Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 120 priced lines covering 12,153 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,148 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 568 head. replacement cattle receipts at 179 head.

Mon Mar 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,148Last week 10,589Year ago 7,642

Slaughter CattleReceipts 568Last week 634Year ago 457

Replacement CattleReceipts 179Last week 30Year ago 31

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers and Heifers sold steady to 7.00 higher. Slaughter Cows, Breaker Cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Boner and Lean Cows sold 5.00 lower. In the Hay Market, demand picked up a bit for the southwest and south-central regions and remained slow for the rest of the state. Grinding alfalfa prices remained mostly steady overall but did fall again in the southwest. Sellers are still looking to clean out their barns, while buyers are still in the driver's seat. Farmers are busy in the fields applying fertilizer and working the soil, getting ready for planting season. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor for February 27th, daily high temperatures reached into the 80s F some days in Kansas. Weekly temperatures averaged 10 to 20 degrees above normal across most of the region, increasing evapotranspiration (ET). The above normal ET had little effect on vegetation, as vegetation is still dormant, but soil temperatures were well above freezing in southern parts of the region and the high ET helped to dry soils. Abnormally dry conditions expanded in eastern Kansas where recent precipitation has been low and soils were drying.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	504	262.00	262.00
12	550–600	589	260.00	260.00
14	700–750	738	245.00	245.00
13	750–800	797	238.00	238.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
248	1000–1050	1,020	209.00–218.00	216.75
146	1050–1100	1,061	202.00–214.00	212.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	340	362.50–385.00	373.65
33	350–400	375	334.00–385.00	347.52
26	400–450	426	335.00–377.50	349.33
59	450–500	484	314.00–347.50	334.08
99	500–550	524	305.00–341.00	327.78
237	550–600	576	300.00–330.00	319.60
241	600–650	625	287.00–313.00	301.97
480	650–700	681	253.00–304.00	279.53
317	700–750	720	245.00–283.00	273.49
699	750–800	781	240.25–267.00	253.29
633	800–850	832	230.00–252.50	244.21
926	850–900	873	230.00–251.00	240.88
969	900–950	922	226.00–238.25	232.13
200	950–1000	965	209.00–233.50	225.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	350–400	373	403.00–417.50	413.25
12	400–450	439	375.00	375.00
4	450–500	466	362.50	362.50
13	500–550	510	330.00–338.00	334.28
37	550–600	572	339.00	339.00
93	600–650	646	312.00	312.00
110	650–700	655	279.00–306.00	301.46
126	700–750	717	286.00	286.00
160	750–800	757	268.25–272.00	269.10
66	800–850	801	256.00	256.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	1000–1050	1,041	190.50	190.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	450–500	470	315.00–325.00	321.00
37	500–550	530	282.50–314.00	292.31
31	550–600	579	243.00–307.50	286.50
24	600–650	632	257.00–295.00	280.96
88	650–700	682	241.00–277.00	265.28
56	700–750	730	246.00–264.00	259.19
44	750–800	776	221.00–249.00	237.96
9	800–850	815	201.00–232.00	228.49
33	850–900	873	211.00–233.50	219.32
42	900–950	918	201.00–217.50	213.46
11	950–1000	989	193.00	193.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	950–1000	992	217.50	217.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	371	347.50	347.50
2	400–450	427	327.50	327.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	360.00	360.00
13	400–450	439	375.00	375.00
36	500–550	505	352.00	352.00
59	650–700	662	310.00–311.50	310.71
68	750–800	752	267.50	267.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · No Implant$ per cwt · actual wt
18	600–650	623	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1000–1050	1,007	190.00	190.00
18	1050–1100	1,073	175.00–190.00	184.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	341	307.00–359.00	348.91
51	350–400	376	320.00–365.00	340.10
73	400–450	434	302.50–333.00	323.19
157	450–500	469	287.50–319.00	300.97
196	500–550	519	270.00–308.00	293.53
216	550–600	569	265.00–290.50	283.20
608	600–650	625	251.00–278.00	263.88
431	650–700	680	233.00–260.00	254.31
594	700–750	727	228.00–249.50	239.67
691	750–800	776	215.00–246.00	231.26
318	800–850	818	217.00–228.00	224.70
386	850–900	876	203.00–225.50	216.07
84	900–950	924	196.00–216.25	209.59
35	950–1000	984	205.00–215.50	206.33
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	392	259.00	259.00
7	450–500	454	250.00	250.00
8	550–600	553	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	221	220.75	220.75
6	400–450	426	302.50	302.50
8	450–500	471	270.00–295.00	280.29
51	500–550	529	240.00–274.00	257.15
66	550–600	571	216.00–264.00	258.60
103	600–650	625	221.00–256.00	243.62
116	650–700	683	192.50–246.00	232.62
59	700–750	738	216.00–232.00	223.20
30	750–800	773	210.00–221.50	219.84
13	800–850	819	208.00–217.00	210.96
12	850–900	871	183.00–216.50	211.02
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	463	271.00	271.00
4	500–550	528	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	471	312.00–325.00	315.44
91	500–550	504	308.00	308.00
13	600–650	626	279.00	279.00
53	700–750	737	247.25	247.25
8	850–900	870	239.50	239.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	850–900	886	193.50	193.50
15	950–1000	954	190.00–192.00	190.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
26	800–850	800	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	337	340.00	340.00
3	400–450	423	320.00	320.00
28	500–550	501	305.00	305.00
10	550–600	566	286.00	286.00
39	600–650	606	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	374	312.50	312.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
26	800–850	816	236.00	236.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	457	280.00–320.00	314.24
8	600–650	614	255.00–265.00	262.37
11	650–700	677	230.00–248.00	235.71
5	700–750	707	239.00–245.00	240.21
5	800–850	820	202.00–210.00	206.87

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	2,090	138.00–152.00	143.65
8	—	1,729	114.00–126.00	119.20
16	—	1,655	126.00–139.00	131.72
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	1,247	95.00–119.00	110.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
261	—	1,416	110.00–129.00	122.55
23	—	1,445	124.00–132.00	128.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,136	80.00–109.00	98.92
6	—	1,111	90.00–98.00	95.02

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
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	32	—	1,422	2,025.00–2,620.00	2,297.18
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	62	—	1,316	1,800.00–2,685.00	2,473.84
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,285	1,710.00	1,710.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	53	—	1,220	1,750.00–2,770.00	2,573.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,135	1,675.00–1,910.00	1,753.47
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	22	—	1,237	1,725.00–1,925.00	1,852.30
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,010	1,800.00	1,800.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,167	1,700.00–1,750.00	1,714.43
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,130	2,100.00	2,100.00

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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