Winter Livestock Market Report

Dodge City, Kansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, December 4, 2024

6,186 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $325.40/cwt +24.48 vs last sale · ≈ $1,887/hd at 580 lb · 364 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $320.71/cwt -1.29 vs last sale · ≈ $1,546/hd at 482 lb · 269 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $271.37/cwt -0.17 vs last sale · ≈ $1,940/hd at 715 lb · 262 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,186	1,704	3,630
Feeder cattle	5,233	991	3,240
Slaughter cattle	705	268	340
Replacement cattle	248	445	50

Market comments — USDA reporter

***Special Red Angus Sale Today. Special Cow Sale Next Wednesday, December 11, 2024*** Compared to two weeks ago, feeder steers over 850 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher, under 600 lbs sold 20.00 higher. Heifers over 800 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Instances of reputation calves under 600 lbs sold 40.00 to 50.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 higher. Very good demand for heavy supply.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	63	374.00	$374.00	$1,028	—
298 fancy	298	3	425.00	$425.00	$1,266	—
316–328	319	11	427.00–432.50	$428.54	$1,367	—
353–380 fancy	362	9	442.50–455.00	$450.63	$1,631	+42.82
371 thin fleshed	371	119	496.00	$496.00	$1,840	—
376–398	397	69	424.00–432.50	$424.35	$1,685	—
415–417	416	11	376.00–380.00	$377.81	$1,572	+52.81
436–442 fancy	439	19	397.00–410.00	$403.80	$1,773	—
457–478	473	18	352.50–365.00	$355.18	$1,680	+12.68
451–492 fancy	484	240	380.00–395.00	$384.28	$1,860	+4.78
507–534	521	66	350.00–365.00	$358.48	$1,868	—
556–594	580	364	317.00–341.50	$325.40	$1,887	+24.48
601–604 fancy	603	29	301.00	$301.00	$1,815	—
600–648	622	168	266.00–290.00	$282.20	$1,755	+3.69
650–699	683	258	265.00–287.50	$273.71	$1,869	-8.04
700–730	715	262	259.00–280.25	$271.37	$1,940	-0.17
768–789	776	132	243.00–263.00	$254.08	$1,972	-1.11
820	820	12	256.00	$256.00	$2,099	-4.28
866–873	870	222	249.00–259.75	$254.10	$2,211	-10.90
902–943	936	90	246.50–251.85	$250.57	$2,345	+9.21
958	958	8	245.00	$245.00	$2,347	+2.05

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	7	352.00	$352.00	$1,207	—
350–397	382	49	392.50–409.00	$399.03	$1,524	+11.53
413–425	419	8	290.00–312.50	$301.09	$1,262	—
465–492	472	183	326.00–348.00	$334.84	$1,580	—
525–537	532	10	300.00–315.00	$305.92	$1,627	+9.42
551–598	581	131	293.00–316.00	$306.90	$1,783	+39.90
624	624	6	261.00	$261.00	$1,629	—
673–681	679	39	254.00–262.00	$259.97	$1,765	—
703–737	722	149	239.50–257.00	$251.58	$1,816	—
762–795	771	19	220.00–238.00	$224.68	$1,732	-3.32
877–884	880	20	234.00–240.00	$236.71	$2,083	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
359	359	5	310.00	$310.00	$1,113	—
460–485	476	11	317.50–319.00	$318.47	$1,516	—
548	548	6	287.00	$287.00	$1,573	—
579–585	581	16	284.00–290.00	$285.89	$1,661	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000	1000	32	226.00	$226.00	$2,260	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
243	243	3	875.00	$875.00	—
333	333	5	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
278–298	289	9	337.50–365.00	$349.25	$1,009	—
291 thin fleshed	291	119	510.00	$510.00	$1,484	—
327	327	17	345.00	$345.00	$1,128	—
340 fancy	340	82	406.00	$406.00	$1,380	—
369–392	382	114	392.50–395.00	$394.10	$1,505	—
401–430 fancy	416	6	370.00–380.00	$374.83	$1,559	—
400–439	417	65	336.00–357.50	$342.49	$1,428	+14.99
467–492 fancy	479	73	330.00–347.50	$333.13	$1,596	—
450–498	483	196	300.00–325.00	$316.08	$1,527	-5.92
504–549	533	177	277.00–301.00	$292.91	$1,561	-42.09
564 fancy	564	15	298.00	$298.00	$1,681	—
550–599	581	239	267.00–292.50	$277.34	$1,611	+18.11
624 fancy	624	35	295.00	$295.00	$1,841	—
619–640	633	27	260.00–270.00	$264.44	$1,674	-25.56
650–697	669	153	240.00–265.00	$252.62	$1,690	+12.62
670 fancy	670	4	275.00	$275.00	$1,842	—
700–738	723	167	243.00–263.00	$246.89	$1,785	—
755–786	767	196	242.25–249.75	$245.95	$1,886	+22.18
806	806	6	234.00	$234.00	$1,886	+1.00
888	888	8	229.00	$229.00	$2,034	+6.00
928	928	3	225.00	$225.00	$2,088	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	3	290.00	$290.00	$1,102	—
407–442	428	10	315.00–327.50	$322.75	$1,381	—
476–478	478	27	295.00–298.00	$295.55	$1,413	—
535–541	538	11	256.00–262.50	$259.56	$1,396	—
631–648	642	68	252.00–266.50	$261.05	$1,676	+9.28
667	667	2	231.00	$231.00	$1,541	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
219	219	18	800.00	$800.00	—
287	287	8	975.00	$975.00	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025	1025	6	216.00	$216.00	$2,214	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
387	387	4	335.00	$335.00	$1,296	—
421–431	428	9	375.00–380.00	$378.36	$1,619	—
470	470	3	345.00	$345.00	$1,622	—
500–537	516	39	284.00–302.50	$293.87	$1,516	—
566–593	587	14	286.00–292.50	$287.34	$1,687	-2.66
626–629	627	25	249.00–264.00	$259.18	$1,625	—
651–652	651	11	245.00–246.00	$245.64	$1,599	-14.36

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–1655	1241	80-85%	441	105.00–129.00	$118.04	$1,465	+2.08
1352	1352	80-85%	2	132.00	$132.00	$1,785	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1320	1136	85-90%	22	95.00–99.00	$96.18	$1,093	—
985–1371	1162	85-90%	79	67.50–91.00	$82.16	$955	—
760–1652	1205	85-90%	22	100.00–110.50	$104.41	$1,258	+5.72

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1276–1595	1404	75-80%	5	135.00–138.00	$136.64	$1,918	—
1345–1845	1525	75-80%	47	119.00–127.00	$124.14	$1,893	+4.14

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1495–2385	1887	20	130.00–149.00	$138.69	$2,617	—
1725–2455	2104	5	151.00–157.00	$153.74	$3,235	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
771–810	781	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	232.50–237.50	$236.20	$1,845
695–1445	976	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	88	135.00–238.00	$193.39	$1,887
955–1470	1086	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	33	137.00–162.50	$146.43	$1,590

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	202.00	$202.00	$2,020

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1130	1130	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00
830–1341	1186	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	1,400.00–2,050.00	$1,773.40
1055–1500	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,325.00–1,900.00	$1,639.38
1000–1360	1238	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	1,325.00–1,935.00	$1,848.12
1205–1525	1318	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,600.00–1,975.00	$1,802.85
1275–1336	1320	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	1,850.00–2,025.00	$1,890.87
1387–1464	1434	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	1,825.00–2,285.00	$2,121.47
1450	1450	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,775.00	$1,775.00
1468	1468	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	2,025.00	$2,025.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1258	1258	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,600.00	$1,600.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,750.00	$1,750.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,975.00	$1,975.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200	1200	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	15	2,685.00	$2,685.00	—
1200–1250	1238	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	2,500.00–2,700.00	$2,654.58	—
1300–1500	1400	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,625.00–2,100.00	$1,862.50	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.