Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Kansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 28, 2022

12,552 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $140.78/cwt -1.89 vs last sale · ≈ $1,160/hd at 824 lb · 956 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $147.11/cwt +2.65 vs last sale · ≈ $1,349/hd at 917 lb · 923 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $151.34/cwt +0.07 vs last sale · ≈ $1,324/hd at 875 lb · 775 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	12,552	7,200	16,535
Feeder cattle	11,948	6,662	15,798
Slaughter cattle	530	414	527
Replacement cattle	74	124	210

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 8.00 to 9.00 higher; 600 to 800 lbs uneven, 1.00 lower to 1.00 higher; over 800 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 700 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher, while those over 700 lbs sold steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was good. Compared to last week, fed slaughter steers and heifers in the feedyards sold steady at 138.00. Compared to the last report, alfalfa price was mostly steady while grass hay stayed fully steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310 fancy	310	8	235.00	$235.00	$728	-4.00
315 unweaned	315	28	236.00	$236.00	$743	—
342–348	345	6	215.00–227.00	$221.05	$763	—
360–364 fancy	362	13	229.00–234.00	$231.29	$837	—
365–397	380	33	214.00–228.00	$221.82	$843	+9.88
402 fancy	402	13	226.00	$226.00	$909	—
404–448	432	47	212.00–223.50	$216.34	$935	-3.02
463–483 unweaned	471	16	206.00	$206.00	$970	+20.00
452–496	478	106	202.00–224.00	$214.60	$1,026	+10.08
454–483 fancy	479	71	221.00	$221.00	$1,059	—
500–545	515	123	197.00–216.00	$208.12	$1,072	+8.86
521 unweaned	521	7	191.00	$191.00	$995	—
550–598	572	368	191.00–210.00	$199.51	$1,141	+10.93
582 unweaned	582	25	184.00	$184.00	$1,071	—
611 fancy	611	16	203.00	$203.00	$1,240	-2.00
601–646	628	118	184.00–197.00	$191.02	$1,200	+1.62
651–692	666	195	175.50–186.00	$181.44	$1,208	+9.10
697 unweaned	697	17	150.00	$150.00	$1,046	—
703 fancy	703	28	179.75	$179.75	$1,264	—
703–747	730	214	162.50–179.00	$169.01	$1,234	+2.88
755 thin fleshed	755	37	170.00	$170.00	$1,284	—
753–799	771	454	151.75–161.25	$157.57	$1,215	+1.17
781 fancy	781	30	164.00	$164.00	$1,281	-8.00
800–848	826	588	150.00–163.85	$155.13	$1,281	+3.35
869 fancy	869	47	158.85	$158.85	$1,380	+1.89
852–899	875	728	146.00–156.75	$150.85	$1,320	+1.43
901–941	915	862	144.00–153.00	$147.40	$1,349	+2.94
946	946	61	143.00	$143.00	$1,353	-1.46
951–996	973	378	140.00–147.50	$144.06	$1,402	+3.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322	322	13	189.00	$189.00	$609	—
373–387	383	8	205.00–217.00	$211.23	$809	—
413–440	425	23	195.00–207.00	$203.28	$864	—
453–499	479	110	181.00–206.00	$194.75	$933	+12.02
500–549	528	77	181.00–197.00	$187.94	$992	+18.66
550–590	566	49	177.00–191.00	$186.52	$1,056	+14.26
602–647	625	90	164.00–182.00	$175.72	$1,098	+10.61
652–699	684	160	162.00–174.00	$164.36	$1,124	-3.71
715–745	739	79	151.00–159.50	$156.33	$1,155	-1.59
758–787	783	22	140.00–151.00	$149.55	$1,171	+2.74
820–847	836	57	140.00–152.50	$146.16	$1,222	+2.84
850–899	887	105	139.00–145.00	$143.27	$1,271	+4.26
904–944	924	189	134.00–142.50	$139.80	$1,292	+4.00
950	950	10	127.00	$127.00	$1,206	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
951–991	986	41	133.50–136.00	$133.79	$1,319	—
1012–1035	1027	77	131.00–140.50	$138.28	$1,420	+0.11
1069–1074	1069	61	130.50–138.25	$137.48	$1,470	—
1119	1119	6	125.00	$125.00	$1,399	-9.75
1164–1171	1167	11	121.00–134.00	$128.07	$1,495	-4.93

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
444	444	13	190.00	$190.00	$844	—
568	568	19	190.00	$190.00	$1,079	—
683	683	6	164.00	$164.00	$1,120	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
297 unweaned	297	15	195.00	$195.00	$579	—
300–337	329	33	177.50–202.00	$190.29	$626	+2.55
353–397	379	16	174.00–198.00	$190.87	$723	+15.52
414–425 unweaned	423	18	164.00	$164.00	$694	+10.00
400–441	432	65	172.00–197.00	$179.85	$777	+9.15
451–498	481	234	175.00–191.00	$183.89	$885	+4.30
501–531 fancy	518	147	191.00–195.50	$192.96	$1,000	—
501–548	521	187	168.00–190.50	$178.96	$932	+2.86
529	529	105	182.50	$182.50	$965	+6.40
552–596	577	181	167.00–180.00	$173.50	$1,001	+1.29
555–593 unweaned	589	41	156.00–158.00	$157.82	$930	+3.32
612 thin fleshed	612	10	162.50	$162.50	$994	—
600–649	619	263	146.00–168.00	$160.40	$993	+2.48
649 fancy	649	39	170.25	$170.25	$1,105	—
662	662	30	169.50	$169.50	$1,122	+20.65
666 fancy	666	14	170.00	$170.00	$1,132	—
650–691	677	424	147.00–164.50	$157.14	$1,064	+8.29
704–749	724	285	143.50–154.75	$149.87	$1,085	+2.74
725 fancy	725	80	148.50	$148.50	$1,077	-8.88
753–760 thin fleshed	756	57	154.75–156.00	$155.21	$1,173	—
756–796	774	476	138.75–150.00	$144.64	$1,120	-0.75
800–847	824	956	137.00–144.85	$140.78	$1,160	-0.65
851–898	873	523	134.00–144.25	$138.80	$1,212	+2.68
902–925	913	209	126.50–136.35	$135.02	$1,233	+2.63

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
351–395	372	37	160.00–185.00	$171.01	$636	—
371–399 unweaned	390	31	161.00–179.00	$174.35	$680	—
405–445	427	59	155.00–180.00	$167.77	$716	—
470–498	485	101	159.00–177.00	$170.31	$826	—
511–540	521	85	151.00–177.00	$165.79	$864	+12.46
553–597	574	87	153.00–176.00	$165.06	$947	+12.78
603–648	630	78	142.50–155.00	$149.23	$940	—
656–686	678	53	135.00–148.00	$141.83	$962	—
715–749	729	71	133.00–144.50	$137.78	$1,004	-2.07
770–787	777	149	132.00–144.50	$141.02	$1,096	+6.79
800–847	826	53	129.50–132.50	$131.64	$1,087	+0.46
866–895	880	13	125.00–132.00	$128.22	$1,128	-0.75

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1004–1016	1012	11	124.00–128.00	$125.44	$1,269	+2.44
1085	1085	3	105.00	$105.00	$1,139	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	4	141.00	$141.00	$592	—
479	479	4	145.00	$145.00	$695	-10.00
616	616	4	160.00	$160.00	$986	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	3	222.00	$222.00	$717	—
428	428	6	199.00	$199.00	$852	—
502–527	519	9	172.00–181.00	$178.10	$924	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1175	1133	80-85%	2	91.00–96.00	$93.59	$1,060	—
960–1900	1279	80-85%	174	74.50–85.50	$80.53	$1,030	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1575	1305	75-80%	15	91.00–95.50	$92.57	$1,208	—
835–1900	1420	75-80%	136	84.00–89.00	$86.92	$1,234	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1375	1093	85-90%	29	63.00–74.50	$70.78	$774	—
903–1271	1094	85-90%	14	55.00–67.00	$59.57	$652	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1980	1462	11	93.00–102.50	$99.34	$1,452	—
880–2185	1794	18	105.00–112.00	$108.33	$1,943	—
1730–2540	2037	14	111.50–117.50	$114.40	$2,330	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
962–1156	1092	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	20	116.00–126.00	$118.98	$1,299

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765–1860	1199	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	108.00–115.00	$110.35	$1,323

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1217–1325	1289	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	1,175.00–1,235.00	$1,216.12

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1195	1195	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—

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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.