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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2025-12-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-31

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Dec 31

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Dec 17Dec 31Jan 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,737 head

▼ 751 vs last sale 2,488▲ 1,737 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

450 head

▲ 41 vs last sale 409▲ 450 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

155 head

▼ 93 vs last sale 248▲ 155 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers weighing over 700 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher and heifers over 750 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Steers under 700 lbs sold 10.00 to 40.00 higher while heifers 650 lbs and under sold 10.00 to 30.00 higher. One lot of 110 spayed heifers weighing 603 lbs sold for 384.50 cwt. Boning utility sold steady to 6.00 higher while Lean sold 10.00 lower and Breaker sold 4.00 lower.

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 $412.22/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 19 of 32 comparable sales and sits +5.70 against this barn's trailing median of $406.52.

Average price

$412.22

55 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,254

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$282

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

$40.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs KS average

+17.52 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	419.60	2,306	45
Medium and Large 1-2	534	379.00	2,024	10thin

One grade step is worth $40.60/cwt here — about $282 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale55 hd

412.22

—

KS average1 barns · 55 hd

412.22

+0.00

National average24 barns · 3,641 hd

394.70

+17.52

This barn, trailing median32 sales

406.52

+5.70

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	—	Average	1,847	172.21	3,181	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,584	161.98	2,565	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,218	158.91	1,936	177
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,225	123.33	1,511	91

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)	1,512	$2,625	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,458	$2,575	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,206	$2,528	7
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,271	$2,489	7
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,393	$2,420	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,277	$2,420	27
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,245	$2,203	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,234	$2,152	18
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,333	$2,080	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,165	$1,981	4thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$2,868	18
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	827	$1,848	6

Every lot

54 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	487.00/cwt	487.00–487.00	2,503	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,318	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	596	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	2,724	48
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	601	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,578	39
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	656	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,683	30
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	716	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,485	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	369.69/cwt	362.00–385.00	2,725	129
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,820	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	836	336.50/cwt	336.50–336.50	2,813	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	874	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,954	55
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	905	329.43/cwt	326.00–330.00	2,981	36
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	928	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,970	38
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,931	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,057	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,120	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	491	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,013	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	428.79/cwt	423.00–430.00	2,273	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,024	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,337	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Spayed	612	380.50/cwt	374.00–384.50	2,329	175
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,674	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	644	368.25/cwt	368.25–368.25	2,372	38
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	364.80/cwt	360.50–368.50	2,397	135
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Spayed	680	358.10/cwt	350.50–359.25	2,435	143
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Spayed	706	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	2,362	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	338.50/cwt	338.50–338.50	2,420	14
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	762	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,400	20
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,597	117
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	802	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,574	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Spayed	830	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,590	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	492	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,202	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,847	172.21/cwt	163.00–180.00	3,181	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	994	82.76/cwt	80.00–90.00	823	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,113	178.30/cwt	177.50–180.00	1,984	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,159	139.07/cwt	127.50–149.00	1,612	36
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,236	163.66/cwt	150.00–170.00	2,023	138
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,240	113.76/cwt	107.50–117.50	1,411	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,245	129.08/cwt	120.00–137.50	1,607	71
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,525	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,227	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,588	163.12/cwt	155.00–167.00	2,590	28
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows12 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,135	1,958.59/head	1,525.00–2,550.00	1,959	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,165	1,981.06/head	1,750.00–2,500.00	1,981	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,206	2,527.97/head	2,300.00–2,700.00	2,528	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,245	2,202.54/head	1,625.00–2,550.00	2,203	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,262	2,207.05/head	1,725.00–2,325.00	2,207	14
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,271	2,488.86/head	2,200.00–2,550.00	2,489	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,276	2,392.13/head	2,075.00–2,650.00	2,392	20
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,278	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,333	2,079.54/head	1,975.00–2,100.01	2,080	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,393	2,420.23/head	2,150.00–2,655.00	2,420	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,458	2,575.00/head	2,575.00–2,575.00	2,575	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,512	2,625.00/head	2,625.00–2,625.00	2,625	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	827	1,848.03/head	1,550.00–2,000.00	1,848	6
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	2,868.13/head	2,100.00–3,550.00	2,868	18

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 Dec 31, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,737Last week 2,488Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 450Last week 409Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 155Last week 248Year ago 0

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	—	1,276	2,075.00–2,650.00	2,392.13
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,165	1,750.00–2,500.00	1,981.06
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,135	1,525.00–2,550.00	1,958.59
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,206	2,300.00–2,700.00	2,527.97
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,512	2,625.00	2,625.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,458	2,575.00	2,575.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,271	2,200.00–2,550.00	2,488.86
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,245	1,625.00–2,550.00	2,202.54
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,393	2,150.00–2,655.00	2,420.23

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,278	2,500.00	2,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,333	1,975.00–2,100.01	2,079.54
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,262	1,725.00–2,325.00	2,207.05

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	827	1,550.00–2,000.00	1,848.03
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	—	900	2,100.00–3,550.00	2,868.13

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
138	—	1,236	150.00–170.00	163.66
3	—	1,113	177.50–180.00	178.30
36	—	1,159	127.50–149.00	139.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	994	80.00–90.00	82.76
13	—	1,240	107.50–117.50	113.76
71	—	1,245	120.00–137.50	129.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,525	146.00	146.00
28	—	1,588	155.00–167.00	163.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,847	163.00–180.00	172.21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	534	379.00	379.00
3	600–650	620	270.00	270.00
20	750–800	762	315.00	315.00
9	800–850	802	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	390	495.00	495.00
7	400–450	440	467.50	467.50
11	450–500	479	442.50	442.50
23	500–550	530	423.00–430.00	428.79
22	550–600	570	410.00	410.00
38	600–650	644	368.25	368.25
135	650–700	657	360.50–368.50	364.80
14	700–750	715	338.50	338.50
117	750–800	780	333.00	333.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	491	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
175	600–650	612	374.00–384.50	380.50
143	650–700	680	350.50–359.25	358.10
15	700–750	706	334.50	334.50
4	800–850	830	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	584	397.00	397.00
4	700–750	716	347.00	347.00
4	800–850	836	336.50	336.50
38	900–950	928	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	514	487.00	487.00
48	550–600	596	457.00	457.00
39	600–650	601	429.00	429.00
129	700–750	737	362.00–385.00	369.69
7	800–850	815	346.00	346.00
55	850–900	874	338.00	338.00
36	900–950	905	326.00–330.00	329.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	650–700	656	409.00	409.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	492	447.50	447.50

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.