Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 132 priced lines covering 6,961 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,081 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 656 head. replacement cattle receipts at 68 head. Counted as USDA files them — 46 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 24, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,081Last week 12,118Year ago 9,865

Slaughter CattleReceipts 656Last week 1,056Year ago 824

Replacement CattleReceipts 68Last week 2,840Year ago 57

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifers under 600 lbs sold 11.00 to 15.00 higher; over 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold uneven; breakers and boners steady to 1.00 lower and lean cows 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Demand was reported as moderate to good throughout the state. Compared to last week, fed slaughter steers and heifers in the feed yards sold 2.00 lower at 173.00. In the hay market: compared to the last report demand remains good, prices remained steady, trade activity remains slow. Dry and windy is repeatedly reported throughout most of the state. New crop pricing is slow to come in, as most are unsure whether they will have much of a hay crop. Corn planting is taking place in the east and central regions while folks are backing off in the west due to the lack of rain.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
581	—	919	181.50–197.00	191.73
55	—	381	227.50–305.00	286.40
155	—	771	192.00–217.50	210.13
360	—	821	186.00–210.50	202.41
298	—	867	173.00–208.00	198.25
192	—	531	246.00–275.00	265.88
177	—	623	211.00–257.00	241.29
95	—	467	241.00–290.00	280.14
208	—	964	175.00–192.00	184.06
4	—	330	248.00–280.00	272.73
189	—	716	188.00–229.50	218.30
34	—	677	206.00–234.00	226.98
30	—	434	222.50–285.00	267.20
39	—	574	220.00–270.00	249.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	175.00	175.00
17	—	770	172.00–204.00	187.89
41	—	480	240.00–257.50	248.83
1	—	935	161.00	161.00
33	—	584	225.00–235.00	228.33
14	—	815	174.00–194.00	182.74
28	—	984	171.00–176.75	175.62
48	—	536	151.00–251.00	237.30
8	—	405	212.50–260.00	253.99
13	—	677	186.00–214.00	199.74
22	—	722	169.00–202.00	189.25
26	—	372	250.00–275.00	263.98
5	—	346	275.00	275.00
66	—	622	218.00–232.00	227.25
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	660	187.50	187.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	673	252.00	252.00
140	—	862	189.25–202.00	200.02
13	—	484	259.00–267.00	264.48
88	—	917	194.50–201.00	196.77
24	—	819	201.50–202.00	201.62
44	—	740	205.50–215.50	211.61
1	—	505	229.00	229.00
5	—	571	238.50	238.50
63	—	785	219.00–224.50	221.26
6	—	385	325.00	325.00
12	—	422	247.50–300.00	295.85
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	165.00	165.00
3	—	1,076	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	641	215.00–260.25	251.61
25	—	429	272.50–294.00	286.96
4	—	550	257.00	257.00
4	—	370	240.00–242.50	241.19
46	—	523	242.00–266.00	259.85
3	—	466	279.00	279.00
1	—	320	308.00	308.00
116	—	720	233.00–244.50	237.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	555	239.00–240.00	239.40
15	—	629	230.00	230.00
6	—	470	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,070	143.00–158.00	150.43
1	—	1,035	159.00	159.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	170.00	170.00
1	—	810	133.00	133.00
1	—	640	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	570	192.00	192.00
4	—	1,129	131.00–148.00	139.74
7	—	972	152.00–169.00	161.63
4	—	1,006	147.00–152.00	148.25
4	—	1,065	145.00	145.00
5	—	1,211	126.00	126.00
3	—	1,168	141.00–150.00	146.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	362	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	357	272.00–276.00	274.14
27	—	472	223.00–236.00	232.09
31	—	524	211.00–233.50	227.23
151	—	678	208.00–224.00	213.93
52	—	616	206.00–230.00	218.29
23	—	949	170.75	170.75
7	—	597	214.00	214.00
21	—	425	239.00–267.50	250.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	504	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	602	238.00	238.00
34	—	565	258.00	258.00
179	—	774	188.00–193.50	190.48
53	—	731	191.00–203.25	198.57
5	—	363	230.00–240.00	237.40
27	—	459	256.00	256.00
15	—	914	179.50	179.50
55	—	522	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	689	180.00–203.00	188.49
44	—	431	233.00–255.00	247.96
13	—	968	151.00–161.00	157.55
62	—	570	180.00–245.00	227.77
19	—	924	155.00–167.00	163.15
330	—	820	173.00–187.00	181.97
15	—	335	240.00–255.00	245.85
150	—	779	182.00–195.50	186.42
197	—	618	195.00–220.00	209.81
135	—	468	237.00–251.00	246.89
281	—	867	170.50–180.00	175.74
1	—	1,055	147.00	147.00
223	—	722	178.00–207.00	194.65
162	—	531	186.00–243.00	232.85
25	—	366	234.00–257.50	251.95
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	502	200.00	200.00
5	—	434	222.00	222.00
5	—	739	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	469	225.00–235.00	228.02
4	—	914	148.00–151.00	148.75
11	—	682	165.00–193.50	188.33
62	—	536	161.00–228.00	221.17
18	—	725	132.50–190.00	182.09
50	—	572	176.00–220.00	212.49
5	—	769	146.00–169.00	154.56
1	—	880	155.00	155.00
8	—	377	230.00–232.50	231.30
33	—	630	140.00–204.50	188.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	754	203.50	203.50
13	—	552	253.00	253.00
14	—	811	189.50	189.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,246	68.00–79.00	77.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,436	100.00–111.00	105.69
295	—	1,270	90.00–102.50	94.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	1,122	80.00–89.00	85.79
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,650	90.00–109.00	100.67
31	—	2,070	113.00–125.50	120.14
29	—	1,925	102.00–119.50	113.32

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	7	—	1,089	109.00–117.00	114.88
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	975	1,075.00	1,075.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,390	1,575.00	1,575.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,352	1,500.00	1,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,420	1,450.00–1,650.00	1,575.45
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,400	1,625.00	1,625.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,200	1,700.00–1,910.00	1,884.21
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,150	1,510.00	1,510.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	1,450.00	1,450.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,067	1,560.00–1,900.00	1,673.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,000	1,775.00–1,810.00	1,792.50

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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