Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 164 priced lines covering 15,490 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 15,370 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 823 head. replacement cattle receipts at 519 head. Counted as USDA files them — 8 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 5, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 15,370Last week 1,737Year ago 5,082

Slaughter CattleReceipts 823Last week 450Year ago 335

Replacement CattleReceipts 519Last week 155Year ago 159

Compared to last week in limited comparisons, steers and heifers sold 10.00 to 25.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher. As of Friday morning, a light test of Kansas negotiated fed cattle sales sold mostly steady at 232.00. In the hay market, demand showed minimal change during the final week of 2025. Producers continued to retain hay supplies into the new year in anticipation of improved pricing. Market activity remained limited, as many producers were not motivated sellers and were waiting for colder weather conditions before moving inventory.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	332	640.00	640.00
8	400–450	426	532.50	532.50
68	450–500	477	522.50–590.00	566.58
22	500–550	517	502.50–546.00	530.11
126	550–600	565	475.00–518.50	498.51
55	600–650	622	440.00–462.50	449.12
19	650–700	651	425.00–426.00	425.42
118	700–750	715	404.00–413.00	408.28
122	750–800	757	381.00–396.00	384.13
112	800–850	816	372.00–372.75	372.44
215	850–900	864	354.00–365.50	356.34
87	950–1000	960	329.50	329.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	550.00	550.00
19	350–400	390	505.00–630.00	538.80
43	400–450	414	500.00–618.00	564.83
136	450–500	470	490.00–557.50	546.80
186	500–550	528	478.00–544.00	521.92
364	550–600	581	450.00–505.00	466.54
502	600–650	628	425.00–453.00	434.86
683	650–700	676	394.00–426.00	409.99
659	700–750	724	377.00–418.00	395.34
732	750–800	775	353.00–396.00	375.81
1,143	800–850	827	350.00–370.50	359.81
928	850–900	871	329.00–359.00	346.40
635	900–950	916	324.00–345.50	338.86
414	950–1000	977	310.00–334.00	326.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	791	322.00	322.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	358	620.00	620.00
76	400–450	422	607.00–650.00	624.07
10	450–500	485	545.00–560.00	554.09
158	500–550	511	559.50–572.00	564.30
45	550–600	567	506.00	506.00
16	750–800	762	391.00	391.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	438	537.50	537.50
8	450–500	480	469.00	469.00
17	500–550	514	437.50–457.50	445.72
3	700–750	718	331.00	331.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	395	505.00	505.00
13	400–450	439	480.00–575.00	534.10
22	450–500	482	490.00–517.50	505.83
61	500–550	535	437.50–504.00	486.66
162	550–600	580	410.00–465.00	445.71
122	600–650	631	361.00–423.00	409.26
127	650–700	680	360.00–399.50	386.31
134	700–750	732	344.00–391.00	375.95
167	750–800	785	302.00–365.00	347.53
78	800–850	817	322.00–348.00	338.81
75	850–900	883	287.00–336.00	325.42
3	900–950	926	301.00–306.00	304.37
17	950–1000	963	310.00–323.00	316.05
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	487	435.00	435.00
5	500–550	535	382.50	382.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1000–1050	1,027	273.00–308.00	297.73
5	1150–1200	1,161	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	527	510.00	510.00
6	650–700	650	412.00	412.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	324	577.50–585.00	579.30
5	350–400	365	515.00–545.00	532.92
54	400–450	437	510.00–555.00	529.09
58	450–500	471	462.00–475.00	470.42
54	500–550	509	471.00	471.00
17	550–600	571	435.00–455.00	442.18
32	750–800	763	350.00	350.00
67	800–850	809	348.25	348.25
16	850–900	885	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	330	495.00–615.00	520.42
51	350–400	389	482.50–525.00	509.13
90	400–450	434	470.00–512.50	487.10
181	450–500	476	436.00–500.00	471.60
273	500–550	532	423.00–461.00	448.26
309	550–600	576	405.00–432.50	417.70
603	600–650	620	375.00–408.00	394.59
420	650–700	676	352.00–380.00	364.09
638	700–750	724	328.00–359.50	350.38
419	750–800	770	329.50–346.50	335.93
539	800–850	825	305.00–337.00	329.03
373	850–900	882	303.00–330.00	313.92
15	900–950	908	287.00–299.00	292.76
16	950–1000	971	304.50	304.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
39	650–700	670	396.00–397.00	396.52
22	700–750	714	359.50	359.50
15	750–800	751	355.00	355.00
46	800–850	815	337.50	337.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	335	590.00	590.00
6	350–400	360	525.00–552.50	533.91
79	400–450	420	532.00–612.50	587.56
100	450–500	478	544.00	544.00
16	550–600	564	432.00	432.00
9	600–650	648	422.00	422.00
10	650–700	658	385.00	385.00
8	700–750	704	402.00	402.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	779	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	548	372.50	372.50
5	550–600	577	330.00	330.00
5	600–650	610	357.50	357.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	1000–1050	1,009	273.00–303.50	283.48
20	1050–1100	1,081	260.00–294.50	272.34
31	1100–1150	1,131	267.00–272.00	270.79
13	1200–1250	1,234	230.00	230.00
9	1250–1300	1,250	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	300	467.50	467.50
5	350–400	370	482.50	482.50
7	400–450	432	422.50–447.50	436.97
14	450–500	497	419.00	419.00
14	500–550	506	425.00–450.00	440.90
6	600–650	632	377.50	377.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	364	350.00–490.00	444.19
3	400–450	430	440.00	440.00
40	450–500	475	422.00–465.00	447.79
77	500–550	539	335.00–436.00	422.25
98	550–600	576	321.00–406.00	384.70
138	600–650	638	304.00–390.00	365.44
43	650–700	674	330.00–360.00	352.40
108	700–750	734	310.00–348.50	327.19
41	750–800	786	323.00–330.00	326.03
34	800–850	807	322.00	322.00
8	850–900	878	299.00–315.00	304.88
5	950–1000	966	262.00–324.00	299.18
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	438	500.00–530.00	510.49
9	450–500	474	362.50–517.50	411.69
9	500–550	512	422.50–487.50	462.87
33	550–600	561	345.00–422.50	398.06
8	600–650	622	367.00–390.00	378.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	508	380.00	380.00
3	650–700	673	360.00	360.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	650	262.50	262.50
8	750–800	774	260.00	260.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,400	3,300.00	3,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,200	3,850.00	3,850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,100	3,050.00	3,050.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	918	2,550.00–3,650.00	3,134.27
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,061	2,650.00–4,075.00	3,777.92
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	818	2,050.00–2,475.00	2,411.38
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	159	—	1,230	1,900.00–3,050.00	2,959.17
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,135	2,350.00–3,000.00	2,864.53
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	85	—	1,197	1,750.00–3,100.00	2,980.15
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	53	—	1,295	2,050.00–3,150.00	2,957.35
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,210	2,700.00–3,050.00	2,900.31
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	970	2,100.00	2,100.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	24	—	1,230	3,350.00	3,350.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	996	1,850.00	1,850.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,593	1,800.00–2,925.00	2,671.65
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,108	1,825.00–2,050.00	1,910.08
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,598	2,775.00	2,775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,488	2,025.00–2,400.00	2,283.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,290	3,000.00	3,000.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,516	2,100.00–2,975.00	2,829.55
Bred Cows — Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	30	—	1,391	1,675.00–2,950.00	2,754.23
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	29	—	862	201.00–311.00	281.27
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	19	—	873	200.00–322.50	261.74
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	36	—	1,062	190.00–287.50	233.70

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	993	140.00	140.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,730	189.00	189.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	1,326	170.00–177.00	173.12
142	—	1,331	160.00–169.00	166.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,192	117.50–127.50	125.45
86	—	1,164	130.00–147.00	136.04
142	—	1,510	143.00–150.50	147.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
191	—	1,216	149.00–174.00	161.54
4	—	1,202	183.00–187.50	184.99
5	—	1,192	141.00–147.00	143.42
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,915	180.50–181.00	180.79
12	—	1,614	150.00–167.00	161.69
23	—	1,788	158.00–185.00	173.37

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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