Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 125 priced lines covering 9,683 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,948 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 764 head. replacement cattle receipts at 53 head. Counted as USDA files them — 11 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 30, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,948Last week 4,861Year ago 11,495

Slaughter CattleReceipts 764Last week 668Year ago 1,016

Replacement CattleReceipts 53Last week 1,075Year ago 81

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 7.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 to 5.00 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 2.00 higher at 185.00. In the hay market, demand remains low to moderate, trade activity remained slow, and prices were steady. Folks are busy finishing up harvest, which for many areas has been less than stellar. Not much hay has been moving or purchased in part due to the harvest but also, reports indicate that many feed yards are using silage or grinding their own feed hay.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
162	—	822	222.00–243.00	237.81
4	—	986	222.00	222.00
263	—	578	257.50–288.00	269.74
11	—	325	292.00–307.50	295.35
149	—	531	260.50–315.00	279.56
9	—	270	344.00	344.00
290	—	879	226.50–239.75	236.04
311	—	722	223.00–266.50	238.15
52	—	418	280.50–328.00	303.94
353	—	671	221.50–265.00	242.10
127	—	475	269.50–322.00	285.80
190	—	929	223.00–228.50	226.29
417	—	623	242.00–273.00	255.34
10	—	371	290.00–315.00	305.66
68	—	771	225.00–240.00	231.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	625	250.00–296.50	286.76
30	—	447	311.00–320.00	318.41
161	—	568	259.00–306.00	292.73
51	—	673	254.00–270.00	261.29
67	—	486	293.00–332.00	320.85
27	—	711	240.50–248.00	243.80
3	—	301	322.50	322.50
32	—	939	232.25	232.25
10	—	376	315.00–335.00	326.77
114	—	518	280.00–332.00	307.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	625	225.00–249.50	235.92
71	—	669	211.00–246.00	234.29
4	—	855	226.00	226.00
73	—	589	231.00–267.00	246.08
2	—	915	212.50	212.50
26	—	723	225.00–240.00	231.41
16	—	472	260.00–285.00	275.60
16	—	511	255.00–260.00	255.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	472	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	372	311.00	311.00
41	—	417	300.00–329.00	314.75
195	—	590	274.50–294.00	278.52
27	—	840	238.50	238.50
181	—	537	284.00–320.00	303.25
321	—	632	264.00–292.00	276.95
28	—	471	307.00–344.00	329.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
178	—	628	228.00–265.00	255.52
14	—	381	251.00–335.00	291.40
135	—	536	251.00–307.00	290.74
272	—	586	250.00–285.00	264.11
38	—	441	262.00–325.00	295.07
156	—	663	211.00–262.00	250.59
70	—	475	261.00–329.00	304.28
3	—	335	335.00	335.00
37	—	705	230.00–238.50	235.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	680	234.00–234.50	234.34
18	—	639	235.00–240.00	236.69
19	—	579	245.00–258.00	253.32
24	—	527	249.00–284.00	270.22
9	—	379	276.00–284.00	281.31
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	526	290.00	290.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,105	184.00	184.00
57	—	1,052	223.25	223.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
150	—	522	219.00–258.50	251.00
28	—	385	231.00–285.00	264.80
123	—	580	235.00–254.00	249.17
67	—	681	218.00–224.00	219.57
90	—	478	231.00–275.00	254.21
140	—	628	217.00–237.00	229.54
30	—	432	264.00–284.00	270.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	586	226.00–232.00	230.09
6	—	694	202.00	202.00
5	—	504	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	581	267.00–269.00	268.01
58	—	732	240.00	240.00
53	—	613	242.00–244.50	243.95
4	—	365	308.00	308.00
66	—	473	265.00–284.00	274.94
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,113	163.50	163.50
22	—	1,082	160.00–170.00	164.53
4	—	1,016	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	607	222.00	222.00
9	—	414	226.00–240.00	236.70
10	—	663	218.00–237.00	231.05
19	—	544	224.00–242.00	237.58
34	—	576	221.00–252.00	233.20
4	—	488	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	910	195.00	195.00
320	—	624	220.00–240.00	228.17
111	—	785	206.00–232.00	226.28
262	—	525	230.00–266.00	249.98
11	—	260	297.00–317.50	315.56
99	—	477	244.00–277.50	254.62
26	—	963	183.50–191.00	185.38
100	—	856	196.00–230.00	224.30
97	—	434	270.00–285.00	276.14
182	—	673	209.00–236.00	220.90
21	—	371	241.00–288.00	267.39
513	—	817	217.00–227.25	221.31
640	—	578	225.00–256.00	240.64
76	—	718	200.00–236.00	221.62
4	—	342	253.00–281.50	266.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	409	290.00–297.50	296.49
30	—	380	275.00–289.00	284.99
2	—	320	302.50	302.50
7	—	632	237.50	237.50
70	—	736	234.25	234.25
87	—	530	250.00–265.00	257.54
25	—	593	257.50	257.50
47	—	805	230.00–230.50	230.37
71	—	478	261.00–286.00	267.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	681	161.00	161.00
22	—	586	180.00–231.00	211.78
12	—	632	191.00–213.00	209.30
14	—	857	155.00–174.00	172.60
2	—	390	253.00	253.00
19	—	436	238.00–299.00	275.93

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,156	61.00–89.00	82.21
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	1,359	100.00–117.50	107.15
362	—	1,259	90.00–109.00	100.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
154	—	1,174	81.00–99.50	93.97
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,914	114.00–121.00	117.32
10	—	1,591	103.00–114.00	107.88
6	—	1,492	93.00–103.00	98.03

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	14	—	1,002	119.00–152.00	131.99
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	821	1,550.00	1,550.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,365	1,435.00	1,435.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	1,326	1,375.00–1,475.00	1,448.38
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,200	2,600.00	2,600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,200	2,350.00	2,350.00

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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