Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Kansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 9, 2022

9,478 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $141.80/cwt +1.10 vs last sale · ≈ $1,183/hd at 834 lb · 790 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $143.01/cwt -5.43 vs last sale · ≈ $1,326/hd at 927 lb · 778 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $140.10/cwt +6.30 vs last sale · ≈ $1,205/hd at 860 lb · 654 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	9,478	8,790	8,595
Feeder cattle	8,550	5,968	7,945
Slaughter cattle	875	756	584
Replacement cattle	53	2,066	66

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 700 lbs sold 8.00 to 9.00 lower; over 700 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower; over 600 lbs sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold unveven; breakers sold firm, while boners and leans sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good. Compared to last week, fed slaughter steers and heifers in the feedyards sold 2.00 higher at 140.00. Compared to the last report, overall alfalfa hay and grass hay were mostly steady while 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
300–338	315	21	205.00–207.50	$206.91	$652	-24.09
367	367	2	195.00	$195.00	$716	-21.41
375 unweaned	375	2	193.00	$193.00	$724	—
409 fancy	409	5	187.00	$187.00	$765	-25.50
400–449	426	73	173.00–198.50	$192.05	$818	-15.67
455–483 fancy	466	10	204.00–209.00	$206.93	$964	-0.07
450–490	471	68	174.00–194.00	$187.12	$881	-18.08
464–489 thin fleshed	474	15	190.00–200.00	$195.87	$928	—
500–549	527	192	179.00–197.00	$189.22	$997	-6.99
546 fancy	546	8	199.50	$199.50	$1,089	—
550–594	567	103	177.00–195.00	$184.72	$1,047	-12.51
575–577 thin fleshed	576	17	181.00–198.00	$192.01	$1,106	—
588 fancy	588	11	197.00	$197.00	$1,158	-0.50
600–648	624	137	166.00–183.00	$177.84	$1,110	-10.61
646 fancy	646	33	179.50	$179.50	$1,160	-11.00
655–688	677	54	167.00–179.00	$172.06	$1,165	-5.29
679 thin fleshed	679	38	175.50	$175.50	$1,192	—
703–741	722	74	157.00–169.00	$164.00	$1,184	-6.75
722 thin fleshed	722	30	174.50	$174.50	$1,260	—
750 fancy	750	55	169.00	$169.00	$1,268	+7.00
756 thin fleshed	756	28	160.50	$160.50	$1,213	—
750–798	770	260	154.00–165.00	$158.64	$1,222	+3.02
800–847	834	157	142.00–162.00	$156.50	$1,305	+3.43
837 fancy	837	64	158.00	$158.00	$1,322	-6.50
853–895	872	285	140.50–151.50	$147.78	$1,289	-6.84
873 fancy	873	62	157.25	$157.25	$1,373	+0.45
901–946	927	778	136.00–150.75	$143.01	$1,326	-5.03
954–995	981	150	130.00–140.10	$137.32	$1,347	-7.17

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1047	1031	225	123.00–141.25	$133.38	$1,375	-5.79
1060–1068	1065	149	123.00–131.60	$130.25	$1,387	-10.75
1158	1158	6	124.00	$124.00	$1,436	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
334	334	9	182.00	$182.00	$608	—
421–435	426	9	178.00–183.50	$179.87	$766	-17.13
503–532	522	48	148.00–183.00	$166.61	$870	-21.89
551–599	578	37	148.00–183.00	$173.31	$1,002	-4.13
603–648	639	24	159.00–171.00	$164.36	$1,050	+16.01
653–676	664	26	163.00–165.00	$164.30	$1,091	-5.01
700–738	715	22	141.00–164.00	$151.05	$1,080	+15.68
755–792	783	55	139.50–150.50	$145.91	$1,142	+13.91
813–836	823	42	128.00–151.00	$139.02	$1,144	-13.09
893–898	894	18	131.00–138.50	$137.24	$1,227	-7.03
910	910	11	131.50	$131.50	$1,197	—
951	951	3	121.00	$121.00	$1,151	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358	358	17	183.00	$183.00	$655	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356–398	376	57	171.00–190.00	$182.87	$688	-0.22
429 thin fleshed	429	5	169.00	$169.00	$725	—
413–446	433	78	165.00–192.00	$182.18	$789	+3.40
454–494	471	75	156.00–186.00	$170.05	$801	-6.56
509 thin fleshed	509	12	177.00	$177.00	$901	—
501–545	528	157	146.00–175.00	$167.70	$885	-3.62
555–590 fancy	572	56	159.00–173.00	$163.60	$936	—
555–598	581	64	146.00–173.50	$166.06	$965	-0.45
625 fancy	625	76	178.25	$178.25	$1,114	—
601–648	633	168	146.00–170.50	$165.83	$1,050	+7.25
659–679 fancy	666	156	158.50–170.50	$167.65	$1,117	—
660–697	683	94	147.00–167.00	$154.35	$1,054	+8.62
702–748	723	148	143.00–162.00	$154.73	$1,119	+8.71
733 fancy	733	92	159.50	$159.50	$1,169	+7.75
752–755 fancy	754	136	159.25–160.10	$159.64	$1,204	+9.14
750–796	772	393	141.00–155.00	$145.03	$1,120	+1.40
808–849	834	790	135.00–146.00	$141.80	$1,183	+1.10
851–882	860	643	134.00–142.10	$140.04	$1,204	+6.24
867 fancy	867	11	143.75	$143.75	$1,246	—
902–949	938	194	130.00–138.00	$132.68	$1,245	+0.33
955–959	957	219	124.50–133.35	$131.82	$1,262	+9.27

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
364–396	383	17	145.00–175.00	$168.36	$645	—
400–433	425	20	140.00–178.00	$167.29	$711	-3.71
464–499	492	63	145.00–172.00	$160.32	$789	-8.05
510–548	535	36	130.00–164.00	$153.47	$821	-10.52
560–599	586	86	141.00–160.00	$154.02	$903	+6.25
602–645	624	83	135.00–159.00	$151.19	$943	+15.19
650–681	662	16	133.00–146.00	$139.73	$925	—
715–740	727	10	122.00–139.00	$131.63	$957	-1.37
773–793	787	13	125.00–137.00	$130.14	$1,024	+10.14
807–845	835	32	101.00–134.00	$122.17	$1,020	-8.07
890–896	894	59	130.00–133.00	$132.19	$1,182	+6.94
900–931	909	17	111.00–124.00	$121.33	$1,103	-3.71
951–988	970	27	115.50–125.00	$123.14	$1,194	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1033	1032	45	125.00–125.25	$125.24	$1,292	+8.90
1177	1177	2	104.00	$104.00	$1,224	-3.33

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
647	647	4	147.50	$147.50	$954	—
723	723	4	131.00	$131.00	$947	—
846	846	5	134.00	$134.00	$1,134	—
880	880	10	138.00	$138.00	$1,214	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1825	1309	75-80%	408	70.00–82.50	$76.48	$1,001	+0.45
1210–1860	1508	75-80%	63	80.50–85.00	$81.63	$1,231	-0.82

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1700	1226	80-85%	133	60.00–74.50	$68.16	$836	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1775	1177	85-90%	54	50.00–67.00	$58.87	$693	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–2400	1891	28	90.00–99.00	$96.17	$1,819	—
1485–2625	1966	9	81.00–89.00	$84.85	$1,668	—
1730–2430	2090	24	100.00–109.00	$103.05	$2,154	+4.43

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00
1070–1085	1078	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	735.00–925.00	$830.66
1057–1117	1087	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	800.00–1,050.00	$928.45
1170–1295	1233	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,075.00	$1,035.60

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

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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	1088	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	24	1,090.00–1,125.00	$1,094.38	—
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,275.00–1,285.00	$1,281.67	+156.67
1200–1400	1279	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	1,175.00–1,525.00	$1,324.29	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—

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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.