Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 175 priced lines covering 7,200 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,968 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 756 head. replacement cattle receipts at 2,066 head. Counted as USDA files them — 562 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 2, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,968Last week 9,865Year ago 9,078

Slaughter CattleReceipts 756Last week 824Year ago 673

Replacement CattleReceipts 2,066Last week 57Year ago 2,684

Compared to last week, feeder steers overall sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher; over 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold uneven; breakers sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower, boners and leans sold 9.00 to 10.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand was good. Compared to last week, fed slaughter steers and heifers in the feedyards sold 2.00 lower at 138.00. Compared to the last report, overall alfalfa hay and grass hay were mostly steady while movement remains slow to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	612	129.00–174.00	148.35
3	—	442	197.00	197.00
15	—	721	123.00–146.50	135.37
8	—	513	186.00–192.00	188.50
7	—	768	126.00–146.25	132.00
80	—	887	126.00–146.50	144.27
20	—	676	154.00–177.00	169.31
5	—	456	180.00–187.50	182.96
30	—	572	170.00–185.50	177.44
20	—	809	150.00–152.50	152.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	804	164.50	164.50
2	—	670	175.00	175.00
10	—	632	190.50	190.50
19	—	450	207.00	207.00
12	—	575	197.50	197.50
1	—	400	212.50	212.50
57	—	900	154.25	154.25
3	—	750	162.00	162.00
126	—	883	156.50–157.10	156.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
285	—	826	147.00–160.00	153.07
77	—	572	182.50–203.50	197.23
50	—	719	159.00–174.00	170.75
400	—	882	145.75–159.60	154.62
245	—	970	137.50–147.50	144.49
11	—	428	198.00–212.00	207.72
825	—	924	141.50–151.85	148.04
76	—	772	151.00–165.00	155.62
70	—	467	195.00–211.00	205.20
51	—	621	164.00–191.50	188.45
4	—	316	231.00	231.00
123	—	529	190.00–204.00	196.21
7	—	374	203.00–227.50	216.41
20	—	678	162.00–187.00	177.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	630	185.00	185.00
3	—	443	184.00	184.00
11	—	475	166.00	166.00
5	—	330	187.50–225.00	210.57
3	—	590	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	679	155.50	155.50
14	—	724	161.50	161.50
14	—	634	150.50–157.00	153.71
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,106	139.50	139.50
84	—	1,082	141.00	141.00
288	—	1,013	130.00–144.50	139.17
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,100	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	504	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,021	109.00–117.00	116.34
5	—	1,073	108.00–111.00	109.39
3	—	1,181	107.00–107.50	107.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	657	167.00	167.00
59	—	553	174.75	174.75
4	—	347	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	780	134.50	134.50
12	—	628	128.00–147.00	135.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	922	119.75–136.00	132.35
24	—	979	117.50–124.00	122.55
36	—	378	176.00–189.00	183.09
603	—	829	133.00–146.50	140.70
74	—	621	152.50–166.00	158.58
309	—	772	142.00–147.00	143.63
44	—	682	138.00–151.00	145.73
96	—	529	157.00–184.00	171.32
33	—	864	130.00–136.00	133.80
49	—	433	166.00–187.50	178.78
5	—	310	187.00	187.00
134	—	722	140.50–153.50	146.02
31	—	475	167.00–187.00	176.61
86	—	577	157.00–178.00	166.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	773	120.00	120.00
15	—	527	159.00–165.00	163.99
7	—	742	133.00	133.00
5	—	420	171.00	171.00
26	—	923	115.00–127.00	125.04
19	—	818	121.00–137.00	130.24
8	—	478	157.50–173.00	168.37
7	—	878	120.00–129.00	125.25
3	—	631	136.00	136.00
49	—	584	131.50–165.50	147.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	702	151.75	151.75
62	—	772	150.50	150.50
6	—	527	174.00	174.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	121.00	121.00
3	—	338	207.50	207.50
1	—	985	101.00	101.00
5	—	776	131.00–135.00	132.19

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1 · Registered$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,433	2,900.00–3,300.00	3,064.53
Bulls — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,645	2,900.00	2,900.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	8	—	1,327	2,100.00–2,600.00	2,300.28
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	6	—	1,243	1,700.00–2,000.00	1,824.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	8	—	1,237	1,700.00–2,000.00	1,884.89
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,270	1,500.00	1,500.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,445	2,300.00–2,450.00	2,365.80
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,617	1,900.00–2,500.00	2,252.37
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	5	—	1,121	1,300.00–1,800.00	1,555.84
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	8	—	899	925.00–1,225.00	1,028.08
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,415	3,100.00	3,100.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,495	1,600.00	1,600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,353	1,250.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	9	—	1,230	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	83	—	1,224	1,175.00–1,225.00	1,207.62
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,153	875.00	875.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,255	950.00	950.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,204	1,275.00	1,275.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	24	—	1,300	1,075.00–1,285.00	1,220.27
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,224	1,325.00	1,325.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,207	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,310	935.00–1,025.00	963.95
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	8	—	1,289	1,225.00	1,225.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	177	—	1,343	1,075.00–1,475.00	1,407.98
Bred Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	—	1,071	1,275.00–1,325.00	1,297.54
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,019	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,414	925.00–1,110.00	1,038.73
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,287	950.00–1,125.00	1,031.09
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,292	875.00–1,335.00	1,254.94
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,595	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,122	925.00–1,050.00	1,021.74
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	—	1,301	1,325.00–1,460.00	1,398.27
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	42	—	1,369	1,525.00	1,525.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,016	850.00–1,000.00	965.80
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	888	860.00	860.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,041	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	982	925.00–1,150.00	1,038.52
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	—	1,031	710.00	710.00
Bred Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,431	1,575.00	1,575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,457	1,375.00–1,435.00	1,392.63
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	—	1,180	760.00–900.00	785.01
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,244	785.00–850.00	807.91
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,292	1,510.00	1,510.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,403	1,300.00–1,350.00	1,329.80
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,486	1,085.00–1,200.00	1,127.66
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,000	1,925.00–1,975.00	1,945.83
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	27	—	1,200	1,875.00	1,875.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,181	1,600.00–1,610.00	1,607.50
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,314	1,300.00–1,350.00	1,321.43
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,125.00	1,125.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	1,250.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,125	1,625.00	1,625.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,350	1,850.00	1,850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	26	—	1,215	1,275.00–1,465.00	1,405.58
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,170	1,325.00–1,475.00	1,385.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,260	1,325.00–1,425.00	1,378.75
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,257	1,350.00–1,550.00	1,464.29
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,247	1,360.00–1,460.00	1,381.05
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,117	1,550.00–1,725.00	1,608.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,210	1,500.00–1,575.00	1,526.47
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	25	—	1,110	1,750.00	1,750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	70	—	1,202	1,625.00–1,750.00	1,712.14
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,135	1,250.00–1,350.00	1,264.29
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,044	1,250.00–1,350.00	1,318.75
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	975	1,425.00	1,425.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	958	1,450.00–1,600.00	1,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	925	1,050.00	1,050.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,450	1,450.00	1,450.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,500	1,375.00	1,375.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,025	1,900.00	1,900.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	47	—	1,078	1,900.00–2,050.00	2,017.02
(<2 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,105	1,925.00–1,950.00	1,942.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	980	1,900.00	1,900.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	23	—	843	1,475.00–1,650.00	1,519.57
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	75	—	949	1,725.00–1,875.00	1,852.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	15	—	995	1,550.00–1,775.00	1,695.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	52	—	859	1,800.00–1,885.00	1,864.42
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,017	950.00–1,200.00	1,104.12
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,112	1,360.00–1,375.00	1,367.66
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,047	1,050.00	1,050.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	975	1,100.00	1,100.00
Stock Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	19	—	870	1,100.00–1,200.00	1,142.81

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	2,063	94.00–102.00	98.62
10	—	1,697	65.00–95.00	87.24
11	—	2,004	103.00–112.00	105.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,515	80.00–85.50	82.45
261	—	1,329	70.00–79.50	76.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	1,239	50.00–59.00	55.32
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
196	—	1,369	60.00–69.50	64.79

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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