Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 125 priced lines covering 8,778 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,512 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 939 head. replacement cattle receipts at 13 head.

Mon Aug 22, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,512Last week 7,858Year ago 6,177

Slaughter CattleReceipts 939Last week 860Year ago 378

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 1Year ago 11

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 700 lbs sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher; 700 to 900 lbs steady to 1.00 lower; over 900 lbs 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold steady to 1.00 lower; over 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 7.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand overall was good. Compared to last week, fed slaughter steers and heifers in the feedyards sold steady at 142.00. The hay market remained mostly steady this past week and demand remained very good for all types of hay.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	684	159.00–192.00	185.84
27	—	922	163.00–173.50	167.24
44	—	818	155.00–173.00	168.83
19	—	566	170.00–200.00	182.77
11	—	435	172.00	172.00
49	—	787	166.00–184.00	179.49
8	—	976	137.00–160.50	157.43
14	—	366	187.00–207.00	197.57
62	—	637	163.00–197.00	179.83
52	—	872	160.50–172.00	167.56
9	—	482	180.00–195.00	190.94
44	—	732	165.00–177.50	170.25
59	—	518	158.00–198.00	189.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
430	—	819	173.00–185.00	179.51
684	—	785	176.00–197.00	185.04
67	—	422	200.00–234.00	215.50
191	—	715	178.00–195.00	190.38
83	—	670	180.00–201.00	195.19
53	—	566	196.00–213.00	205.88
492	—	876	172.25–186.25	179.15
109	—	629	179.50–211.25	203.77
493	—	917	171.50–184.25	179.08
229	—	959	149.00–179.50	173.54
177	—	526	196.50–216.00	209.59
93	—	470	198.00–224.00	209.34
37	—	378	217.00–240.00	223.39
27	—	336	219.00–234.00	227.79
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	143.00	143.00
96	—	1,016	145.00–169.50	163.60
12	—	1,058	151.00–152.50	151.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	860	187.50	187.50
109	—	624	200.00–210.50	208.23
61	—	798	188.60	188.60
22	—	449	220.00	220.00
29	—	311	276.00	276.00
104	—	381	231.00–276.00	270.41
36	—	524	216.00–217.00	216.23
14	—	464	239.00	239.00
55	—	558	211.00–220.00	217.08
43	—	681	192.00–198.00	196.38
92	—	706	190.00	190.00
135	—	920	183.00–185.50	184.42
57	—	840	181.50	181.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	569	176.00	176.00
24	—	511	190.00	190.00
19	—	373	192.00–224.00	205.16
51	—	422	192.50–217.00	207.41
12	—	487	191.00–213.00	196.53
3	—	315	214.00–221.00	216.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	577	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	832	173.00	173.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	300	190.00	190.00
9	—	463	163.00–168.00	165.27
22	—	416	175.00–184.00	181.77
1	—	375	172.00	172.00
9	—	272	197.50–206.00	202.95
25	—	528	167.00–173.00	171.26
Heifers — Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	966	163.50	163.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	830	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	506	189.00–192.00	191.79
4	—	416	216.00	216.00
60	—	712	180.50–185.25	184.40
65	—	553	191.50–196.50	195.81
122	—	816	174.25–175.00	174.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
141	—	670	180.00–186.25	183.56
54	—	842	168.75–174.00	169.14
41	—	374	212.00	212.00
137	—	519	186.00–191.00	189.35
6	—	425	193.00	193.00
205	—	771	173.50–181.50	176.87
29	—	312	238.00	238.00
91	—	722	178.50–184.50	183.45
5	—	875	174.00	174.00
8	—	571	188.50	188.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	211	223.00	223.00
13	—	959	141.00–160.00	158.38
11	—	292	214.00	214.00
127	—	870	142.00–168.00	163.53
19	—	325	194.00–202.00	200.09
117	—	572	163.00–192.00	180.49
4	—	901	135.00	135.00
211	—	689	165.00–182.00	176.85
159	—	420	190.00–202.00	191.26
186	—	725	165.50–175.50	171.08
20	—	377	192.00–199.00	196.49
79	—	525	176.00–191.00	184.74
166	—	790	165.00–181.00	170.24
213	—	816	154.00–171.00	166.74
93	—	624	171.00–185.00	179.88
146	—	472	177.00–194.00	188.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	583	141.00–176.00	167.97
16	—	430	163.00–179.00	169.01
45	—	467	187.00	187.00
61	—	772	136.00–168.50	161.04
22	—	801	160.50–166.75	162.77
6	—	635	143.00–171.00	160.16
54	—	669	146.00–170.00	165.52
12	—	868	142.50–154.00	152.29
31	—	517	169.00–185.00	176.75
4	—	301	175.00	175.00
29	—	732	119.00–166.50	158.96
16	—	390	168.00–175.00	168.99
12	—	955	135.00–143.00	142.31
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	957	147.00–155.00	150.72
1	—	1,130	121.00	121.00
12	—	1,037	124.00–148.00	133.01
23	—	1,068	118.00–148.50	137.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	763	183.50	183.50
11	—	662	194.00	194.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	748	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	553	179.00	179.00
4	—	987	142.00	142.00
12	—	792	129.00–165.00	131.94
4	—	631	140.00–156.00	143.93
18	—	681	155.00–167.00	165.08

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,920	107.00–123.00	114.34
10	—	1,551	80.00–99.00	89.84
33	—	1,618	95.00–109.00	101.99
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,380	91.00–95.50	92.89
317	—	1,338	80.00–91.00	85.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
270	—	1,196	71.00–84.00	77.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
146	—	1,179	60.00–74.50	68.67

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,073	1,125.00–1,175.00	1,152.51
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,610	1,275.00	1,275.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,353	1,185.00	1,185.00

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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