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Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Kansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 5, 2024

8,459 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $244.93/cwt -9.12 vs last sale · ≈ $2,146/hd at 876 lb · 1,559 head
light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $240.74/cwt -5.87 vs last sale · ≈ $2,215/hd at 920 lb · 1,139 head
light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $246.47/cwt -11.73 vs last sale · ≈ $2,037/hd at 827 lb · 776 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 8,459 5,119 8,666
Feeder cattle 8,105 4,883 8,177
Slaughter cattle 185 232 484
Replacement cattle 169 4 5

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold unevenly steady. In the feedlot trade, live sales occurred on Wednesday and Thursday at mostly 185.00 to 187.00, 1.00 to 3.00 lower than last week. In the hay market, although movement picked up a bit, demand remained very light as feed yards are still not buying. Drought and dry conditions in the western two-thirds of the state have dryland crops burning up, and alfalfa headed into dormancy. Pop up storms in recent weeks have also further damaged crops due to high winds and hail. Even despite the setbacks to the hay crop, there is still large amounts of old crop hay available. Premium and Supreme quality hay is more in demand but seems to be hard to find.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
320 320 6 358.00–360.00 $359.33 $1,150 +68.08
375–387 380 5 311.00–332.50 $323.74 $1,230 -68.27
385–386 fancy 386 4 351.00 $351.00 $1,355 —
405–430 424 9 338.00–345.00 $341.45 $1,448 -1.11
451–495 465 56 303.00–350.00 $326.91 $1,520 -13.78
512–544 530 12 286.00–304.00 $292.60 $1,551 -32.78
538 fancy 538 5 310.00 $310.00 $1,668 —
565–591 587 27 265.50–292.00 $281.80 $1,654 -11.47
591 unweaned 591 13 280.00 $280.00 $1,655 —
600–647 626 49 254.00–292.00 $268.20 $1,679 -39.40
664 thin fleshed 664 11 297.00 $297.00 $1,972 —
666 unweaned 666 10 270.00 $270.00 $1,798 —
652–697 667 137 258.00–293.85 $279.84 $1,867 -19.65
705–739 unweaned 720 14 250.00–255.00 $252.20 $1,816 -17.12
700–747 721 209 237.00–273.00 $256.67 $1,851 -21.97
768 thin fleshed 768 68 264.50 $264.50 $2,031 —
769 fancy 769 84 263.00 $263.00 $2,022 —
754–798 773 572 236.00–269.50 $259.16 $2,003 -0.71
795 unweaned 795 6 239.00 $239.00 $1,900 —
809 fancy 809 82 253.00 $253.00 $2,047 —
806–849 821 430 222.00–248.00 $242.75 $1,993 -15.45
834–848 thin fleshed 841 264 249.00–252.00 $250.49 $2,107 —
856 thin fleshed 856 122 247.00 $247.00 $2,114 —
856–899 878 1,437 231.00–258.00 $244.75 $2,149 -9.30
901–940 920 1,139 222.00–253.10 $240.74 $2,215 -4.45
955 fancy 955 120 240.25 $240.25 $2,294 —
950–985 961 383 224.75–238.25 $230.57 $2,216 -5.76
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
343 343 4 315.00 $315.00 $1,080 —
465 465 3 320.00 $320.00 $1,488 -2.34
546 unweaned 546 6 240.00 $240.00 $1,310 —
568–595 573 12 230.00–280.00 $271.34 $1,555 —
635–649 642 13 245.00–276.50 $264.24 $1,696 -25.32
650–672 663 20 243.00–267.00 $253.37 $1,680 -19.41
708–745 732 37 219.00–246.00 $239.48 $1,753 -19.66
755–792 771 60 230.00–241.50 $236.74 $1,825 -14.77
821 821 3 227.00 $227.00 $1,864 -16.73
860–895 881 91 220.00–232.25 $228.24 $2,011 -18.18
901–942 928 68 208.00–230.50 $221.86 $2,059 -12.47
954 954 5 222.50 $222.50 $2,123 -7.50
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1009–1018 1014 117 213.00–230.00 $227.44 $2,306 +14.44
1073 1073 55 216.00 $216.00 $2,318 -14.82
Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
697 697 9 253.00 $253.00 $1,763 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
355 fancy 355 4 334.00 $334.00 $1,186 —
351–391 372 32 300.00–330.00 $318.62 $1,185 +0.46
416–427 420 16 306.00–342.00 $328.28 $1,379 +29.44
490–495 493 17 275.00–299.00 $290.15 $1,430 -18.36
528–535 533 22 286.00–291.00 $287.35 $1,532 -2.74
547 unweaned 547 15 282.00 $282.00 $1,543 —
553–595 567 47 225.00–283.00 $258.19 $1,464 -24.15
581 unweaned 581 10 280.00 $280.00 $1,627 —
619–625 unweaned 622 21 268.00–275.00 $271.98 $1,692 —
605–648 625 69 232.50–273.00 $254.49 $1,591 -12.70
650–695 673 111 240.00–263.50 $253.75 $1,708 -7.54
689 unweaned 689 5 254.00 $254.00 $1,750 —
701–734 723 156 226.00–254.00 $241.30 $1,745 -10.54
760 760 71 248.00 $248.00 $1,885 +0.87
757–787 774 494 231.50–249.00 $241.61 $1,870 -5.52
805 805 37 240.00 $240.00 $1,932 -3.74
802–843 834 185 225.00–234.25 $232.23 $1,937 -8.77
855–857 856 180 238.75 $238.75 $2,044 -0.42
851–877 866 148 218.50–234.00 $229.84 $1,990 -9.33
910 910 29 229.50 $229.50 $2,088 +32.28
903–931 922 42 211.00–218.00 $216.24 $1,994 +19.02
993 993 20 215.50 $215.50 $2,140 -10.50
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
397 397 12 314.00 $314.00 $1,247 —
415–445 430 51 305.00–309.00 $307.11 $1,321 —
566–573 570 8 241.00–264.00 $255.44 $1,456 -14.98
687 687 4 223.50 $223.50 $1,535 —
701 701 6 233.00 $233.00 $1,633 -7.00
721–741 732 7 225.00–240.00 $231.33 $1,693 -8.67
755–795 784 34 219.00–232.00 $226.93 $1,779 -10.07
801–826 822 20 218.00–224.50 $218.95 $1,800 -36.05
867 867 10 215.00 $215.00 $1,864 +29.00
928 928 26 211.75 $211.75 $1,965 —
Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
353 353 4 282.00 $282.00 $995 —
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1056 1056 3 190.00 $190.00 $2,006 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
380–391 386 6 302.50–325.00 $313.91 $1,212 —
470 470 6 293.00 $293.00 $1,377 —
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1120 1120 3 171.00 $171.00 $1,915 —
1190–1195 1191 5 155.00–171.00 $158.21 $1,884 —

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1020–1700 1333 75-80% 59 134.00–149.50 $140.61 $1,874 —
1135–1710 1478 75-80% 33 144.00–150.00 $146.04 $2,158 -0.60
Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
955–1535 1247 80-85% 73 120.50–144.00 $132.86 $1,657 +9.95
1140–1337 1273 80-85% 17 145.50–150.00 $146.44 $1,864 —
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
742–1360 994 85-90% 5 82.50–87.50 $85.13 $846 —
982–1850 1182 85-90% 72 105.00–128.00 $115.13 $1,361 —
1205–1615 1312 85-90% 5 90.00–97.50 $91.85 $1,205 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1335–1905 1591 8 140.00–152.00 $145.57 $2,316 —
1100–2310 1818 21 154.00–171.00 $161.38 $2,934 —
1650–2400 1985 13 170.00–189.00 $176.34 $3,500 —

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
865–1350 1117 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 7 158.00–191.00 $175.57 $1,961

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
837–1365 1089 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 5 1,100.00–2,625.00 $1,931.40

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
1300 1300 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)Open 1 2,250.00 $2,250.00 —

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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.