Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 109 priced lines covering 8,491 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,695 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 629 head. replacement cattle receipts at 34 head. Counted as USDA files them — 15 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 26, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,695Last week 9,577Year ago 11,217

Slaughter CattleReceipts 629Last week 661Year ago 505

Replacement CattleReceipts 34Last week 2,900Year ago 237

Compared to last week, feeder Steers under 700 lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher, while those over 700 lbs sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder Heifers sold uneven; 1.00 lower to 4.00 higher. Slaughter Cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good. Hay market prices were steady across the state with demand light to moderate. Most hay that is moving, is hay to finish out old contracts to feeders. There are small amounts of alfalfa here and there, mostly lower quality hay, that can still be found, however, the supply is dwindling. This week, negotiated cash sales of fed steers and heifers in Kansas sold at 118.00 to 119.00.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,900	84.00–98.00	91.78
18	—	1,627	76.00–89.00	83.57
10	—	1,991	100.00–106.50	103.21
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
152	—	1,313	67.00–72.50	69.06
103	—	1,384	71.00–77.50	73.80
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
168	—	1,206	59.00–72.00	64.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,157	50.00–60.00	56.62

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	322	181.00	181.00
136	—	670	140.00–160.00	154.29
88	—	423	169.00–184.00	176.20
30	—	385	178.00–186.00	181.66
654	—	830	126.10–138.75	132.24
801	—	971	115.00–131.35	126.58
832	—	873	128.00–136.00	131.11
38	—	475	160.00–181.00	176.65
68	—	529	170.00–181.00	173.54
80	—	615	150.00–163.50	155.69
405	—	773	132.00–143.00	137.30
439	—	928	122.50–131.00	126.41
188	—	723	139.00–149.50	143.59
79	—	575	151.00–171.00	164.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	762	126.00	126.00
4	—	534	150.00	150.00
6	—	589	153.50	153.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	961	134.00	134.00
8	—	620	163.00	163.00
34	—	511	173.00	173.00
12	—	499	174.50	174.50
110	—	814	138.10	138.10
79	—	720	148.50–150.10	149.92
28	—	661	160.50	160.50
3	—	431	190.00	190.00
51	—	906	134.85	134.85
58	—	761	145.00–147.00	146.25
7	—	590	161.00	161.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,090	121.00	121.00
120	—	1,026	116.50–125.75	123.79
25	—	1,127	118.75	118.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	706	134.50–137.00	136.64
33	—	856	122.10–126.00	122.82
18	—	670	107.00	107.00
11	—	369	170.00–172.00	171.29
10	—	626	144.00–152.00	148.52
56	—	473	145.00–169.00	162.62
42	—	772	117.50–137.00	131.13
9	—	807	127.00	127.00
36	—	584	150.00–160.00	154.80
12	—	525	166.00–169.00	167.23
3	—	431	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	896	123.50–127.25	126.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	495	135.50	135.50
4	—	613	126.00	126.00
8	—	573	134.50	134.50
3	—	346	146.00	146.00
15	—	530	135.50	135.50
10	—	370	144.00–149.00	145.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	813	136.00	136.00
12	—	936	126.00	126.00
35	—	730	134.00–143.50	135.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	567	139.50	139.50
15	—	419	158.50–159.00	158.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	369	156.00	156.00
79	—	425	148.00–159.00	152.85
135	—	616	132.00–143.50	139.02
176	—	725	121.00–130.50	126.32
163	—	481	144.00–154.00	150.97
5	—	318	161.00	161.00
300	—	675	126.50–138.25	133.58
319	—	925	117.00–123.00	120.41
474	—	829	121.00–129.25	123.58
115	—	528	137.00–150.00	143.58
102	—	874	119.50–124.00	122.72
160	—	569	135.50–149.00	142.30
421	—	777	121.00–129.00	125.78
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,107	100.00	100.00
18	—	1,023	89.00–111.50	102.89
14	—	1,052	102.00	102.00
7	—	955	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	372	130.00–143.00	135.19
6	—	341	141.00–147.50	144.31
18	—	618	126.50–128.50	127.19
18	—	845	114.25–119.50	118.06
26	—	589	127.00–136.00	131.85
23	—	677	124.50–127.00	125.96
21	—	524	131.00–139.00	136.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	519	156.00	156.00
29	—	566	145.00	145.00
43	—	636	138.50–145.50	141.38
76	—	749	135.35	135.35
137	—	752	135.10–136.25	135.75
97	—	652	138.25–143.50	139.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	132.00	132.00
2	—	765	113.00–116.00	114.50
11	—	630	136.00–147.00	146.00
5	—	460	156.00–165.00	157.78
1	—	390	159.00	159.00
10	—	713	121.00–129.00	124.97

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,255	860.00	860.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,360	1,035.00–1,075.00	1,055.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,285	975.00–985.00	979.90
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,263	885.00–960.00	924.06
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,205	860.00	860.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,270	1,050.00	1,050.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,395	960.00	960.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,197	835.00–885.00	853.38
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,200	1,575.00	1,575.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,217	1,050.00–1,150.00	1,076.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,110.00	1,110.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	1,425.00	1,425.00

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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