Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Kansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 22, 2021

10,296 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $132.08/cwt +5.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,022/hd at 774 lb · 1,186 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $128.18/cwt +0.27 vs last sale · ≈ $1,042/hd at 813 lb · 988 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $132.51/cwt +1.45 vs last sale · ≈ $1,165/hd at 879 lb · 627 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	10,296	6,905	11,842
Feeder cattle	9,833	5,541	11,332
Slaughter cattle	425	107	450
Replacement cattle	38	1,257	60

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers sold steady to 5.00 higher, with the greatest advance in the 7 weight steers. Heifer calves sold 4.00 to 7.00 higher, while yearling heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Hay market prices were mostly steady for all hay types; demand remains strong for alfalfa and folks report they have received plenty of inquiring phone calls. Sales slowed a bit this past week, however, and now that we are pretty much guaranteed a first cutting, there seems to be a softer undertone to pricing.

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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	2	204.00	$204.00	$596	—
335	335	1	213.00	$213.00	$714	+22.00
370–390	385	27	195.00–214.00	$200.05	$770	+16.85
380–394 fancy	390	48	218.00–222.00	$220.95	$862	+29.95
424–438	433	22	194.00–203.00	$200.23	$867	—
455 thin fleshed	455	11	180.00	$180.00	$819	—
465 fancy	465	120	195.00	$195.00	$907	+3.00
457–493	473	74	167.00–190.00	$178.53	$844	-1.86
479	479	57	177.00	$177.00	$848	-3.39
500–548	523	160	168.00–184.00	$174.35	$912	-1.59
527	527	10	170.00	$170.00	$896	-5.94
512–544 fancy	531	31	178.00–197.00	$184.64	$980	—
554–590	571	96	160.00–180.00	$169.88	$970	-1.41
563–589 fancy	573	350	179.50–188.50	$185.53	$1,063	+13.53
602–648	634	234	152.00–176.00	$161.26	$1,022	+1.08
652–697	669	173	143.00–162.00	$153.69	$1,028	+3.05
689 fancy	689	35	162.00	$162.00	$1,116	—
700–749	722	164	135.00–149.00	$146.15	$1,055	+4.94
751–797	767	421	134.00–146.75	$142.82	$1,095	+6.42
752–791 fancy	774	189	142.25–150.00	$145.44	$1,126	+2.23
800	800	9	132.00	$132.00	$1,056	-2.60
800–832	817	558	132.75–139.75	$135.99	$1,111	+1.39
866 fancy	866	79	136.50	$136.50	$1,182	—
857–895	881	548	125.50–133.85	$131.94	$1,162	+0.81
902–929 fancy	916	156	134.00–138.60	$136.21	$1,248	+5.96
917	917	44	128.00	$128.00	$1,174	-1.74
902–945	924	405	123.10–133.00	$127.53	$1,178	-2.21
961–978	969	171	124.75–128.50	$127.72	$1,238	+1.94

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–382	375	6	181.00–182.00	$181.32	$680	—
431–437	434	8	164.00–175.50	$169.71	$737	—
453–490	470	22	155.00–165.50	$160.51	$754	-3.20
500–547	530	11	156.00–167.00	$162.80	$863	-1.20
555–596	585	50	142.00–168.00	$164.68	$963	+7.84
602–646	625	64	131.50–163.50	$150.77	$942	+18.77
672–694	684	39	144.00–149.00	$146.60	$1,003	+5.75
793	793	16	137.50	$137.50	$1,090	+10.06
806–831	821	10	113.00–115.00	$113.79	$934	—
860	860	7	126.00	$126.00	$1,084	+1.97

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
996–997	997	13	120.50–122.50	$121.11	$1,207	—
1003–1045	1009	111	120.50–127.75	$125.18	$1,263	+17.18
1056–1077	1063	71	112.50–120.00	$117.54	$1,249	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
524	524	12	170.50	$170.50	$893	—
636	636	15	158.50	$158.50	$1,008	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
286 fancy	286	3	186.00	$186.00	$532	—
340–342 fancy	341	7	165.00–175.00	$172.15	$587	-5.87
350	350	13	190.00	$190.00	$665	+38.00
390 unweaned	390	2	132.00	$132.00	$515	-9.00
408–444	426	30	151.00–158.00	$152.91	$651	+1.91
426 fancy	426	9	166.00	$166.00	$707	+2.75
452 fancy	452	6	157.00	$157.00	$710	—
450–497	480	72	147.00–155.00	$151.13	$725	+4.88
501–511 fancy	506	41	152.50–156.00	$154.28	$781	+3.78
503–548	538	184	146.00–157.00	$148.49	$799	+10.49
553–591	572	254	142.00–152.00	$146.67	$839	+9.38
595 fancy	595	48	146.00	$146.00	$869	—
608–634 fancy	616	111	142.00–148.00	$143.68	$885	—
602–648	626	78	130.50–149.00	$139.79	$875	+5.77
653–699	670	358	122.50–140.50	$136.89	$917	+5.98
703–746	722	344	127.50–136.00	$131.78	$951	-0.53
748 fancy	748	66	136.50	$136.50	$1,021	—
750–781 fancy	761	348	135.10–137.75	$136.15	$1,036	—
754–799	779	838	123.00–135.75	$130.39	$1,016	+1.71
803	803	10	118.00	$118.00	$948	-9.31
800–843	813	978	124.50–131.00	$128.28	$1,043	+0.97
875	875	14	114.50	$114.50	$1,002	-25.00
860–896	887	78	121.00–130.00	$122.95	$1,091	-0.13
900–943	917	239	117.00–125.50	$121.78	$1,117	+0.78

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–432	424	25	138.00–143.00	$139.38	$591	+15.38
457–478	471	13	125.00–137.00	$127.96	$603	—
503–535	526	38	132.00–148.00	$140.11	$737	-0.89
557–590	566	32	116.00–140.00	$131.60	$745	—
617–633	627	14	130.00–134.00	$132.59	$831	-0.41
651–695	664	33	120.00–124.00	$121.20	$805	—
704–713	708	19	122.00–126.50	$124.34	$880	+15.34
778–799	789	11	124.00–126.50	$125.38	$989	+1.23
819–840	831	42	118.50–119.00	$118.72	$987	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
511	511	18	140.00	$140.00	$715	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
901–908	904	13	120.50–123.00	$121.84	$1,101	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
406 unweaned	406	4	163.00	$163.00	$662	—
494	494	12	159.00	$159.00	$785	—
528–542	534	7	154.00–158.00	$155.74	$832	-9.26
611 unweaned	611	3	125.00	$125.00	$764	—
626–635	632	16	143.00–148.00	$146.51	$926	+7.51
680	680	1	129.00	$129.00	$877	—
755–765	763	6	112.00–125.00	$114.14	$871	—
865	865	1	111.00	$111.00	$960	—
905	905	2	108.00	$108.00	$977	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	7	115.50	$115.50	$578	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1097–2155	1441	75-80%	171	62.00–68.50	$66.58	$959	—
1030–1905	1486	75-80%	71	69.00–75.00	$70.41	$1,046	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970–1825	1193	80-85%	94	54.00–64.00	$60.02	$716	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1415	1132	85-90%	13	37.00–55.00	$48.65	$551	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–2483	2004	19	71.00–79.00	$76.83	$1,540	—
1195–2365	2056	12	78.00–85.00	$83.15	$1,710	—
1825–2510	2131	10	84.50–93.00	$89.82	$1,914	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1140	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1172–1199	1186	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	740.00	$740.00
1216	1216	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1315	1315	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00
1235–1365	1322	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	860.00–890.00	$880.66
1393	1393	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	950.00	$950.00
1470	1470	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	875.00	$875.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1122	1122	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1205	1205	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

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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
1200	1200	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	925.00	$925.00	—
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

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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.