Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 129 priced lines covering 9,575 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,666 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 673 head. replacement cattle receipts at 8 head. Counted as USDA files them — 4 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 29, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,666Last week 8,512Year ago 6,721

Slaughter CattleReceipts 673Last week 939Year ago 409

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 13Year ago 8

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 700 lbs sold 9.00 to 11.00 lower; 700 to 900 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower; over 900 lbs 6.00 to 7.00 lower. Feeder heifers overall sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Demand overall was moderate. Compared to last week, fed slaughter steers and heifers in the feedyards sold 1.00 lower at 141.00. The hay market was steady for most regions while demand has stayed constant. With the return of the heat and little to no rainfall in the forecast, producers are doing everything in their power to maintain a steady feed supply for fall while also preparing their winter feed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	139.00	139.00
51	—	1,089	157.50	157.50
6	—	1,146	142.00–145.00	144.50
13	—	1,037	146.00–158.00	150.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
467	—	823	171.50–185.50	177.29
87	—	479	191.00–219.00	203.33
38	—	386	213.00–228.00	218.83
473	—	786	169.00–194.00	186.50
47	—	967	150.50–170.00	167.94
131	—	573	185.00–214.00	193.59
512	—	877	161.00–181.35	176.11
96	—	677	171.00–206.50	186.69
45	—	440	193.00–217.00	201.52
89	—	523	185.00–214.00	205.43
76	—	617	177.00–208.00	191.21
451	—	728	175.00–199.00	180.31
27	—	323	212.50–229.00	222.66
340	—	918	160.00–181.75	170.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	423	207.00–210.00	207.81
8	—	362	209.00–210.00	209.73
20	—	520	192.00–206.00	196.31
32	—	627	156.00–197.00	178.50
13	—	861	164.00–166.00	164.78
52	—	673	157.50–194.00	176.05
17	—	472	150.00–203.00	184.31
56	—	773	162.50–184.50	172.49
49	—	925	132.00–171.50	158.40
78	—	719	161.00–186.00	171.02
52	—	835	153.00–167.00	159.93
18	—	582	165.00–199.00	193.28
2	—	990	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	877	177.50–178.75	178.14
15	—	321	240.00–254.00	247.65
49	—	793	182.50	182.50
19	—	562	206.00	206.00
28	—	735	184.50	184.50
46	—	427	206.00–235.00	227.54
31	—	479	203.00–206.00	204.89
101	—	528	210.00–216.00	213.20
9	—	373	230.00–231.00	230.57
18	—	609	190.00–194.00	193.11
52	—	992	165.75	165.75
299	—	934	175.75–185.10	181.75
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	833	175.50	175.50
5	—	699	182.00	182.00
59	—	852	174.50	174.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
343	—	861	183.10–185.60	183.68
200	—	683	181.00–186.00	184.01
354	—	819	182.60–187.10	184.95
24	—	959	176.50	176.50
69	—	734	186.85	186.85
469	—	771	179.25–180.85	180.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	505	191.00	191.00
7	—	476	179.00–180.00	179.70
15	—	427	182.50–205.00	199.34
6	—	574	186.00	186.00
5	—	373	187.50–199.00	194.16
2	—	290	223.00	223.00
7	—	338	186.00–211.00	199.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
156	—	684	178.00–186.00	180.33
21	—	530	195.00	195.00
72	—	729	177.25	177.25
61	—	750	176.35	176.35
58	—	567	182.00–185.50	183.64
25	—	456	191.00–197.00	193.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	442	195.00–200.00	198.48
66	—	787	170.35	170.35
97	—	862	158.25–177.50	169.64
5	—	691	167.00	167.00
28	—	485	189.00–192.00	190.51
63	—	726	174.75–184.50	178.53
37	—	516	190.00	190.00
28	—	580	179.50–194.50	190.91
7	—	357	212.00–214.00	212.88
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	141.00	141.00
29	—	1,077	123.00–138.00	134.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	614	149.00–176.00	164.31
3	—	442	188.00	188.00
39	—	581	141.00–177.00	166.54
38	—	519	145.00–182.00	165.15
6	—	394	170.00–185.00	179.98
14	—	785	152.00–159.50	155.21
36	—	479	157.00–184.00	175.19
31	—	671	144.00–169.50	158.00
35	—	719	151.00–161.25	156.90
4	—	926	138.00–142.00	139.73
23	—	892	130.00–146.00	142.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
160	—	573	169.00–188.50	176.35
2	—	288	198.00–207.00	202.46
161	—	726	164.00–179.50	172.43
37	—	431	180.00–193.00	189.16
119	—	460	180.00–198.00	187.71
50	—	373	192.00–201.00	197.90
48	—	960	147.00–151.50	151.40
157	—	876	150.00–170.50	156.53
91	—	906	148.00–154.10	152.68
121	—	522	176.00–192.00	184.68
95	—	624	163.00–188.00	177.00
35	—	339	201.00–215.00	204.70
254	—	821	154.25–168.50	157.21
484	—	783	161.50–177.50	169.25
133	—	662	156.00–184.00	173.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	482	173.00–175.00	174.08
4	—	376	181.00–186.00	184.25
5	—	527	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	1,010	156.50	156.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	905	164.00	164.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	449	180.00	180.00
28	—	663	158.00–164.00	160.43
17	—	609	153.00–166.00	155.52
1	—	915	141.00	141.00
5	—	755	133.00	133.00
5	—	584	164.00	164.00
9	—	487	142.50–197.00	153.93
10	—	706	159.00–169.00	160.98
7	—	844	145.00	145.00
6	—	512	169.00–179.00	173.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	529	152.00	152.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
262	—	1,330	80.00–90.50	85.42
78	—	1,446	87.50–93.50	90.31
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
170	—	1,203	72.00–82.00	76.40
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,157	61.00–71.00	67.44
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,665	80.00–98.50	93.79
6	—	2,103	112.00–114.50	113.51
17	—	1,811	100.00–109.00	105.05

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,221	900.00	900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,113	1,010.00	1,010.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,400	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,150	1,300.00	1,300.00

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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