Fed cattle prices in Kansas
What packers paid for fed steers and heifers in Kansas, on negotiated cash deals, from USDA’s LM_CT157 report. There wasn’t enough cash trade to publish a price in the latest week; the last price for cattle sold live, FOB the feedlot was $228.00 per hundredweight, in the week of Aug 10, 2026.
- Week
- Aug 10, 2026
- Live, FOB, last
- $228.00
- Dressed, delivered, last
- $360.00
- Average weight
- 1,418 lb
- Dressing
- 62.1%
Is this price high or low? · On the low side
Higher than on 4 of the other 42 weeks it traded in the past year.
Lowest of the yearHighest of the year
A year earlier (week of Aug 11, 2025) it was $235.24; the latest price is −3.1% against that. Over the past year 43 weeks had a price, averaging $240.98, from $219.80 (week of Nov 24, 2025) to $261.50 (week of May 11, 2026). In a usual year (2020–2025) it runs highest in November (+3.4%) and lowest in January (−7.6%).
Sell live or in the beef? At the 5-area prices
Kansas didn’t have both a live and a dressed cash price this week, so the prices start at the 5-area market’s.
A pen can sell live, on its live weight, or in the beef, on its carcass weight. Which pays more depends on how the cattle dress. Enter your numbers; the prices start at this week’s.
Enter the weight, dressing percentage and prices to compare.
Live is FOB the feedlot and dressed is delivered to the plant, so the freight and shrink sit differently on each side. It’s a price comparison, not a bid.
Live, every week on record Jan 6, 2020 to Aug 17, 2026
- Live
- Live, FOB, dollars per hundredweight
Dressed, every week on record Jan 6, 2020 to Aug 17, 2026
- Dressed
- Dressed, delivered, dollars per hundredweight
Gaps are stretches of three weeks or more with no published price. On record since the week of Dec 30, 2019: 346 weeks with a price.
Average by month Live, FOB the feedlot, $ per cwt
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 233.01 | 244.98 | 238.03 | 246.88 | 258.08 | 257.57 | 245.76 | 233.44 | · | · | · | · | 244.72 |
| 2025 | 199.83 | 204.07 | 203.07 | 209.58 | 218.98 | 228.70 | 228.88 | 236.85 | 240.54 | 237.40 | 228.54 | 227.47 | 221.99 |
| 2024 | 172.96 | 180.39 | 185.21 | 182.85 | 185.36 | 186.78 | 189.45 | 186.41 | 182.49 | 187.69 | 187.50 | 191.18 | 184.85 |
| 2023 | 156.12 | 160.78 | 164.29 | 171.52 | 171.43 | 181.19 | 178.90 | 179.66 | 181.05 | 183.42 | 179.93 | 171.57 | 173.32 |
| 2022 | 136.55 | 140.75 | 138.34 | 138.74 | 138.91 | 137.46 | 137.25 | 139.00 | 141.62 | 145.90 | 151.86 | 155.40 | 141.81 |
| 2021 | 110.83 | 113.69 | 114.21 | 119.49 | 119.13 | 120.89 | 119.71 | 121.29 | 123.44 | 123.60 | 132.31 | 139.69 | 121.52 |
| 2020 | 123.90 | 120.49 | 112.82 | 105.30 | 111.27 | 107.82 | 95.01 | 102.24 | 103.30 | 107.37 | 109.08 | 109.19 | 108.98 |
Its usual year The median over 2020–2025
- Jan−7.6%
- Feb−4.4%
- Mar−3.8%
- Apr−1.9%
- May−1.2%
- Jun+0.3%
- Jul+0.5%
- Aug+0.3%
- Sep+0.7%
- Oct+2.3%
- Nov+3.4%
- Dec+2.9%
Week by week The last 12
| Week | Live | Head | Dressed | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | $228.00 | 1,102 | $360.00 | 156 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | $234.95 | 7,194 | $367.64 | 254 |
| Jul 27, 2026 | $232.58 | 5,742 | $365.00 | 80 |
| Jul 20, 2026 | $230.68 | 4,790 | $360.00 | 122 |
| Jul 13, 2026 | $237.12 | 4,016 | — | — |
| Jul 6, 2026 | $247.74 | 7,701 | $393.00 | 126 |
| Jun 29, 2026 | $254.99 | 9,923 | $398.00 | 44 |
| Jun 22, 2026 | $258.00 | 5,086 | $405.00 | 54 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | $259.45 | 9,406 | — | — |
| Jun 8, 2026 | $255.89 | 6,655 | $405.00 | 72 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | $257.19 | 7,814 | $405.00 | 68 |
| May 25, 2026 | $256.97 | 9,419 | $405.00 | 494 |
Every week, with every class, basis and grade, is in the CSV downloads.
The other regions this week
| Region | Live | Dressed | Head |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-area | $227.35 | $360.29 | 19,892 |
| Nebraska | $228.33 | $358.86 | 9,954 |
| Western Cornbelt | $226.66 | $362.31 | 9,978 |
| Eastern Cornbelt | $223.30 | — | 1,034 |
| Northern Plains | $227.31 | $355.48 | 5,523 |
| Northeast | $221.41 | — | 534 |
About these numbers
Prices are USDA’s, from Livestock Mandatory Reporting’s LM_CT157 report: negotiated cash purchases of slaughter cattle, in dollars per hundredweight, live (live weight, FOB the feedlot) or dressed (carcass weight, delivered to the plant). A weekly report dated on a Monday covers the week before it, Monday to Sunday. A week without enough trades has no price, never zero.
The fed cattle board has every region, the 5-area daily report and the history as CSV downloads. Source: USDA Agricultural Marketing Service.