Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 155 priced lines covering 15,271 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 15,390 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 739 head. replacement cattle receipts at 372 head. Counted as USDA files them — 62 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 27, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 15,390Last week 9,314Year ago 5,719

Slaughter CattleReceipts 739Last week 538Year ago 424

Replacement CattleReceipts 372Last week 2,397Year ago 180

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 Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	322	650.00	650.00
3	350–400	363	570.00	570.00
8	450–500	483	497.50	497.50
31	550–600	577	422.50–467.00	443.88
4	600–650	613	415.00	415.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1200–1250	1,238	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	471	522.50	522.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	560	487.00	487.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	332	595.00	595.00
15	350–400	362	555.00	555.00
2	400–450	440	492.50	492.50
79	450–500	475	470.00–520.00	487.91
26	500–550	513	480.00–515.00	499.36
74	550–600	557	424.00–455.00	437.62
81	650–700	681	398.50–405.00	398.89
52	700–750	712	394.00	394.00
16	750–800	756	362.00	362.00
16	850–900	892	341.50	341.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	690.00	690.00
40	300–350	317	512.50–620.00	596.97
46	350–400	374	547.50–570.00	562.54
116	400–450	431	470.00–535.00	508.78
169	450–500	483	447.50–505.00	484.65
191	500–550	526	442.50–475.00	461.74
208	550–600	576	401.00–445.00	424.20
200	600–650	621	379.00–423.25	408.00
322	650–700	674	369.00–400.00	382.73
449	700–750	732	349.00–382.00	370.57
508	750–800	783	339.00–357.00	348.55
1,109	800–850	822	324.50–351.50	343.92
585	850–900	876	321.00–339.00	329.56
452	900–950	922	311.00–327.00	320.64
125	950–1000	977	303.00–321.00	308.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	850–900	857	332.00	332.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
39	800–850	824	368.00	368.00
72	850–900	851	356.50	356.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	330	660.00	660.00
10	350–400	397	505.00	505.00
41	400–450	418	525.00–541.00	533.84
17	550–600	553	460.00	460.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	1000–1050	1,005	293.00–307.00	305.74
5	1050–1100	1,079	290.00–300.00	295.95
18	1100–1150	1,109	289.00–294.00	291.07
12	1150–1200	1,188	257.00	257.00
2	1200–1250	1,212	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	700–750	731	348.00	348.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	350	540.00	540.00
17	400–450	417	432.50–490.00	481.18
16	450–500	486	412.50–460.00	435.81
58	500–550	525	377.50–442.50	420.20
24	550–600	585	369.00–409.00	387.08
11	600–650	617	307.50–362.50	352.21
29	650–700	683	354.00–374.00	365.30
7	700–750	738	305.00–326.00	310.95
7	750–800	773	335.00	335.00
19	800–850	834	311.00–331.00	322.29
14	850–900	872	298.00–317.50	310.33
7	900–950	920	280.00–307.50	300.62
4	950–1000	974	280.00–281.00	280.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	345	525.00	525.00
7	350–400	391	495.00	495.00
29	400–450	423	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	384	570.00	570.00
29	500–550	504	423.00–474.00	468.37
42	550–600	567	429.00	429.00
130	700–750	723	368.25–383.00	374.95
112	750–800	751	363.00	363.00
104	800–850	849	332.00	332.00
330	850–900	884	333.00–335.75	334.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	343	652.50	652.50
30	350–400	356	670.00	670.00
56	400–450	428	610.00–615.00	611.64
21	450–500	471	562.50	562.50
112	500–550	535	517.00–550.00	527.81
97	550–600	571	482.00–526.00	507.46
54	600–650	628	460.00–476.25	470.17
310	650–700	660	447.50–459.50	456.31
67	700–750	700	428.00	428.00
138	750–800	763	399.00–408.00	399.80
6	800–850	843	377.00	377.00
237	850–900	873	363.00–385.00	375.54
52	900–950	909	357.00	357.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	280	637.50–702.50	654.35
22	300–350	318	622.00–680.00	664.50
34	350–400	389	602.50–640.00	628.79
81	400–450	430	525.00–580.00	546.42
100	450–500	482	510.00–565.00	541.89
169	500–550	519	472.50–542.50	511.43
126	550–600	575	459.00–489.00	468.39
196	600–650	626	437.00–475.00	453.81
181	650–700	691	396.00–447.00	421.20
309	700–750	728	392.00–418.50	412.05
301	750–800	782	366.00–397.50	383.11
698	800–850	825	350.00–383.75	375.48
944	850–900	871	331.00–372.00	362.62
1,211	900–950	927	330.00–356.00	344.54
1,185	950–1000	976	324.00–349.50	333.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	525	534.00	534.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
762	1000–1050	1,023	306.00–331.75	323.05
209	1050–1100	1,070	310.75–321.50	314.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	680.00	680.00
11	350–400	365	610.00	610.00
6	400–450	423	502.50–535.00	524.32
7	450–500	467	400.00–511.00	463.60
16	500–550	521	442.50–487.50	462.05
16	550–600	578	458.50	458.50
44	600–650	630	415.00–430.00	418.64
11	650–700	694	391.00–400.00	397.59
35	700–750	725	362.00–388.50	375.82
12	750–800	784	360.00–367.00	364.26
19	800–850	822	352.00–359.00	353.02
140	850–900	892	320.00–346.00	341.08
74	900–950	939	322.00–332.00	329.89
9	950–1000	992	289.00–313.00	294.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	366	627.50	627.50
13	400–450	404	594.00–595.00	594.69
46	500–550	541	510.00–515.00	514.36
10	550–600	571	465.00	465.00
8	850–900	856	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	481	587.50	587.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,237	1,850.00–2,800.00	2,469.54
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	995	2,850.00–3,000.00	2,904.79
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,304	3,000.00–3,650.00	3,468.61
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,170	2,350.00	2,350.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	—	1,181	2,050.00–2,900.00	2,489.76
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,382	2,775.00	2,775.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,243	2,850.00–3,400.00	3,213.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,390	2,625.00	2,625.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,490	2,550.00–3,250.00	3,082.85
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,205	2,700.00	2,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,319	2,550.00–3,300.00	3,005.08
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,234	2,150.00–2,850.00	2,659.92
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	937	2,450.00–2,950.00	2,699.02
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,070	3,950.00	3,950.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	723	2,150.00	2,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,053	5,000.00–5,100.00	5,033.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,250	4,000.00–4,600.00	4,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,150	2,600.00–3,750.00	3,558.33
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	3,650.00	3,650.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	46	—	962	5,350.00–5,700.00	5,556.52
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	28	—	1,160	192.00–287.50	250.83
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	30	—	1,087	240.00–300.00	265.09

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,320	140.00–164.00	154.98
2	—	1,378	120.00–135.00	126.29
5	—	934	105.00	105.00
6	—	1,721	168.00	168.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,094	177.00–288.00	224.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
200	—	1,486	160.00–184.00	177.22
35	—	1,320	185.00–189.00	186.82
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,123	157.00–161.00	159.01
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,141	140.00–163.00	153.86
89	—	1,284	160.00–187.00	177.12
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	2,007	233.00–249.00	238.27
31	—	1,789	209.00–230.00	218.15
14	—	1,673	181.00–217.00	206.29

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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