Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 118 priced lines covering 7,279 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,204 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 321 head. replacement cattle receipts at 107 head. Counted as USDA files them — 47 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 1, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,204Last week 5,589Year ago 8,782

Slaughter CattleReceipts 321Last week 422Year ago 600

Replacement CattleReceipts 107Last week 130Year ago 113

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers and Heifers above 750 lbs sold steady to 4.00 lower. Under 750 lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter Cows sold 7.00 to 8.00 higher and Bulls steady. In the Hay Market, demand remains slow to moderate for all hay and prices were again, mostly steady for all regions. Most of the hay that is moving is on previously contracted hay. No new crop pricing has been reported so far, as folks seem to be trying to figure out what Mother Nature is going to do and what their carry over will be. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor for March 26th, while much of the region experienced precipitation, including late-season snow, there were some targeted areas of expansion of abnormal dryness (D0) and moderate drought (D1), especially in southern Kansas. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, topsoil was rated 45% very short to short on March 24th.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,311	128.00–139.00	134.81
14	—	1,298	139.00–141.00	139.47
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,105	106.00–109.00	107.55
64	—	1,245	114.00–128.00	119.09
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,468	139.50–147.00	142.97
4	—	1,354	149.00–150.00	149.56
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,806	149.00–169.00	159.05
20	—	1,629	140.00–156.00	149.06
16	—	2,080	165.00–183.00	173.07

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,100	3,150.00	3,150.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,048	3,025.00–3,125.00	3,030.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,272	3,025.00–3,100.00	3,070.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,100	2,675.00	2,675.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	2,375.00	2,375.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	3,000.00	3,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,457	2,500.00	2,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,215	1,725.00	1,725.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,169	1,775.00–2,200.00	1,989.96
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,110	165.00	165.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,068	146.00–176.00	161.54

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	382	325.00–330.00	326.74
50	400–450	427	305.00–323.00	314.38
43	450–500	478	270.00–305.00	297.61
73	500–550	527	285.00–292.00	288.50
32	550–600	579	256.00–270.00	264.39
15	600–650	645	244.00–247.50	245.87
13	650–700	684	233.00–244.00	237.27
12	700–750	707	229.00	229.00
11	800–850	803	209.00	209.00
15	900–950	941	196.50	196.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	591	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	397	330.00	330.00
15	500–550	525	290.00	290.00
6	550–600	559	292.50	292.50
8	700–750	722	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	900–950	928	196.50	196.50
23	950–1000	982	180.00–184.50	182.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	300–350	334	329.00–345.00	339.31
82	350–400	379	335.00–355.00	338.96
52	400–450	423	330.00–355.00	336.17
146	450–500	471	278.00–327.50	309.85
186	500–550	524	267.50–316.00	304.95
107	550–600	572	264.00–298.00	281.12
139	600–650	620	251.00–270.00	262.44
154	650–700	659	239.00–264.00	256.69
123	700–750	707	224.00–242.00	237.70
414	750–800	778	214.00–239.00	227.40
392	800–850	823	207.50–221.00	214.54
369	850–900	877	203.50–220.25	211.85
33	900–950	928	200.00–208.50	203.37
19	950–1000	976	198.00–202.00	199.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	383	332.50	332.50
6	400–450	432	324.00	324.00
8	450–500	468	310.00–315.00	312.52
11	500–550	540	288.00	288.00
4	600–650	626	235.00	235.00
4	700–750	742	213.50	213.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	614	276.00	276.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
32	750–800	753	243.25	243.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	400	365.00	365.00
52	450–500	462	325.00	325.00
5	500–550	540	291.00	291.00
20	550–600	554	325.00	325.00
16	600–650	605	273.50	273.50
47	750–800	758	243.00	243.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	470	362.00	362.00
41	550–600	558	345.00	345.00
25	600–650	613	312.00	312.00
37	650–700	678	299.00–312.50	303.37
81	700–750	725	275.00–278.50	277.58
93	750–800	769	270.00–270.50	270.40
28	800–850	801	253.00	253.00
60	850–900	854	243.50	243.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	345	402.00	402.00
17	350–400	399	385.00	385.00
23	450–500	491	313.00–322.00	319.70
7	500–550	532	330.00	330.00
13	550–600	580	297.50–301.00	299.65
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
116	1000–1050	1,012	201.50–211.50	207.46
61	1050–1100	1,071	206.00–211.75	211.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	326	400.00–420.00	409.36
49	350–400	374	364.00–410.00	400.73
106	400–450	429	357.50–390.00	368.91
98	450–500	462	315.00–384.00	365.11
177	500–550	523	305.00–354.00	342.18
196	550–600	573	287.00–342.00	325.49
107	600–650	621	267.00–325.00	293.28
185	650–700	678	263.00–303.00	285.12
151	700–750	729	245.00–285.00	262.13
146	750–800	767	237.10–264.00	250.73
173	800–850	827	226.00–250.50	244.44
573	850–900	871	218.25–239.00	229.38
449	900–950	928	215.00–235.00	223.77
354	950–1000	964	206.00–223.60	219.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	400	400.00	400.00
13	450–500	458	366.00	366.00
15	550–600	577	348.00	348.00
10	600–650	617	351.00	351.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	395	395.00	395.00
5	400–450	401	347.50	347.50
15	450–500	466	355.00–360.00	357.31
18	500–550	528	335.00–340.00	337.47
7	550–600	592	312.00	312.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	372	382.50–390.00	385.30
4	400–450	443	345.00	345.00
31	450–500	487	337.50–350.00	346.15
100	500–550	531	292.50–338.00	327.00
50	550–600	574	261.00–322.50	313.07
68	600–650	617	262.50–306.00	289.56
58	650–700	671	268.00–275.00	271.35
26	700–750	711	245.00–261.50	258.26
13	750–800	776	225.00	225.00
65	800–850	818	221.00–237.00	230.66
77	850–900	888	212.00–218.00	215.78
17	900–950	926	199.00–216.00	211.05
9	950–1000	993	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	577	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	748	236.00	236.00

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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