Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 105 priced lines covering 12,499 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 13,325 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 763 head. replacement cattle receipts at 20 head.

Mon Jan 22, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 13,325Last week 3,616Year ago 6,165

Slaughter CattleReceipts 763Last week 310Year ago 535

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 0Year ago 37

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower; 600 to 900 lbs sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher; over 900 lbs sold steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder heifers overall sold 3.00 to 9.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold uneven; breakers and leans 2.00 to 3.00 higher, boners 1.00 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 to 2.00 to 3.00 higher from 174.00 to 175.00, mostly at 175.00. In the hay market, demand remains low, and prices were steady on limited test. Hearing the same story from most producers, "no one is buying" and "have been getting a lot of calls from folks wanting to sell us hay". Folks report that they are still burning through other feed stuffs instead of alfalfa. After thinking that the winter storms would spur some trades, we have not seen that materialize. However, we are still a long way away from first cutting and there's a lot of winter in between.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	949	209.00	209.00
19	—	395	320.00–347.50	323.53
194	—	685	204.00–252.00	242.78
197	—	730	214.50–238.00	229.37
150	—	630	220.00–273.00	264.32
25	—	476	297.00–320.00	310.16
10	—	520	282.00–300.00	294.45
200	—	587	257.00–297.00	290.02
29	—	886	208.00–210.00	209.39
8	—	448	320.00	320.00
57	—	818	215.00–229.00	219.28
80	—	777	217.00–233.50	225.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
257	—	524	297.50–350.00	327.78
279	—	877	210.00–228.50	223.81
835	—	724	235.00–257.00	249.73
52	—	420	340.00–366.00	347.54
140	—	484	300.00–338.00	326.27
706	—	829	217.50–244.50	235.81
10	—	372	352.00–360.00	353.72
432	—	625	264.50–293.00	277.94
488	—	925	211.75–227.00	217.25
505	—	676	248.00–280.00	264.02
667	—	775	229.75–251.50	238.97
263	—	575	275.00–319.00	302.77
242	—	974	205.50–219.00	209.59
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	1,012	195.00–211.50	208.48
3	—	1,066	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	568	285.00	285.00
15	—	467	302.00–308.00	304.07
16	—	761	221.00–227.00	223.99
10	—	816	216.00–220.00	218.03
3	—	602	268.00	268.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
156	—	674	268.00–276.00	270.16
58	—	464	332.50–348.00	340.74
238	—	893	231.50–231.75	231.63
38	—	553	326.00–329.00	326.79
20	—	612	295.50	295.50
45	—	712	256.00–265.00	261.50
26	—	819	243.00	243.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	479	298.00–301.00	300.51
25	—	537	286.00	286.00
24	—	581	288.00–293.00	289.83
18	—	361	312.50	312.50
32	—	642	245.00–255.50	254.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	480	267.00	267.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	769	248.00–252.00	250.00
15	—	562	322.00–345.00	334.12
65	—	861	232.10	232.10
13	—	602	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	621	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	607	224.00	224.00
32	—	590	233.00–249.00	235.98
16	—	348	257.00	257.00
12	—	438	305.00–322.00	309.24
36	—	517	258.00–265.00	259.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	375	291.00–300.00	294.89
157	—	477	257.00–302.00	273.88
638	—	718	206.00–231.50	220.75
569	—	677	220.00–235.00	226.49
565	—	776	202.00–228.50	214.54
102	—	881	195.60–208.00	198.12
61	—	423	266.00–320.00	298.06
343	—	578	241.00–267.50	253.54
319	—	536	249.00–290.00	268.81
36	—	925	187.00–207.00	199.82
468	—	834	195.00–225.00	206.04
621	—	622	228.00–251.00	240.43
6	—	343	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	656	239.00	239.00
5	—	805	211.00	211.00
23	—	450	288.00–309.00	301.70
41	—	568	258.00–310.00	284.56
38	—	421	287.50–312.00	295.03
20	—	517	295.00–305.00	298.77
20	—	733	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	926	173.00	173.00
69	—	727	186.00–209.25	206.88
27	—	425	256.00–292.00	270.63
12	—	843	194.50	194.50
134	—	614	210.00–237.00	225.78
64	—	522	235.00–272.50	254.06
51	—	482	245.00–275.00	257.40
96	—	587	230.50–245.00	239.23
87	—	685	208.00–217.00	213.45
65	—	764	200.50–209.00	206.33
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	558	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,038	153.00–160.00	154.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	851	212.50	212.50
183	—	782	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	566	270.00–271.00	270.28
6	—	458	280.00	280.00
39	—	720	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	435	274.00	274.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	739	205.00	205.00
4	—	603	210.00	210.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,416	104.00–121.00	112.95
1	—	1,675	103.00	103.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
193	—	1,318	95.00–115.00	107.05
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,098	70.00–72.00	70.43
127	—	1,176	80.00–99.00	91.36
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,867	102.00–121.50	112.47
6	—	1,828	119.00–125.00	121.54

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	928	1,450.00	1,450.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,250	1,375.00–1,500.00	1,462.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,346	1,650.00–1,700.00	1,693.58

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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