Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2026-02-11

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Feb 11
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,342 head
▲ 483 vs last sale 2,859▲ 2,514 vs year ago 828 · +303.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
227 head
▼ 349 vs last sale 576▲ 187 vs year ago 40 · +467.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
979 head
▲ 776 vs last sale 203▲ 942 vs year ago 37 · +2,545.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers over 625 lbs sold 5.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves not enough for market test but higher undertone noted. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. A couple lots sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher as replacement heifers. Two exceptionally green lots sold 13.00 higher: 26 head of 652 lbs steers sold for 434.00 cwt and 11 head of steers weighing 651 lbs sold for 438.00 cwt. Condition this week was fleshier than last week, due to being on wheat.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $490.74/cwt on 127 head. That ranks 27 of 31 comparable sales and sits +44.04 against this barn's trailing median of $446.70.
Average price
$490.74
127 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,687
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$302
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$72.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.77
vs KS average
+12.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545499.902,724111
Medium and Large 1-2567427.192,42216thin
One grade step is worth $72.71/cwt here — about $302 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale127 hd
490.74
—
KS average3 barns · 370 hd
484.97
+5.77
National average184 barns · 16,706 hd
478.39
+12.35
This barn, trailing median31 sales
446.70
+44.04
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
527462396330median 446.7003/1104/2906/2409/0910/28
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,899190.303,61410
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,635188.513,0829thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,310166.102,177164
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,161128.731,49423

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)991$3,5503thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,072$3,3503thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,386$3,24141
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,379$3,22023
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,308$3,17835
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,208$2,97125
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,292$2,949565
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,273$2,590167
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,257$2,06522
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,100$3,0001thin

Every lot

64 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-22941,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8505
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed371616.50/cwt616.50–616.502,2878
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1389560.00/cwt560.00–560.002,1789
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2393490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,9268
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430496.00/cwt496.00–496.002,1336
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed467540.00/cwt540.00–540.002,5227
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478524.12/cwt522.00–527.502,50555
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515412.50/cwt412.50–412.502,1246
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527514.57/cwt506.00–517.002,71266
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571478.38/cwt475.00–481.002,73245
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2598436.00/cwt436.00–436.002,60710
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626452.21/cwt449.00–465.002,831108
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy652435.19/cwt434.00–438.002,83737
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1682414.00/cwt412.00–415.002,82327
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1719398.86/cwt384.00–409.002,868227
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2721355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,5605
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1764383.24/cwt368.00–387.502,928249
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1827370.77/cwt358.00–380.253,066193
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1874356.47/cwt352.00–362.503,116268
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1920347.95/cwt340.25–354.003,201128
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy946338.00/cwt338.00–338.003,19715
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 12931,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8255
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1302525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,5867
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned332515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,7106
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421479.33/cwt472.50–487.502,01816
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1482483.93/cwt475.00–495.002,33311
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy496512.50/cwt512.50–512.502,5425
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1509479.44/cwt479.00–480.002,44023
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521421.94/cwt415.00–430.002,19827
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566433.28/cwt430.00–435.002,45296
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2593418.00/cwt418.00–418.002,47910
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621399.97/cwt389.00–409.002,484133
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy651393.00/cwt393.00–393.002,55835
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy672386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,59472
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1685368.43/cwt355.00–378.002,524187
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy707382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,70424
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1721367.97/cwt352.50–378.002,653288
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1782338.89/cwt337.25–341.002,65099
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy783350.50/cwt350.50–350.502,74445
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1810332.29/cwt326.00–341.002,692276
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1918304.59/cwt304.35–304.852,796116
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-23781,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6508
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1600412.50/cwt412.50–412.502,4755
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,899190.30/cwt182.00–199.003,61410
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,067117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,25410
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,166143.87/cwt136.00–151.001,67816
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,233137.37/cwt130.00–148.001,69413
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,326168.50/cwt155.00–176.002,234148
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,625164.09/cwt161.00–168.002,6665
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,647219.03/cwt204.00–225.003,6074
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1003,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29913,550.00/head3,550.00–3,550.003,5503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0723,350.00/head3,350.00–3,350.003,3503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2082,970.86/head2,525.00–3,500.002,97125
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,2572,065.48/head2,000.00–2,075.002,06522
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,2622,573.13/head1,775.00–3,240.002,573149
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,2842,926.57/head1,850.00–3,225.002,927502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3083,177.93/head3,000.00–3,550.003,17835
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3593,129.64/head2,950.00–3,275.003,13063
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3662,731.71/head2,600.00–3,000.002,73218
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3793,219.58/head3,050.00–3,525.003,22023
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3863,241.41/head3,100.00–3,285.003,24141
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,014254.13/cwt245.00–280.002,57720
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,135208.24/cwt183.00–237.502,36418

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.