Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 124 priced lines covering 6,884 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,176 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 398 head. replacement cattle receipts at 28 head.

Mon Oct 9, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,176Last week 3,720Year ago 6,379

Slaughter CattleReceipts 398Last week 374Year ago 955

Replacement CattleReceipts 28Last week 16Year ago 51

Compared to last week, feeder steers overall sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers overall sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold uneven; 1.00 lower to 1.00 higher. Demand was reported throughout the state as moderate to good. Compared to last week, fed slaughter steers and heifers in the feed yards sold 1 higher at 183.00. In the hay market, demand, and trade activity for the most part remained steady, however, trades of alfalfa picked up this past week for the southwest and south-central regions. Producers state that even though trades did increase for those regions, there seems to be a lot of options for end users to feed, as their reports indicate an abundance of silage and feed hay. Most producers are busy finishing corn harvest and moving on to milo and beans. Yields, for the most part, have been down.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	518	300.00–304.00	303.33
35	—	677	271.00	271.00
126	—	626	274.00–290.00	276.74
8	—	586	284.00	284.00
25	—	341	349.00	349.00
87	—	430	330.00–340.00	338.56
29	—	800	247.75	247.75
56	—	884	247.00	247.00
71	—	915	240.50	240.50
20	—	385	337.50–356.00	342.08
15	—	785	252.00	252.00
119	—	729	251.00–271.00	257.89
31	—	468	302.50–336.00	326.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	380	252.00–330.00	298.50
111	—	821	237.00–258.00	249.31
71	—	438	292.00–327.00	307.12
94	—	989	214.00–233.00	228.15
124	—	736	230.00–267.50	250.15
139	—	624	245.50–288.00	263.27
260	—	571	260.00–286.00	272.76
106	—	473	275.00–312.00	296.51
154	—	927	229.00–245.00	237.64
214	—	763	231.00–264.75	250.79
177	—	527	274.00–307.50	291.90
465	—	869	225.50–250.50	240.50
156	—	667	237.00–272.00	256.31
2	—	313	307.00–312.00	309.40
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	578	268.50	268.50
26	—	631	263.50	263.50
17	—	499	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	915	227.00	227.00
19	—	836	228.00–240.00	236.97
13	—	478	221.00–285.00	253.57
21	—	786	216.00–236.00	231.07
84	—	892	188.00–241.25	233.50
19	—	576	253.00–267.50	257.52
39	—	520	200.00–285.00	260.41
20	—	713	207.00–246.00	237.03
22	—	439	283.00–300.00	291.72
51	—	640	180.00–262.00	246.26
56	—	676	191.00–245.50	231.42
1	—	390	291.00	291.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	530	312.50	312.50
69	—	461	327.00–335.00	334.65
112	—	623	282.00	282.00
164	—	572	293.50–306.50	298.14
106	—	710	264.75	264.75
22	—	669	255.00	255.00
25	—	387	294.00–334.00	305.97
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,061	226.00	226.00
102	—	1,038	222.00–222.75	222.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	494	252.00–287.00	274.93
26	—	582	255.00–256.00	255.78
6	—	605	243.00	243.00
2	—	435	251.00	251.00
18	—	686	236.00–243.00	240.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	473	222.00–255.50	237.85
24	—	620	230.00–245.00	238.79
7	—	522	243.00	243.00
5	—	564	232.50	232.50
5	—	396	263.00	263.00
3	—	316	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	327	315.00	315.00
11	—	389	337.50	337.50
55	—	714	236.00	236.00
4	—	456	290.00	290.00
62	—	510	265.00	265.00
55	—	673	249.75	249.75
82	—	405	296.00–337.00	330.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	428	289.50–296.00	291.00
9	—	557	285.00	285.00
49	—	919	227.50	227.50
43	—	476	278.00–285.00	283.31
8	—	368	301.00–305.00	302.53
5	—	340	295.00	295.00
48	—	533	280.00	280.00
16	—	678	239.00	239.00
13	—	721	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	975	210.00–211.00	210.46
65	—	731	215.00–240.00	226.96
213	—	817	221.00–235.00	226.69
82	—	437	264.00–282.50	273.84
8	—	331	268.00–278.00	274.11
241	—	869	219.50–224.00	221.75
115	—	783	218.00–236.00	227.90
95	—	463	247.00–280.00	259.58
165	—	622	233.00–258.00	243.96
83	—	665	216.00–246.00	229.91
254	—	574	225.00–261.00	250.39
256	—	529	251.00–264.00	258.70
37	—	370	280.00–305.00	293.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	361	213.00	213.00
5	—	893	181.00–190.00	188.20
14	—	483	246.00–260.00	249.55
2	—	420	226.00	226.00
8	—	621	240.00	240.00
33	—	569	186.00–237.50	224.82
7	—	916	167.50–196.00	178.55
40	—	763	226.50	226.50
6	—	669	233.00–238.00	234.67
15	—	520	234.00–235.00	234.74
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	886	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	555	281.50	281.50
53	—	614	260.00–265.50	262.47
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,030	202.00	202.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	479	202.50–251.00	231.47
1	—	515	242.50	242.50
9	—	639	210.00–226.00	222.40
4	—	670	202.00	202.00
10	—	760	204.00–218.00	208.28
18	—	567	207.50–242.00	230.94
1	—	355	237.50	237.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,427	110.00–116.00	112.55
122	—	1,320	100.00–109.00	103.83
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,187	70.00–89.00	82.36
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	1,196	90.00–99.00	95.26
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,483	117.50–125.00	123.76
19	—	1,687	103.00–116.00	111.81
11	—	1,658	94.00–108.00	101.84

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	4	—	974	120.00–142.50	132.13
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,105	1,360.00	1,360.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,295	1,425.00	1,425.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,195	1,450.00	1,450.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,251	1,260.00	1,260.00

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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