Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 120 priced lines covering 8,795 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,071 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 603 head. replacement cattle receipts at 24 head. Counted as USDA files them — 4 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 25, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,071Last week 8,267Year ago 9,949

Slaughter CattleReceipts 603Last week 492Year ago 808

Replacement CattleReceipts 24Last week 802Year ago 31

Compared to last week, feeder steers overall sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers overall sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 1.00 lower. Demand was reported throughout the state as moderate to good. Compared to last week, fed slaughter steers and heifers in the feed yards sold steady at 183.00. In the hay market, demand increased but trade activity remained slow. Grinding alfalfa price fell again for most regions while grass hay was mostly steady. Producers have been busy in the fields with harvest, and if not harvesting, they are baling various forages and crop residues.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
211	—	578	256.00–293.00	279.92
497	—	875	238.00–252.00	246.28
267	—	728	249.00–277.50	260.84
295	—	920	231.00–243.75	239.78
54	—	466	275.00–307.50	298.51
152	—	523	272.00–307.50	296.09
50	—	382	332.50–352.00	343.99
234	—	617	260.00–283.00	272.16
159	—	677	250.00–277.50	263.45
89	—	959	225.00–243.00	237.02
9	—	342	357.50	357.50
23	—	427	285.00–317.50	297.74
603	—	827	243.00–258.85	254.49
304	—	780	245.00–265.50	259.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	724	217.00–249.00	242.00
13	—	482	232.50–240.00	238.04
58	—	680	207.50–260.00	251.75
4	—	836	231.00–241.00	238.58
10	—	896	224.00–230.00	225.80
3	—	903	227.00	227.00
10	—	988	223.00–232.00	226.55
14	—	432	257.00–280.00	268.94
15	—	529	240.00–287.50	270.95
28	—	578	245.00–266.00	257.12
41	—	776	217.00–250.00	238.92
46	—	615	240.00–267.00	249.91
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,013	202.00	202.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
206	—	578	291.00–300.00	298.05
7	—	269	320.00–332.50	326.90
7	—	381	347.00	347.00
20	—	320	358.00–370.00	363.05
88	—	432	330.00–342.50	341.75
47	—	676	280.00	280.00
70	—	519	312.00–325.00	318.27
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,003	223.00–225.00	224.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	577	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	354	367.50	367.50
196	—	771	263.00–269.00	266.03
24	—	568	272.50–274.00	273.13
60	—	459	315.00–353.00	351.08
126	—	846	256.00	256.00
63	—	976	239.00	239.00
9	—	607	286.00	286.00
72	—	435	357.00–362.50	361.00
155	—	681	268.50–287.50	279.45
27	—	538	327.50–332.50	328.03
148	—	928	239.50–246.50	244.14
59	—	714	266.50	266.50
181	—	858	250.10–255.00	252.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	455	272.00	272.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	371	280.00	280.00
8	—	501	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	873	235.25–235.75	235.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	640	266.25	266.25
59	—	778	238.75	238.75
68	—	814	235.00	235.00
98	—	677	259.75–260.00	259.83
143	—	553	263.50–273.50	269.63
94	—	535	258.00–282.50	268.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	230	352.50–367.50	365.31
149	—	430	289.00–297.00	289.83
76	—	973	218.25	218.25
18	—	565	259.00–276.50	269.75
32	—	710	253.50	253.50
18	—	761	248.00	248.00
10	—	391	312.00	312.00
71	—	677	262.25	262.25
26	—	516	274.00	274.00
17	—	308	342.50	342.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,093	195.00–196.00	195.28
11	—	970	217.00	217.00
6	—	1,106	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
237	—	726	221.00–250.00	243.90
183	—	626	239.25–266.00	253.26
179	—	665	242.00–257.00	250.96
101	—	480	266.50–293.00	277.67
27	—	377	266.00–289.00	272.28
466	—	775	221.00–244.00	237.48
56	—	344	306.00–341.00	313.26
163	—	870	222.00–232.50	228.69
88	—	906	205.00–224.75	221.19
97	—	424	260.00–302.50	281.85
97	—	524	239.00–276.00	255.27
101	—	815	223.00–242.00	235.82
212	—	573	246.00–270.00	258.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	683	228.50–240.00	232.58
16	—	711	213.00–232.50	221.06
15	—	481	241.00–255.00	244.70
20	—	533	219.00–262.00	249.09
21	—	619	225.00–231.00	228.96
25	—	421	220.00–255.00	231.31
35	—	574	209.00–258.00	242.05
3	—	787	227.00	227.00
5	—	386	264.00	264.00
6	—	832	201.00–215.00	205.57
12	—	896	190.00	190.00
5	—	323	297.50	297.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	647	184.00	184.00
1	—	970	204.00	204.00
1	—	825	161.00	161.00
17	—	388	262.50–274.00	272.74
12	—	582	221.00–231.00	225.88
8	—	407	282.50–300.00	293.29
7	—	524	233.00–241.00	235.53
5	—	670	179.00–217.00	194.06
2	—	797	227.00	227.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,125	69.00–89.00	76.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	1,257	100.00–114.00	103.79
70	—	1,417	115.00–120.00	117.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
309	—	1,188	90.00–99.50	96.02
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,843	121.00–130.00	125.70
11	—	1,535	100.00–128.00	115.09
3	—	1,508	90.00–114.00	104.33

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	11	—	874	150.00–160.00	151.10
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	911	1,485.00	1,485.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,010	1,475.00	1,475.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,197	1,350.00	1,350.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,525.00	1,525.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,100	1,550.00	1,550.00

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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