Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Kansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 5, 2021

12,820 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $143.57/cwt +5.43 vs last sale · ≈ $1,186/hd at 826 lb · 1,240 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $134.85/cwt +1.73 vs last sale · ≈ $1,253/hd at 929 lb · 1,158 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $136.97/cwt +1.84 vs last sale · ≈ $1,198/hd at 875 lb · 998 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	12,820	16,535	7,535
Feeder cattle	12,404	15,798	7,176
Slaughter cattle	360	527	325
Replacement cattle	56	210	34

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher while heifers sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Demand was good to very good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Hay market prices were mostly steady across the state; steady to 10.00 higher for alfalfa in the southwest. Demand was light to moderate and deliveries slowed a bit more this past week. Slaughter steer and heifer sales in Kansas traded at 120.00 this week, 3.00 higher than last week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–348	341	23	200.00–215.00	$208.76	$712	+0.65
350–389	371	33	195.00–220.00	$213.25	$791	+12.62
414 fancy	414	25	226.00	$226.00	$936	—
408–445 unweaned	430	8	167.50–183.00	$173.79	$747	-6.48
412–447	430	33	178.00–207.00	$197.31	$848	+3.03
450–497	473	120	180.00–200.00	$195.46	$925	+7.20
513 fancy	513	15	190.00	$190.00	$975	+3.18
517–518 unweaned	518	23	164.00–173.00	$171.05	$886	+5.25
503–542	527	113	171.75–199.50	$183.05	$965	+1.30
550–552 fancy	551	49	179.00–184.75	$183.13	$1,009	—
550–593	572	105	169.00–186.00	$177.95	$1,018	+11.79
589–596 unweaned	592	9	162.00	$162.00	$959	—
600–624 fancy	607	201	178.00–181.00	$179.34	$1,089	+13.04
628	628	11	146.00	$146.00	$917	+3.00
603–649	631	107	156.00–173.50	$168.08	$1,061	+25.08
672 fancy	672	13	170.00	$170.00	$1,142	+1.96
652–688	673	293	156.00–166.75	$162.87	$1,096	+8.16
675 unweaned	675	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,012	—
703	703	3	143.00	$143.00	$1,005	-1.88
709 fancy	709	20	161.50	$161.50	$1,145	+9.18
700–746	724	427	146.00–158.00	$153.98	$1,115	+9.10
751 fancy	751	6	147.00	$147.00	$1,104	-2.02
750–798	778	538	135.00–150.00	$144.55	$1,125	+2.88
808–826 fancy	818	260	147.00–148.25	$147.60	$1,207	+1.35
801–846	828	980	136.50–147.00	$142.50	$1,180	+4.59
860 fancy	860	7	147.25	$147.25	$1,266	+5.34
851–893	874	946	128.50–145.10	$137.00	$1,197	+2.20
897	897	45	134.85	$134.85	$1,210	+0.05
908–948	929	1,158	124.00–140.50	$134.85	$1,253	+1.86
959 fancy	959	61	133.50	$133.50	$1,280	—
957–994	978	380	125.00–133.25	$130.73	$1,279	+1.60

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	5	167.50	$167.50	$558	-15.50
450–495	479	38	165.00–188.00	$185.30	$888	—
519–548	532	106	150.75–185.00	$169.31	$901	-2.64
554–594	583	146	151.00–175.00	$166.72	$972	+11.20
618–641	623	33	148.50–161.00	$151.88	$946	-2.48
650–685	670	81	142.00–154.00	$149.78	$1,004	+6.64
710–748	736	114	136.00–149.25	$144.69	$1,065	—
912–931	921	22	127.00	$127.00	$1,170	—
953	953	4	121.00	$121.00	$1,153	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1049	1016	304	123.25–132.35	$127.94	$1,300	+8.02
1078–1085	1084	51	123.00–127.75	$127.29	$1,380	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327 unweaned	327	10	139.00	$139.00	$455	-31.00
315–339	332	19	175.00–193.50	$185.79	$617	+13.42
355–393 unweaned	376	22	156.00–167.00	$159.59	$600	+2.19
362–398	377	50	158.00–177.50	$169.67	$640	+1.02
386 fancy	386	3	177.00	$177.00	$683	—
405–443	422	75	150.00–180.00	$168.69	$712	+1.66
429–447 unweaned	435	24	147.00–155.00	$152.26	$662	+8.76
460 unweaned	460	4	133.00	$133.00	$612	-2.00
450–498	465	166	151.00–167.00	$161.54	$751	+3.28
502–548	520	222	145.00–159.00	$152.17	$791	-2.73
520 fancy	520	2	161.00	$161.00	$837	+8.38
505–549 unweaned	530	15	127.00–133.00	$130.32	$691	+1.32
551–570 unweaned	562	9	130.00–136.00	$133.38	$750	-7.62
552–591	564	127	139.00–155.00	$149.46	$843	+11.60
600–644	616	296	137.00–154.50	$146.98	$905	+2.76
609–638 fancy	619	72	147.50	$147.50	$913	+0.07
628 unweaned	628	3	116.00	$116.00	$728	—
651–695	674	482	133.50–149.00	$141.17	$951	+4.16
684 fancy	684	9	155.00	$155.00	$1,060	+12.80
688 unweaned	688	4	118.00	$118.00	$812	-5.50
701–749	728	582	130.50–140.00	$135.85	$989	+2.57
731	731	6	125.00	$125.00	$914	-8.28
728–739 fancy	738	24	138.00–140.00	$138.25	$1,020	+2.47
750–796	774	819	127.50–136.10	$133.28	$1,032	+2.59
807	807	2	118.00	$118.00	$952	-15.44
800–830 fancy	811	154	133.00–136.10	$135.56	$1,099	—
800–849	825	482	122.00–135.10	$130.72	$1,078	+2.13
860 fancy	860	23	133.50	$133.50	$1,148	—
850–892	871	414	121.00–130.00	$126.79	$1,104	+1.77
900–927	910	137	115.00–124.25	$121.46	$1,105	-9.83
984	984	6	116.50	$116.50	$1,146	-2.70

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–320	311	12	175.00–178.00	$176.85	$550	+14.85
394 unweaned	394	20	143.00	$143.00	$563	—
407–436	422	23	158.00–168.00	$162.76	$687	+16.17
477–495	482	14	138.00–158.00	$149.84	$722	+1.23
503–545	524	28	142.00–150.00	$145.08	$760	+0.84
550–598	574	28	128.00–144.00	$139.00	$798	-2.73
601–646	625	32	141.00–142.00	$141.55	$885	+8.88
653–697	669	50	128.50–139.50	$134.53	$900	+9.80
758–795	769	21	118.00–127.50	$123.48	$950	-0.51

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
961	961	20	112.00	$112.00	$1,076	—
1003	1003	3	106.00	$106.00	$1,063	-3.00
1057–1070	1063	14	106.50–107.50	$106.93	$1,137	+2.01
1116	1116	15	103.50	$103.50	$1,155	+8.50

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301	301	5	206.00	$206.00	$620	—
396	396	12	189.00–213.00	$205.00	$812	—
422	422	2	182.00	$182.00	$768	+3.00
512–527	520	17	148.00–170.00	$156.78	$815	+8.78
550–560	553	27	144.00–152.00	$149.90	$829	+0.90
588 unweaned	588	6	131.00	$131.00	$770	—
719	719	6	122.00	$122.00	$877	—
755	755	18	134.00	$134.00	$1,012	—
851–855	853	7	111.00–124.00	$116.56	$994	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1650	1212	80-85%	108	60.00–69.50	$65.13	$789	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1800	1333	75-80%	41	69.50–73.00	$71.10	$948	+1.27
1100–1925	1362	75-80%	54	72.50–76.50	$74.14	$1,010	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1002–1310	1121	85-90%	24	50.00–59.00	$55.32	$620	+4.12

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–2265	1798	42	81.00–97.00	$91.31	$1,642	—
1780–2335	1961	12	92.50–105.00	$98.94	$1,940	+10.61
1345–2448	1962	20	69.00–89.00	$84.21	$1,652	-4.12

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1245	1245	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00
1243–1560	1340	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	910.00–1,075.00	$977.17
1370	1370	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	960.00	$960.00
1377	1377	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,050.00	$1,050.00
1320–1550	1399	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	985.00–1,000.00	$991.51
1370–1490	1410	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	985.00–1,010.00	$1,001.19
1570	1570	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,185.00	$1,185.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1365	1365	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00

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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
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—
1000–1200	1013	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	15	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
1000–1100	1086	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	875.00–1,100.00	$1,067.86	—

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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.