Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 123 priced lines covering 12,128 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,524 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 457 head. replacement cattle receipts at 48 head.

Mon Feb 12, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,524Last week 9,336Year ago 4,672

Slaughter CattleReceipts 457Last week 588Year ago 288

Replacement CattleReceipts 48Last week 326Year ago 11

Compared to last week, steers under 700 lbs sold 8.00 to 12.00 lower; over 700 lbs unevenly 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Heifers sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold 6.00 to 9.00 higher while slaughter bulls sold steady to 3.00 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 lower at 180.00. In the hay market,, demand remains light, and alfalfa prices remain soft. Grass hay continues to retain its value. There are lots of folks wanting to sell grinding alfalfa but there are still not many buyers. Most hay being moved is on previously contracted hay.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
918	—	826	226.00–247.50	236.74
252	—	931	198.00–225.25	221.82
2	—	292	360.00	360.00
50	—	482	301.00–337.50	322.45
895	—	720	241.00–264.00	254.92
710	—	779	232.75–254.00	244.52
174	—	964	213.00–218.00	215.85
31	—	386	322.50–404.00	348.54
56	—	528	290.00–335.00	315.56
390	—	676	250.00–278.00	268.70
21	—	430	315.00–345.00	323.25
10	—	322	327.50	327.50
189	—	579	270.00–323.00	303.14
960	—	873	220.50–235.00	225.35
456	—	624	271.00–299.00	291.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	925	162.50–200.00	173.12
182	—	888	205.00–224.00	220.95
5	—	415	300.00	300.00
103	—	724	235.00–245.00	240.76
68	—	526	236.00–322.00	255.15
58	—	774	212.50–235.00	230.41
13	—	484	315.00–322.00	319.39
40	—	623	265.00–282.50	274.74
232	—	838	225.25–231.00	227.85
51	—	577	212.50–301.00	295.56
93	—	685	221.00–258.00	253.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	431	337.00–385.00	353.96
33	—	812	250.50	250.50
21	—	619	292.00–304.00	296.54
6	—	375	403.00	403.00
48	—	671	280.00	280.00
24	—	767	253.50	253.50
77	—	551	311.00–330.00	328.48
28	—	465	335.00–350.00	345.94
3	—	330	387.50	387.50
186	—	909	227.25–237.00	231.34
180	—	891	230.00–240.00	234.19
88	—	531	312.50–322.00	317.19
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,064	208.00	208.00
92	—	1,012	203.00–215.25	213.10
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	923	212.00	212.00
5	—	795	225.00	225.00
21	—	734	240.50–241.50	241.03
8	—	842	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	633	202.00	202.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	358	377.50–395.00	385.32
31	—	602	313.50	313.50
41	—	441	357.00–380.00	372.58
5	—	497	330.00	330.00
32	—	724	260.00–262.00	261.00
25	—	768	254.50	254.50
18	—	664	282.00	282.00
23	—	533	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	667	200.00–235.00	224.51
12	—	460	231.00–274.00	261.93
17	—	430	252.50–280.00	272.76
152	—	719	209.00–226.00	222.52
3	—	920	180.00–191.00	187.33
2	—	800	188.00	188.00
84	—	778	195.00–213.00	211.60
21	—	629	226.00–244.00	231.63
39	—	530	251.00–271.00	262.13
149	—	572	212.00–265.00	260.04
3	—	355	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	484	297.00–312.00	310.78
132	—	603	265.00–270.00	267.48
71	—	433	320.00–337.50	329.06
5	—	340	322.50	322.50
16	—	557	284.00–285.00	284.31
61	—	536	283.00–292.00	288.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	272.00	272.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	628	247.00–269.00	261.61
151	—	475	280.00–327.50	304.97
6	—	398	342.50	342.50
23	—	512	291.00–300.50	297.20
115	—	747	239.00	239.00
9	—	415	320.00–324.00	323.56
7	—	321	317.50–322.50	321.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
298	—	821	205.00–221.00	216.90
77	—	871	198.00–214.50	207.55
509	—	719	219.00–235.00	229.55
34	—	390	295.00–307.50	299.27
623	—	682	222.50–249.00	236.58
3	—	290	302.50	302.50
102	—	482	256.00–290.00	277.27
139	—	524	275.00–295.00	283.63
529	—	777	210.00–227.50	221.84
48	—	921	186.00–210.00	204.80
15	—	426	273.00–310.00	289.39
16	—	320	287.50–305.00	294.22
311	—	580	245.50–283.00	272.88
400	—	628	222.00–258.00	251.07
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	409	270.00	270.00
6	—	763	221.00	221.00
9	—	744	221.00–224.00	222.67
35	—	579	246.00–258.00	252.55
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,015	178.00–191.00	182.87
18	—	967	198.00–201.00	200.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	500	293.00	293.00
3	—	747	215.00	215.00
9	—	419	305.00	305.00
1	—	945	187.00	187.00
21	—	497	252.50–307.00	304.52
11	—	620	225.00–282.00	255.86
3	—	752	210.00	210.00
12	—	887	185.00–199.00	195.47
17	—	665	231.00–250.00	236.47

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,198	83.00–89.00	85.98
94	—	1,210	91.00–99.00	95.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,296	119.00–131.00	122.26
128	—	1,369	110.00–119.00	114.45
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	1,290	100.00–109.00	105.10
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,697	120.00–139.00	126.03
8	—	1,575	114.00–122.00	117.58
5	—	1,586	107.00–114.00	109.13

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,160	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,189	1,550.00–1,625.00	1,600.18
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,048	1,450.00–1,850.00	1,639.98
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,460	1,800.00	1,800.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	37	—	1,159	116.00–157.00	134.32
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	970	1,225.00	1,225.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	910	1,350.00	1,350.00

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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