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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2025-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Oct 1

● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Sep 24Oct 1Oct 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3,544 head

▲ 2,345 vs last sale 1,199▲ 2,129 vs year ago 1,415 · +150.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

311 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 311▲ 91 vs year ago 220 · +41.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

200 head

▲ 160 vs last sale 40▲ 200 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 700 weight steers sold 8.00 higher, steers over 800 lbs steers sold steady to 6.00 lower while under 800 lbs sold steady with a soft undertone. Heifers over 600 lbs sold steady, soft undertone and under 600 lbs sold steady, strong undertone. Larger packages of feeders were better quality and condition kept prices steady, smaller packages with less condition sold 10.00 lower. Breaker utility sold 3.00 higher, Lean Utility sold 3.00 to 10.00 higher while Boning Utility sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. One bull weighing 2065 lbs sold for 226.00 cwt. Moderate demand for 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 $432.55/cwt on 268 head. That ranks 13 of 31 comparable sales and sits −14.15 against this barn's trailing median of $446.70.

Average price

$432.55

268 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,361

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$169

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

$51.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.99

vs KS average

+9.90 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	442.31	2,391	217
Medium and Large 1-2	568	391.04	2,222	51

One grade step is worth $51.27/cwt here — about $169 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 sale268 hd

432.55

—

KS average3 barns · 544 hd

439.54

−6.99

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

+9.90

This barn, trailing median31 sales

446.70

−14.15

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	1,746	189.01	3,300	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,582	169.82	2,686	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,209	161.26	1,950	160
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,190	133.05	1,583	76

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,285	$3,250	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,081	$2,449	22
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,081	$2,410	45
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,017	$2,381	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,233	$2,312	17
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,299	$2,302	54
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,146	$2,205	29
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,400	$3,525	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,500	$2,350	3thin

Every lot

78 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	271	1,339.81/head	1,275.00–1,400.00	1,340	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	322	541.37/cwt	540.00–547.50	1,743	21
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	1,667	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	517.73/cwt	508.00–521.00	1,941	58
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	408	493.48/cwt	493.00–494.00	2,013	21
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	523.00/cwt	523.00–523.00	2,254	66
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	458.11/cwt	450.00–464.00	2,135	78
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	487.37/cwt	478.00–499.00	2,339	154
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	497	425.03/cwt	418.00–434.00	2,112	46
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	522	474.50/cwt	474.50–474.50	2,477	62
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	441.23/cwt	437.00–450.00	2,330	69
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	418.15/cwt	407.50–427.50	2,229	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	419.96/cwt	413.00–427.50	2,369	86
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	383.58/cwt	370.00–387.00	2,217	40
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600	401.50/cwt	401.50–401.50	2,409	29
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	382.25/cwt	377.00–392.00	2,351	50
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	663	362.96/cwt	361.00–367.00	2,406	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	377.51/cwt	371.50–390.00	2,537	140
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	358.59/cwt	354.00–377.00	2,628	138
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	793	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,672	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	798	377.66/cwt	374.75–378.75	3,014	55
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	364.36/cwt	356.00–375.50	3,010	335
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	356.94/cwt	354.50–362.25	3,127	326
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	347.42/cwt	342.00–354.00	3,207	334
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	949	330.61/cwt	325.00–331.00	3,137	76
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,021	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	3,104	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	278	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	4
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	298	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,341	15
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	325	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	1,485	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	449.58/cwt	448.00–457.50	1,704	71
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	396	424.76/cwt	422.50–432.50	1,682	22
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,914	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	424	438.39/cwt	437.50–441.00	1,859	29
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	426	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,776	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	465	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,032	53
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	415.91/cwt	412.50–418.00	1,942	28
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	393.59/cwt	391.00–400.00	1,877	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,767	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	380.03/cwt	371.00–393.00	1,946	53
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	525	417.38/cwt	404.00–421.00	2,191	170
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,022	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	576	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,557	36
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	373.39/cwt	361.00–383.00	2,158	182
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,091	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	593	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,153	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	362.90/cwt	352.50–370.00	2,235	60
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	337.41/cwt	329.00–340.00	2,294	54
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	689	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,143	16
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	352.89/cwt	352.00–354.50	2,562	22
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	344.35/cwt	342.00–345.25	2,665	116
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	796	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,348	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,652	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,778	14
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	967	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,891	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,560	168.53/cwt	163.00–173.00	2,629	4
Bulls	—	—	1,718	189.37/cwt	177.50–199.00	3,253	25
Bulls	—	—	2,228	213.28/cwt	206.00–226.00	4,752	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	958	124.18/cwt	122.50–125.00	1,190	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,013	133.63/cwt	129.00–141.00	1,354	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,109	115.70/cwt	100.00–121.00	1,283	25
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,171	133.08/cwt	127.50–140.00	1,558	26
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,201	161.34/cwt	146.00–171.00	1,938	118
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,274	142.54/cwt	135.00–152.00	1,816	16
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,322	164.25/cwt	162.00–167.00	2,171	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,348	175.75/cwt	173.00–182.00	2,369	28
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,560	174.80/cwt	173.00–177.00	2,727	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,594	166.97/cwt	161.00–169.00	2,662	7
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,017	2,380.74/head	2,225.00–2,725.00	2,381	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,081	2,448.60/head	2,275.00–2,475.00	2,449	22
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,081	2,410.28/head	2,385.00–2,425.00	2,410	45
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,102	2,149.01/head	1,825.00–2,300.00	2,149	16
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,200	2,275.00/head	2,275.00–2,275.00	2,275	13
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,233	2,312.37/head	2,025.00–2,335.00	2,312	17
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,253	2,347.35/head	2,325.00–2,450.00	2,347	15
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,285	3,250.00/head	3,250.00–3,250.00	3,250	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,316	2,284.83/head	2,035.00–2,400.00	2,285	39
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,400	3,525.00/head	3,525.00–3,525.00	3,525	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,500	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	3

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 Oct 1, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,544Last week 1,199Year ago 1,415

Slaughter CattleReceipts 311Last week 311Year ago 220

Replacement CattleReceipts 200Last week 40Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	271	1,275.00–1,400.00	1,339.81
21	300–350	322	540.00–547.50	541.37
58	350–400	375	508.00–521.00	517.73
66	400–450	431	523.00	523.00
154	450–500	480	478.00–499.00	487.37
69	500–550	528	437.00–450.00	441.23
86	550–600	564	413.00–427.50	419.96
50	600–650	615	377.00–392.00	382.25
140	650–700	672	371.50–390.00	377.51
138	700–750	733	354.00–377.00	358.59
55	750–800	798	374.75–378.75	377.66
335	800–850	826	356.00–375.50	364.36
326	850–900	876	354.50–362.25	356.94
334	900–950	923	342.00–354.00	347.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	500–550	522	474.50	474.50
29	600–650	600	401.50	401.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,021	304.00	304.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
46	450–500	497	418.00–434.00	425.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	368	453.00	453.00
21	400–450	408	493.00–494.00	493.48
78	450–500	466	450.00–464.00	458.11
11	500–550	533	407.50–427.50	418.15
40	550–600	578	370.00–387.00	383.58
12	650–700	663	361.00–367.00	362.96
8	750–800	793	337.00	337.00
76	900–950	949	325.00–331.00	330.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	278	1,075.00	1,075.00
71	350–400	379	448.00–457.50	449.58
4	400–450	423	452.50	452.50
28	450–500	467	412.50–418.00	415.91
53	500–550	512	371.00–393.00	380.03
182	550–600	578	361.00–383.00	373.39
60	600–650	616	352.50–370.00	362.90
54	650–700	680	329.00–340.00	337.41
22	700–750	726	352.00–354.50	352.89
116	750–800	774	342.00–345.25	344.35
3	800–850	821	323.00	323.00
14	850–900	875	317.50	317.50
6	950–1000	967	299.00	299.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	250–300	298	450.00	450.00
7	300–350	325	457.00	457.00
22	350–400	396	422.50–432.50	424.76
29	400–450	424	437.50–441.00	438.39
21	450–500	477	391.00–400.00	393.59
5	550–600	585	357.50	357.50
16	650–700	689	311.00	311.00
3	750–800	796	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
53	450–500	465	437.00	437.00
170	500–550	525	404.00–421.00	417.38
36	550–600	576	444.00	444.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	426	417.00	417.00
6	450–500	495	357.00	357.00
10	500–550	545	371.00	371.00
3	550–600	593	363.00	363.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,285	3,250.00	3,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,017	2,225.00–2,725.00	2,380.74
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	22	—	1,081	2,275.00–2,475.00	2,448.60
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	—	1,200	2,275.00	2,275.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,233	2,025.00–2,335.00	2,312.37
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	45	—	1,081	2,385.00–2,425.00	2,410.28
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,253	2,325.00–2,450.00	2,347.35

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	—	1,102	1,825.00–2,300.00	2,149.01
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	39	—	1,316	2,035.00–2,400.00	2,284.83

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,500	2,350.00	2,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,400	3,525.00	3,525.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,560	173.00–177.00	174.80
7	—	1,594	161.00–169.00	166.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	958	122.50–125.00	124.18
28	—	1,348	173.00–182.00	175.75
11	—	1,013	129.00–141.00	133.63
118	—	1,201	146.00–171.00	161.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,171	127.50–140.00	133.08
9	—	1,322	162.00–167.00	164.25
25	—	1,109	100.00–121.00	115.70
16	—	1,274	135.00–152.00	142.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,718	177.50–199.00	189.37
4	—	1,560	163.00–173.00	168.53
3	—	2,228	206.00–226.00	213.28

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.