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Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Name: Winter Livestock - Dodge City livestock auction prices — 2026-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-11-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Nov 4

● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889

← Oct 28Nov 4latest

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,736 head

▲ 977 vs last sale 1,759▲ 210 vs year ago 2,526 · +8.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

262 head

▼ 117 vs last sale 379▼ 110 vs year ago 372 · −29.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

127 head

▼ 113 vs last sale 240▲ 12 vs year ago 115 · +10.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Steers over 700 lbs sold 5.00 to 20.00 lower. Heifers over 700 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Steers and heifers under 700 lbs sold 5.00 lower to 10.00 higher. Reputation, multi-vaccinated and weaned stocker calves sold better than those unweaned. Breaker and Boning utility slaughter cows sold 5.00 lower. Lean utility slaughter cows sold 6.00 higher. Good demand for heavy supply. Quality ranged from plain to attractive.

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 $430.45/cwt on 271 head, up $21.60 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 32 comparable sales and sits −15.89 against this barn's trailing median of $446.33.

Average price

$430.45

▲ 21.60 vs prior sale

271 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,372

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$228

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

$33.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.33

vs KS average

+16.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	431.97	2,381	255
Medium and Large 1-2	552	412.67	2,277	9thin
Medium and Large 2	541	398.00	2,153	7thin

One grade step is worth $33.97/cwt here — about $228 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 sale271 hd

430.45

—

KS average4 barns · 644 hd

430.12

+0.33

National average87 barns · 11,167 hd

414.07

+16.38

This barn, trailing median32 sales

446.33

−15.89

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $513.49, low $343.81, median $446.33 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	1,845	189.08	3,488	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,682	138.10	2,323	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,216	131.00	1,593	123
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,415	109.47	1,549	51

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 Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,218	$2,629	17
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,316	$2,400	11
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	980	$2,279	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,550	$2,027	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,256	$1,850	3thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,271	$1,844	25

Every lot

80 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	327	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,480	10
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	331	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,415	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	339	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,949	14
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	541.00/cwt	541.00–541.00	2,045	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	411	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,613	20
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	524.15/cwt	520.00–527.50	2,170	31
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	431	478.10/cwt	472.50–487.00	2,061	82
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	470	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,998	32
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	472	373.80/cwt	372.00–385.00	1,764	30
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	477.01/cwt	461.00–484.00	2,290	61
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	501	463.25/cwt	452.00–467.00	2,321	50
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	531	412.03/cwt	404.00–417.00	2,188	47
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	541	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,153	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	547	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,352	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	558	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,182	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	435.90/cwt	431.00–445.00	2,493	99
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	575	414.73/cwt	411.00–417.00	2,385	59
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	400.49/cwt	397.00–404.00	2,531	30
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	384.69/cwt	384.00–386.00	2,574	35
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	681	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,356	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	684	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,462	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	365.15/cwt	363.50–365.50	2,614	68
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,492	16
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	788	338.74/cwt	322.00–340.10	2,669	201
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	320.39/cwt	313.00–329.00	2,659	49
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	885	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,841	58
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	912	310.23/cwt	305.25–314.75	2,829	110
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	954	313.25/cwt	313.25–313.25	2,988	58
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,005	287.88/cwt	287.00–288.50	2,893	95
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,063	289.75/cwt	289.75–289.75	3,080	62
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	305	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	12
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	318	487.00/cwt	487.00–487.00	1,549	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	330	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	1,823	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	502.47/cwt	501.00–505.00	1,799	16
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	373	1,435.00/head	1,435.00–1,435.00	1,435	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	376	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,692	34
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	391	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,847	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	395	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,432	41
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	461.36/cwt	454.00–465.00	1,928	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	430	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,729	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	442	415.39/cwt	415.00–416.00	1,836	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	459	357.80/cwt	357.50–358.00	1,642	57
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	430.14/cwt	417.50–438.00	2,035	97
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,932	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	483	400.86/cwt	390.00–409.00	1,936	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	508	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,169	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	521	394.86/cwt	393.00–398.00	2,057	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	398.76/cwt	397.50–402.50	2,121	36
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	539	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	1,835	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	380.70/cwt	375.00–386.00	2,162	76
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	604	360.22/cwt	352.00–365.00	2,176	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	345.11/cwt	338.75–357.00	2,361	154
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	334.94/cwt	334.00–339.00	2,415	80
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	327.37/cwt	320.00–332.00	2,498	77
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	863	300.53/cwt	299.10–308.50	2,594	71
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	901	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,771	31
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	968	283.59/cwt	282.50–284.85	2,745	143
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,031	263.68/cwt	251.00–267.00	2,719	14
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,200	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,820	1
Bulls	—	—	1,245	221.23/cwt	220.00–222.50	2,754	2
Bulls	—	—	1,942	183.28/cwt	171.00–197.00	3,559	19
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	848	152.61/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,294	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,085	114.76/cwt	111.00–119.00	1,245	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,250	130.80/cwt	120.00–145.00	1,635	108
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,285	108.15/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,390	22
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,352	95.89/cwt	90.00–97.50	1,296	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,631	121.48/cwt	117.50–124.00	1,981	15
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,669	142.16/cwt	135.00–145.00	2,373	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,715	127.94/cwt	127.00–129.00	2,194	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,855	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,504	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	951	251.77/cwt	215.00–290.00	2,394	23
Stock Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,072	193.11/cwt	187.50–215.00	2,070	4
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,162	196.74/cwt	165.00–222.50	2,286	12
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	980	2,278.83/head	2,250.00–2,300.00	2,279	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,209	1,646.68/head	1,625.00–1,850.00	1,647	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,218	2,629.39/head	2,300.00–2,725.00	2,629	17
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,256	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,312	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	15
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,316	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	11
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,550	2,027.08/head	1,850.00–2,375.00	2,027	4

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

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,736Last week 1,759Year ago 2,526

Slaughter CattleReceipts 262Last week 379Year ago 372

Replacement CattleReceipts 127Last week 240Year ago 115

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,352	90.00–97.50	95.89
15	—	1,631	117.50–124.00	121.48
1	—	1,855	135.00	135.00
22	—	1,285	105.00–110.00	108.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	848	150.00–155.00	152.61
8	—	1,085	111.00–119.00	114.76
108	—	1,250	120.00–145.00	130.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,715	127.00–129.00	127.94
5	—	1,669	135.00–145.00	142.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,942	171.00–197.00	183.28
2	—	1,245	220.00–222.50	221.23

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	358	501.00–505.00	502.47
19	400–450	418	454.00–465.00	461.36
97	450–500	473	417.50–438.00	430.14
36	500–550	532	397.50–402.50	398.76
76	550–600	568	375.00–386.00	380.70
11	600–650	604	352.00–365.00	360.22
154	650–700	684	338.75–357.00	345.11
80	700–750	721	334.00–339.00	334.94
77	750–800	763	320.00–332.00	327.37
71	850–900	863	299.10–308.50	300.53
31	900–950	901	307.50	307.50
143	950–1000	968	282.50–284.85	283.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	330	552.50	552.50
3	350–400	373	1,435.00	1,435.00
34	350–400	376	450.00	450.00
7	400–450	430	402.00	402.00
18	450–500	483	390.00–409.00	400.86
25	500–550	521	393.00–398.00	394.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	391	472.50	472.50
18	400–450	442	415.00–416.00	415.39
10	450–500	480	402.50	402.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	305	1,225.00	1,225.00
7	300–350	318	487.00	487.00
41	350–400	395	362.50	362.50
57	450–500	459	357.50–358.00	357.80
5	500–550	539	340.50	340.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	508	427.00	427.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	1000–1050	1,031	251.00–267.00	263.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	378	541.00	541.00
31	400–450	414	520.00–527.50	524.15
61	450–500	480	461.00–484.00	477.01
50	500–550	501	452.00–467.00	463.25
99	550–600	572	431.00–445.00	435.90
30	600–650	632	397.00–404.00	400.49
35	650–700	669	384.00–386.00	384.69
68	700–750	716	363.50–365.50	365.15
201	750–800	788	322.00–340.10	338.74
49	800–850	830	313.00–329.00	320.39
58	850–900	885	321.00	321.00
110	900–950	912	305.25–314.75	310.23
58	950–1000	954	313.25	313.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	339	575.00	575.00
82	400–450	431	472.50–487.00	478.10
32	450–500	470	425.00	425.00
47	500–550	531	404.00–417.00	412.03
59	550–600	575	411.00–417.00	414.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	327	452.50	452.50
5	500–550	547	430.00	430.00
7	650–700	684	360.00	360.00
16	700–750	735	339.00	339.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	331	427.50	427.50
20	400–450	411	392.50	392.50
30	450–500	472	372.00–385.00	373.80
4	550–600	558	391.00	391.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	541	398.00	398.00
6	650–700	681	346.00	346.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
95	1000–1050	1,005	287.00–288.50	287.88
62	1050–1100	1,063	289.75	289.75

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	12	—	1,162	165.00–222.50	196.74
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	—	951	215.00–290.00	251.77

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	4	—	1,072	187.50–215.00	193.11

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,256	1,850.00	1,850.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	11	—	1,316	2,400.00	2,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	15	—	1,312	1,975.00	1,975.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	17	—	1,218	2,300.00–2,725.00	2,629.39
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	980	2,250.00–2,300.00	2,278.83

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)	4	—	1,550	1,850.00–2,375.00	2,027.08
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	10	—	1,209	1,625.00–1,850.00	1,646.68

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.