Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 96 priced lines covering 3,930 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,639 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 720 head. replacement cattle receipts at 122 head.

Mon Nov 27, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,639Last week 0Year ago 10,078

Slaughter CattleReceipts 720Last week 0Year ago 1,449

Replacement CattleReceipts 122Last week 2,202Year ago 250

Compare to two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers overall sold uneven, 2.00 lower to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 7.00 to 9.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Compared to last week, fed slaughter steers and heifers in the feed yards sold 1.00 lower at 174.00. In the hay market, Compared to the last report, demand remains low, trade activity picked up a bit, and prices were mostly steady and although there were no price changes, dairy hay seems to have a softer undertone. Folks are still getting a lot of alfalfa offered to them but there are not many takers. Most producers state that they could use some rain as fields and pastures are drying out.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	614	206.00–218.00	209.99
31	—	520	245.00–277.50	263.29
5	—	752	180.00	180.00
28	—	574	210.00–218.00	214.90
15	—	836	179.00–204.00	197.52
5	—	941	188.00	188.00
2	—	320	317.00	317.00
22	—	683	184.00–211.00	201.41
18	—	882	187.00–189.00	187.75
9	—	733	183.00–190.00	184.55
4	—	499	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	535	269.00–288.00	278.95
9	—	362	286.00–292.00	290.07
66	—	724	210.00–245.00	227.40
63	—	631	226.00–255.50	243.91
12	—	424	275.00–307.00	289.22
4	—	323	332.50–342.50	334.83
51	—	582	236.00–281.00	259.43
185	—	918	216.00–238.50	229.94
18	—	959	203.00	203.00
59	—	758	225.00–239.00	227.49
149	—	659	213.00–250.00	231.61
165	—	824	209.00–235.50	230.19
507	—	884	213.50–238.25	226.57
23	—	479	277.50–315.00	290.48
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	802	186.00	186.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,013	186.50	186.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	948	225.00	225.00
50	—	965	227.50	227.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	523	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	652	239.00	239.00
13	—	504	305.00–315.00	311.17
17	—	471	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	662	200.00	200.00
24	—	568	269.00	269.00
14	—	499	279.00	279.00
8	—	531	240.00–256.00	250.03
11	—	411	274.00–280.00	277.71
12	—	631	209.00–216.00	213.61
25	—	721	194.00–207.00	203.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	454	222.50	222.50
46	—	555	235.00–241.00	239.49
25	—	695	173.00–185.50	182.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	661	214.00	214.00
11	—	454	260.00	260.00
6	—	553	245.00	245.00
63	—	860	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,046	172.00	172.00
5	—	1,103	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	577	217.00–238.00	225.79
36	—	873	179.00–197.00	187.27
49	—	688	194.00–209.00	203.51
22	—	370	240.00–299.00	274.01
203	—	910	168.00–187.75	175.13
75	—	486	237.50–267.00	249.97
122	—	808	188.00–211.00	205.56
115	—	721	196.00–219.00	211.08
74	—	530	227.00–255.00	241.76
69	—	773	182.00–199.50	190.13
40	—	438	250.00–277.50	263.20
80	—	619	207.00–218.00	213.94
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	495	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	579	197.00–216.00	210.34
26	—	628	172.00–212.00	185.72
11	—	461	223.00	223.00
4	—	748	180.00	180.00
4	—	313	215.00	215.00
5	—	393	262.50–272.50	270.59
25	—	538	205.00–222.50	218.03
24	—	788	195.00–202.50	198.13
28	—	670	189.00–192.00	190.68
8	—	973	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,082	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	623	183.00	183.00
4	—	591	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	500	247.50	247.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	586	218.00	218.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	738	192.00	192.00
3	—	557	207.50	207.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
171	—	1,235	90.00–99.00	94.03
56	—	1,192	98.00–105.00	101.09
29	—	1,290	90.00–92.50	91.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	1,161	82.50–94.00	89.37
20	—	1,060	72.50–81.00	76.06
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,599	108.00–110.00	109.08
198	—	1,406	95.00–107.00	101.45
17	—	1,555	93.00–96.00	93.96
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	2,001	110.00–119.50	113.13
23	—	1,808	100.50–109.50	105.63
10	—	1,635	91.00–98.00	94.44

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	35	—	1,060	103.00–111.00	107.69
(<2 yrs)	Open	33	—	983	115.00–144.00	125.07
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,027	150.00–179.00	170.06
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,268	1,325.00–1,400.00	1,356.86
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	1,320	1,300.00–1,425.00	1,380.89
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,426	1,425.00–1,775.00	1,595.05

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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