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Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Kansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 7, 2020

13,612 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $143.45/cwt -6.66 vs last sale · ≈ $966/hd at 673 lb · 955 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $160.51/cwt -4.84 vs last sale · ≈ $926/hd at 577 lb · 809 head
heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $155.18/cwt +4.11 vs last sale · ≈ $736/hd at 474 lb · 735 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 13,612 9,146 14,633
Feeder cattle 12,751 8,234 11,946
Slaughter cattle 682 547 809
Replacement cattle 179 365 1,878

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers bulk of the trade steady to 5.00 lower, instances up to 8.00 lower; few 300 to 535 lbs 15.00 to 20.00 higher; few over 900 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Heifers under 500 lbs 2.00 to 9.00 higher; over 500 lbs steady to 7.00 lower, except few 800 to 900 lbs 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
295 295 1 210.00 $210.00 $620 —
317–349 325 34 193.00–227.00 $216.47 $704 —
353–397 384 55 191.00–210.00 $203.73 $782 -4.81
403–439 416 200 180.00–216.00 $204.07 $849 +5.08
437 unweaned 437 15 177.00 $177.00 $773 —
450–485 fancy 471 241 187.00–199.75 $195.68 $922 +11.47
468–481 unweaned 473 37 165.00–167.50 $166.17 $786 —
454–496 486 143 176.00–190.00 $186.89 $908 +30.89
497 497 11 173.00 $173.00 $860 +17.00
501–533 fancy 519 195 170.00–187.00 $182.36 $946 +2.64
510–539 unweaned 519 68 153.00–162.00 $157.15 $816 -11.23
526 526 14 148.00 $148.00 $778 -18.84
500–549 527 434 154.50–181.75 $170.10 $896 +3.26
556–563 fancy 558 222 164.00–179.50 $172.01 $960 +1.68
554–595 581 419 148.00–169.00 $160.89 $935 -2.03
572–593 unweaned 583 65 132.00–142.00 $137.85 $804 —
586–599 596 103 143.00–155.00 $148.45 $885 -14.47
614–615 fancy 614 154 151.50–162.25 $159.34 $978 -0.36
604–631 622 28 124.00–143.00 $131.89 $820 -20.34
600–646 627 337 137.50–157.50 $149.84 $939 +10.84
605–644 unweaned 627 67 132.00–148.00 $143.35 $899 +3.35
659 thin fleshed 659 15 149.75 $149.75 $987 -7.85
651–675 unweaned 666 97 131.00–136.50 $134.78 $898 -7.25
650–699 671 621 135.50–150.50 $143.22 $961 -3.47
653–695 fancy 682 170 146.10–156.00 $151.74 $1,035 -7.31
670–697 689 52 127.00–137.00 $133.50 $920 -13.19
703–741 fancy 714 100 140.00–144.50 $142.67 $1,019 -14.83
703–745 727 601 128.50–143.50 $139.13 $1,011 -2.29
766–773 771 59 127.00–133.00 $128.70 $992 -10.30
752–799 777 497 131.00–142.50 $138.27 $1,074 -0.73
764–784 fancy 779 15 143.50–144.00 $143.63 $1,119 —
805 805 6 126.75 $126.75 $1,020 -2.35
803–808 fancy 806 129 141.00–142.50 $141.72 $1,142 -4.10
807–846 820 215 130.50–139.00 $135.02 $1,107 -3.41
850–884 fancy 882 68 140.00–142.00 $141.86 $1,251 -2.64
852–899 883 296 126.00–139.00 $133.88 $1,182 -0.12
906–945 925 248 126.75–135.50 $131.99 $1,221 -1.62
954–974 963 293 126.00–136.50 $130.70 $1,259 -0.19
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
424–425 425 25 157.00–187.00 $167.51 $712 -9.74
460–483 470 7 161.00–164.00 $162.32 $763 -10.82
529–543 538 13 154.00–158.00 $155.86 $839 -4.71
551–595 573 36 143.50–151.00 $147.04 $843 -3.85
601–646 626 49 126.50–144.00 $137.61 $861 -5.36
643 unweaned 643 6 129.50 $129.50 $833 —
651–697 675 35 135.00–138.50 $136.85 $924 -1.42
678–690 unweaned 680 15 132.00 $132.00 $898 —
705–739 723 30 130.00–136.00 $133.95 $968 -1.90
758–793 765 37 128.00–130.00 $128.78 $985 +4.27
823–839 829 13 129.00–131.50 $130.53 $1,082 -6.77
860–896 882 19 130.00–132.00 $130.73 $1,153 +19.23
913 913 13 123.00 $123.00 $1,123 -4.00
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
968–991 975 17 122.00–123.00 $122.30 $1,192 +3.30
1005–1022 1017 25 107.00–123.00 $117.13 $1,191 —
1056–1077 1063 17 113.00–116.00 $114.93 $1,222 -9.57
Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
257 257 2 525.00 $525.00 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
292–297 296 12 185.50–191.00 $186.45 $552 —
327–342 335 10 165.00–180.00 $170.48 $571 -0.52
373 fancy 373 99 200.50 $200.50 $748 —
357–393 381 61 145.00–166.00 $161.35 $615 -8.84
403–429 fancy 418 22 169.00–170.00 $169.61 $709 +0.61
400–449 425 112 151.00–167.00 $160.40 $682 -1.52
408–446 unweaned 438 60 146.00–154.00 $149.15 $653 —
451–499 474 729 143.00–161.00 $155.39 $737 +5.17
480 unweaned 480 6 130.00 $130.00 $624 —
500–547 527 578 140.00–155.00 $147.23 $776 -1.15
532 532 10 141.00 $141.00 $750 -7.38
520–549 unweaned 537 88 128.00–139.50 $135.06 $725 +0.58
539 fancy 539 14 155.00 $155.00 $835 -3.00
551–567 562 19 163.00–167.00 $164.24 $923 +14.24
567–593 fancy 572 120 139.00–148.00 $145.69 $833 —
550–599 574 540 131.00–148.75 $141.14 $810 +0.04
561–589 unweaned 574 49 127.50–135.00 $128.64 $738 -6.36
600 fancy 600 24 144.50 $144.50 $867 +3.41
606–638 616 103 151.00–162.00 $159.60 $983 +23.63
616–638 unweaned 623 61 124.00–126.00 $125.77 $784 -2.23
605–648 626 389 128.00–139.50 $132.63 $830 -3.34
650–698 674 263 127.00–138.00 $132.17 $891 +0.69
703 fancy 703 21 133.50 $133.50 $939 -4.34
703 unweaned 703 4 123.00 $123.00 $865 —
701–740 720 301 123.50–134.00 $128.02 $922 -4.06
759–798 784 216 123.00–130.50 $128.26 $1,006 -2.20
801–847 821 164 127.00–130.50 $129.53 $1,063 +1.97
856 856 8 108.50 $108.50 $929 -18.26
869–889 880 52 119.00–125.50 $121.31 $1,068 -5.45
901–946 928 35 117.00–126.50 $123.60 $1,147 -0.63
966 966 27 112.00 $112.00 $1,082 -3.53
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
447 447 9 135.00 $135.00 $603 -22.41
473–483 478 29 138.00–148.50 $143.46 $686 -5.01
524–545 533 19 118.00–131.00 $124.31 $663 -14.13
552–577 562 32 113.00–142.50 $129.56 $728 -4.03
618–647 630 35 116.00–128.50 $125.61 $791 -6.70
668–685 673 22 119.00–126.50 $123.97 $834 —
700–743 713 48 109.00–126.50 $119.03 $849 -4.62
762 762 13 122.00 $122.00 $930 +3.18
803–829 814 14 118.00–120.00 $118.87 $968 +3.37
873–875 874 6 115.00 $115.00 $1,005 —
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
998 998 15 107.75 $107.75 $1,075 -8.26
1058 1058 15 90.00–94.00 $93.20 $986 —
1183 1183 4 90.00 $90.00 $1,065 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
482 482 5 129.00 $129.00 $622 -30.00
541 541 15 142.00 $142.00 $768 +1.00
608 608 3 128.00 $128.00 $778 +2.00
650–660 656 7 123.00–129.00 $126.45 $830 —
761–765 763 6 101.00–111.00 $105.99 $809 —
906 906 10 88.00 $88.00 $797 —
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1185–1195 1192 21 75.00–85.00 $81.69 $974 —

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1005–2070 1232 80-85% 276 47.00–57.50 $52.84 $651 +1.24
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
990–1915 1378 75-80% 125 56.00–62.50 $59.62 $822 -2.64
1000–1793 1526 75-80% 54 63.00–69.25 $65.91 $1,006 —
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1020–1495 1190 85-90% 90 40.00–51.00 $45.17 $538 +1.76

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1483–1905 1618 12 64.00–69.00 $65.57 $1,061 —
1380–2165 1732 19 65.00–78.50 $73.37 $1,271 —
1855–2360 2052 14 78.00–85.50 $81.37 $1,670 —

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1190–1245 1199 Aged (>8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 18 660.00–710.00 $668.65
1192–1333 1242 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 10 710.00–750.00 $740.16
1161–1695 1258 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 50 825.00–1,450.00 $1,248.84
1260–1525 1332 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 46 785.00–1,110.00 $1,030.57
1390 1390 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 2 775.00 $775.00
1367–1477 1419 Aged (>8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 22 790.00–1,000.00 $892.95
1346–1467 1435 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 15 1,150.00–1,225.00 $1,206.24
1460–1535 1498 Aged (>8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 2 810.00–850.00 $830.50

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
991 991 (<2 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 3 1,075.00 $1,075.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
900 900 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 9 1,325.00 $1,325.00 —

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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.