Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 140 priced lines covering 9,102 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,963 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 527 head. replacement cattle receipts at 79 head. Counted as USDA files them — 19 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 13, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,963Last week 10,764Year ago 9,031

Slaughter CattleReceipts 527Last week 551Year ago 485

Replacement CattleReceipts 79Last week 174Year ago 2,427

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good to very good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Light trading of Kansas negotiated fed cattle sales sold steady at 248.00. In the hay market, This past week, demand held steady while movement ranged from slow to moderate. Ongoing drought concerns and declining alfalfa conditions have many producers holding onto inventory rather than selling. Many are watching the forecast and anticipating storms that could bring much-needed relief.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	357	565.00	565.00
11	400–450	401	545.00–550.00	546.82
35	450–500	463	452.50–505.00	495.90
17	500–550	508	475.00–480.00	477.09
5	550–600	558	512.00	512.00
13	600–650	603	425.00	425.00
21	650–700	665	394.00–402.00	400.49
19	750–800	777	374.00	374.00
18	800–850	808	347.00	347.00
35	850–900	850	338.50	338.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	391	520.00–532.50	525.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	273	1,425.00	1,425.00
4	300–350	337	565.00	565.00
45	350–400	368	505.00–562.50	547.40
86	400–450	420	490.00–537.50	521.64
142	450–500	473	427.50–490.00	468.97
371	500–550	523	445.00–472.00	460.01
133	550–600	569	395.00–450.00	434.83
293	600–650	634	389.00–416.00	408.18
129	650–700	668	372.00–393.00	381.42
95	700–750	718	342.00–368.50	361.63
467	750–800	777	316.00–364.00	351.31
348	800–850	825	326.00–358.00	342.29
344	850–900	878	310.00–332.00	323.60
182	900–950	923	305.00–330.00	317.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
10	650–700	699	2,650.00	2,650.00
22	700–750	706	2,700.00	2,700.00
60	750–800	768	2,735.00–2,775.00	2,769.58
290	800–850	828	2,800.00–3,300.00	3,009.25
8	850–900	859	3,025.00	3,025.00
75	900–950	912	3,085.00–3,100.00	3,088.28
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,023	307.00	307.00
3	1050–1100	1,091	291.00	291.00
6	1100–1150	1,101	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	575	387.00	387.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
35	500–550	507	400.00–405.00	404.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	640	424.00	424.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	485	435.00	435.00
14	500–550	543	417.50	417.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	349	537.00	537.00
14	350–400	368	500.00–510.00	502.85
96	400–450	429	480.00–502.00	494.78
59	450–500	469	380.00–465.00	448.66
69	500–550	514	370.00–442.00	433.64
56	550–600	569	403.00–425.00	418.01
43	600–650	621	345.00–390.00	374.50
4	650–700	658	347.00	347.00
24	700–750	730	305.00–346.00	338.75
102	750–800	791	300.00–338.00	331.39
27	800–850	821	300.00–327.00	315.94
19	900–950	921	290.00–297.50	293.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	556	465.00	465.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	395	505.00	505.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	400	625.00	625.00
38	450–500	466	598.00	598.00
111	500–550	513	492.50–542.50	530.61
25	550–600	558	515.00–522.00	517.25
93	600–650	608	470.00–490.00	485.37
29	650–700	669	410.00–445.00	420.67
2	750–800	772	388.00	388.00
88	900–950	927	352.50–355.00	353.46
12	950–1000	970	329.00	329.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	341	620.00–627.50	622.42
28	350–400	372	537.50–640.00	615.49
71	400–450	425	580.00–647.50	603.48
80	450–500	475	522.50–570.00	545.75
221	500–550	520	460.00–534.50	519.79
223	550–600	580	443.50–509.00	474.59
251	600–650	627	439.00–477.00	460.16
127	650–700	687	381.00–439.00	414.58
138	700–750	712	382.50–429.00	411.92
180	750–800	774	338.50–399.00	379.91
439	800–850	827	359.00–375.50	369.25
271	850–900	872	334.00–368.50	354.29
766	900–950	927	327.00–349.00	339.69
338	950–1000	969	308.00–350.00	336.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	512	503.00–506.00	504.17
19	550–600	554	503.00–508.00	506.68
29	650–700	682	436.00–444.00	438.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	370	600.00–615.00	607.49
22	400–450	431	380.00–570.00	533.00
68	450–500	477	518.00–545.00	529.81
89	500–550	531	447.50–512.00	496.07
72	550–600	573	442.50–485.00	471.52
43	600–650	628	374.00–444.00	420.22
14	650–700	684	373.00–400.00	391.37
40	700–750	719	350.00–395.00	377.70
15	750–800	790	368.00	368.00
23	800–850	830	331.00–349.50	342.18
28	850–900	871	336.00–338.00	336.29
19	900–950	938	291.00–316.00	308.47
7	950–1000	958	256.00–305.00	290.97
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
341	1000–1050	1,028	304.00–327.00	314.84
141	1050–1100	1,089	291.00–318.00	311.32
3	1150–1200	1,188	261.00	261.00
9	1200–1250	1,200	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	500	415.00	415.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	405	480.00	480.00
9	450–500	472	450.00	450.00
19	500–550	537	430.00–450.00	436.44
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	518	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	483	490.00	490.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	393	560.00	560.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	508	460.00	460.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	486	497.50–525.00	511.61
4	500–550	542	450.00	450.00
26	550–600	580	390.00–437.00	429.30
5	600–650	622	390.00	390.00
16	650–700	676	376.00–403.00	382.56
10	850–900	875	305.00–342.00	326.92
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1050–1100	1,095	280.00	280.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	924	3,050.00–3,950.00	3,576.18
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,015	4,000.00	4,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	875	2,500.00	2,500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,320	2,800.00	2,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	2,750.00	2,750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,465	3,800.00	3,800.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,270	3,200.00	3,200.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,027	3,800.00	3,800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,249	2,500.00–3,000.00	2,827.06
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,225	2,700.00	2,700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,319	2,525.00–2,850.00	2,782.48
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,100	3,675.00	3,675.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,250	2,100.00–3,700.00	2,900.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,233	3,600.00–4,300.00	4,122.22
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,200	4,600.00	4,600.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,000	5,100.00	5,100.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,060	195.00	195.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,339	183.00–188.00	184.87
55	—	1,461	170.00–182.00	173.93
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,066	151.00–161.00	154.84
140	—	1,342	160.00–187.00	175.85
2	—	1,305	190.00–193.00	191.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,148	120.00–125.00	121.59
54	—	1,266	134.00–159.00	148.38
4	—	1,018	110.00	110.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,097	186.00–308.00	250.27
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,842	201.00–225.00	213.05
9	—	1,707	170.00–200.00	192.07
3	—	2,040	226.00–263.00	239.60

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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