Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Kansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 16, 2022

8,455 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $146.81/cwt -2.66 vs last sale · ≈ $1,279/hd at 871 lb · 798 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $131.85/cwt -8.25 vs last sale · ≈ $1,146/hd at 869 lb · 765 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $140.71/cwt -8.08 vs last sale · ≈ $1,093/hd at 777 lb · 612 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	8,455	9,478	7,934
Feeder cattle	7,502	8,550	7,388
Slaughter cattle	910	875	469
Replacement cattle	43	53	77

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 higer; 500 to 700 lbs 7.00 to 9.00 lower; over 700 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers overall sold 5.00 to 9.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate. Compared to last week, fed slaughter steers and heifers in the feedyards sold 2.00 lower at 138.00. 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
307–333 unweaned	323	16	197.00–205.00	$199.85	$646	—
306–349	326	42	202.00–215.00	$209.63	$683	+2.72
350–367 unweaned	361	3	186.00–193.00	$188.26	$680	-4.74
372–397	375	46	196.00–214.50	$211.74	$794	+16.74
427 unweaned	427	5	190.50	$190.50	$813	—
403–446	433	65	185.00–210.00	$198.66	$860	+6.61
459–485 fancy	473	24	193.00–198.00	$195.22	$923	-11.71
450–491	484	32	167.50–190.00	$179.62	$869	-7.50
510 fancy	510	13	193.00	$193.00	$984	—
516–547	528	73	169.50–197.50	$180.97	$956	-8.25
556–585	576	40	170.00–181.50	$174.15	$1,003	-10.57
605–648	615	90	160.00–179.00	$170.95	$1,051	-6.89
615 fancy	615	43	170.00	$170.00	$1,046	-9.50
651–698	679	111	155.00–177.50	$167.05	$1,134	-5.01
740–748	746	68	147.00–159.50	$156.13	$1,165	-7.87
758–766 fancy	762	121	158.00–158.50	$158.25	$1,206	-10.75
755–794	789	154	143.00–159.75	$154.34	$1,218	-4.30
818–841 fancy	830	126	151.00–155.00	$152.81	$1,268	-5.19
804–847	833	302	136.00–159.00	$151.10	$1,259	-5.40
857–873 fancy	865	187	145.50–152.75	$150.01	$1,298	-7.24
851–896	873	611	136.85–153.50	$145.83	$1,273	-1.95
906 fancy	906	29	146.25	$146.25	$1,325	—
900–948	925	449	136.00–147.85	$142.38	$1,317	-0.63
955–994	975	335	129.00–144.10	$138.09	$1,346	+0.77

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317	317	2	179.00	$179.00	$567	-3.00
448	448	5	176.00	$176.00	$788	-3.87
464–496	480	14	157.00–181.00	$168.87	$811	—
543–545	543	7	166.00–184.00	$181.42	$985	+14.81
580–592	584	8	152.00–162.50	$159.53	$932	-13.78
605–643	622	37	146.00–165.00	$157.07	$977	-7.29
675–698	691	58	140.00–165.00	$159.51	$1,102	-4.79
710–729	717	13	124.00–141.00	$130.65	$937	-20.40
778–784	781	34	134.00–148.00	$138.71	$1,083	-7.20
823–830	824	25	126.00–139.00	$136.38	$1,124	-2.64
854–899	874	124	133.00–141.00	$138.34	$1,209	+1.10
913–946	922	11	125.00	$125.00	$1,152	-6.50

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1038	1028	108	125.00–135.85	$133.32	$1,371	-0.06
1057–1069	1068	38	125.00–131.25	$130.64	$1,395	+0.39
1230	1230	2	117.00	$117.00	$1,439	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
621	621	4	151.00	$151.00	$938	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273	273	3	188.00	$188.00	$513	—
312–321	316	22	187.00–188.00	$187.58	$593	—
320–333 unweaned	325	8	164.00–169.00	$167.08	$543	—
351–395	370	46	165.00–198.00	$187.38	$693	+4.51
400–448	424	38	157.00–177.00	$168.18	$713	-14.00
447 fancy	447	27	194.00	$194.00	$867	—
457–487	479	33	145.00–172.00	$158.12	$757	-11.93
503–540	517	77	152.00–175.00	$164.09	$848	-3.61
550–590	576	70	156.00–165.00	$160.82	$926	-5.24
600–647	617	89	156.00–163.50	$159.53	$984	-6.30
670 fancy	670	81	158.50	$158.50	$1,062	-9.15
664–694	678	145	138.00–155.50	$148.86	$1,009	-5.49
733 fancy	733	67	147.75	$147.75	$1,083	-11.75
702–748	737	237	138.50–147.50	$143.63	$1,059	-11.10
753–798	777	612	137.75–144.10	$140.71	$1,093	-4.32
800–843	826	191	124.00–138.00	$134.11	$1,108	-7.69
832–839 fancy	834	151	141.00–142.00	$141.65	$1,181	—
862 fancy	862	65	136.25	$136.25	$1,174	-7.50
853–899	870	700	128.00–134.50	$131.44	$1,144	-8.60
900–945	917	110	116.00–130.10	$128.64	$1,180	-4.04
950–983	974	67	115.00–127.00	$123.50	$1,203	-8.32

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311	311	5	177.00	$177.00	$550	—
456–488	474	7	149.00–157.00	$152.30	$722	-8.02
515–548	529	20	145.00–161.00	$153.27	$811	-0.20
562–592	581	24	142.00–154.00	$144.93	$842	-9.09
601–642	629	23	135.00–145.00	$141.16	$888	-10.03
680–698	692	58	136.00–146.00	$143.74	$995	+4.01
702–743	711	13	119.00–131.00	$121.89	$867	-9.74
755–795	784	33	123.00–133.50	$130.48	$1,023	+0.34
808–833	827	24	122.00–131.50	$129.03	$1,067	+6.86
855–887	861	37	109.00–121.50	$114.83	$989	-17.36
965	965	9	105.00	$105.00	$1,013	-18.14

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1036	1034	35	120.00–122.00	$120.17	$1,243	-5.07
1052–1090	1081	12	108.50–119.00	$115.87	$1,253	—
1101–1118	1108	64	88.00–114.50	$95.62	$1,059	—
1150	1150	2	107.00	$107.00	$1,230	+3.00
1238	1238	3	107.00	$107.00	$1,325	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
819	819	5	109.00	$109.00	$893	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	3	185.00	$185.00	$712	—
520–533	527	7	155.00–179.00	$168.86	$890	—
563–590	575	11	160.00–167.00	$163.74	$942	—
620–646	636	5	141.00–151.00	$144.90	$922	-2.60
661–686	679	19	143.00–159.00	$147.10	$999	—
720–745	722	11	135.00–148.00	$146.78	$1,060	+15.78
820	820	1	120.00	$120.00	$984	-14.00
865	865	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,047	-17.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
928	928	6	114.00	$114.00	$1,058	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–2005	1281	75-80%	467	70.00–79.50	$75.14	$963	—
1050–1698	1367	75-80%	154	80.00–85.00	$81.62	$1,116	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1625	1176	80-85%	144	60.50–69.50	$66.03	$777	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1205	1146	85-90%	15	51.00–59.50	$55.00	$630	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1565–2420	1767	9	72.00–92.00	$81.68	$1,443	—
1555–2270	1815	18	81.00–105.50	$98.41	$1,786	—
1730–2385	2059	19	100.00–111.50	$107.46	$2,213	+4.41

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1346	1346	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,085.00	$1,085.00

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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	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	850.00–900.00	$860.00	—
1000–1100	1025	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	1,075.00–1,125.00	$1,112.50	—
1000–1200	1089	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	9	975.00–1,235.00	$1,090.56	-3.82
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,325.00	$1,325.00	+43.33
1000–1200	1125	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,050.00–1,450.00	$1,293.75	+12.08
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,635.00	$1,635.00	—
1300–1600	1420	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,310.00–1,400.00	$1,364.00	—

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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.