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Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Kansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 20, 2025

5,381 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $279.49/cwt +2.68 vs last sale · ≈ $2,176/hd at 779 lb · 420 head
light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $275.92/cwt +7.33 vs last sale · ≈ $2,267/hd at 821 lb · 383 head
heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $256.41/cwt +5.71 vs last sale · ≈ $1,985/hd at 774 lb · 344 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 5,381 20,920 14,108
Feeder cattle 5,014 19,473 13,325
Slaughter cattle 297 862 763
Replacement cattle 70 585 20

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher. In the hay market, demand remains light, despite the winter weather and prices remain mostly steady. The supply of hay available remains heavy. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor for the week of January 14th, The Central High Plains continued to have worsening drought conditions and moderate drought (D1) was expanded across portions of southwestern Nebraska. Although light precipitation (less than 0.5 inch, liquid equivalent) fell across parts of south-central to southeastern Kansas, this precipitation was too low to justify any improvements.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
396 396 5 437.50 $437.50 $1,732 +43.32
415 fancy 415 2 412.50 $412.50 $1,712 -28.77
428 unweaned 428 7 422.00 $422.00 $1,806 +52.00
400–449 430 30 332.50–425.00 $396.96 $1,707 -2.19
450–461 458 11 370.00–380.00 $377.32 $1,728 -9.24
472 unweaned 472 6 360.00 $360.00 $1,699 -6.13
505–536 517 34 352.50–374.00 $361.04 $1,867 -0.70
522 thin fleshed 522 42 380.00 $380.00 $1,984 -27.10
556 fancy 556 12 360.00 $360.00 $2,002 +5.50
557 unweaned 557 5 335.00 $335.00 $1,866 —
555–598 583 106 326.50–355.00 $338.06 $1,971 +1.51
603 thin fleshed 603 60 339.00 $339.00 $2,044 -0.82
613–616 unweaned 615 6 316.00–320.00 $318.00 $1,956 —
600–648 623 134 289.00–328.00 $316.85 $1,974 -0.54
664 unweaned 664 14 292.00 $292.00 $1,939 —
651–699 693 152 285.00–317.00 $300.42 $2,082 +11.42
715 unweaned 715 10 285.00 $285.00 $2,038 —
701–743 720 176 283.00–306.50 $293.90 $2,116 +6.49
773 fancy 773 30 292.00 $292.00 $2,257 +3.95
752–795 779 390 266.00–289.00 $278.53 $2,170 +5.00
804 thin fleshed 804 25 284.50 $284.50 $2,287 —
813 fancy 813 43 285.00 $285.00 $2,317 +10.13
801–847 824 315 259.75–278.50 $274.00 $2,258 +6.17
852–893 873 319 234.00–267.00 $262.72 $2,294 +1.09
909–949 931 152 251.50–264.50 $257.89 $2,401 -1.94
959–988 974 104 249.50–263.75 $256.11 $2,495 +11.38
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
441 441 5 387.00 $387.00 $1,707 +27.44
466–495 482 11 347.50–355.00 $350.80 $1,691 -15.70
506–538 524 18 320.00–335.00 $326.53 $1,711 -3.00
591 unweaned 591 3 314.00 $314.00 $1,856 +16.00
590–598 594 15 333.00–336.00 $334.39 $1,986 +34.65
633–640 635 15 247.00–300.00 $264.80 $1,681 -24.67
680–695 686 62 265.50–283.00 $275.87 $1,892 +1.31
689 unweaned 689 7 258.00 $258.00 $1,778 -12.00
705–730 714 34 225.00–277.00 $255.21 $1,822 -9.35
730 unweaned 730 3 273.00 $273.00 $1,993 —
751–787 780 70 237.50–271.00 $258.87 $2,019 +4.35
809–825 813 52 261.00–264.00 $262.99 $2,138 +1.56
873 873 11 244.00 $244.00 $2,130 -7.80
950 950 8 244.50 $244.50 $2,323 +5.11
Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
418 418 5 320.00 $320.00 $1,338 —
482 482 11 318.00 $318.00 $1,533 —
552 552 5 324.00 $324.00 $1,788 +6.00
729 729 5 279.00 $279.00 $2,034 —
751 751 3 251.00 $251.00 $1,885 —
Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1204 1204 9 195.00 $195.00 $2,348 —
1251 1251 10 189.00 $189.00 $2,364 —
1339 1339 7 191.00 $191.00 $2,557 —
Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
204 204 7 1,050.00 $1,050.00 —
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1031 1031 3 244.00 $244.00 $2,516 +9.89

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
320 320 2 270.00 $270.00 $864 -146.71
330 fancy 330 1 330.00 $330.00 $1,089 -125.00
376 376 17 367.00 $367.00 $1,380 +17.77
402–440 423 28 317.50–362.00 $341.85 $1,446 +10.09
441 unweaned 441 3 322.00 $322.00 $1,420 —
473 fancy 473 40 366.00 $366.00 $1,731 +18.46
485–498 492 53 310.00–336.00 $327.95 $1,614 -7.53
501–546 unweaned 523 21 308.00–324.00 $316.37 $1,655 —
500–538 526 49 310.00–327.00 $318.40 $1,675 +3.17
559 fancy 559 43 320.00 $320.00 $1,789 +11.37
568–596 579 83 281.00–307.00 $291.46 $1,688 -9.73
601–625 unweaned 613 34 276.00–286.00 $280.81 $1,721 —
600–646 630 201 271.00–293.00 $285.05 $1,796 +5.15
653–699 684 227 249.00–280.00 $266.64 $1,824 -1.31
688 unweaned 688 18 269.00 $269.00 $1,851 —
716 unweaned 716 6 261.00 $261.00 $1,869 —
701–747 729 292 231.00–269.50 $263.66 $1,922 +6.17
768 thin fleshed 768 28 268.50 $268.50 $2,062 +8.50
750–794 774 309 228.00–262.50 $255.57 $1,978 +5.00
797 fancy 797 7 245.00 $245.00 $1,953 —
802–846 828 318 238.00–256.00 $252.52 $2,091 +9.65
850–864 859 33 235.00–253.00 $241.80 $2,077 +4.16
914–921 918 12 222.50–235.00 $227.69 $2,090 -3.21
965–978 974 19 215.50–225.00 $218.47 $2,128 -11.53
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
338 338 3 305.00 $305.00 $1,031 -68.05
460 460 3 294.00 $294.00 $1,352 -33.87
570–596 583 8 287.00–291.00 $289.04 $1,685 +5.03
629–643 637 22 258.00–267.00 $260.71 $1,661 +0.56
671 671 4 256.00 $256.00 $1,718 +10.65
713 713 8 255.00 $255.00 $1,818 +26.86
856 856 3 221.00 $221.00 $1,892 —
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1036 1036 6 217.00 $217.00 $2,248 —
1072–1092 1081 28 205.50–216.00 $211.11 $2,282 +1.20
1133 1133 13 190.00 $190.00 $2,153 +2.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
378 378 3 365.00 $365.00 $1,380 —
445 445 2 375.00 $375.00 $1,669 +10.92
477 unweaned 477 8 364.00 $364.00 $1,736 —
517 517 4 309.00 $309.00 $1,598 +14.00
605 unweaned 605 7 304.00 $304.00 $1,839 —
645 645 2 275.00 $275.00 $1,774 +46.00
653 unweaned 653 5 261.00 $261.00 $1,704 —
655 655 4 258.00 $258.00 $1,690 —
731 731 3 253.00 $253.00 $1,849 —
772 772 6 244.00 $244.00 $1,884 —
1085 1085 2 212.00 $212.00 $2,300 —

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
815–1785 1290 80-85% 134 115.00–137.50 $130.61 $1,685 +6.93
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1252–1325 1286 75-80% 22 139.50–142.00 $140.26 $1,804 +14.32
1108–1732 1426 75-80% 75 130.00–138.00 $134.25 $1,914 —
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1095 1095 85-90% 1 103.00 $103.00 $1,128 —
1015–1495 1202 85-90% 24 87.50–107.50 $100.51 $1,208 —
1095–1930 1509 85-90% 5 112.00–120.00 $116.67 $1,761 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1245–1875 1560 2 171.00–176.00 $174.00 $2,714 —
1775–2025 1910 3 153.00–156.00 $154.36 $2,948 —
1625–2405 1913 12 149.00–168.00 $161.64 $3,092 —

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
1065–1205 1135 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 2 140.00 $140.00 $1,589
830–1305 1148 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 7 150.00–199.00 $187.37 $2,151
Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
807 807 (<2 yrs)Open 7 1,950.00 $1,950.00
Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
1088 1088 (<2 yrs)Open 3 148.00 $148.00 $1,610

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Bred Cows

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1200–1285 1252 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 3 2,100.00–2,450.00 $2,307.66
1125–1460 1284 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 6 1,800.00–2,125.00 $1,900.08
1355–1370 1368 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 7 2,025.00–2,075.00 $2,067.92
1205–1510 1384 Aged (>8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 8 1,800.00–2,050.00 $2,003.12
1175–1592 1503 Aged (>8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 20 1,475.00–2,250.00 $2,086.74
Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1235 1235 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 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.