Winter Livestock Market Report

Dodge City, Kansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, June 24, 2026

1,581 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $334.62/cwt ≈ $2,818/hd at 842 lb · 162 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $407.00/cwt ≈ $2,556/hd at 628 lb · 70 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $334.75/cwt ≈ $2,845/hd at 850 lb · 53 head

Dodge City, KS 8-weight heifers sold at $335/cwt, flat with the late June peak of $336. What this means — computed from this report and its neighbors

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,581	1,115	546
Feeder cattle	724	602	269
Slaughter cattle	597	369	229
Replacement cattle	260	144	48

Market comments — USDA reporter

*No Sale, Wednesday, July 1, 2026 *Hall of Fame Sale, Saturday, July 25, 2026 Compared to last week, steers and heifers, across all weights, not well tested. There were 4 loads of 800 weight heifers that sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher and 70 head of 628 lbs heifers that sold steady, strong undertone. Moderate demand for plain quality. Boning utility cows sold steady to 3.00 higher while Lean utility cows sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher.

▲ Feeder heifers: There were 4 loads of 800 weight heifers that sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher and 70 head of 628 lbs heifers that sold steady
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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
376	376	3	602.50	$602.50	$2,265	+15.00
395 thin fleshed	395	4	565.00	$565.00	$2,232	—
532–537	535	11	490.00–493.00	$491.08	$2,627	-8.92
560	560	8	494.00	$494.00	$2,766	+9.00
608 thin fleshed	608	12	400.00	$400.00	$2,432	—
627	627	6	440.00	$440.00	$2,759	—
677	677	10	382.50	$382.50	$2,590	-56.07
777–780	778	3	340.00–342.50	$341.66	$2,658	-38.34

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
748	748	3	364.00	$364.00	$2,723	—
886	886	6	312.50	$312.50	$2,769	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
275 thin fleshed	275	3	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—
298	298	3	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	6	605.00	$605.00	$1,954	—
398	398	6	518.00	$518.00	$2,062	—
428	428	3	505.00	$505.00	$2,161	-10.00
455–480	472	9	466.00–474.00	$468.57	$2,212	-33.93
490 thin fleshed	490	4	443.00	$443.00	$2,171	—
525	525	14	442.00	$442.00	$2,320	—
552–587	567	31	414.00–438.00	$427.57	$2,424	+15.95
628	628	70	407.00	$407.00	$2,556	—
652–688	669	18	362.00–376.00	$368.18	$2,463	—
830–848	842	162	324.00–337.75	$334.62	$2,818	—
850	850	53	334.75	$334.75	$2,845	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
281	281	3	547.50	$547.50	$1,538	—
309	309	10	575.00	$575.00	$1,777	—
603	603	3	401.00	$401.00	$2,418	+21.00
684	684	6	345.00	$345.00	$2,360	—
858	858	4	310.00	$310.00	$2,660	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
130	130	6	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
236–242	239	13	1,800.00–1,925.00	$1,856.91	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
205	205	3	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	13	645.00	$645.00	$2,212	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
250	250	11	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	7	692.50	$692.50	$2,181	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
867–925	884	80-85%	6	110.00–125.00	$120.68	$1,067	—
725–1050	919	80-85%	12	130.00–155.00	$145.22	$1,335	—
1105	1105	80-85%	9	187.00–188.00	$187.78	$2,075	+0.28
900–1541	1206	80-85%	252	159.00–184.00	$173.63	$2,094	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1027–1325	1118	85-90%	5	100.00–117.50	$107.42	$1,201	—
965–1577	1198	85-90%	77	137.50–160.00	$145.87	$1,748	—
1040–1370	1241	85-90%	11	125.00–134.00	$127.82	$1,586	—
1230–2110	1379	85-90%	35	164.00–168.00	$165.76	$2,286	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1530–1825	1693	75-80%	21	173.00–185.00	$182.98	$3,098	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1980	1980	65-75%	1	183.00	$183.00	$3,623	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1085	1067	3	251.00–280.00	$270.67	$2,888	—
1043–2170	1680	10	221.00–242.00	$228.24	$3,834	+26.29

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
685–1160	891	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	200.00–330.00	$262.33	$2,337
880–1263	1125	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	201.00–289.00	$250.84	$2,822

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1070–1215	1146	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	2,000.00–2,550.00	$2,116.64
1167	1167	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	4,000.00	$4,000.00
1180–1200	1187	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,950.00–3,025.00	$2,999.72
970–1376	1275	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,850.00–3,375.00	$3,084.84
1250–1440	1365	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	3,125.00–3,375.00	$3,286.52
1220–1580	1370	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	1,900.00–4,250.00	$3,685.62

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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
750	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	3,900.00	$3,900.00	—
800	800	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,350.00	$2,350.00	—
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	3,850.00	$3,850.00	+290.00
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	4,000.00	$4,000.00	+440.00
1100–1200	1137	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	27	3,850.00–3,925.00	$3,896.30	—
1050–1200	1179	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	29	4,000.00–4,075.00	$4,034.48	+684.48
1200–1300	1256	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	25	4,000.00–4,075.00	$4,040.80	—
1200–1400	1274	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	23	2,550.00–4,375.00	$3,905.43	—

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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.