Winter Livestock Market Report

Dodge City, Kansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, January 15, 2025

8,174 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $271.15/cwt +0.11 vs last sale · ≈ $2,251/hd at 830 lb · 757 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $273.57/cwt +4.20 vs last sale · ≈ $2,120/hd at 775 lb · 674 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $298.92/cwt +7.21 vs last sale · ≈ $2,017/hd at 675 lb · 578 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	8,174	1,734	989
Feeder cattle	7,261	1,405	849
Slaughter cattle	400	205	140
Replacement cattle	513	124	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers over 700 lbs sold 8.00 higher, under 550 lbs sold 10.00 higher. Heifers over 700 lbs sold steady, softer undertone noted, under 700 lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 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
292	292	4	450.00	$450.00	$1,314	—
321	321	5	434.00	$434.00	$1,393	+33.00
327 fancy	327	6	490.00	$490.00	$1,602	—
413–414 fancy	413	14	441.00–442.50	$441.54	$1,824	—
414–448	440	49	349.00–422.00	$400.25	$1,761	+30.25
471–496	492	100	356.00–383.00	$378.11	$1,860	—
503–548	532	202	343.00–364.00	$357.03	$1,899	+10.96
556 fancy	556	149	356.00	$356.00	$1,979	—
560–593	580	293	321.00–346.00	$335.50	$1,946	+49.50
606 thin fleshed	606	27	341.00	$341.00	$2,066	—
603–649	627	232	305.00–326.00	$314.07	$1,969	+4.30
611–629 fancy	628	179	331.00–335.50	$335.16	$2,105	+2.16
671 fancy	671	130	314.00	$314.00	$2,107	—
650–696	676	448	281.00–306.00	$294.55	$1,991	+2.84
701–748	722	329	266.00–290.50	$283.20	$2,045	+8.79
725 fancy	725	17	293.00	$293.00	$2,124	—
756–799	775	674	261.00–282.00	$273.57	$2,120	+4.20
802–849	830	757	258.50–276.50	$271.15	$2,251	+20.25
851–892	875	292	255.50–272.60	$266.45	$2,331	+3.15
907–939	916	288	255.00–268.25	$266.05	$2,437	+14.71
966	966	46	249.00	$249.00	$2,405	+1.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
493	493	6	336.00	$336.00	$1,656	+60.00
515–542	527	26	301.00–324.00	$313.69	$1,653	+21.69
577–597	587	104	282.00–312.50	$296.57	$1,741	—
600–629	623	37	282.00–291.00	$283.22	$1,764	+21.22
670–684	678	68	277.00–279.00	$277.77	$1,883	—
715	715	5	251.00	$251.00	$1,795	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1002	1002	22	237.00	$237.00	$2,375	-0.50
1090	1090	3	231.50	$231.50	$2,523	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
306–343	329	21	424.00–430.00	$426.13	$1,402	—
329 fancy	329	5	455.00	$455.00	$1,497	—
360	360	11	401.00	$401.00	$1,444	+63.75
418 fancy	418	24	377.50	$377.50	$1,578	+39.50
424 thin fleshed	424	6	352.50	$352.50	$1,495	—
422–440	432	68	325.00–337.00	$329.53	$1,424	+17.21
469 fancy	469	34	352.00	$352.00	$1,651	—
456–498	477	66	316.00–332.50	$324.06	$1,546	+12.68
505–529 fancy	521	139	322.00–337.00	$325.27	$1,695	—
505–549	531	190	296.00–320.00	$312.24	$1,658	+7.72
557–566	563	249	297.00–304.00	$301.15	$1,695	+18.65
600–641	617	265	263.00–287.50	$280.54	$1,731	+11.10
651–659 fancy	654	65	279.00	$279.00	$1,825	—
654–697	676	315	250.00–274.00	$264.11	$1,785	+20.68
700–743	722	262	246.00–266.00	$256.30	$1,850	+1.03
750–786	770	249	239.00–255.00	$250.80	$1,931	+5.04
811–839	822	207	229.00–248.00	$242.37	$1,992	+27.87
819–832 fancy	823	84	245.00–249.00	$246.16	$2,026	—
853	853	72	237.75	$237.75	$2,028	+9.25
972	972	23	235.25	$235.25	$2,287	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	7	397.00	$397.00	$1,358	—
439	439	5	311.00	$311.00	$1,365	—
532–549	542	30	278.50–292.00	$288.16	$1,562	+24.16
561–590	582	128	273.00–288.00	$279.13	$1,625	+13.13
603–644	628	27	254.00–266.50	$262.37	$1,648	+27.37
671–697	677	71	238.00–248.00	$246.67	$1,670	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1051	1051	13	212.50	$212.50	$2,233	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408	408	10	379.00	$379.00	$1,546	—
463	463	11	347.50	$347.50	$1,609	—
579–597	585	16	296.00–300.00	$298.72	$1,748	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1195	986	80-85%	6	104.00–107.00	$105.24	$1,038	—
952–1620	1260	80-85%	173	110.00–131.00	$124.37	$1,567	+1.83

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1467	1274	85-90%	53	80.00–105.00	$97.37	$1,240	—
1645–1683	1664	85-90%	26	117.00–119.00	$118.01	$1,964	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1645	1539	75-80%	70	124.00–132.00	$126.14	$1,941	+2.62

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1503–2280	1710	39	126.00–150.00	$146.65	$2,508	—
1775–2450	2099	7	152.00–164.00	$156.37	$3,282	—

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Stock Cows

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1040–1250	1104	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	160.00–217.50	$209.37	$2,311
1063–1330	1157	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	132.50–187.50	$152.90	$1,769

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
805–972	932	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	140.00–252.00	$178.95	$1,668
966	966	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	234.00	$234.00	$2,260

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
635–975	823	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	220.00–234.00	$227.45	$1,872
910–950	927	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	131.00–222.00	$189.59	$1,757

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965–1040	990	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,000.00–2,500.00	$2,175.08
983–1235	1028	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	81	2,525.00–3,150.00	$3,033.18
1000–1327	1127	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	41	1,850.00–2,925.00	$2,716.62
1253	1253	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,850.00	$1,850.00
1126–1357	1258	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	1,500.00–1,950.00	$1,813.64
1225–1305	1270	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,725.00–2,000.00	$1,919.50
1130–1485	1285	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	69	1,575.00–2,100.00	$1,976.38
990–1440	1299	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,625.00–2,100.00	$1,955.97
1145–1485	1345	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	1,875.00–2,350.00	$2,165.67
1210–1530	1370	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,125.00–2,175.00	$2,152.92

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035–1260	1135	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,875.00–2,500.00	$2,098.57
1030–1395	1233	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,425.00–2,125.00	$1,845.98
1125–1430	1269	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,000.00–2,150.00	$2,048.57
1285	1285	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,825.00	$1,825.00
1140–1515	1313	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,750.00–2,100.00	$1,928.71
1125–1495	1372	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,750.00–2,025.00	$1,949.82

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
808–1023	873	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	185.00–217.50	$206.07	$1,799
895	895	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	166.00	$166.00	$1,486

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
625–935	739	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	210.00–217.50	$213.93	$1,581

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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
1200–1250	1217	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	1,900.00–2,550.00	$2,333.33	—
1100–1350	1257	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	28	2,675.00–2,850.00	$2,789.29	—
1100–1400	1260	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	40	2,600.00–3,575.00	$2,952.50	—
1200–1400	1395	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	42	3,100.00–4,425.00	$4,393.45	—
1400	1400	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	3,625.00	$3,625.00	—
1400	1400	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	2,900.00	$2,900.00	—

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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.