Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 118 priced lines covering 7,107 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,642 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 457 head. replacement cattle receipts at 31 head. Counted as USDA files them — 2 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 6, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,642Last week 10,005Year ago 10,759

Slaughter CattleReceipts 457Last week 601Year ago 485

Replacement CattleReceipts 31Last week 20Year ago 53

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 700 lbs sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher; over 700 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower; over 600 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaugher bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Demand was reported as good throughout the state. Compared to last week, fed slaughter steers and heifers in the feed yards sold steady at 165.00. In the hay market, demand remains good, prices remained mostly steady, trade activity was slow. The western half of the state remains in drought although areas surrounding western Kansas have all received some form of precipitation in the last several weeks. As the drought lingers, so do concerns for this year's alfalfa crop. For areas east folks are busy in the field preparing ground and applying fertilizer, which has thankfully come down in price this year.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
202	—	776	178.00–198.00	187.96
105	—	726	178.00–207.00	200.26
38	—	324	212.50–298.50	272.84
123	—	673	185.00–225.00	208.03
490	—	874	175.00–188.85	180.58
58	—	576	188.00–246.00	235.12
46	—	540	187.50–258.00	241.63
58	—	986	155.00–170.00	166.88
56	—	477	218.00–268.00	251.96
174	—	628	188.00–240.00	219.47
100	—	437	221.00–279.00	258.78
343	—	821	177.25–193.00	184.62
13	—	359	295.00	295.00
216	—	924	167.00–181.50	179.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	734	174.00–190.50	186.86
104	—	684	198.00–208.00	204.15
22	—	580	160.00–236.00	218.79
66	—	630	172.00–228.00	218.61
35	—	885	163.00–173.00	171.01
4	—	928	166.00	166.00
31	—	539	175.00–244.00	240.39
47	—	791	171.00–187.00	185.38
10	—	417	260.00–265.00	263.98
2	—	483	185.00–191.00	187.92
12	—	350	270.00	270.00
27	—	813	175.00–180.00	176.61
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,071	157.75	157.75
2	—	1,147	171.00	171.00
66	—	1,021	157.00–171.35	170.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	500	267.00	267.00
2	—	432	235.00	235.00
28	—	581	221.00	221.00
9	—	483	244.00	244.00
1	—	335	265.00	265.00
5	—	665	213.00	213.00
70	—	797	189.00	189.00
23	—	600	244.50	244.50
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	583	198.00	198.00
9	—	681	193.00	193.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Source/Aged$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	841	179.00	179.00
35	—	958	172.00	172.00
92	—	922	179.50	179.50
31	—	775	186.00	186.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	247.00	247.00
30	—	382	264.00–277.00	275.68
74	—	782	194.25–197.00	195.48
158	—	688	215.00–216.50	215.25
22	—	724	211.50	211.50
38	—	637	203.00–245.00	210.43
20	—	520	236.00–260.00	247.02
28	—	481	235.00–242.00	239.34
1	—	345	255.00	255.00
88	—	592	208.00–243.00	235.35
65	—	822	192.00–194.00	192.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	509	206.00–214.00	208.35
10	—	383	215.00–227.00	222.07
29	—	472	220.75–223.00	222.51
20	—	431	227.00–236.00	229.73
19	—	612	182.00–191.00	187.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	715	207.50	207.50
34	—	693	211.50	211.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	973	146.00–154.00	150.09
59	—	423	190.00–235.00	224.08
452	—	779	168.00–179.50	174.64
29	—	480	184.00–213.00	202.93
18	—	327	240.00–247.50	245.39
36	—	932	145.00–168.50	160.17
141	—	581	187.00–205.00	197.11
150	—	524	196.00–213.00	206.64
134	—	625	167.00–206.50	194.74
452	—	724	170.00–185.00	179.49
127	—	861	169.00–174.00	172.09
201	—	683	173.00–191.00	183.33
780	—	819	166.00–176.75	171.30
13	—	373	220.00–240.00	236.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	527	204.00–219.00	215.68
3	—	490	213.00	213.00
24	—	566	203.00–209.00	206.68
65	—	603	195.00–198.25	195.91
5	—	422	270.00	270.00
28	—	323	230.00–285.00	276.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	754	166.00	166.00
8	—	496	161.00–188.00	181.26
2	—	873	157.00–161.00	159.03
6	—	349	225.00	225.00
9	—	569	160.00–180.00	171.72
32	—	543	166.00–199.00	195.67
52	—	439	212.00–215.00	213.85
2	—	697	162.00	162.00
22	—	727	154.50–177.00	171.05
3	—	938	114.00	114.00
10	—	627	140.00–186.00	171.19
11	—	834	160.00–168.00	166.60
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,030	103.00–142.00	122.59
15	—	1,070	140.00–147.00	141.37
33	—	997	149.00–155.00	153.36
11	—	1,140	131.00–146.00	132.35
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,100	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Source/Aged$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	743	180.00	180.00
45	—	876	171.00	171.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	375	230.00	230.00
10	—	777	167.00–181.00	176.74
1	—	715	153.00	153.00
13	—	506	202.00	202.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	75.00	75.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,072	65.00–75.00	72.48
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	1,350	95.00–106.00	98.38
165	—	1,288	85.00–101.00	92.84
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,121	76.00–93.00	85.99
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,972	121.00–126.50	122.69
45	—	1,723	110.00–120.50	114.78
21	—	1,652	85.00–108.00	101.54

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	13	—	899	86.00	86.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,244	975.00–1,425.00	1,176.60
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	953	1,175.00	1,175.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,227	975.00–1,300.00	1,230.47
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,450.00	1,450.00

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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