Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 126 priced lines covering 5,611 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,719 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 424 head. replacement cattle receipts at 180 head. Counted as USDA files them — 91 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 28, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Manhattan, KS (LS-DC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,719Last week 8,599Year ago 8,562

Slaughter CattleReceipts 424Last week 588Year ago 507

Replacement CattleReceipts 180Last week 173Year ago 40

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly 3.00 to 7.00 higher, with instances up to 12.00 to 14.00 higher on 4-weight and 6-weight steers. Demand was good to very good. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 higher while bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feedlot trading reported in Kansas sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher at 218.00, a record setting price for fed cattle in Kansas. This past week in the hay market, demand was light to moderate in the southwest and south-central regions, but light for all other regions. Trades also bumped up again with folks wanting to get rid of hay prior to the first cut. Prices were mostly steady, with only bales of grinding alfalfa falling, in the south-central region. Many contributing producers reported getting all their corn planted before, gratefully, receiving rain. Total amounts of rain varied between a trace to over three inches.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	328	377.50–422.50	403.84
6	350–400	381	365.00–370.00	368.42
11	400–450	419	367.50	367.50
35	450–500	483	270.00–365.00	339.19
37	500–550	520	312.50–357.00	332.87
24	550–600	566	300.00–336.00	320.27
8	600–650	642	262.00–288.00	281.70
109	650–700	680	251.00–290.00	270.88
3	750–800	775	259.00	259.00
6	800–850	812	250.00–255.00	253.29
12	950–1000	985	207.00–229.00	216.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	300–350	346	450.00–470.00	451.42
41	400–450	431	377.50–445.00	398.91
18	500–550	517	345.00–392.00	371.70
33	550–600	576	330.00–369.00	354.29
8	750–800	767	292.00	292.00
127	800–850	814	277.35–299.00	284.19
18	850–900	864	270.00–273.00	271.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	266	470.00	470.00
22	300–350	343	427.00–460.00	441.58
43	350–400	371	410.00–445.00	427.44
35	400–450	416	350.00–430.00	410.32
94	450–500	463	342.50–392.00	377.13
49	500–550	506	327.50–375.00	362.36
55	550–600	579	299.00–356.00	331.22
90	600–650	629	293.00–327.00	310.31
104	650–700	675	281.00–316.00	301.08
80	700–750	731	281.00–295.00	285.08
260	750–800	781	268.00–288.00	277.54
249	800–850	820	255.00–274.00	268.85
153	850–900	886	250.00–265.00	260.49
304	900–950	920	254.25–264.00	257.45
56	950–1000	977	243.50–248.50	248.15
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,030	218.00–230.00	222.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	344	445.00	445.00
30	400–450	405	408.00–425.00	414.73
18	450–500	472	365.00	365.00
12	500–550	509	365.00	365.00
13	650–700	675	322.00	322.00
13	700–750	722	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	376	445.00	445.00
17	450–500	472	380.00–388.00	386.17
9	500–550	510	357.00	357.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	421	422.50	422.50
3	550–600	553	380.00	380.00
5	600–650	634	301.00–337.50	315.56
9	650–700	675	279.00–289.00	286.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
56	950–1000	978	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	379	440.00–490.00	465.06
83	400–450	430	447.50–497.50	466.03
55	450–500	472	407.50–455.00	441.69
84	500–550	528	385.00–410.00	395.02
105	550–600	572	360.00–398.00	371.62
143	600–650	624	330.00–375.00	365.17
65	650–700	675	320.00–346.00	333.88
68	700–750	715	316.00–338.00	330.16
185	750–800	771	290.00–313.00	299.85
208	800–850	837	275.00–295.00	290.49
153	850–900	879	273.00–290.00	282.31
376	900–950	924	266.00–284.50	276.69
152	950–1000	961	254.00–276.25	273.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	288	500.00	500.00
3	350–400	391	395.00	395.00
28	400–450	437	432.50–445.00	444.16
63	450–500	485	317.50–428.00	416.05
18	500–550	529	348.00–377.50	363.48
14	550–600	578	352.50–371.00	363.05
51	600–650	636	325.00–346.00	339.72
11	650–700	681	315.00–320.00	318.18
4	750–800	786	270.00–279.00	275.78
5	800–850	816	272.00–274.00	272.81
5	850–900	884	246.00–261.00	255.06
3	950–1000	966	230.00	230.00
16	1050–1100	1,087	220.00	220.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
345	1000–1050	1,025	252.00–271.25	261.96
57	1050–1100	1,074	239.50–254.00	245.68
72	1100–1150	1,124	216.00–253.25	252.21
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	743	314.00	314.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	300–350	336	550.00–555.00	553.95
5	350–400	391	480.00	480.00
6	450–500	485	427.50	427.50
52	500–550	502	412.00–430.00	424.49
7	750–800	755	311.50–317.00	313.06
46	800–850	831	304.00–307.00	305.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	327	502.50–520.00	518.24
47	350–400	375	517.00–535.00	522.00
10	400–450	424	467.50	467.50
4	500–550	516	410.00	410.00
17	550–600	550	383.00	383.00
20	650–700	671	361.00	361.00
11	700–750	707	347.00	347.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	389	452.50–465.00	457.35
6	450–500	457	445.00	445.00
23	500–550	544	365.00–367.00	366.12
3	550–600	593	342.00	342.00
9	600–650	633	337.00	337.00
10	650–700	672	294.00–320.00	306.65

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	928	162.50–182.50	176.03
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	—	932	221.00–250.00	228.95
Stock Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,046	202.50–229.00	221.22
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,176	171.00–197.50	181.07
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	13	—	922	147.00–214.00	189.12
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,200	3,100.00–3,450.00	3,275.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,300	2,650.00	2,650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,100	3,100.00	3,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,100	3,600.00	3,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,000	4,075.00	4,075.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	68	—	971	2,100.00–3,900.00	3,819.12
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,405	2,950.00	2,950.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,346	2,310.00–2,525.00	2,384.79
Bred Cows — Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,407	2,225.00–2,360.00	2,264.99
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,323	2,335.00–2,350.00	2,343.05
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,250	2,400.00	2,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,465	3,450.00	3,450.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,061	2,850.00	2,850.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
159	—	1,270	140.00–160.00	149.04
7	—	1,051	128.50–137.00	131.67
2	—	1,283	162.00–162.50	162.24
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,099	115.00–139.00	132.52
13	—	1,157	87.50–102.50	97.95
19	—	1,150	115.00–123.00	117.06
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,425	155.00–168.00	161.20
99	—	1,419	145.00–159.00	152.96
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,734	158.00–181.00	169.14
8	—	2,153	187.00–204.00	195.80
21	—	1,860	167.00–195.00	182.19

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Kansas barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

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