Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Kansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 27, 2026

16,501 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $345.05/cwt +1.26 vs last sale · ≈ $3,196/hd at 926 lb · 1,263 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $343.68/cwt +12.40 vs last sale · ≈ $2,833/hd at 824 lb · 1,252 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $365.35/cwt +15.23 vs last sale · ≈ $3,183/hd at 871 lb · 1,189 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	16,501	12,249	6,323
Feeder cattle	15,390	9,314	5,719
Slaughter cattle	739	538	424
Replacement cattle	372	2,397	180

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Demand was good to very good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. Compared to last week, trading of Kansas negotiated fed cattle sold 10.00 higher at 256.00. In the hay market, Demand increased substantially this past week as drought conditions persist across many areas of the state. However, producers remain hesitant to market inventory due to uncertainty about future forage needs. Statewide, alfalfa conditions have declined, as ongoing dryness and insect pressure have negatively impacted new crop development. According to the US Drought Monitor for the week of April 23rd, in the High Plains Region, the region was mostly dry, with isolated rainfall in far southeast Nebraska, northern and southeast Kansas, and small areas of Colorado and North Dakota. Temperatures were generally above normal, with the warmest departures in southeast Nebraska and eastern Kansas. Dryness and a warm spring led to widespread degradation.

▲ Feeder heifers: steers and heifers sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher
▲ Feeder steers: steers and heifers sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher
▲ Slaughter bulls: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher
▲ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
266–285	280	11	637.50–702.50	$654.35	$1,832	-5.65
315–335	318	22	622.00–680.00	$664.50	$2,113	+24.50
343 fancy	343	6	652.50	$652.50	$2,238	—
356 fancy	356	30	670.00	$670.00	$2,385	+49.99
366 thin fleshed	366	9	627.50	$627.50	$2,297	—
353–399	389	34	602.50–640.00	$628.79	$2,446	+16.70
401–411 thin fleshed	404	13	594.00–595.00	$594.69	$2,403	—
414–435 fancy	428	56	610.00–615.00	$611.64	$2,618	+23.15
418–441	430	81	525.00–580.00	$546.42	$2,350	-8.77
471 fancy	471	21	562.50	$562.50	$2,649	—
481 unweaned	481	9	587.50	$587.50	$2,826	—
456–499	482	100	510.00–565.00	$541.89	$2,612	+1.58
500–544	519	169	472.50–542.50	$511.43	$2,654	+9.59
525	525	8	534.00	$534.00	$2,804	+32.16
505–546 fancy	535	112	517.00–550.00	$527.81	$2,824	-10.39
533–542 thin fleshed	541	46	510.00–515.00	$514.36	$2,783	—
553–587 fancy	571	97	482.00–526.00	$507.46	$2,898	+15.26
571 thin fleshed	571	10	465.00	$465.00	$2,655	-6.00
552–596	575	126	459.00–489.00	$468.39	$2,693	+8.61
600–648	626	196	437.00–475.00	$453.81	$2,841	+20.81
618–635 fancy	628	54	460.00–476.25	$470.17	$2,953	+11.72
655–665 fancy	660	310	447.50–459.50	$456.31	$3,012	+26.31
663–699	691	181	396.00–447.00	$421.20	$2,910	+3.60
700 fancy	700	67	428.00	$428.00	$2,996	—
701–745	728	309	392.00–418.50	$412.05	$3,000	+14.21
756–778 fancy	763	138	399.00–408.00	$399.80	$3,050	+20.80
753–797	782	301	366.00–397.50	$383.11	$2,996	+10.51
802–847	825	698	350.00–383.75	$375.48	$3,098	+14.37
843 fancy	843	6	377.00	$377.00	$3,178	+4.00
856 thin fleshed	856	8	385.00	$385.00	$3,296	—
850–899	871	944	331.00–372.00	$362.62	$3,158	+18.58
856–886 fancy	873	237	363.00–385.00	$375.54	$3,278	+12.99
909 fancy	909	52	357.00	$357.00	$3,245	-0.78
900–945	927	1,211	330.00–356.00	$344.54	$3,194	+7.20
950–997	976	1,185	324.00–349.50	$333.03	$3,250	+6.05

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1002–1045	1023	762	306.00–331.75	$323.05	$3,305	+6.36
1055–1087	1070	209	310.75–321.50	$314.94	$3,370	+3.64

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	3	680.00	$680.00	$2,244	+95.46
365	365	11	610.00	$610.00	$2,226	+118.50
417–426	423	6	502.50–535.00	$524.32	$2,218	+64.85
465–468	467	7	400.00–511.00	$463.60	$2,165	-18.92
500–540	521	16	442.50–487.50	$462.05	$2,407	+35.47
578	578	16	458.50	$458.50	$2,650	+35.68
605–649	630	44	415.00–430.00	$418.64	$2,637	+21.21
680–699	694	11	391.00–400.00	$397.59	$2,759	+19.43
703–743	725	35	362.00–388.50	$375.82	$2,725	+13.14
762–791	784	12	360.00–367.00	$364.26	$2,856	+20.49
809–831	822	19	352.00–359.00	$353.02	$2,902	+27.05
862–896	892	140	320.00–346.00	$341.08	$3,042	+35.21
928–947	939	74	322.00–332.00	$329.89	$3,098	+13.93
992	992	9	289.00–313.00	$294.33	$2,920	-14.68

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	2	690.00	$690.00	$1,966	—
300–325	317	40	512.50–620.00	$596.97	$1,892	+29.24
330 thin fleshed	330	7	660.00	$660.00	$2,178	—
332 fancy	332	5	595.00	$595.00	$1,975	—
345 unweaned	345	13	525.00	$525.00	$1,811	—
362 fancy	362	15	555.00	$555.00	$2,009	-7.50
352–391	374	46	547.50–570.00	$562.54	$2,104	+27.67
384	384	12	570.00	$570.00	$2,189	+35.13
391 unweaned	391	7	495.00	$495.00	$1,935	—
397 thin fleshed	397	10	505.00	$505.00	$2,005	—
409–428 thin fleshed	418	41	525.00–541.00	$533.84	$2,231	—
423 unweaned	423	29	320.00	$320.00	$1,354	—
400–446	431	116	470.00–535.00	$508.78	$2,193	-16.65
440 fancy	440	2	492.50	$492.50	$2,167	—
466–497 fancy	475	79	470.00–520.00	$487.91	$2,318	-4.72
459–498	483	169	447.50–505.00	$484.65	$2,341	+23.59
500–538	504	29	423.00–474.00	$468.37	$2,361	+29.47
502–532 fancy	513	26	480.00–515.00	$499.36	$2,562	+47.06
501–541	526	191	442.50–475.00	$461.74	$2,429	+22.84
553 thin fleshed	553	17	460.00	$460.00	$2,544	—
552–585 fancy	557	74	424.00–455.00	$437.62	$2,438	+11.47
567	567	42	429.00	$429.00	$2,432	+14.92
550–596	576	208	401.00–445.00	$424.20	$2,443	+10.12
602–647	621	200	379.00–423.25	$408.00	$2,534	+11.22
650–694	674	322	369.00–400.00	$382.73	$2,580	+12.83
658–682 fancy	681	81	398.50–405.00	$398.89	$2,716	+21.33
712 fancy	712	52	394.00	$394.00	$2,805	—
712–733	723	130	368.25–383.00	$374.95	$2,711	+16.84
707–749	732	449	349.00–382.00	$370.57	$2,713	+12.46
751	751	112	363.00	$363.00	$2,726	+5.50
756 fancy	756	16	362.00	$362.00	$2,737	—
750–798	783	508	339.00–357.00	$348.55	$2,729	+7.04
800–848	822	1,109	324.50–351.50	$343.92	$2,827	+12.64
824	824	39	368.00	$368.00	$3,032	+36.72
849	849	104	332.00	$332.00	$2,819	+0.72
851	851	72	356.50	$356.50	$3,034	+32.61
857	857	38	332.00	$332.00	$2,845	+8.11
850–899	876	585	321.00–339.00	$329.56	$2,887	+5.67
879–886	884	330	333.00–335.75	$334.18	$2,954	+10.68
892 fancy	892	16	341.50	$341.50	$3,046	—
907–942	922	452	311.00–327.00	$320.64	$2,956	+11.52
957–997	977	125	303.00–321.00	$308.13	$3,010	-4.49

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	5	540.00	$540.00	$1,890	+52.50
405–447	417	17	432.50–490.00	$481.18	$2,007	-15.35
471–494	486	16	412.50–460.00	$435.81	$2,118	+57.49
500–542	525	58	377.50–442.50	$420.20	$2,206	+27.79
567–594	585	24	369.00–409.00	$387.08	$2,264	+7.84
613–635	617	11	307.50–362.50	$352.21	$2,173	+31.80
665–695	683	29	354.00–374.00	$365.30	$2,495	+57.80
731	731	13	348.00	$348.00	$2,544	+12.89
732–740	738	7	305.00–326.00	$310.95	$2,295	-24.16
773	773	7	335.00	$335.00	$2,590	+12.68
812–846	834	19	311.00–331.00	$322.29	$2,688	+15.53
860–896	872	14	298.00–317.50	$310.33	$2,706	+10.44
911–935	920	7	280.00–307.50	$300.62	$2,766	—
955–992	974	4	280.00–281.00	$280.51	$2,732	-22.49

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1002–1026	1005	50	293.00–307.00	$305.74	$3,073	—
1070–1092	1079	5	290.00–300.00	$295.95	$3,193	+3.95
1100–1135	1109	18	289.00–294.00	$291.07	$3,228	+31.07
1188	1188	12	257.00	$257.00	$3,053	+20.70
1212	1212	2	270.00	$270.00	$3,272	+55.36

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322	322	4	650.00	$650.00	$2,093	—
363	363	3	570.00	$570.00	$2,069	-35.00
471 thin fleshed	471	13	522.50	$522.50	$2,461	—
483	483	8	497.50	$497.50	$2,403	+32.50
560 unweaned	560	3	487.00	$487.00	$2,727	—
561–595	577	31	422.50–467.00	$443.88	$2,561	-16.12
613	613	4	415.00	$415.00	$2,544	+47.70

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1238	1238	3	240.00	$240.00	$2,971	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–1235	1094	75-80%	43	177.00–288.00	$224.80	$2,459	—
1055–1537	1320	75-80%	35	185.00–189.00	$186.82	$2,466	+1.77
1080–1945	1486	75-80%	200	160.00–184.00	$177.22	$2,633	+0.32

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1490	1141	80-85%	19	140.00–163.00	$153.86	$1,756	—
865–1515	1284	80-85%	89	160.00–187.00	$177.12	$2,274	+1.93

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
934	934	85-90%	5	105.00	$105.00	$981	-17.50
1020–1995	1320	85-90%	66	140.00–164.00	$154.98	$2,046	-2.70
1155–1600	1378	85-90%	2	120.00–135.00	$126.29	$1,740	—
1686–1790	1721	85-90%	6	168.00	$168.00	$2,891	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2110–2135	2123	65-75%	2	157.00–161.00	$159.01	$3,376	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1905	1673	14	181.00–217.00	$206.29	$3,451	—
1215–2475	1789	31	209.00–230.00	$218.15	$3,903	-1.57
1670–2280	2007	8	233.00–249.00	$238.27	$4,782	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
926–1182	1087	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	30	240.00–300.00	$265.09	$2,882
1005–1425	1160	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	28	192.00–287.50	$250.83	$2,910

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1096–1390	1181	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	2,050.00–2,900.00	$2,489.76
1205	1205	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,700.00	$2,700.00
1005–1348	1234	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,150.00–2,850.00	$2,659.92
1090–1410	1243	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	2,850.00–3,400.00	$3,213.81
1163–1438	1319	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	2,550.00–3,300.00	$3,005.08
1320–1443	1382	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	2,775.00	$2,775.00
1390	1390	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,625.00	$2,625.00
1420–1499	1490	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	2,550.00–3,250.00	$3,082.85

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
947–1090	995	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,850.00–3,000.00	$2,904.79
1170	1170	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,350.00	$2,350.00
1022–1532	1237	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,850.00–2,800.00	$2,469.54
1253–1455	1304	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	3,000.00–3,650.00	$3,468.61

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905–1005	937	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	2,450.00–2,950.00	$2,699.02
1070	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,950.00	$3,950.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
723	723	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,150.00	$2,150.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1080	1053	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	5,000.00–5,100.00	$5,033.33	—
900–1200	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	2,600.00–3,750.00	$3,558.33	—
1250	1250	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	4,000.00–4,600.00	$4,100.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	3,650.00	$3,650.00	-1,518.75

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–1000	962	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	46	5,350.00–5,700.00	$5,556.52	—

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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.