Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 125 priced lines covering 12,346 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,634 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 582 head. replacement cattle receipts at 124 head. Counted as USDA files them — 7 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 11, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,634Last week 19,899Year ago 11,550

Slaughter CattleReceipts 582Last week 1,075Year ago 600

Replacement CattleReceipts 124Last week 65Year ago 90

Compared to last week: Feeder Steers 350-600 lbs sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower, above 600 lbs sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder Heifers 400-650 lbs sold 7.00 to 9.00 lower, and 650-950 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter Cows sold steady to 1.00 lower with Slaughter Bulls selling 1.00 to 2.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
291	—	876	122.00–129.50	126.65
76	—	430	164.00–189.00	178.56
393	—	627	136.50–154.50	147.88
85	—	475	179.00–192.00	185.61
425	—	923	120.00–127.00	125.14
921	—	774	126.50–136.75	131.33
933	—	677	133.00–143.00	137.71
996	—	825	123.60–133.50	129.74
6	—	332	187.00–198.00	195.23
808	—	729	128.00–140.00	134.64
108	—	526	160.00–178.00	170.83
195	—	966	115.00–125.25	122.17
335	—	582	148.00–176.00	158.07
36	—	376	188.00–210.00	197.20
1	—	285	199.00	199.00
3	—	258	490.00–580.00	550.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	578	165.00–189.00	172.09
83	—	666	146.75–147.00	146.82
66	—	722	139.25–139.50	139.35
61	—	494	192.00–196.00	193.42
44	—	528	180.00–187.00	185.07
55	—	916	132.00	132.00
85	—	608	157.25–166.00	163.09
25	—	416	180.00–192.50	186.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	687	137.00	137.00
3	—	376	158.00	158.00
2	—	642	132.50	132.50
8	—	496	170.00	170.00
18	—	568	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	506	189.00	189.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,031	112.00–120.35	116.80
4	—	1,064	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	472	141.00–181.00	169.19
2	—	397	160.50	160.50
46	—	826	122.00–124.00	123.03
46	—	776	123.00–128.00	126.54
28	—	738	121.00–127.00	124.68
117	—	582	133.00–164.00	154.62
77	—	637	125.50–142.00	137.33
17	—	526	135.50–170.00	162.44
12	—	427	172.00–174.00	172.74
7	—	879	110.00–118.00	113.36
65	—	686	125.00–132.75	129.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	598	144.50	144.50
7	—	542	157.00	157.00
9	—	719	128.50	128.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	424	143.00–157.00	149.02
77	—	970	114.00–119.00	117.90
38	—	919	108.00–118.50	115.30
436	—	574	125.00–141.50	133.89
152	—	479	139.00–158.00	151.60
204	—	821	115.00–131.00	123.85
8	—	342	168.00–181.00	177.58
2	—	268	173.00–181.00	176.96
30	—	377	151.00–165.00	155.55
724	—	675	120.50–136.50	128.88
397	—	773	119.75–126.50	124.48
550	—	722	121.00–130.75	125.10
1	—	225	460.00	460.00
266	—	524	130.00–153.00	143.04
504	—	630	124.00–137.00	128.75
1	—	225	210.00	210.00
169	—	875	116.50–125.00	119.97
2	—	252	480.00	480.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	674	134.00–143.00	138.45
24	—	719	133.00	133.00
79	—	608	137.00–146.50	143.28
28	—	585	143.50–144.00	143.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	481	134.00	134.00
12	—	753	119.50	119.50
20	—	591	122.50–127.00	125.26
43	—	531	124.50	124.50
30	—	445	133.00	133.00
4	—	636	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	530	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,077	97.00–105.00	98.95
12	—	1,021	107.00–113.25	111.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	834	120.00–122.00	121.17
51	—	722	112.50–123.50	120.68
61	—	488	125.00–136.00	132.72
43	—	681	120.50–126.00	123.87
3	—	395	149.00	149.00
73	—	616	124.00–127.50	125.62
4	—	348	140.00	140.00
18	—	786	118.00–120.00	119.33
78	—	531	118.00–143.00	131.34
98	—	573	120.00–130.00	126.68
12	—	429	131.00–135.00	133.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	540	128.00	128.00
21	—	723	117.00–118.00	117.62
12	—	595	124.00	124.00
3	—	751	121.50	121.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	518	143.00–155.00	148.54
49	—	617	141.50–142.00	141.63
98	—	567	138.00–156.00	144.15
10	—	361	166.00–177.00	171.71
71	—	423	155.00–160.00	157.86
78	—	461	152.50–163.00	157.72
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	878	86.00	86.00
11	—	493	161.00	161.00
3	—	728	116.00	116.00
5	—	667	119.00–123.00	120.23
9	—	403	174.00	174.00
22	—	632	123.00–130.00	129.42
10	—	588	133.00–146.00	134.28

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,468	57.00–65.00	59.21
133	—	1,373	52.00–57.25	55.55
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
195	—	1,281	43.00–54.50	49.09
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	1,206	37.00–47.50	43.53
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	2,002	78.00–84.00	81.34
15	—	1,829	70.00–77.50	73.72
17	—	1,703	60.00–69.00	63.71

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,293	750.00–975.00	876.64
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,354	775.00–910.00	837.09
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,152	585.00–975.00	852.18
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,314	725.00–950.00	802.71
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,431	810.00–970.00	907.27
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	—	1,282	600.00–810.00	704.29
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,307	700.00–910.00	811.96
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,231	625.00	625.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,020	500.00	500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,300	1,450.00	1,450.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	775	800.00	800.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	921	800.00–960.00	902.52
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	908	710.00–1,030.00	896.12

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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