Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 97 priced lines covering 2,730 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 698 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 241 head. replacement cattle receipts at 2,363 head. Counted as USDA files them — 299 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Dec 20, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 698Last week 11,981Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 241Last week 619Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 2,363Last week 195Year ago 0

Compared to last week, no auction feeder cattle trend is available due to the limited feeder cattle receipts around the holidays. Slaughter Cows sold uneven; Boners sold steady to 1.00 higher while Breakers and Leans sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter Bulls sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower on a light test. Buyer demand was moderate for a light sale supply. Compared to last week, Fed Slaughter Steers and Heifers in the feedyards sold limited on light demand at 135.00. Hay market prices remained steady for alfalfa and grass hay, with movement slow. Most producers were busy this past week cleaning up from the storms that marched across Kansas on Wednesday, December 15th. Damage ranged from minor, a few shingles off the roof or small tree branches down to devastating when wildfires erupted in 11 counties.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,250	1,885.00	1,885.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	18	—	1,400	1,525.00	1,525.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,450	1,660.00	1,660.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	52	—	1,275	1,800.00–1,900.00	1,873.75
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,330	1,325.00	1,325.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	33	—	1,291	1,385.00–1,400.00	1,390.91
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,375	1,750.00	1,750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,270	1,825.00	1,825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,500	1,325.00	1,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,236	1,625.00–1,825.00	1,712.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,080	1,650.00	1,650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,475	1,450.00	1,450.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,235	1,525.00–1,850.00	1,802.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	37	—	1,246	1,560.00–1,750.00	1,677.97
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	36	—	1,311	1,725.00–1,885.00	1,872.22
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,253	1,325.00–1,500.00	1,406.25
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,149	900.00–1,050.00	1,022.73
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	17	—	1,229	1,250.00–1,425.00	1,342.65
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,067	1,050.00–1,285.00	1,238.75
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,238	1,135.00–1,250.00	1,198.47
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	970	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,363	785.00	785.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,300	1,350.00–1,360.00	1,354.56
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,152	825.00–1,050.00	942.08
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	32	—	1,299	800.00–935.00	840.70
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	—	1,288	635.00–785.00	755.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	48	—	1,258	1,125.00–1,325.00	1,263.90
Bred Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,485	1,075.00	1,075.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,570	900.00–925.00	915.48
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,524	1,625.00	1,625.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,962	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,503	1,300.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,507	1,085.00	1,085.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,540	1,210.00	1,210.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,351	850.00–1,185.00	1,027.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	36	—	1,336	1,275.00–1,400.00	1,337.23
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	159	—	1,316	1,435.00–1,650.00	1,589.38
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	58	—	1,066	1,775.00	1,775.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	235	—	1,266	825.00–1,585.00	1,504.32
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	25	—	1,343	800.00–975.00	900.55
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	82	—	1,309	900.00–1,025.00	928.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	38	—	1,269	710.00–1,425.00	1,261.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	78	—	1,197	800.00–1,660.00	1,559.14
Bred Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	820	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	940	1,325.00	1,325.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	291	—	1,131	1,585.00–1,700.00	1,662.55
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	77	—	1,072	1,510.00–1,585.00	1,556.55
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	124	—	1,059	1,525.00–1,560.00	1,545.94
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	152	—	1,073	1,300.00–1,550.00	1,475.10
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,125	1,775.00	1,775.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,038	1,225.00–1,275.00	1,254.24
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	891	954.00–1,125.00	1,075.51
Bred Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,361	1,600.00	1,600.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,300	2,050.00	2,050.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,050	1,735.00	1,735.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	8	—	850	1,725.00	1,725.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	333	150.00–155.00	152.44
4	—	790	141.00	141.00
9	—	471	145.00–151.00	149.05
7	—	368	162.00–166.00	164.19
9	—	579	140.00–149.00	145.89
6	—	864	124.50	124.50
15	—	681	142.50–143.00	142.90
46	—	819	146.50–151.50	149.79
8	—	641	141.00–145.00	144.02
3	—	903	117.50	117.50
16	—	527	151.00–158.00	156.79
66	—	747	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	479	161.00	161.00
66	—	689	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,100	116.00	116.00
1	—	1,055	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	447	181.00	181.00
7	—	610	154.50	154.50
6	—	585	153.00–158.00	156.66
3	—	362	174.00–181.00	178.71
3	—	511	178.00	178.00
7	—	980	138.50	138.50
3	—	348	192.00	192.00
8	—	660	153.00–159.00	157.49
26	—	711	159.50–164.50	162.91
4	—	940	139.00–140.50	139.37
59	—	806	157.50–159.50	158.58
92	—	794	160.25	160.25
6	—	468	163.00–170.00	166.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	712	146.00–148.00	147.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	637	171.00	171.00
39	—	709	167.00	167.00
11	—	403	216.00	216.00
46	—	986	152.25	152.25
6	—	585	173.00	173.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,922	75.00–82.00	78.96
6	—	1,981	85.00–90.00	87.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	1,193	51.00–59.50	57.07
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,328	60.00–68.00	63.45
20	—	1,547	70.00–77.00	72.26
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,067	41.00–49.00	44.10

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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