2,910.24/head	2,900.00–2,950.00	2,910	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,383	2,706.33/head	2,550.00–2,875.00	2,706	3
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,223	207.95/cwt	190.00–215.00	2,543	8

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 Sep 24, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,199Last week 2,913Year ago 4,586

Slaughter CattleReceipts 311Last week 285Year ago 220

Replacement CattleReceipts 40Last week 141Year ago 76

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
32	300–350	348	604.00	604.00
40	400–450	429	535.00	535.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	417	530.00	530.00
14	450–500	472	489.00	489.00
12	500–550	531	425.00–431.00	427.00
14	550–600	560	425.00–427.50	426.79
28	600–650	643	386.00–409.00	404.62
11	650–700	678	387.00	387.00
5	700–750	742	369.00	369.00
9	750–800	764	361.00	361.00
147	800–850	819	380.00–384.75	382.79
6	850–900	890	376.00	376.00
6	900–950	905	336.00	336.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
65	700–750	739	390.00	390.00
104	900–950	911	368.00	368.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,011	333.00	333.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	432	465.00	465.00
6	500–550	535	404.00–405.00	404.49
5	700–750	741	342.00	342.00
3	750–800	791	322.50	322.50
15	800–850	809	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	800–850	810	336.00–339.00	337.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
40	500–550	529	465.00	465.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	300–350	348	515.00	515.00
7	350–400	357	502.50	502.50
19	400–450	419	435.00–450.00	446.71
15	450–500	485	395.00–406.00	401.56
28	500–550	501	405.50	405.50
61	600–650	648	361.50–364.00	361.83
19	700–750	734	361.00	361.00
81	750–800	762	342.00–347.00	345.82
11	800–850	821	379.00	379.00
121	850–900	875	318.50–324.00	322.91
3	950–1000	990	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	396	460.00	460.00
18	650–700	682	351.00	351.00
3	800–850	840	311.00	311.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,638	171.00	171.00
3	—	1,633	161.00–166.00	163.73
1	—	1,510	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,199	115.00–125.00	121.18
6	—	1,360	153.50–156.00	153.92
67	—	1,198	127.50–150.00	139.42
14	—	1,078	85.00–107.50	94.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,266	178.00–183.00	179.75
83	—	1,294	154.00–174.00	165.32
22	—	1,159	130.00–147.00	138.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,358	162.50–165.50	163.95
5	—	1,886	202.00–208.00	203.82
19	—	1,618	170.00–196.00	184.14

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	967	3,700.00–4,025.00	3,916.67

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,383	2,550.00–2,875.00	2,706.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,008	2,700.00–3,025.00	2,793.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,288	2,900.00–2,950.00	2,910.24

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,270	2,725.00–2,780.00	2,744.09

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	8	—	1,223	190.00–215.00	207.95

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.