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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2026-05-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-02

Feeder Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Sat, May 2

● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Apr 29May 2May 6 →

Receipts

8,712 head

▲ 8,287 vs last sale 425▲ 8,712 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* King of the Ring*

* Final Report *

An outstanding offering of feeder cattle. Excellent attendance of order buyers and sellers.

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 $502.16/cwt on 232 head, down $11.32 from the prior sale. That ranks 30 of 31 comparable sales and sits +55.46 against this barn's trailing median of $446.70.

Average price

$502.16

▼ 11.32 vs prior sale

232 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,773

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$135

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

$41.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.24

vs KS average

+21.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	505.74	2,784	212
Medium and Large 1-2	570	464.30	2,648	20

One grade step is worth $41.44/cwt here — about $135 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale232 hd

502.16

—

KS average3 barns · 600 hd

501.92

+0.24

National average169 barns · 10,621 hd

481.02

+21.14

This barn, trailing median31 sales

446.70

+55.46

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.

Every lot

65 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	615.78/cwt	602.50–620.00	2,383	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	579.05/cwt	577.50–580.00	2,530	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	526.94/cwt	510.00–528.00	2,566	34
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	539.74/cwt	538.00–542.50	2,747	54
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,633	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	541	514.36/cwt	510.00–515.00	2,783	46
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	468.78/cwt	468.00–474.00	2,658	64
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	458.50/cwt	458.50–458.50	2,650	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	584	508.49/cwt	497.50–510.00	2,970	48
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	453.66/cwt	440.00–460.00	2,867	98
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	635	476.25/cwt	476.25–476.25	3,024	31
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	642	416.57/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,674	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	662	451.46/cwt	451.00–452.00	2,989	112
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	694	421.07/cwt	401.50–427.00	2,922	133
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,996	67
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	716	379.51/cwt	374.00–386.00	2,717	21
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	409.57/cwt	408.00–418.50	2,945	84
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	756	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	3,016	93
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	378.66/cwt	366.00–388.00	2,946	182
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	823	352.33/cwt	352.00–352.50	2,900	17
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	377.56/cwt	365.50–383.75	3,115	564
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	856	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	3,296	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	869	364.34/cwt	351.00–372.00	3,166	650
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fancy	876	375.38/cwt	375.00–375.75	3,288	133
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	893	341.23/cwt	320.00–346.00	3,047	126
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fancy	909	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	3,245	52
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	926	343.70/cwt	334.50–352.00	3,183	882
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	937	330.45/cwt	322.00–332.00	3,096	57
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	975	332.31/cwt	325.50–339.00	3,240	871
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	992	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,867	7
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,025	322.06/cwt	315.00–330.50	3,301	623
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,072	314.29/cwt	310.75–318.00	3,369	171
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	330	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	2,178	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Spayed	384	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,189	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	417	533.10/cwt	525.00–541.00	2,223	25
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	444	500.21/cwt	500.00–502.00	2,221	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	503.00/cwt	503.00–503.00	2,309	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Spayed	500	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	2,370	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	502	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,410	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,967	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	459.30/cwt	455.00–467.00	2,416	109
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	553	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,544	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	555	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,464	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Spayed	567	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,432	42
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,260	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	420.29/cwt	415.00–432.50	2,454	75
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	419.65/cwt	409.00–423.25	2,564	131
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	381.50/cwt	377.00–392.00	2,590	106
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	681	398.89/cwt	398.50–405.00	2,716	81
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,424	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	712	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,805	52
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Spayed	723	374.95/cwt	368.25–383.00	2,711	130
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	731	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,544	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	373.80/cwt	365.50–382.00	2,744	267
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Spayed	751	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,726	112
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	351.39/cwt	345.00–356.50	2,748	206
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	824	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	3,032	39
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	339.45/cwt	327.50–346.50	2,804	383
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Spayed	849	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,819	104
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	851	356.50/cwt	356.50–356.50	3,034	72
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	328.67/cwt	323.00–337.00	2,889	323
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Spayed	884	334.18/cwt	333.00–335.75	2,954	330
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	319.16/cwt	311.00–323.50	2,939	265
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	978	307.23/cwt	303.00–312.00	3,005	111
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,002	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	3,076	40

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.

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