Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Kansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 3, 2022

17,740 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $162.15/cwt +3.57 vs last sale · ≈ $1,337/hd at 824 lb · 1,218 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $152.67/cwt +0.67 vs last sale · ≈ $1,101/hd at 721 lb · 1,145 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $166.51/cwt +1.15 vs last sale · ≈ $1,204/hd at 723 lb · 1,005 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	17,740	3,302	21,039
Feeder cattle	17,213	698	19,899
Slaughter cattle	218	241	1,075
Replacement cattle	309	2,363	65

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparison was available for auction feeder cattle or slaughter cattle, however a higher undertone was noted. Demand was moderate. Compared to last week, Fed Slaughter Steers and Heifers in the feedyards sold limited on light demand at 138.00. Hay market prices remained steady for alfalfa and grass hay, movement is still slow with a little more interest and an increase in the number of trades reported.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–392	368	32	185.00–228.00	$216.26	$796	+37.55
421 thin fleshed	421	10	222.00	$222.00	$935	—
413–442	428	62	176.00–228.00	$215.61	$923	+34.61
402–444 fancy	430	74	199.00–212.00	$203.49	$875	-12.51
453–456 fancy	456	86	203.50–218.00	$204.17	$931	—
450–499	476	103	188.00–212.00	$198.61	$945	+32.00
511 thin fleshed	511	19	216.00	$216.00	$1,104	—
505–545	523	240	173.00–214.00	$200.07	$1,046	+22.07
501–546 fancy	536	190	190.00–216.00	$198.47	$1,064	—
553–560 fancy	555	39	183.00–205.00	$199.71	$1,108	+26.71
555–560 thin fleshed	558	10	200.50–201.00	$200.70	$1,120	—
551–593	574	452	169.00–199.00	$187.99	$1,079	+31.33
604–615 fancy	611	100	185.50–189.00	$186.78	$1,141	+15.78
600–649	623	627	167.75–186.00	$177.21	$1,104	+22.71
650–699	672	605	163.00–179.00	$168.86	$1,135	+11.37
654–693 fancy	679	185	176.00–179.25	$178.15	$1,210	—
692 thin fleshed	692	30	176.75	$176.75	$1,223	—
700–749	723	1,005	159.00–174.25	$166.51	$1,204	+3.60
766–771 fancy	767	160	169.50–174.75	$172.28	$1,321	—
750–799	776	653	155.00–173.50	$164.45	$1,276	+4.20
813 fancy	813	59	165.50	$165.50	$1,346	—
802–848	825	1,159	157.00–168.50	$161.98	$1,336	+3.40
854–898	880	854	150.00–165.10	$158.14	$1,392	—
902–948	918	202	145.75–158.00	$154.24	$1,416	+14.87
975–999	996	26	138.50–144.00	$141.29	$1,407	+2.79

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393–398	395	8	165.00–208.00	$191.27	$756	—
402–440	421	23	175.00–209.00	$196.02	$825	—
454–497	476	57	165.00–204.00	$187.94	$895	—
509–547	526	102	170.00–201.00	$190.77	$1,003	—
550–597	584	213	157.00–188.00	$175.96	$1,028	—
607–648	640	87	146.00–176.00	$163.17	$1,044	—
652–696	673	261	152.50–174.00	$163.67	$1,101	—
702–745	720	206	140.00–164.00	$156.46	$1,127	+9.45
753–799	774	221	143.00–160.75	$157.11	$1,216	—
800–847	817	117	142.25–156.50	$151.37	$1,237	—
860–892	873	216	145.00–154.50	$151.37	$1,321	—
900–935	904	69	145.00–157.00	$156.29	$1,413	—
953–969	962	69	146.00–150.50	$149.96	$1,443	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
986–991	987	17	146.00–148.00	$146.47	$1,446	—
1008–1045	1027	99	149.00–150.25	$149.64	$1,537	—
1051–1088	1062	82	146.00–150.35	$149.07	$1,583	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1027	1027	2	148.00	$148.00	$1,520	—
1088	1088	14	145.75	$145.75	$1,586	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
643–647	646	8	141.00–147.00	$144.76	$935	—
661	661	5	143.00	$143.00	$945	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336	336	14	174.00	$174.00	$585	+21.56
358 fancy	358	14	183.00	$183.00	$655	—
355–388	379	22	169.00–180.00	$177.02	$671	+12.83
425–434 thin fleshed	428	14	184.00	$184.00	$788	—
400–449	437	217	163.00–182.00	$171.21	$748	—
455 fancy	455	113	176.00	$176.00	$801	+15.00
450–499	467	269	157.00–187.00	$167.45	$782	+18.40
518–519 fancy	518	87	177.00–194.00	$181.89	$942	—
500–544	525	271	160.00–187.00	$173.60	$911	+16.81
553–575 fancy	570	169	165.00–175.00	$172.19	$981	—
551–598	572	633	152.50–166.50	$159.49	$912	+13.60
614	614	67	168.00	$168.00	$1,032	+23.98
601–649	627	544	147.00–160.50	$155.16	$973	+11.14
605–633 fancy	630	92	159.35–161.00	$159.52	$1,005	—
653–677 fancy	660	70	157.50–160.25	$159.50	$1,053	+2.50
651–691	669	547	146.00–158.50	$154.42	$1,033	+11.52
665–684	676	210	158.50–162.50	$160.05	$1,082	+17.15
713	713	89	158.00	$158.00	$1,127	+6.00
701–749	722	1,056	146.00–156.00	$152.22	$1,099	+0.22
763 thin fleshed	763	59	156.50	$156.50	$1,194	—
765	765	61	155.25	$155.25	$1,188	+14.25
758–798	776	622	142.00–154.75	$151.16	$1,173	+10.16
817 fancy	817	64	154.00	$154.00	$1,258	—
806–849	822	436	141.50–151.75	$148.92	$1,224	-0.87
864–871	869	93	145.00–148.50	$146.43	$1,272	+21.93
951–969	963	30	133.50–143.50	$140.10	$1,349	—
975	975	41	133.60	$133.60	$1,303	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
369–378	373	7	165.50–167.00	$166.15	$620	—
425–442	434	9	158.50–166.00	$162.96	$707	—
470–498	487	123	130.00–174.00	$163.89	$798	—
500–547	520	134	148.50–172.00	$160.29	$834	—
552–598	582	95	137.00–161.00	$148.39	$864	—
600–635	620	65	138.00–155.00	$148.92	$923	—
653–699	676	147	132.00–154.00	$143.37	$969	—
702–748	725	128	134.00–145.00	$140.42	$1,018	—
754–799	771	57	129.50–145.00	$137.67	$1,061	—
807–838	817	142	137.00–148.75	$147.15	$1,202	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930	930	61	146.25	$146.25	$1,360	—
1001	1001	3	117.00	$117.00	$1,171	—
1065	1065	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,118	-20.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
923	923	4	128.00	$128.00	$1,181	—
1023	1023	10	131.00	$131.00	$1,340	—
1061	1061	12	108.00	$108.00	$1,146	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	3	125.00	$125.00	$812	—
820	820	1	118.00	$118.00	$968	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1635	1217	85-90%	60	48.00–59.00	$55.48	$675	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1595	1277	80-85%	46	60.00–68.00	$63.82	$815	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–1460	1336	75-80%	8	69.00–71.00	$69.77	$932	+6.32
1360–1745	1553	75-80%	12	72.00–75.00	$73.65	$1,144	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450	1450	1	79.00	$79.00	$1,146	—
1630–1910	1814	6	81.00–88.00	$86.14	$1,563	—
2065–2160	2113	2	94.00–95.00	$94.51	$1,997	—

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Bred Cows

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1173	1173	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,075.00	$1,075.00
1267	1267	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	750.00	$750.00
1203–1342	1271	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	44	770.00–1,050.00	$930.82
1305–1498	1372	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	97	1,200.00–1,510.00	$1,359.69
1350–1465	1437	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	700.00–935.00	$750.49

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1016	1016	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	750.00	$750.00
1130	1130	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00
1078–1315	1167	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	925.00–1,025.00	$966.05
1190–1316	1244	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	775.00–780.00	$777.73
1361	1361	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	24	875.00	$875.00
1373–1665	1431	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,050.00–1,075.00	$1,069.18
1450–1573	1464	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	1,025.00	$1,025.00
1520	1520	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845	845	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
965–1027	1006	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	950.00–1,000.00	$965.98
1065	1065	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,275.00	$1,275.00
1083	1083	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	700.00	$700.00
1120	1120	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,025.00	$1,025.00

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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
1000–1100	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	1,060.00–1,160.00	$1,110.00	-540.00

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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.