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Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Kansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 22, 2023

4,064 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $204.47/cwt +5.03 vs last sale · ≈ $1,476/hd at 722 lb · 221 head
heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $201.37/cwt -4.44 vs last sale · ≈ $1,764/hd at 876 lb · 204 head
heavy 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $179.05/cwt +7.30 vs last sale · ≈ $1,577/hd at 881 lb · 192 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 4,064 5,522 5,647
Feeder cattle 3,334 4,851 5,094
Slaughter cattle 671 555 535
Replacement cattle 59 116 18

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers overall sold steady to 4.00 higher, with the exception of those 600 to 700 lbs selling 5.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 9.00 to 10.00 lower; over 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Demand was reported as moderate to good. Compared to last week, fed slaughter steers and heifers in the feed yards sold 1.00 higher at 171.00. In the hay market, demand remains good, trade activity remains slow, and prices remained mostly steady. New crop prices are starting to show up, a little later than usual, but they are there with not much difference from current '22 crop pricing.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
315 unweaned 315 2 250.00 $250.00 $788 —
330–338 336 8 262.50–277.50 $275.66 $926 -37.34
358–397 thin fleshed 376 50 306.00–339.00 $330.98 $1,244 +56.24
365–395 378 14 275.00–302.50 $288.69 $1,091 +10.23
405–443 428 43 270.00–300.00 $281.92 $1,207 +12.15
424–435 thin fleshed 432 46 304.00–330.00 $323.90 $1,399 +61.59
450–490 478 21 260.00–272.00 $264.57 $1,265 -16.99
460–495 thin fleshed 481 18 250.00–285.00 $273.33 $1,315 +16.04
505–522 fancy 520 29 266.00–283.00 $280.24 $1,457 —
507–531 522 13 237.50–270.00 $256.00 $1,336 -5.27
512–548 thin fleshed 525 37 270.00–302.50 $294.51 $1,546 +26.35
551–593 562 39 235.00–272.00 $265.51 $1,492 +17.08
553–580 thin fleshed 569 54 267.00–277.00 $272.29 $1,549 +27.90
600–628 614 12 214.00–249.00 $231.90 $1,424 +1.60
650 thin fleshed 650 1 257.50 $257.50 $1,674 +30.15
651–679 669 59 217.00–247.00 $229.25 $1,534 +3.43
705–715 thin fleshed 706 18 219.00–225.00 $219.68 $1,551 —
707–745 728 26 196.00–225.00 $217.48 $1,583 +2.54
753–780 fancy 755 18 206.00–216.00 $215.43 $1,626 -12.07
752–770 760 37 189.00–225.00 $210.14 $1,597 +2.15
809–810 thin fleshed 809 28 204.00–208.00 $207.28 $1,677 +2.78
803–822 813 150 189.00–214.00 $211.32 $1,718 +7.68
859 fancy 859 16 206.75 $206.75 $1,776 -11.85
854–893 875 127 196.75–202.00 $199.31 $1,744 -1.38
883 thin fleshed 883 61 204.25 $204.25 $1,804 —
900–940 901 62 185.00–205.50 $205.15 $1,848 +17.51
918 fancy 918 64 199.60 $199.60 $1,832 +0.60
905–935 thin fleshed 931 65 195.50–199.10 $198.67 $1,850 —
971–990 976 4 173.00–181.00 $175.03 $1,708 -2.22
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
353–355 354 9 260.00 $260.00 $920 +16.00
435 435 3 262.00 $262.00 $1,140 -8.08
532–549 536 33 244.50–248.00 $245.26 $1,315 -1.00
575–576 575 11 245.00–248.00 $246.09 $1,415 +2.09
621–648 626 12 238.50–247.00 $240.35 $1,505 +8.33
650–695 682 32 168.00–223.50 $218.48 $1,490 +17.02
700–733 726 24 179.00–214.00 $195.17 $1,417 -5.99
775–790 779 22 191.00–202.00 $195.29 $1,521 -3.06
814–846 837 25 200.00–203.50 $200.95 $1,682 +8.26
930 930 14 189.50 $189.50 $1,762 +9.50
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1030–1031 1030 56 173.00–187.75 $182.88 $1,884 +6.42
Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
563 563 5 257.00 $257.00 $1,447 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
306 thin fleshed 306 6 291.00 $291.00 $890 +40.85
323 323 3 245.00 $245.00 $791 -24.40
355–366 thin fleshed 365 26 226.00–287.50 $284.34 $1,038 —
357–395 380 20 241.00–257.50 $247.76 $941 -15.30
420–448 428 12 246.00–252.00 $249.45 $1,068 -18.55
403–445 thin fleshed 432 39 271.00–276.00 $272.45 $1,177 +42.45
452 thin fleshed 452 4 265.00 $265.00 $1,198 +31.03
482–488 fancy 484 22 247.00 $247.00 $1,195 —
465–498 493 6 226.00 $226.00 $1,114 -21.84
500–532 513 54 204.00–251.00 $231.79 $1,189 -4.52
515–531 thin fleshed 520 17 223.00–252.00 $243.29 $1,265 +7.39
537 fancy 537 31 236.75 $236.75 $1,271 -21.75
582 thin fleshed 582 2 232.50 $232.50 $1,353 +6.96
557–598 593 104 217.50–235.00 $229.75 $1,362 +5.43
613 fancy 613 19 230.00 $230.00 $1,410 +12.00
608–617 thin fleshed 615 27 210.00–213.00 $212.34 $1,306 -9.66
600–644 638 85 183.00–221.50 $212.05 $1,353 -4.95
651–685 thin fleshed 654 65 211.00–216.00 $212.35 $1,389 +5.35
659 fancy 659 5 219.00 $219.00 $1,443 +9.50
650–697 685 67 186.00–209.00 $205.25 $1,406 +9.12
716 fancy 716 49 212.00 $212.00 $1,518 —
712–730 thin fleshed 720 90 207.00–219.50 $208.52 $1,501 —
701–746 727 82 187.00–202.00 $195.53 $1,422 -3.91
758–786 771 133 184.00–198.75 $193.18 $1,489 +6.05
775–776 thin fleshed 775 28 206.00–208.50 $207.52 $1,608 +5.02
802–847 818 120 186.00–192.00 $187.50 $1,534 +5.82
827 thin fleshed 827 69 193.60 $193.60 $1,601 —
870–897 881 192 166.00–183.50 $179.05 $1,577 +7.30
923–940 937 10 170.00 $170.00 $1,593 -8.63
960–995 978 2 152.50–161.00 $156.67 $1,532 -7.58
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
311–349 333 16 217.00–227.00 $221.95 $739 —
510 510 1 174.00 $174.00 $887 —
565–582 578 4 157.00–224.00 $207.62 $1,200 -12.06
602–630 605 28 164.00–206.00 $203.58 $1,232 +7.27
650–670 660 2 168.00–181.00 $174.60 $1,152 -11.29
705–740 720 7 170.00–188.00 $177.58 $1,279 +0.47
751–760 752 8 176.00–182.00 $181.24 $1,363 —
841–847 843 5 141.00–168.00 $151.85 $1,280 —
850–898 867 10 145.00–164.00 $157.39 $1,365 -2.96
920–925 924 4 157.50–170.00 $160.61 $1,484 +1.13
955–975 968 5 137.50–147.50 $144.99 $1,404 -8.99
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
958–978 971 12 161.00–174.00 $165.27 $1,605 —
1004 1004 7 151.00 $151.00 $1,516 —
1066–1067 1066 12 158.00–168.00 $161.34 $1,720 +13.84
1115 1115 2 155.00 $155.00 $1,728 —
Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
422 422 3 215.00 $215.00 $907 —
1080 1080 1 140.00 $140.00 $1,512 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
615 615 1 195.00 $195.00 $1,199 —
785 785 1 165.00 $165.00 $1,295 —

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1041–1880 1322 75-80% 220 100.00–109.50 $105.73 $1,398 +2.12
1110–1888 1440 75-80% 124 108.00–118.00 $111.61 $1,607 +1.82
Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1050–1690 1250 80-85% 156 90.00–99.50 $94.69 $1,184 —
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1045–1525 1168 85-90% 31 66.00–89.00 $78.80 $920 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1385–2035 1599 46 110.00–122.00 $117.09 $1,872 +12.20
1225–1935 1640 10 92.00–109.00 $101.73 $1,668 —
1781–2360 1998 26 120.00–136.50 $126.24 $2,522 —

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
905–1185 1044 (<2 yrs)Open 25 109.00–127.50 $115.61 $1,207

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1345 1345 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 1 1,435.00 $1,435.00
1320–1505 1413 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 2 1,435.00–1,525.00 $1,482.95

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1100 1100 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 1 1,325.00 $1,325.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
1100–1150 1125 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open 4 1,735.00–2,400.00 $2,158.75 +358.75
1200 1200 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)Open 3 1,600.00 $1,600.00 +600.00
1300 1300 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open 2 2,250.00 $2,250.00 —
1300 1300 Aged (>8 yrs)Open 2 1,925.00 $1,925.00 —
1300–1400 1325 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 8 2,250.00 $2,250.00 —
1400 1400 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open 2 2,250.00 $2,250.00 +250.00
1400 1400 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)Open 9 2,300.00 $2,300.00 +300.00

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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.