Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 134 priced lines covering 6,477 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,000 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 484 head. replacement cattle receipts at 56 head. Counted as USDA files them — 5 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 8, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,000Last week 8,204Year ago 12,188

Slaughter CattleReceipts 484Last week 321Year ago 1,125

Replacement CattleReceipts 56Last week 107Year ago 125

Compared to last week, Feeder Steer and Heifer calves under 600 lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 lower, 700 to 850 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower, and above 850 lbs sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter Cows and Bulls sold 3.00 to 9.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good. In the hay market, demand remains low to moderate for all hay and prices are soft for all regions. There still seems to be no interest in buying and no new crop pricing has been reported as folks are trying to get rid of or use up their old crop before committing to new crop. Many areas are reporting they could use a rain, with warm and windy conditions exacerbating the situation. Contributors state that the wheat is doing o.k. but will go backwards, in a hurry, without moisture. Alfalfa producers are spraying for weevil, as the wind allows, and some have begun irrigating.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
149	—	1,355	129.00–141.00	133.24
1	—	1,835	125.00	125.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,150	109.00–120.00	114.36
9	—	1,415	140.00–142.00	140.54
107	—	1,269	120.00–136.00	128.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,092	77.50–92.00	89.35
40	—	1,176	95.00–113.00	104.49
3	—	1,158	130.00–137.00	134.88
30	—	1,123	111.00–126.00	116.19
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,844	145.00–159.50	153.60
9	—	2,002	160.00–169.00	163.15
23	—	1,614	131.00–148.00	143.33

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	950–1000	996	206.50	206.50
236	1000–1050	1,012	202.50–220.35	213.35
104	1050–1100	1,062	213.50–215.50	214.25
12	1100–1150	1,109	192.00–192.50	192.17
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	499	297.50	297.50
8	550–600	597	293.00	293.00
4	700–750	745	232.50	232.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	400–450	417	370.00	370.00
13	450–500	454	372.50	372.50
6	600–650	615	325.00	325.00
26	700–750	721	270.50	270.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	473	317.50	317.50
23	550–600	572	287.50	287.50
14	900–950	945	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	288	427.00	427.00
8	300–350	340	385.00–400.00	392.36
63	350–400	380	370.00–400.00	386.18
54	400–450	433	340.00–352.50	346.65
219	450–500	471	322.50–360.00	350.82
108	500–550	518	296.00–349.00	328.52
135	550–600	566	294.00–331.00	317.81
59	600–650	631	277.50–294.00	285.58
78	650–700	680	250.00–282.50	271.93
139	700–750	723	241.00–264.00	256.60
59	750–800	783	235.00–259.00	248.82
299	800–850	834	229.00–249.35	241.41
562	850–900	887	217.50–246.00	230.85
382	900–950	921	213.25–236.00	230.04
240	950–1000	967	215.00–230.75	222.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	346	420.00	420.00
5	350–400	378	405.00	405.00
27	450–500	468	377.50–395.00	390.02
10	600–650	608	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	322	405.00	405.00
24	350–400	384	392.50–400.00	395.31
4	400–450	421	355.00	355.00
42	450–500	496	342.00–349.00	345.02
7	500–550	523	329.00	329.00
61	550–600	569	275.00–312.00	301.63
11	600–650	623	268.00	268.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	365	321.00–375.00	343.75
5	400–450	440	305.00	305.00
18	450–500	483	297.50–315.00	306.66
66	500–550	535	300.00–317.50	311.82
37	550–600	582	281.00–292.00	286.79
12	600–650	625	262.00–275.00	268.29
18	650–700	690	240.00–264.00	250.18
37	700–750	737	232.00–254.00	233.71
25	750–800	790	226.00–233.50	232.45
15	800–850	835	208.00–215.50	212.04
8	850–900	877	213.50	213.50
4	900–950	911	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	683	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	397	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	900–950	922	183.00	183.00
13	950–1000	975	189.50	189.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	361	290.00	290.00
7	450–500	474	250.00–287.50	271.39
5	550–600	552	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	533	249.00	249.00
3	650–700	663	252.00	252.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	460	342.00	342.00
6	700–750	748	260.00	260.00
31	750–800	763	240.00	240.00
79	800–850	802	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	310	295.00	295.00
14	350–400	395	295.00–300.00	296.96
8	400–450	418	263.00–270.00	266.63
18	450–500	476	250.00–275.00	261.29
25	500–550	521	241.00–269.00	258.05
42	550–600	577	243.00–267.00	252.81
14	600–650	646	201.00–253.00	241.87
12	650–700	670	232.50–245.00	238.66
9	700–750	741	222.50	222.50
5	750–800	751	216.00	216.00
3	800–850	838	202.00	202.00
10	850–900	859	199.00–209.00	204.04
8	900–950	921	188.00–195.00	193.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	565	267.50	267.50
18	650–700	690	233.00–242.00	239.56
23	850–900	878	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	298	235.00	235.00
22	300–350	331	327.00–345.00	335.11
88	350–400	376	310.00–347.50	322.82
191	400–450	426	285.00–315.00	304.27
117	450–500	476	270.00–298.00	285.36
176	500–550	516	265.00–291.00	282.87
215	550–600	563	269.00–285.50	277.36
145	600–650	622	228.00–276.00	260.38
44	650–700	672	219.00–261.00	245.37
96	700–750	728	215.00–239.50	230.08
206	750–800	779	215.00–230.00	222.17
228	800–850	824	204.00–238.00	216.99
282	850–900	864	200.00–224.00	213.13
130	900–950	922	195.00–206.75	205.11
12	950–1000	952	203.50	203.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	341	355.00	355.00
7	350–400	356	342.00–345.00	343.29
22	450–500	467	312.00	312.00
8	500–550	528	290.00	290.00
5	550–600	551	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
14	850–900	851	220.50	220.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	305	360.00	360.00
3	350–400	385	295.00	295.00
29	400–450	414	310.00–313.00	310.81
66	450–500	477	278.00–292.50	285.37
31	500–550	536	251.00–274.00	268.86
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	541	295.00–315.00	300.88
5	550–600	565	287.50	287.50
17	600–650	628	246.00–275.00	255.08
10	650–700	671	229.00–245.00	235.24
5	750–800	763	227.50	227.50
3	800–850	801	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	476	285.00	285.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	2,025.00	2,025.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,100	2,500.00	2,500.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,300	1,750.00	1,750.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,371	1,975.00–2,325.00	2,128.92
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,155	1,725.00	1,725.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,283	1,835.00–2,100.00	1,885.97
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,059	141.00–168.00	150.91
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	897	1,900.00	1,900.00

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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