Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Kansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 27, 2021

5,607 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $155.74/cwt +0.34 vs last sale · ≈ $1,275/hd at 819 lb · 445 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $155.40/cwt -0.86 vs last sale · ≈ $1,374/hd at 884 lb · 422 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $148.04/cwt -4.75 vs last sale · ≈ $1,074/hd at 726 lb · 394 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,607	5,442	6,040
Feeder cattle	5,185	4,325	5,627
Slaughter cattle	351	302	284
Replacement cattle	71	815	129

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Heifers under 600 lbs sold 5.00 lower, while those over 600 lbs sold uneven; 3.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold uneven; breakers and boners sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher, while leans sold steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand was good. Compared to last week, fed slaughter steers and heifers in the feedyards sold steady to 2.00 lower from 121.00 to 124.00. Hay market prices are steady for alfalfa and grass hay. Demand is good but movement remains slow.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290 unweaned	290	1	160.00	$160.00	$464	—
320	320	2	191.00	$191.00	$611	-6.50
365–390	389	29	182.00–199.00	$189.32	$736	+3.39
395 unweaned	395	11	179.00	$179.00	$707	—
413–435	421	27	170.00–183.00	$176.85	$745	-1.85
439 unweaned	439	5	143.00	$143.00	$628	—
454–480	463	14	168.00–175.00	$171.75	$795	-0.25
505–549	518	78	158.00–170.00	$162.99	$844	-6.99
506–547 unweaned	539	32	152.00–160.50	$156.67	$844	—
572 fancy	572	6	186.00	$186.00	$1,064	+6.00
550–597	576	74	150.00–166.25	$159.02	$916	+1.80
618–628 fancy	622	30	152.00–153.00	$152.40	$948	-14.10
600–641	623	61	143.00–164.00	$149.55	$932	-14.44
651–690	669	186	139.50–149.50	$146.34	$979	-14.63
703 fancy	703	36	158.00	$158.00	$1,111	—
710 unweaned	710	5	139.50	$139.50	$990	—
701–735	716	80	142.25–155.00	$151.83	$1,087	-5.29
772 unweaned	772	34	144.00	$144.00	$1,112	—
761–792	782	187	145.00–157.50	$156.17	$1,221	+6.02
783 fancy	783	20	159.00	$159.00	$1,245	-2.00
800–820 fancy	815	106	155.75–161.00	$159.40	$1,299	+4.05
804–845	820	339	145.50–158.85	$154.59	$1,268	-0.82
855–899	884	229	144.75–156.10	$152.12	$1,345	-3.29
880–895 fancy	885	193	157.00–159.50	$159.29	$1,410	+1.63
911–943	929	206	146.50–156.10	$151.75	$1,410	+0.77
931 fancy	931	62	154.50	$154.50	$1,438	-0.50
958–975	964	109	138.00–155.25	$151.89	$1,464	+14.56

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
477	477	2	143.00	$143.00	$682	-17.93
515 unweaned	515	7	148.00	$148.00	$762	—
544	544	10	151.00	$151.00	$821	-8.09
580–586	584	22	142.50–165.00	$148.71	$868	+10.87
607–649	642	47	136.00–150.00	$139.44	$895	-10.12
655	655	3	141.00	$141.00	$924	-2.48
736	736	30	136.50	$136.50	$1,005	-5.63
752–780	763	5	144.00–145.00	$144.41	$1,102	+8.41
803–833	825	25	140.00–149.00	$142.40	$1,175	+1.38
851–885	861	20	133.00–145.00	$140.85	$1,213	-8.15
932–944	940	10	129.00–134.50	$132.86	$1,249	-6.64
984	984	10	139.00	$139.00	$1,368	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1029–1044	1043	59	144.60–148.00	$144.88	$1,511	+15.38
1058	1058	53	144.00	$144.00	$1,524	+20.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
637	637	3	135.00	$135.00	$860	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	4	170.00	$170.00	$575	-17.50
338–343 unweaned	341	8	154.00–164.00	$157.72	$538	—
375–385	381	18	160.00–173.00	$164.93	$628	-20.72
383 unweaned	383	15	159.00	$159.00	$609	—
407–439	428	27	147.00–162.00	$151.32	$648	-9.54
420–442 unweaned	435	13	143.00–146.00	$145.11	$631	-5.74
452–482	473	35	141.00–151.00	$146.18	$691	-15.10
460–496 unweaned	480	9	129.00–144.50	$135.60	$651	-15.40
489 fancy	489	10	156.00	$156.00	$763	-15.00
511 unweaned	511	4	131.00	$131.00	$669	-18.00
505–548	528	87	137.00–154.00	$144.28	$762	-8.61
524–546 fancy	530	27	149.00–150.50	$150.10	$796	—
562 unweaned	562	12	125.00	$125.00	$702	-7.00
554–587	568	74	135.00–154.00	$142.31	$808	-2.21
585 fancy	585	4	152.50	$152.50	$892	-1.00
627 fancy	627	91	158.00	$158.00	$991	+4.00
605–644	629	103	139.00–146.00	$142.48	$896	+0.09
606–645 unweaned	635	56	130.00–138.00	$133.72	$849	—
654–683 fancy	669	30	153.50–154.00	$153.77	$1,029	+2.09
657–692	679	70	141.00–150.50	$146.41	$994	+6.45
686 unweaned	686	12	128.00	$128.00	$878	—
713 fancy	713	66	157.50	$157.50	$1,123	+1.90
700–748	728	312	141.00–150.00	$146.76	$1,068	-1.77
735 unweaned	735	16	134.00	$134.00	$985	—
753–790	773	248	140.50–149.00	$145.87	$1,128	-0.93
793	793	23	148.50	$148.50	$1,178	+1.70
807 fancy	807	64	151.85	$151.85	$1,225	+6.73
801–845	824	302	139.50–147.50	$142.89	$1,177	-1.13
850–898	865	33	135.00–142.50	$139.61	$1,208	+5.54
929	929	43	141.35	$141.35	$1,313	+10.25
923–944	938	14	125.00–132.00	$126.97	$1,191	-4.13
959–969	963	35	130.00–132.50	$131.57	$1,267	-5.93

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	2	151.00	$151.00	$516	—
387	387	2	150.00	$150.00	$580	—
398 unweaned	398	8	141.00	$141.00	$561	—
491–494	493	8	122.00–141.00	$129.10	$636	-11.12
517	517	5	136.00	$136.00	$703	-7.08
553–596	578	61	124.00–142.50	$136.72	$790	+3.20
630–643	634	19	131.00–138.00	$136.68	$867	+1.79
662–695	679	25	122.00–140.00	$134.79	$915	-6.71
702–748	725	24	123.00–135.00	$129.32	$938	-5.03
751–791	766	18	120.00–139.00	$133.55	$1,023	-1.21
813–848	833	82	125.00–133.00	$131.60	$1,096	-3.40
876–893	880	70	127.00–131.50	$130.44	$1,148	—
910	910	3	119.00	$119.00	$1,083	+1.20
961	961	6	96.00	$96.00	$923	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–987	983	8	123.50–125.00	$124.43	$1,223	-0.07
1037	1037	6	114.50	$114.50	$1,187	-19.68

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	156.00	$156.00	$686	—
446 unweaned	446	4	121.00	$121.00	$540	—
471–495	478	21	143.00–155.00	$149.51	$715	-7.99
540	540	2	131.00–137.00	$134.00	$724	—
565–597	586	3	129.00–141.00	$132.85	$779	-7.15
670	670	1	117.00	$117.00	$784	-9.00
762	762	10	135.00	$135.00	$1,029	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1750	1232	85-90%	113	46.00–59.00	$54.29	$669	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1595	1288	80-85%	109	55.00–69.00	$62.49	$805	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1535	1380	75-80%	24	67.00–73.50	$70.58	$974	—
1375–1790	1580	75-80%	15	74.00–78.00	$76.41	$1,207	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1460–1840	1675	3	65.00–80.00	$73.98	$1,239	—
1450–1960	1780	14	72.00–89.50	$80.47	$1,432	—
1645–2055	1884	7	82.00–92.50	$86.78	$1,635	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1253	1253	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	800.00	$800.00
1200–1406	1292	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	25	670.00–810.00	$719.78
1045–1345	1303	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	760.00–900.00	$881.44
1135–1455	1310	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	810.00–925.00	$871.23
1357	1357	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,010.00	$1,010.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
946	946	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	985.00	$985.00
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00

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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.