Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Kansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 11, 2021

13,340 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $138.44/cwt -7.48 vs last sale · ≈ $936/hd at 676 lb · 1,023 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $129.74/cwt -4.29 vs last sale · ≈ $1,070/hd at 825 lb · 996 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $131.33/cwt -7.37 vs last sale · ≈ $1,016/hd at 774 lb · 921 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	13,340	21,039	12,240
Feeder cattle	12,634	19,899	11,550
Slaughter cattle	582	1,075	600
Replacement cattle	124	65	90

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder Steers 350-600 lbs sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower, above 600 lbs sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder Heifers 400-650 lbs sold 7.00 to 9.00 lower, and 650-950 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter Cows sold steady to 1.00 lower with Slaughter Bulls selling 1.00 to 2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	199.00	$199.00	$567	+3.00
320–335	332	6	187.00–198.00	$195.23	$648	-2.70
350–396	376	36	188.00–210.00	$197.20	$741	-1.43
376 unweaned	376	3	158.00	$158.00	$594	—
401–438 fancy	416	25	180.00–192.50	$186.77	$777	-6.46
405–447	430	76	164.00–189.00	$178.56	$768	-11.04
450–496	475	85	179.00–192.00	$185.61	$882	+0.67
485–499 fancy	494	61	192.00–196.00	$193.42	$955	—
496 unweaned	496	8	170.00	$170.00	$843	+9.87
506 thin fleshed	506	15	189.00	$189.00	$956	—
500–548	526	108	160.00–178.00	$170.83	$899	+5.83
511–547 fancy	528	44	180.00–187.00	$185.07	$977	+1.07
542	542	7	157.00	$157.00	$851	-8.00
568 unweaned	568	18	137.00	$137.00	$778	—
550–599 fancy	578	51	165.00–189.00	$172.09	$995	-3.57
550–597	582	335	148.00–176.00	$158.07	$920	+7.40
598	598	18	144.50	$144.50	$864	-6.17
605–618 fancy	608	85	157.25–166.00	$163.09	$992	+3.09
601–646	627	393	136.50–154.50	$147.88	$927	+7.04
642 unweaned	642	2	132.50	$132.50	$851	—
661–677 fancy	666	83	146.75–147.00	$146.82	$978	-4.50
650–698	677	933	133.00–143.00	$137.71	$932	-8.14
687 unweaned	687	7	137.00	$137.00	$941	+4.38
719	719	9	128.50	$128.50	$924	-11.63
709–742 fancy	722	66	139.25–139.50	$139.35	$1,006	-7.79
700–749	729	808	128.00–140.00	$134.64	$982	-5.49
750–799	774	921	126.50–136.75	$131.33	$1,016	-5.81
800–848	825	996	123.60–133.50	$129.74	$1,070	-4.26
850–892	876	291	122.00–129.50	$126.65	$1,109	-6.95
916 fancy	916	55	132.00	$132.00	$1,209	—
906–946	923	425	120.00–127.00	$125.14	$1,155	-4.29
951–985	966	195	115.00–125.25	$122.17	$1,180	-5.06

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	2	160.50	$160.50	$637	—
416–436	427	12	172.00–174.00	$172.74	$738	-7.65
450–495	472	29	141.00–181.00	$169.19	$799	-5.24
509–543	526	17	135.50–170.00	$162.44	$854	-3.80
553–598	582	117	133.00–164.00	$154.62	$900	-2.66
612–647	637	77	125.50–142.00	$137.33	$875	-7.48
655–699	686	65	125.00–132.75	$129.61	$889	-5.92
725–745	738	28	121.00–127.00	$124.68	$920	-7.98
755–794	776	46	123.00–128.00	$126.54	$982	-2.94
809–841	826	46	122.00–124.00	$123.03	$1,016	-3.82
862–891	879	7	110.00–118.00	$113.36	$996	-13.70

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1014–1045	1031	40	112.00–120.35	$116.80	$1,204	-6.95
1064	1064	4	100.00	$100.00	$1,064	-17.31

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
250–262	258	3	490.00–580.00	$550.93	-89.07

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	210.00	$210.00	$472	—
265–270	268	2	173.00–181.00	$176.96	$474	-9.79
325–348	342	8	168.00–181.00	$177.58	$607	+6.72
355–382 fancy	361	10	166.00–177.00	$171.71	$620	-3.29
355–399	377	30	151.00–165.00	$155.55	$586	-12.27
405–446 fancy	423	71	155.00–160.00	$157.86	$668	—
400–445	424	99	143.00–157.00	$149.02	$632	-15.03
445 unweaned	445	30	133.00	$133.00	$592	—
451–471 fancy	461	78	152.50–163.00	$157.72	$727	+2.72
468–497	479	152	139.00–158.00	$151.60	$726	-1.86
481 unweaned	481	14	134.00	$134.00	$645	+1.00
517–520 fancy	518	94	143.00–155.00	$148.54	$769	-11.12
507–549	524	266	130.00–153.00	$143.04	$750	-9.35
531 unweaned	531	43	124.50	$124.50	$661	—
540	540	62	128.00	$128.00	$691	-24.39
559–580 fancy	567	98	138.00–156.00	$144.15	$817	-5.74
550–599	574	436	125.00–141.50	$133.89	$769	+7.65
560–599	585	28	143.50–144.00	$143.67	$840	+0.68
588–597 unweaned	591	20	122.50–127.00	$125.26	$740	+2.26
595	595	12	124.00	$124.00	$738	-18.99
602–616	608	79	137.00–146.50	$143.28	$871	+2.28
608–620 fancy	617	49	141.50–142.00	$141.63	$874	-5.73
601–649	630	504	124.00–137.00	$128.75	$811	-7.85
636 unweaned	636	4	126.00	$126.00	$801	+7.36
650–689	674	58	134.00–143.00	$138.45	$933	+16.95
652–695	675	724	120.50–136.50	$128.88	$870	+7.38
719	719	24	133.00	$133.00	$956	-9.65
701–749	722	550	121.00–130.75	$125.10	$903	-5.38
716–742	723	21	117.00–118.00	$117.62	$850	-12.86
751	751	3	121.50	$121.50	$912	+4.50
753 unweaned	753	12	119.50	$119.50	$900	—
750–795	773	397	119.75–126.50	$124.48	$962	-3.49
800–848	821	204	115.00–131.00	$123.85	$1,017	-3.67
852–891	875	169	116.50–125.00	$119.97	$1,050	-4.83
902–941	919	38	108.00–118.50	$115.30	$1,060	-5.79
953–997	970	77	114.00–119.00	$117.90	$1,144	-2.64

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	4	140.00	$140.00	$487	—
395	395	3	149.00	$149.00	$589	-17.00
423–442	429	12	131.00–135.00	$133.43	$572	-15.29
461–496	488	61	125.00–136.00	$132.72	$648	-13.06
504–548	531	78	118.00–143.00	$131.34	$697	-12.86
553–597	573	98	120.00–130.00	$126.68	$726	-10.00
600–648	616	73	124.00–127.50	$125.62	$774	-0.94
650–698	681	43	120.50–126.00	$123.87	$844	-1.27
700–741	722	51	112.50–123.50	$120.68	$871	-4.99
763–793	786	18	118.00–120.00	$119.33	$938	-2.08
803–844	834	60	120.00–122.00	$121.17	$1,011	+4.80

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1029	1021	12	107.00–113.25	$111.20	$1,135	-9.84
1050–1086	1077	12	97.00–105.00	$98.95	$1,066	-0.96

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	7	108.00	$108.00	$572	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
225	225	1	460.00	$460.00	+60.00
252	252	2	480.00	$480.00	+20.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403	403	9	174.00	$174.00	$701	+5.56
493	493	11	161.00	$161.00	$794	—
580–589	588	10	133.00–146.00	$134.28	$790	-5.72
603–637	632	22	123.00–130.00	$129.42	$818	+2.35
658–684	667	5	119.00–123.00	$120.23	$802	+2.23
728	728	3	116.00	$116.00	$844	—
878	878	12	86.00	$86.00	$755	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1930	1281	80-85%	195	43.00–54.50	$49.09	$629	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1038–1740	1373	75-80%	133	52.00–57.25	$55.55	$763	-0.78
1215–1870	1468	75-80%	62	57.00–65.00	$59.21	$869	-0.21

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1500	1206	85-90%	73	37.00–47.50	$43.53	$525	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–2125	1703	17	60.00–69.00	$63.71	$1,085	—
1295–2270	1829	15	70.00–77.50	$73.72	$1,348	—
1800–2185	2002	10	78.00–84.00	$81.34	$1,628	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
932–1375	1152	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	585.00–975.00	$852.18
1231	1231	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	625.00	$625.00
1126–1632	1282	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	600.00–810.00	$704.29
1130–1455	1293	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	750.00–975.00	$876.64
1005–1485	1307	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	700.00–910.00	$811.96
1075–1510	1314	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	725.00–950.00	$802.71
1190–1510	1354	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	775.00–910.00	$837.09
1365–1515	1431	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	810.00–970.00	$907.27

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020	1020	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	500.00	$500.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
881–935	908	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	710.00–1,030.00	$896.12
859–1180	921	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	800.00–960.00	$902.52

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1300	1300	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	7	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—

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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.