Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2026-09-16

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Sep 16
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,215 head
▲ 1,355 vs last sale 860▼ 698 vs year ago 2,913 · −24.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
182 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 172▼ 103 vs year ago 285 · −36.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
87 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 127▼ 54 vs year ago 141 · −38.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers over 650 lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Steers and heifers under 650 lbs sold steady, strong undertone. Slaughter cows sold steady, strong undertone. Good demand for moderate to heavy supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $351.82/cwt on 11 head, down $22.83 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 32 comparable sales and sits −54.70 against this barn's trailing median of $406.52.
Average price
$351.82
▼ 22.83 vs prior sale
11 head · 589 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,072
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$124
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.91
vs KS average
−2.49 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1595354.002,1068thin
Medium and Large 1-2573346.001,9833thin
One grade step is worth $8.00/cwt here — about $124 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale11 hd
351.82
—
KS average3 barns · 75 hd
361.73
−9.91
National average171 barns · 9,246 hd
354.31
−2.49
This barn, trailing median32 sales
406.52
−54.70
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
473425378330median 406.5203/0404/2906/2409/0910/28
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $458.54, low $344.43, median $406.52 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—High1,595182.612,91320
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,553159.312,4748thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,112153.121,70359
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,268122.561,55474

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,088$2,7502thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,129$2,5377
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,148$2,5129
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,418$2,3252thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,290$2,24413
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,108$1,94911
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,200$3,2753thin

Every lot

71 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1336512.50/cwt512.50–512.501,7224
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368527.50/cwt527.50–527.501,9413
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427492.00/cwt492.00–492.002,10114
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,16211
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2465422.00/cwt422.00–422.001,9624
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned545415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,2629
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555429.33/cwt423.00–430.002,38343
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1607392.83/cwt380.00–399.002,38420
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2614358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,1986
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1654387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,5318
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned683325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2205
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1700345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,41531
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy702381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,67524
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned710352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,49924
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2743308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,2886
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned759325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,46724
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1769347.70/cwt330.00–349.502,67433
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1870335.50/cwt335.25–335.752,919132
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fancy906332.25/cwt332.25–332.253,01047
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2923302.16/cwt297.00–305.002,78923
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1928319.55/cwt309.00–324.002,965221
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1971316.55/cwt309.50–320.253,074162
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned2281,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7009
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned2871,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8258
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned318525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,6705
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned403451.00/cwt451.00–451.001,81810
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1452432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,9555
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned457388.00/cwt388.00–388.001,7735
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,9833
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1595354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,1068
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned606342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,07311
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1632340.11/cwt331.00–357.502,14963
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy671352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,36257
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned673328.40/cwt322.50–331.502,21023
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Spayed676342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,3155
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1686327.01/cwt320.00–339.502,24345
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1740330.31/cwt315.00–332.502,44495
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1753334.22/cwt323.50–337.002,517163
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned773294.00/cwt294.00–294.002,27312
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2816302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,4644
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1827321.96/cwt313.00–323.602,663219
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1881300.88/cwt298.00–307.002,651138
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1911306.59/cwt295.00–308.502,793135
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,018283.00/cwt283.00–283.002,88158
Heifers1050–1100Large 11,052283.00/cwt283.00–283.002,97711
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 12431,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7506
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 12811,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7508
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,9246
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1464452.50/cwt452.50–452.502,1005
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2468425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,9893
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,559183.24/cwt176.00–197.002,85717
Bulls——1,653162.59/cwt156.00–169.002,6882
Bulls——2,095212.00/cwt212.00–212.004,4411
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%948135.42/cwt135.00–136.001,2843
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,112153.59/cwt137.50–162.001,70854
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,181110.80/cwt95.00–115.001,30916
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,267128.29/cwt120.00–140.001,62549
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,30170.72/cwt65.00–90.009204
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,365167.00/cwt167.00–167.002,2802
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,495176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,6311
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,532145.44/cwt144.00–148.002,2285
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,561156.93/cwt151.00–165.002,4507
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,180192.14/cwt171.00–220.002,26724
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0882,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,1081,949.00/head1,875.00–2,150.001,94911
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1292,537.47/head2,475.00–2,650.002,5377
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1482,512.07/head2,375.00–2,700.002,5129
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,2752,237.81/head1,975.00–2,450.002,23811
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3752,275.00/head2,275.00–2,275.002,2752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4182,325.00/head2,325.00–2,325.002,3252
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2003,275.00/head3,275.00–3,275.003,2753

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.