Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 136 priced lines covering 10,010 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 10,005 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 601 head. replacement cattle receipts at 20 head. Counted as USDA files them — 3 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 27, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 10,005Last week 9,734Year ago 17,265

Slaughter CattleReceipts 601Last week 355Year ago 682

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 1,206Year ago 7

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers above 650 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder Heifers above 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter Cows and Bulls sold steady with an exception of Lean Cows selling 3.00 lower. Demand was reported as good throughout the state. Compared to last week, fed slaughter steers and heifers in the feed yards sold a 1.00 higher at 165.00. In the hay market, demand remained good, prices remained steady, trade activity was slow to moderate. Producers state that the hay business remains slow with only a few new trades here and there. Field work is commencing as thoughts turn to spring with the first day of March arriving this week. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor for February 21st, Moderate to exceptional drought was trimmed in a few areas of northwestern and eastern Kansas, and adjacent parts of Nebraska. Abnormally dry conditions (D0) decreased to 12%, moderate drought (D1) remained near 8%, severe drought (D2) increased to 13.5%, extreme drought (D3) increased to near 18%, and exceptional drought (D4) decreased to near 35%.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
190	—	922	170.00–179.00	176.50
299	—	681	184.50–224.50	204.35
317	—	832	174.50–192.00	181.04
20	—	334	234.00–266.00	255.54
127	—	638	190.00–226.50	203.87
17	—	424	207.50–258.00	251.62
454	—	776	177.00–199.75	189.07
279	—	724	183.00–206.00	195.54
159	—	876	170.00–182.50	179.80
60	—	473	211.00–258.00	246.71
107	—	960	171.00–174.25	173.09
29	—	374	226.00–260.00	250.48
190	—	535	209.00–253.00	242.67
175	—	574	200.00–252.00	237.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	570	185.00–233.00	219.88
85	—	683	162.00–207.50	200.58
95	—	626	173.00–222.50	215.70
98	—	787	161.00–180.00	177.86
31	—	471	195.00–238.00	230.26
56	—	722	177.00–194.50	186.84
6	—	519	193.00–228.00	209.94
7	—	394	229.00–237.00	231.55
51	—	871	161.00–173.00	171.21
17	—	812	166.00–171.00	170.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	345	253.50	253.50
70	—	913	181.00	181.00
1	—	350	243.00	243.00
1	—	420	230.00	230.00
30	—	813	190.50	190.50
64	—	561	226.00–253.00	237.95
69	—	783	192.85–202.50	194.60
62	—	869	184.25–187.50	185.44
482	—	732	190.00–199.00	195.57
77	—	951	177.35	177.35
81	—	473	228.00–260.00	249.99
38	—	530	222.00–259.00	254.98
181	—	622	218.60–237.50	224.26
379	—	665	196.00–228.00	210.27
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	697	199.00	199.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	462	229.00–235.00	232.75
28	—	557	227.00–237.00	231.90
86	—	387	252.00–258.00	252.80
61	—	733	205.50	205.50
116	—	618	211.00–240.75	222.90
16	—	425	256.00	256.00
41	—	678	213.00	213.00
10	—	330	262.50	262.50
30	—	505	223.00–264.00	261.27
280	—	771	190.50–200.00	194.21
86	—	805	192.25	192.25
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	1,023	167.00–174.50	173.21
34	—	1,063	156.00–171.00	170.12
7	—	981	167.00	167.00
6	—	1,133	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	546	202.00	202.00
4	—	435	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	471	202.00–211.00	206.74
163	—	729	180.25–185.75	181.50
80	—	616	193.50	193.50
14	—	411	209.00–216.00	215.47
16	—	374	218.00	218.00
46	—	683	180.75	180.75
20	—	563	202.00–211.00	207.37
68	—	535	207.50–217.50	212.52
40	—	754	183.25	183.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	495	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	588	192.00–196.00	195.86
3	—	336	224.00	224.00
82	—	841	177.75	177.75
5	—	394	239.00	239.00
77	—	672	183.00–185.50	184.00
48	—	527	195.00–214.00	210.71
17	—	472	212.00	212.00
42	—	616	198.25	198.25
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	971	154.00–157.00	154.90
8	—	1,126	120.00–133.00	127.87
5	—	915	164.00	164.00
10	—	1,018	125.00–160.50	144.57
3	—	1,076	130.00–131.00	130.33
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	641	173.00	173.00
4	—	816	160.50	160.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	885	151.00–156.00	154.52
35	—	731	155.00–172.00	167.42
18	—	773	152.00–167.00	162.72
2	—	970	121.00	121.00
30	—	474	185.00–211.00	202.18
38	—	535	174.00–197.00	194.53
45	—	674	153.00–177.50	168.37
69	—	632	163.00–189.00	177.94
13	—	424	215.00–219.00	217.42
8	—	384	206.00–210.00	208.10
1	—	1,065	145.00	145.00
3	—	933	140.00–148.00	145.33
51	—	569	186.00–197.00	192.50
39	—	815	153.00–163.00	161.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	921	154.00–165.00	156.21
43	—	380	193.00–227.00	211.81
320	—	627	177.00–200.00	188.67
5	—	960	151.00–152.00	151.79
2	—	340	221.00	221.00
274	—	674	170.00–193.00	182.84
118	—	876	159.00–171.00	167.94
110	—	577	171.00–207.00	200.86
645	—	728	172.00–183.25	177.09
392	—	766	165.00–178.50	175.74
75	—	430	195.00–228.00	224.03
156	—	526	182.00–215.50	209.20
79	—	473	193.00–228.00	215.08
380	—	822	161.00–176.00	173.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	501	221.50	221.50
41	—	639	202.50	202.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	770	150.00–166.00	160.67
6	—	685	179.00	179.00
28	—	718	159.00–170.00	159.81
16	—	533	200.50–207.00	204.57
2	—	610	145.50–191.00	168.25
5	—	562	170.00–218.00	207.84
11	—	432	207.00	207.00
1	—	450	194.00	194.00
4	—	816	136.00–159.00	141.81
7	—	340	209.00	209.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,160	65.00–79.00	73.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,338	100.00–106.00	101.94
239	—	1,335	91.00–100.00	96.80
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	73.00	73.00
25	—	956	61.00–66.00	63.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	1,239	81.00–91.50	87.44
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	81.00	81.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,871	108.00–119.00	113.68
12	—	1,760	90.00–106.00	98.75
10	—	2,041	117.00–123.00	120.69

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,029	86.00–111.00	100.58
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,167	1,350.00	1,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,425	1,450.00	1,450.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,525.00	1,525.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,200	1,500.00	1,500.00

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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