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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2026-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Sep 30

● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Sep 23Sep 30Oct 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3,000 head

▲ 858 vs last sale 2,142▼ 544 vs year ago 3,544 · −15.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

191 head

▼ 140 vs last sale 331▼ 120 vs year ago 311 · −38.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

240 head

▼ 89 vs last sale 329▲ 40 vs year ago 200 · +20.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers over 700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifers over 550 lbs sold steady to 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Steers under 700 lbs and heifers under 550 lbs sold weak due to rain. 56 heifers weighing 816 lbs and 50 heifers weighing 924 lbs sold 21.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady, soft undertone noted. Good 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 $405.84/cwt on 98 head, down $25.18 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 31 comparable sales and sits −40.86 against this barn's trailing median of $446.70.

Average price

$405.84

▼ 25.18 vs prior sale

98 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,271

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$195

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

$25.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.93

vs KS average

−8.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	412.00	2,319	74
Medium and Large 1-2	549	386.84	2,124	24

One grade step is worth $25.17/cwt here — about $195 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 sale98 hd

405.84

—

KS average3 barns · 347 hd

432.77

−26.93

National average184 barns · 17,632 hd

414.66

−8.82

This barn, trailing median31 sales

446.70

−40.86

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	—	Low	1,264	201.53	2,548	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,188	144.33	1,715	77
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,634	141.01	2,304	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,231	111.68	1,375	77

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	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,414	$3,350	13
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	995	$3,308	20
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,132	$3,150	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,164	$3,147	38
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,221	$3,100	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,115	$2,909	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	943	$2,814	8
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,220	$2,591	12
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,228	$2,577	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,274	$2,356	9
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,006	$2,350	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,168	$2,279	24
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,124	$2,210	4thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	838	$2,575	10

Every lot

82 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	200–250	Medium and Large 1	227	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	7
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	258	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	307	539.00/cwt	539.00–539.00	1,655	17
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	342	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,676	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	389	501.73/cwt	501.00–502.00	1,952	18
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	441	456.96/cwt	445.00–463.00	2,015	40
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	444	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	1,962	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	2,098	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	459	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	1,983	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	482	407.22/cwt	407.00–407.50	1,963	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	506	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,968	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	415.68/cwt	412.00–417.00	2,149	24
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	385.54/cwt	374.00–391.50	2,217	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	410.24/cwt	401.00–422.00	2,400	50
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	601	396.07/cwt	378.00–401.00	2,380	72
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	365.46/cwt	356.00–374.00	2,467	28
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	721	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,451	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	362.56/cwt	348.50–371.00	2,647	192
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	760	320.35/cwt	315.00–323.00	2,435	24
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	352.53/cwt	346.00–356.00	2,736	56
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	343.30/cwt	334.00–354.50	2,829	463
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	833	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,557	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	335.30/cwt	331.50–347.50	2,944	119
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	929	332.64/cwt	325.00–337.50	3,090	83
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,011	313.05/cwt	300.00–315.50	3,165	193
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,092	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	3,189	32
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	203	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	14
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	260	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	317	473.93/cwt	467.50–477.50	1,502	23
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	333	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,407	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	389	444.34/cwt	442.00–447.00	1,728	32
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	420.65/cwt	420.00–422.50	1,821	24
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,732	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	373.75/cwt	366.00–377.50	1,772	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,930	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	502	381.09/cwt	368.00–389.00	1,913	32
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,853	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	555	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,192	87
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	362.25/cwt	354.00–368.00	2,076	77
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	368.88/cwt	359.50–375.75	2,250	124
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,298	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	686	340.83/cwt	338.00–341.00	2,338	88
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	718	302.26/cwt	289.00–314.00	2,170	13
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	327.97/cwt	325.00–329.50	2,571	177
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	318.82/cwt	313.50–323.00	2,640	115
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	864	311.57/cwt	302.00–314.25	2,692	253
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	981	285.04/cwt	283.50–295.00	2,796	29
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,012	282.19/cwt	281.00–284.50	2,856	15
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,069	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,961	60
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,017	253.50/cwt	245.00–260.00	2,578	3
Bulls	—	—	1,180	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,655	1
Bulls	—	—	1,285	145.65/cwt	136.00–155.00	1,872	2
Bulls	—	—	1,460	184.62/cwt	180.00–191.00	2,695	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,007	123.18/cwt	115.00–130.00	1,240	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,084	101.87/cwt	100.00–102.50	1,104	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,149	85.52/cwt	80.00–92.50	983	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,225	148.63/cwt	131.00–156.00	1,821	64
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,275	118.28/cwt	110.00–132.50	1,508	56
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,634	141.01/cwt	140.50–145.00	2,304	14
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows16 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	943	2,814.14/head	2,525.00–3,050.00	2,814	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	995	3,308.47/head	2,500.00–3,550.00	3,308	20
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,006	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,115	2,909.48/head	1,850.00–3,200.00	2,909	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,124	2,210.00/head	2,210.00–2,210.00	2,210	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,132	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,136	2,289.92/head	2,200.00–2,300.00	2,290	20
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,164	3,147.27/head	2,250.00–3,425.00	3,147	38
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,196	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,213	2,593.47/head	2,425.00–2,875.00	2,593	9
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,221	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,228	2,576.58/head	2,550.00–2,600.00	2,577	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,239	2,584.96/head	2,325.00–2,700.00	2,585	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,330	2,225.00/head	2,225.00–2,225.00	2,225	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,414	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	13
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,548	2,375.00/head	2,375.00–2,375.00	2,375	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows6 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1-2	840	248.95/cwt	182.50–289.00	2,091	19
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1-2	898	220.62/cwt	207.00–250.00	1,981	6
Stock Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,118	218.13/cwt	192.50–235.00	2,439	7
Stock Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,155	211.95/cwt	190.00–250.00	2,448	11
Stock Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,169	178.84/cwt	175.00–185.00	2,091	7
Stock Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,190	168.96/cwt	162.00–177.00	2,011	11
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	838	2,575.00/head	2,575.00–2,575.00	2,575	10

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 Sep 30, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,000Last week 2,142Year ago 3,544

Slaughter CattleReceipts 191Last week 331Year ago 311

Replacement CattleReceipts 240Last week 329Year ago 200

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	227	1,475.00	1,475.00
4	250–300	258	1,500.00	1,500.00
6	300–350	342	490.00	490.00
18	350–400	389	501.00–502.00	501.73
40	400–450	441	445.00–463.00	456.96
12	450–500	457	459.00	459.00
24	500–550	517	412.00–417.00	415.68
50	550–600	585	401.00–422.00	410.24
72	600–650	601	378.00–401.00	396.07
28	650–700	675	356.00–374.00	365.46
192	700–750	730	348.50–371.00	362.56
56	750–800	776	346.00–356.00	352.53
463	800–850	824	334.00–354.50	343.30
119	850–900	878	331.50–347.50	335.30
83	900–950	929	325.00–337.50	332.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	307	539.00	539.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
193	1000–1050	1,011	300.00–315.50	313.05
32	1050–1100	1,092	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	444	442.00	442.00
7	450–500	459	432.00	432.00
9	500–550	506	389.00	389.00
15	550–600	575	374.00–391.50	385.54
5	700–750	721	340.00	340.00
24	750–800	760	315.00–323.00	320.35
7	800–850	833	307.00	307.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	482	407.00–407.50	407.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	260	1,200.00	1,200.00
23	300–350	317	467.50–477.50	473.93
32	350–400	389	442.00–447.00	444.34
24	400–450	433	420.00–422.50	420.65
16	450–500	480	402.00	402.00
32	500–550	502	368.00–389.00	381.09
77	550–600	573	354.00–368.00	362.25
124	600–650	610	359.50–375.75	368.88
88	650–700	686	338.00–341.00	340.83
177	750–800	784	325.00–329.50	327.97
115	800–850	828	313.50–323.00	318.82
253	850–900	864	302.00–314.25	311.57
29	950–1000	981	283.50–295.00	285.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
14	200–250	203	1,250.00	1,250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
87	550–600	555	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	1000–1050	1,012	281.00–284.50	282.19
60	1050–1100	1,069	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	333	422.50	422.50
7	400–450	433	400.00	400.00
23	450–500	474	366.00–377.50	373.75
4	500–550	528	351.00	351.00
4	600–650	633	363.00	363.00
13	700–750	718	289.00–314.00	302.26

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)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	13	—	1,414	3,350.00	3,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,124	2,210.00	2,210.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	943	2,525.00–3,050.00	2,814.14
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,196	2,350.00	2,350.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	20	—	995	2,500.00–3,550.00	3,308.47
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,221	3,100.00	3,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	38	—	1,164	2,250.00–3,425.00	3,147.27
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,228	2,550.00–2,600.00	2,576.58
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,213	2,425.00–2,875.00	2,593.47
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,115	1,850.00–3,200.00	2,909.48
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,330	2,225.00	2,225.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	—	1,132	3,150.00	3,150.00

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)	2	—	1,548	2,375.00	2,375.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,239	2,325.00–2,700.00	2,584.96
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	—	1,006	2,350.00	2,350.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	—	1,136	2,200.00–2,300.00	2,289.92

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,155	190.00–250.00	211.95
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,118	192.50–235.00	218.13
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,190	162.00–177.00	168.96
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,169	175.00–185.00	178.84

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	898	207.00–250.00	220.62
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	—	840	182.50–289.00	248.95

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	838	2,575.00	2,575.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,285	136.00–155.00	145.65
4	—	1,460	180.00–191.00	184.62
1	—	1,180	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,017	245.00–260.00	253.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,149	80.00–92.50	85.52
11	—	1,084	100.00–102.50	101.87
56	—	1,275	110.00–132.50	118.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,634	140.50–145.00	141.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,007	115.00–130.00	123.18
64	—	1,225	131.00–156.00	148.63

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.