Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 170 priced lines covering 10,747 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,345 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 473 head. replacement cattle receipts at 2,539 head. Counted as USDA files them — 494 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 15, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,345Last week 7,000Year ago 12,118

Slaughter CattleReceipts 473Last week 484Year ago 1,056

Replacement CattleReceipts 2,539Last week 56Year ago 2,840

Compared to last week, steer calves sold steady to 3.00 higher. Yearling steers sold steady to 3.00 higher. All weights of heifer sold uneven; 2.00 lower to 4.00 higher. Slaughter Cows and Bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good. Fed Cattle trade in the feedlots this wee traded steady at mostly 182.00. 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. The word "drought" is on many producers' minds and lips, as warm, dry, and windy weather has dominated. Some regions report a blue tinge to the wheat and the alfalfa fields are exhibiting some stress.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,300	2,600.00	2,600.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	900	2,450.00	2,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	875	2,400.00	2,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	825	1,950.00	1,950.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	900	2,700.00	2,700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	—	1,272	3,850.00	3,850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,200	3,350.00	3,350.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,200	2,050.00–2,300.00	2,175.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,033	2,350.00–2,650.00	2,475.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	30	—	1,042	1,950.00–2,225.00	2,028.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,175	2,650.00	2,650.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	35	—	1,120	2,225.00–2,500.00	2,325.71
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,025	2,850.00	2,850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,032	3,025.00–3,050.00	3,034.09
Heifer Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	33	—	864	3,225.00–3,275.00	3,253.03
(<2 yrs)	Open	35	—	829	2,600.00–2,850.00	2,828.57
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	33	—	1,010	3,000.00–3,285.00	3,133.03
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	162	—	1,022	3,275.00–3,650.00	3,394.91
Heifer Pairs — Medium 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	900	3,750.00	3,750.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	30	—	1,068	3,775.00–3,785.00	3,782.00
Bulls — Large 1 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,690	4,600.00	4,600.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,895	5,100.00	5,100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,265	2,800.00–2,900.00	2,853.75
(<2 yrs)	N/A	30	—	1,384	3,000.00–3,800.00	3,233.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,105	4,200.00	4,200.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	—	929	1,500.00–1,700.00	1,601.88
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,230	1,800.00–2,000.00	1,898.68
(<2 yrs)	N/A	17	—	1,303	2,400.00–2,900.00	2,759.07
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,409	2,000.00–2,150.00	2,113.14
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,368	2,350.00–2,500.00	2,462.09
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,585	2,500.00	2,500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	32	—	1,475	2,875.00–2,900.00	2,891.23
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,408	2,700.00	2,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,473	2,950.00	2,950.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	963	2,100.00	2,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	39	—	953	2,500.00–2,625.00	2,570.09
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	986	2,350.00	2,350.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	958	2,400.00	2,400.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	24	—	1,123	2,450.00–2,500.00	2,470.97
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,077	2,325.00–2,400.00	2,350.35
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,164	2,300.00	2,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,243	2,400.00–2,650.00	2,571.58
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	252	—	1,166	2,425.00–2,675.00	2,556.62
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	57	—	1,215	2,600.00–2,750.00	2,639.17
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,226	1,650.00–1,750.00	1,706.34
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	1,282	1,750.00	1,750.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,140	2,050.00	2,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	—	1,234	2,450.00–2,650.00	2,597.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	161	—	1,180	2,650.00–2,800.00	2,683.24
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	47	—	1,192	2,900.00	2,900.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	39	—	961	133.00–166.00	142.31
(<2 yrs)	Open	55	—	839	2,350.00	2,350.00
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	42	—	755	1,500.00–1,825.00	1,749.41
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	30	—	827	1,850.00–2,000.00	1,968.69
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	949	2,150.00–2,250.00	2,194.96
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	900	1,650.00–1,950.00	1,868.10
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	56	—	1,169	2,350.00–2,675.00	2,650.39
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	157	—	1,049	2,400.00–2,650.00	2,461.52
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,240	2,775.00–2,800.00	2,787.90
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,079	2,100.00	2,100.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	950–1000	983	185.00–185.50	185.27
4	1000–1050	1,034	176.00	176.00
10	1050–1100	1,082	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	477	294.00	294.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	364	321.00–355.00	335.11
7	500–550	542	264.00	264.00
34	600–650	608	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	433	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	338	350.00–375.00	363.49
70	350–400	370	282.50–355.00	340.31
87	400–450	412	297.00–350.00	311.40
120	450–500	466	274.00–327.50	310.04
121	500–550	525	266.00–303.00	284.44
128	550–600	566	250.00–292.00	276.53
169	600–650	631	241.00–283.00	264.44
71	650–700	684	230.00–250.00	244.88
111	700–750	732	217.00–250.00	234.97
596	750–800	781	205.00–233.00	223.54
425	800–850	823	208.00–224.50	218.85
527	850–900	873	184.00–216.00	208.09
240	900–950	932	198.00–208.25	204.88
70	950–1000	987	177.00–200.50	195.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
24	750–800	777	241.50	241.50
41	850–900	873	230.50	230.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	615	265.00–289.00	277.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	300–350	346	313.00	313.00
9	350–400	387	330.00	330.00
22	400–450	427	262.00–317.00	293.83
38	450–500	483	255.00–304.00	291.80
61	500–550	529	270.50–285.00	274.53
46	550–600	578	236.00–272.00	248.88
19	600–650	619	225.00–255.00	241.66
20	650–700	693	228.00–232.00	229.90
8	700–750	709	219.00–233.00	227.74
11	750–800	763	208.00–217.50	214.87
7	800–850	826	214.00	214.00
6	850–900	853	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	542	241.00	241.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
50	1050–1100	1,084	191.00	191.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
373	1000–1050	1,029	192.50–215.00	208.25
367	1050–1100	1,074	207.00–216.00	211.52
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	480	327.50–332.50	329.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	300–350	328	339.00–387.50	375.69
40	350–400	383	360.00–371.00	366.18
100	400–450	424	317.50–365.00	349.49
154	450–500	471	332.50–350.00	344.99
147	500–550	523	289.00–343.00	325.22
84	550–600	569	258.00–329.00	310.78
99	600–650	633	267.00–293.00	277.94
56	650–700	672	257.00–296.00	277.43
95	700–750	731	254.00–284.00	272.14
102	750–800	782	230.50–265.00	252.94
69	800–850	840	234.00–245.50	240.31
757	850–900	872	221.00–238.00	230.16
629	900–950	928	212.25–229.50	218.87
940	950–1000	976	205.50–224.35	217.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	344	400.00	400.00
5	350–400	378	370.00	370.00
23	400–450	405	372.50	372.50
21	500–550	521	318.00–328.00	324.52
9	550–600	595	300.00	300.00
22	600–650	628	278.00	278.00
52	650–700	675	287.00	287.00
80	700–750	714	278.00–280.00	278.37
90	750–800	778	266.50–280.00	268.25
58	800–850	824	246.50	246.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	458	332.00	332.00
56	500–550	544	319.00–325.00	319.42
3	600–650	633	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	641	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	415	351.00–356.00	352.87
13	500–550	520	346.00	346.00
49	600–650	636	338.00	338.00
14	650–700	656	292.00–310.00	299.68
62	700–750	713	294.00	294.00
4	750–800	766	261.00	261.00
61	800–850	819	256.00	256.00
106	850–900	882	235.85–248.50	240.28
67	900–950	907	229.50–233.50	232.96
33	950–1000	962	225.50–226.00	225.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	327	331.00–360.00	351.59
23	350–400	381	288.00–356.00	338.90
18	400–450	422	295.00–321.00	307.00
3	450–500	475	330.00	330.00
32	500–550	529	290.00–316.00	299.41
25	550–600	589	284.00–320.00	297.84
30	600–650	633	240.00–297.50	270.83
65	650–700	672	240.00–276.00	262.79
68	700–750	734	236.00–286.00	264.14
67	750–800	767	206.00–261.00	248.90
18	800–850	823	200.00–218.00	210.99
26	850–900	884	201.00–225.00	213.95
10	900–950	943	210.00	210.00
5	950–1000	998	203.00	203.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	775	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	526	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	435	325.00	325.00
18	500–550	519	287.00–300.00	296.37
7	550–600	554	284.00–292.00	288.54
11	600–650	631	262.50–268.00	264.97
3	750–800	767	230.00	230.00
9	950–1000	992	200.00	200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,222	86.00–99.00	94.00
26	—	1,161	100.00–119.00	113.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,230	137.50	137.50
145	—	1,388	128.00–136.00	131.28
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	1,250	113.00–130.00	124.65
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,105	150.50–156.00	153.32
6	—	1,615	126.00–139.00	131.36
16	—	2,082	137.00–155.00	147.51

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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