Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 128 priced lines covering 10,707 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 11,582 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 552 head. replacement cattle receipts at 298 head. Counted as USDA files them — 206 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 22, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 11,582Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 552Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 298Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers over 500 lbs mostly 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves under 500 lbs mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	534	170.00–177.00	171.96
45	—	477	168.00–181.00	176.53
41	—	616	121.00–171.00	159.00
3	—	338	200.00	200.00
6	—	1,003	116.00	116.00
7	—	384	186.00–193.00	188.93
14	—	921	131.00–133.50	132.77
36	—	434	175.00–183.00	179.99
46	—	674	154.00–159.00	155.92
47	—	735	150.00–155.75	155.32
156	—	786	141.00–145.50	142.21
187	—	960	126.00–131.00	129.11
354	—	882	132.00–134.00	132.67
16	—	290	199.00	199.00
136	—	831	134.00–137.35	136.75
120	—	575	161.00–175.00	170.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	583	158.00–161.00	160.16
12	—	520	157.00–165.00	160.15
28	—	406	186.00–189.00	186.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
857	—	869	130.00–147.00	139.10
678	—	830	137.75–150.00	145.69
383	—	772	142.00–154.00	148.72
201	—	428	181.00–211.00	199.65
368	—	929	127.00–131.60	129.50
60	—	1,025	124.35	124.35
6	—	260	225.00	225.00
9	—	967	127.50	127.50
196	—	486	183.00–196.00	191.19
185	—	675	159.75–175.00	168.74
132	—	616	168.50–183.25	177.41
124	—	511	172.50–186.00	179.47
100	—	370	198.00–218.00	205.03
86	—	567	172.00–189.00	180.41
49	—	722	150.50–172.00	163.44
42	—	336	198.00–218.00	208.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	743	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	369	163.00	163.00
8	—	443	174.00	174.00
17	—	626	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	985	120.00	120.00
6	—	348	172.00	172.00
6	—	468	168.00–180.00	173.99
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	968	118.00	118.00
10	—	850	110.00	110.00
38	—	919	110.00–119.00	113.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	811	147.50–148.25	147.75
9	—	548	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	724	145.00	145.00
5	—	617	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	626	154.00–156.00	154.31
10	—	792	135.50–139.50	137.11
7	—	724	134.00–136.00	134.87
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	989	125.51	125.51
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	674	67.00	67.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	315	170.00–187.00	179.27
110	—	879	120.00–129.00	126.67
123	—	569	145.50–159.00	152.47
126	—	522	153.50–164.00	160.02
141	—	435	162.00–178.00	171.18
145	—	381	165.00–179.00	171.99
205	—	475	159.00–174.00	165.08
237	—	623	141.00–157.00	151.77
335	—	676	133.50–148.00	139.49
8	—	269	173.00–180.00	175.53
16	—	951	119.00	119.00
10	—	1,068	114.00	114.00
1,087	—	824	123.75–134.00	129.05
873	—	781	124.00–137.00	130.73
460	—	916	118.50–126.00	123.70
344	—	724	131.00–141.00	135.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	407	141.00	141.00
3	—	337	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	567	145.00–153.00	147.98
30	—	675	127.00–134.00	132.35
18	—	371	159.00–161.00	160.10
6	—	862	123.00	123.00
5	—	732	129.00	129.00
5	—	309	160.00	160.00
3	—	947	120.00	120.00
133	—	772	120.00–130.00	127.58
106	—	425	157.00–161.50	159.16
75	—	522	141.00–153.00	148.65
45	—	484	145.00–155.00	150.80
42	—	628	128.00–141.00	136.47
31	—	831	119.75–126.00	121.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	517	136.00–137.00	136.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	654	147.00	147.00
3	—	433	147.00	147.00
17	—	574	147.00–148.00	147.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	534	146.00–153.00	149.41
10	—	818	128.25	128.25
5	—	729	127.00	127.00
13	—	380	162.00–167.00	165.01
7	—	338	166.00	166.00
5	—	443	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	508	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	364	196.00	196.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	479	164.00–173.00	168.04
8	—	780	122.00	122.00
8	—	563	155.00	155.00
6	—	657	146.00	146.00
6	—	631	148.00	148.00
5	—	1,020	90.00	90.00
5	—	839	125.00	125.00
3	—	415	188.00	188.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,010	118.00	118.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,003	44.00–57.00	53.05
14	—	1,066	49.00–59.50	56.45
1	—	1,225	48.00	48.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,398	54.50–72.00	67.01
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	1,269	57.50–71.00	65.04
68	—	1,190	52.00–64.00	57.57
2	—	1,245	51.50–54.00	52.69
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,535	66.00	66.00
17	—	1,837	72.00–81.50	78.43
9	—	1,873	83.00–94.00	87.98

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	—	1,134	625.00–810.00	691.36
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,232	1,250.00	1,250.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,240	970.00	970.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,373	1,275.00–1,300.00	1,293.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,423	1,425.00	1,425.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	29	—	1,388	1,310.00–1,550.00	1,403.10
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	21	—	1,279	1,000.00–1,150.00	1,121.43
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,431	1,275.00–1,350.00	1,325.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,062	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	69	—	1,171	2,010.00–2,160.00	2,090.43
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	54	—	1,366	1,160.00–1,275.00	1,232.50
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	932	1,008.00	1,008.00

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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