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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2025-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Nov 5

● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Oct 29Nov 5Nov 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,526 head

▲ 1,227 vs last sale 1,299▲ 1,475 vs year ago 1,051 · +140.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

372 head

▲ 94 vs last sale 278▼ 169 vs year ago 541 · −31.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

115 head

▲ 37 vs last sale 78▼ 173 vs year ago 288 · −60.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 20.00 lower across all weight brackets. Larger, reputation lots sold better than smaller packages of feeders and calves. Boning utility sold steady strong while Lean utility sold steady to 4.00 to 5.00 lower.

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 $396.91/cwt on 242 head. That ranks 3 of 31 comparable sales and sits −49.78 against this barn's trailing median of $446.70.

Average price

$396.91

242 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,230

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$398

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

$93.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.80

vs KS average

−22.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	410.87	2,290	173
Medium and Large 1-2	571	365.39	2,087	64
Medium and Large 2	596	317.50	1,892	5thin

One grade step is worth $93.37/cwt here — about $398 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 sale242 hd

396.91

—

KS average4 barns · 1,085 hd

411.71

−14.80

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

−22.19

This barn, trailing median31 sales

446.70

−49.78

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	1,822	182.42	3,323	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,524	161.05	2,454	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,167	151.15	1,764	146
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,840	143.00	2,631	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,346	131.20	1,766	139

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,298	$2,887	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,338	$2,829	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,426	$2,399	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,315	$2,365	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,207	$2,273	14
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	842	$1,981	3thin

Every lot

71 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	297	564.00/cwt	564.00–564.00	1,675	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	354	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,912	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	381	514.94/cwt	510.00–522.50	1,962	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	477.50/cwt	470.00–488.00	2,034	21
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,016	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	463	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,574	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	463.05/cwt	460.00–465.00	2,199	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	424.11/cwt	415.00–428.00	2,053	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	513	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,385	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	436.20/cwt	426.00–450.00	2,316	28
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	369.06/cwt	366.00–372.50	1,989	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	562	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,327	32
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	397.10/cwt	382.50–407.00	2,256	102
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	363.60/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,134	43
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	596	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,892	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	360.66/cwt	344.00–369.00	2,243	96
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	346.39/cwt	333.00–357.50	2,200	95
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	666	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,118	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	339.37/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,308	152
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	316.30/cwt	312.50–325.00	2,277	43
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	356.65/cwt	345.00–357.00	2,639	139
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,748	86
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	778	318.01/cwt	304.00–331.00	2,474	33
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,763	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	830	314.25/cwt	314.25–314.25	2,608	76
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,822	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	905	329.97/cwt	329.75–332.00	2,986	62
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	923	316.02/cwt	311.00–317.50	2,917	71
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	952	313.57/cwt	313.25–316.00	2,985	61
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	976	283.25/cwt	283.25–283.25	2,765	65
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	433.28/cwt	430.00–442.50	1,642	26
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	375.86/cwt	366.00–385.00	1,631	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	403.24/cwt	402.50–405.00	1,758	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	393.93/cwt	387.50–405.00	1,907	48
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	431.40/cwt	430.00–432.50	2,092	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	378.93/cwt	367.50–389.00	1,993	79
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	354.75/cwt	337.00–360.00	1,884	36
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	348.47/cwt	339.00–360.00	1,990	148
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	322.81/cwt	316.00–332.00	1,869	36
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	316.28/cwt	302.00–320.00	1,980	20
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	326.07/cwt	313.00–336.00	2,048	168
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	659	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,049	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	311.56/cwt	306.00–323.00	2,106	26
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	317.87/cwt	311.00–318.50	2,305	71
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,357	26
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,500	11
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	852	298.48/cwt	297.00–299.00	2,543	31
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	929	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,694	13
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	416	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,903	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,849	4
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	802	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,494	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,818	181.94/cwt	166.00–189.00	3,308	20
Bulls	—	—	1,895	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	3,638	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,071	131.53/cwt	126.50–137.00	1,409	24
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,072	114.24/cwt	110.00–117.50	1,225	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,176	150.50/cwt	140.00–165.00	1,770	101
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,233	176.72/cwt	167.00–187.50	2,179	21
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,233	124.48/cwt	119.00–130.00	1,535	53
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,503	182.51/cwt	180.00–185.00	2,743	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,507	140.92/cwt	133.00–148.00	2,124	68
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,529	155.69/cwt	148.00–165.00	2,381	8
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,840	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	2,631	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	842	1,980.99/head	1,325.00–2,550.00	1,981	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,196	2,245.07/head	1,975.00–2,350.00	2,245	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,218	2,301.22/head	2,075.00–2,400.00	2,301	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,298	2,886.56/head	2,700.00–3,050.00	2,887	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,315	2,364.92/head	2,300.00–2,400.00	2,365	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,338	2,828.60/head	2,550.00–3,100.00	2,829	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,426	2,399.36/head	2,175.00–2,515.00	2,399	4
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,019	268.00/cwt	235.00–305.00	2,731	37
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,058	221.36/cwt	195.00–250.00	2,342	28

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 Nov 5, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,526Last week 1,299Year ago 1,051

Slaughter CattleReceipts 372Last week 278Year ago 541

Replacement CattleReceipts 115Last week 78Year ago 288

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	297	564.00	564.00
5	350–400	354	540.00	540.00
21	400–450	426	470.00–488.00	477.50
16	450–500	475	460.00–465.00	463.05
28	500–550	531	426.00–450.00	436.20
102	550–600	568	382.50–407.00	397.10
96	600–650	622	344.00–369.00	360.66
152	650–700	680	330.00–345.00	339.37
139	700–750	740	345.00–357.00	356.65
86	750–800	772	356.00	356.00
4	800–850	820	337.00	337.00
6	850–900	855	330.00	330.00
62	900–950	905	329.75–332.00	329.97
61	950–1000	952	313.25–316.00	313.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	513	465.00	465.00
32	550–600	562	414.00	414.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	463	340.00	340.00
5	550–600	596	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	381	510.00–522.50	514.94
4	400–450	443	455.00	455.00
13	450–500	484	415.00–428.00	424.11
21	500–550	539	366.00–372.50	369.06
43	550–600	587	355.00–375.00	363.60
95	600–650	635	333.00–357.50	346.39
10	650–700	666	318.00	318.00
43	700–750	720	312.50–325.00	316.30
33	750–800	778	304.00–331.00	318.01
76	800–850	830	314.25	314.25
71	900–950	923	311.00–317.50	316.02
65	950–1000	976	283.25	283.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	379	430.00–442.50	433.28
13	400–450	436	402.50–405.00	403.24
16	450–500	485	430.00–432.50	431.40
79	500–550	526	367.50–389.00	378.93
148	550–600	571	339.00–360.00	348.47
168	600–650	628	313.00–336.00	326.07
26	650–700	676	306.00–323.00	311.56
71	700–750	725	311.00–318.50	317.87
26	750–800	758	311.00	311.00
11	800–850	825	303.00	303.00
31	850–900	852	297.00–299.00	298.48
13	900–950	929	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	434	366.00–385.00	375.86
48	450–500	484	387.50–405.00	393.93
36	500–550	531	337.00–360.00	354.75
36	550–600	579	316.00–332.00	322.81
20	600–650	626	302.00–320.00	316.28
5	650–700	659	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	416	457.50	457.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	468	395.00	395.00
4	800–850	802	311.00	311.00

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 (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	842	1,325.00–2,550.00	1,980.99
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,338	2,550.00–3,100.00	2,828.60
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,315	2,300.00–2,400.00	2,364.92
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,298	2,700.00–3,050.00	2,886.56
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,218	2,075.00–2,400.00	2,301.22
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,426	2,175.00–2,515.00	2,399.36

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)	7	—	1,196	1,975.00–2,350.00	2,245.07

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	28	—	1,058	195.00–250.00	221.36
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	37	—	1,019	235.00–305.00	268.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,233	167.00–187.50	176.72
24	—	1,071	126.50–137.00	131.53
101	—	1,176	140.00–165.00	150.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,840	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,072	110.00–117.50	114.24
53	—	1,233	119.00–130.00	124.48
68	—	1,507	133.00–148.00	140.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,503	180.00–185.00	182.51
8	—	1,529	148.00–165.00	155.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,818	166.00–189.00	181.94
1	—	1,895	192.00	192.00

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.