Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 87 priced lines covering 11,448 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 11,577 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 253 head. replacement cattle receipts at 13 head.

Mon Jul 24, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 11,577Last week 3,685Year ago 16,228

Slaughter CattleReceipts 253Last week 360Year ago 803

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 18Year ago 18

Compared to last week, no comparison is available for feeder steers and heifers due to the very heavy offering of feeder cattle this week. Slaughter cows sold uneven; breakers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher, boners and leans 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand was reported throughout the state as good. Compared to last week, fed slaughter steers and heifers in the feed yards sold steady at 180.00. In the hay market, demand remains slow, and trade activity is slow to moderate. Grinding alfalfa and ground and delivered alfalfa prices have tumbled due to the quantity of rained on hay, with low testing hay moving to the grinder market. Higher quality alfalfa has retained its value. Grass hay prices continue to rise in some areas due to lower yields.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	442	254.00–320.00	285.49
46	—	546	265.00–277.50	271.24
109	—	486	250.00–282.00	269.81
4	—	913	210.00–212.00	211.01
180	—	823	214.00–236.00	226.32
77	—	682	222.00–253.00	230.46
81	—	626	208.00–263.00	247.09
12	—	281	283.00	283.00
5	—	367	230.00–285.00	273.30
315	—	761	226.00–241.00	233.56
156	—	724	230.75–243.00	237.18
17	—	573	261.50–270.00	265.29
130	—	865	191.00–222.00	215.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	713	213.00	213.00
22	—	569	255.00–257.00	255.82
4	—	674	234.00	234.00
2	—	890	198.00	198.00
9	—	980	162.00	162.00
15	—	810	185.00	185.00
8	—	925	189.00–193.00	190.97
55	—	778	214.00–220.00	219.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	850	228.25	228.25
68	—	625	266.00	266.00
20	—	660	266.00	266.00
116	—	760	237.50–244.00	241.03
23	—	498	295.00	295.00
127	—	809	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	738	225.00	225.00
21	—	663	242.50–249.00	246.22
54	—	539	263.00–265.00	263.88
282	—	578	264.50–277.50	269.78
75	—	455	276.00–284.00	280.92
209	—	636	273.00–278.00	275.65
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,093	186.50	186.50
121	—	1,013	213.50–231.25	228.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	878	203.00–240.00	233.65
7	—	478	288.50	288.50
15	—	945	181.00–226.00	223.11
21	—	985	197.00–223.00	220.58
26	—	677	236.00–259.00	250.84
6	—	596	287.00	287.00
205	—	789	217.50–247.00	241.37
107	—	725	224.00–253.00	246.99
11	—	634	201.00–273.50	255.03
5	—	542	280.00	280.00
173	—	831	229.00–245.00	234.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
143	—	670	233.00–275.50	259.29
439	—	733	226.00–269.00	253.03
108	—	624	258.00–290.50	285.20
1,331	—	874	225.00–250.50	245.79
24	—	528	279.00–310.00	298.12
4	—	425	283.00	283.00
4	—	328	315.00	315.00
1,453	—	926	231.00–244.25	238.42
336	—	975	218.00–233.25	228.31
914	—	777	228.00–259.00	254.90
16	—	556	207.00–309.00	302.58
1,491	—	827	210.50–256.75	251.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	975	234.00	234.00
319	—	712	259.00–274.50	269.69
81	—	785	262.50	262.50
122	—	856	252.00–254.25	253.06
112	—	815	256.00–258.50	257.50
118	—	907	244.00–244.85	244.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	561	280.00–286.00	282.73
29	—	713	266.00	266.00
159	—	958	239.25–240.25	239.58
8	—	428	300.00	300.00
154	—	942	240.00–240.60	240.19
248	—	874	257.75–259.00	258.25
169	—	770	244.00–261.75	258.04
29	—	526	282.50	282.50
5	—	341	287.00	287.00
117	—	812	246.00–246.50	246.33
15	—	688	276.00	276.00
32	—	606	269.00	269.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	905	160.00	160.00
1	—	705	202.50	202.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,243	94.00–99.00	97.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	1,245	110.00–119.00	115.79
18	—	1,337	121.00–126.00	123.46
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,323	101.00–109.00	105.22
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,628	120.00–127.50	124.23
2	—	1,548	105.00–116.00	111.01
11	—	1,883	131.00–142.00	132.83

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)	8	—	1,061	1,710.00	1,710.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,099	1,560.00	1,560.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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