Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2026-06-10

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Jun 10
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
400 head
▼ 83 vs last sale 483▼ 320 vs year ago 720 · −44.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
303 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 285▲ 18 vs year ago 285 · +6.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
102 head
▼ 73 vs last sale 175▲ 40 vs year ago 62 · +64.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Hall of Fame Sale, Saturday, July 25, 2026*

Compared to last week, steers and heifers not well tested across all weights. One lot of 54 reputation steers weighing 912 lbs sold for 341.50 cwt. Average dressing slaughter cows sold steady, weak undertone noted. Good demand for light supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $474.72/cwt on 9 head, up $15.15 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 32 comparable sales and sits +28.39 against this barn's trailing median of $446.33.
Average price
$474.72
▲ 15.15 vs prior sale
9 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,696
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$27
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$27.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs KS average
+21.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553490.002,7104thin
Medium and Large 1-2580462.502,6835thin
One grade step is worth $27.50/cwt here — about $27 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 sale9 hd
474.72
—
KS average1 barns · 9 hd
474.72
+0.00
National average163 barns · 9,671 hd
453.72
+21.00
This barn, trailing median32 sales
446.33
+28.39
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
527462396330median 446.3303/1105/0207/0809/1611/04
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,665232.633,87425
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,666178.572,97510
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,288177.402,285127
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,285144.921,86392

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,136$3,9165
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,400$3,6308
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,269$3,57812
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,384$3,5687
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,147$3,5423thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,319$3,4205
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,443$3,2683thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,412$2,5752thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)982$1,5752thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,114$4,0077
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,275$3,6134thin

Every lot

48 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1331631.65/cwt626.00–647.502,0917
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy441515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,2714
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1446552.50/cwt552.50–552.502,4646
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1553490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,7104
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580462.50/cwt462.50–462.502,6835
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed600480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,8809
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2738380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,8044
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1752384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,8887
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1838367.00/cwt367.00–367.003,07510
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1881351.84/cwt344.00–355.003,10053
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1922339.85/cwt338.00–341.503,133120
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 12621,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5002
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2326552.50/cwt552.50–552.501,8014
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2345505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,7423
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379555.00/cwt555.00–555.002,10314
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1453492.50/cwt492.50–492.502,23114
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1571425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,4276
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618411.00/cwt411.00–411.002,54026
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1749369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,7649
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1826317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,6183
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1861315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,7123
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,4183
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers400–450Large 34001,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1254
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,005290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,9152
Bulls——1,720221.89/cwt205.00–231.003,81718
Bulls——1,733248.36/cwt242.00–254.004,3045
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%929147.95/cwt137.50–154.001,3744
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,147128.94/cwt127.50–130.001,47924
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,203115.79/cwt110.00–120.001,3939
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,245187.50/cwt187.50–187.502,3341
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,300178.28/cwt161.00–185.002,318122
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,332155.25/cwt141.00–162.002,06856
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,666178.57/cwt176.00–183.002,97510
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,765167.28/cwt166.00–168.002,9523
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1144,007.14/head3,900.00–4,025.004,0077
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,2753,612.50/head3,350.00–4,200.003,6134
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2936260.39/cwt205.00–322.502,43718
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2951222.43/cwt190.00–255.002,1156
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth9821,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1363,916.42/head3,850.00–3,950.003,9165
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1473,541.72/head3,525.00–3,550.003,5423
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,1713,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2693,577.52/head3,025.00–3,700.003,57812
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3843,568.38/head3,025.00–3,900.003,5687
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4003,629.77/head3,500.00–3,650.003,6308
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4122,575.00/head2,575.00–2,575.002,5752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4433,267.90/head3,000.00–3,400.003,2683
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,5423,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6002

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.