Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 187 priced lines covering 10,940 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,233 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 918 head. replacement cattle receipts at 2,569 head. Counted as USDA files them — 158 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Nov 16, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,233Last week 11,974Year ago 7,970

Slaughter CattleReceipts 918Last week 787Year ago 1,073

Replacement CattleReceipts 2,569Last week 98Year ago 2,739

Compared to last week: Feeder steers unevenly steady to 10.00 lower, instances 1.00 to 6.00 higher on 450 to 550 lbs and few 800 to 900 lbs 1.00 higher. Heifers bulk of the trade unevenly steady to 9.00 lower, except under 600 lbs 3.00 to 7.00 higher; few 775 to 900 lbs sold 1.00 higher; on a limited test over 950 lbs 6.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	508	170.00–174.00	171.93
172	—	931	140.85–141.75	141.34
58	—	876	139.00	139.00
113	—	625	154.00–160.00	157.66
43	—	680	145.00–153.00	148.28
73	—	806	145.25	145.25
36	—	751	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	692	128.00	128.00
15	—	885	127.00	127.00
62	—	941	129.75	129.75
15	—	567	148.00–151.00	149.17
82	—	633	140.50–148.25	147.77
7	—	963	119.00	119.00
26	—	829	119.50	119.50
13	—	751	124.50	124.50
36	—	726	125.75–126.00	125.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	287	216.00	216.00
86	—	959	122.50–133.50	130.80
66	—	467	169.00–185.00	174.50
58	—	422	179.00–192.00	181.76
295	—	915	129.00–138.00	135.38
27	—	376	183.00–210.00	192.96
244	—	722	131.00–145.00	137.32
282	—	573	144.00–164.00	156.42
125	—	520	155.00–167.00	161.60
198	—	674	130.00–147.00	141.17
336	—	835	133.00–144.50	139.23
420	—	782	131.00–142.00	138.05
15	—	326	190.00–200.00	196.67
367	—	630	139.75–150.50	144.81
486	—	871	130.00–137.50	135.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	484	154.00	154.00
10	—	588	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	678	130.00–141.00	135.15
79	—	482	160.00–169.00	165.89
8	—	381	173.00–176.00	174.57
51	—	526	151.00–161.00	154.45
9	—	430	174.00–176.00	175.34
97	—	580	136.00–152.00	147.30
100	—	618	134.00–143.00	138.40
8	—	756	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	480	159.00–169.00	163.50
45	—	574	123.00–149.00	140.59
47	—	820	118.10–134.50	125.34
61	—	770	121.35–137.00	132.92
58	—	536	128.00–156.00	145.83
25	—	942	115.25	115.25
91	—	731	111.00–135.00	132.81
7	—	600	139.00	139.00
42	—	688	117.00–139.00	124.07
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,188	104.00	104.00
28	—	1,011	116.00–120.00	118.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	720	134.00	134.00
27	—	672	131.00–134.50	132.46
12	—	581	134.00–137.00	135.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
167	—	473	138.00–156.00	146.57
174	—	782	125.00–133.35	130.47
211	—	819	126.10–135.00	129.19
285	—	672	121.00–133.50	127.74
8	—	285	171.00–182.50	174.57
176	—	623	124.50–135.50	130.32
273	—	725	125.00–133.50	129.48
49	—	435	146.00–159.00	150.52
218	—	530	136.50–147.00	141.59
54	—	381	149.00–166.00	155.91
298	—	865	120.50–130.35	125.12
44	—	926	118.25–123.50	120.79
23	—	342	149.00–161.00	154.72
236	—	581	128.00–140.50	135.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	570	129.00	129.00
10	—	631	122.00–127.00	123.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	799	117.50	117.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	645	136.50	136.50
106	—	582	145.10–148.00	145.79
89	—	873	125.35–126.75	125.93
28	—	953	127.50	127.50
40	—	752	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	962	118.50–119.00	118.73
11	—	905	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	531	128.00–140.00	131.80
34	—	475	127.00–146.50	139.64
70	—	574	125.00–132.00	128.63
2	—	360	146.00	146.00
28	—	443	131.00–150.00	145.03
28	—	630	102.50–129.50	117.44
2	—	332	156.00	156.00
69	—	661	119.00–127.00	123.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	670	103.00–124.00	114.85
8	—	383	121.00	121.00
5	—	914	107.50	107.50
24	—	788	125.00–125.50	125.44
38	—	478	131.00–146.00	140.88
16	—	507	118.50	118.50
44	—	623	115.00–126.50	121.21
39	—	572	113.00–134.00	126.68
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,009	102.00–126.00	107.88
13	—	970	110.00–116.00	112.30
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,158	101.50	101.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	490	137.00	137.00
6	—	661	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	514	140.00–150.00	146.25
8	—	406	156.00	156.00
7	—	629	116.00–118.00	116.82
8	—	571	135.50–140.00	137.79
21	—	834	92.50–107.00	97.96
29	—	723	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	775	105.50	105.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	95	—	1,016	760.00–1,650.00	1,478.98
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,260	875.00	875.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	75	—	1,084	1,600.00–1,700.00	1,627.89
Bred Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	12	—	950	1,125.00–1,185.00	1,139.93
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	966	1,675.00	1,675.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	935	1,375.00	1,375.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	24	—	947	1,450.00	1,450.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	25	—	1,000	1,300.00–1,375.00	1,330.77
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	90	—	1,009	1,375.00–1,485.00	1,427.59
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	86	—	1,005	1,450.00–1,625.00	1,524.86
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	311	—	1,035	1,660.00–1,800.00	1,707.47
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	12	—	907	1,135.00	1,135.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	—	866	725.00	725.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,163	975.00	975.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	—	1,252	850.00–885.00	872.58
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	—	1,136	1,210.00	1,210.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,169	1,125.00	1,125.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	—	1,164	1,100.00–1,250.00	1,152.27
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	33	—	1,204	550.00–750.00	655.85
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	46	—	1,196	900.00–975.00	911.35
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,377	635.00–800.00	748.87
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	18	—	1,341	775.00–1,050.00	869.61
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	79	—	1,308	1,150.00–1,400.00	1,303.44
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,251	1,410.00–1,475.00	1,431.22
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	1,389	1,075.00–1,500.00	1,378.78
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,277	1,300.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	158	—	1,376	660.00–1,575.00	1,146.78
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	115	—	1,337	650.00–1,025.00	815.41
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,242	735.00–850.00	759.08
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,352	660.00	660.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,465	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,285	1,185.00	1,185.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,290	1,335.00–1,460.00	1,415.13
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,291	1,035.00	1,035.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,373	935.00	935.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,394	1,200.00	1,200.00
Bred Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	288	—	1,390	1,335.00–1,775.00	1,447.19
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	53	—	1,351	1,300.00–1,725.00	1,528.63
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,507	960.00–1,050.00	987.12
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	—	1,385	1,325.00–1,350.00	1,343.91
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,347	935.00	935.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	—	1,432	1,000.00–1,175.00	1,030.28
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	25	—	1,489	1,510.00–1,725.00	1,579.55
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	37	—	1,397	1,075.00–1,100.00	1,095.38
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,385	1,475.00–1,500.00	1,488.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	172	—	1,399	1,200.00–1,775.00	1,479.28
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,038	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,034	1,075.00	1,075.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,088	1,125.00–1,175.00	1,144.72
Bred Cows — Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,348	650.00–775.00	746.43
Bred Cows — Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,240	635.00	635.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,355	875.00	875.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,175	1,675.00–1,850.00	1,762.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,312	1,220.00–1,375.00	1,315.77
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,292	1,435.00–1,800.00	1,579.55
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,213	1,775.00–1,975.00	1,908.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,182	1,850.00–1,950.00	1,930.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,217	1,950.00–2,000.00	1,966.67
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,236	1,150.00–1,400.00	1,254.17
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,257	1,975.00–2,200.00	2,135.71
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,232	1,135.00–1,220.00	1,171.43
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,310	1,625.00	1,625.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,200	2,200.00	2,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,400	1,175.00	1,175.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	1,100.00	1,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	610.00	610.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	22	—	968	1,450.00–1,500.00	1,470.45
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	928	1,650.00–1,725.00	1,668.75
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,625	1,150.00	1,150.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,441	1,675.00–1,850.00	1,750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,400	2,250.00	2,250.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	850	1,850.00	1,850.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
184	—	1,443	54.00–64.50	59.14
21	—	1,168	65.00–73.00	67.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,232	35.00–37.00	35.66
101	—	1,215	35.50–49.00	41.96
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
391	—	1,247	44.50–57.50	49.71
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,571	51.00–61.00	56.69
28	—	1,829	61.00–72.00	67.01
17	—	1,996	73.00–77.00	74.82

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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