Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 124 priced lines covering 9,551 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,850 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 534 head. replacement cattle receipts at 72 head. Counted as USDA files them — 20 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 22, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,850Last week 9,345Year ago 7,081

Slaughter CattleReceipts 534Last week 473Year ago 656

Replacement CattleReceipts 72Last week 2,539Year ago 68

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers sold 6.00 to 12.00 higher, with the exception of 700 lbs steers selling steady. Feeder Heifers 400 to 600 lbs sold 10.00 to 16.00 higher, 600 to 700 lbs sold 1.00 lower and above 700 lbs sold 1.00 to 7.00 higher. Slaughter Cows and Bulls sold unevenly steady 2.00 lower to 2.00 higher. Demand was good. On the Hay market this week, demand remains low for all hay and prices are soft for all regions. Warm, windy and dry conditions, in the western two-thirds of the state, continues to affect, both the wheat crop and alfalfa crop, which are going backwards. There still is not much interest in purchasing old crop grinder hay let alone new crop, as most buyers are still working through what's left of last year's inventory.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	516	316.00	316.00
8	550–600	553	276.00	276.00
9	600–650	609	295.00	295.00
46	650–700	663	270.00	270.00
28	750–800	773	236.00	236.00
17	800–850	849	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	337	285.00–290.00	287.92
9	350–400	379	300.00–317.50	310.07
24	400–450	430	271.00–325.00	301.58
46	450–500	485	278.00–310.00	302.78
10	500–550	530	288.00–289.00	288.50
40	550–600	589	244.00–275.00	268.46
11	600–650	635	232.00–256.00	243.10
25	650–700	684	195.00–241.00	225.68
7	700–750	721	206.00–211.00	209.54
36	750–800	777	202.00–215.00	210.72
24	800–850	835	204.50–207.00	206.27
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	423	316.00	316.00
16	500–550	503	292.50	292.50
18	650–700	693	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
47	900–950	906	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	330	315.00–337.50	325.60
65	350–400	374	313.00–345.00	330.26
51	400–450	433	330.00–347.50	337.31
91	450–500	476	290.00–330.00	319.67
123	500–550	523	260.00–310.00	295.66
263	550–600	566	252.00–294.00	287.59
149	600–650	616	253.00–290.00	265.96
126	650–700	668	230.50–259.00	246.51
217	700–750	732	218.50–245.00	236.79
273	750–800	772	211.00–233.75	228.03
580	800–850	816	204.00–222.00	217.22
266	850–900	883	203.00–212.00	210.35
158	900–950	919	191.00–209.50	204.29
153	950–1000	966	180.50–207.50	202.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	508	285.00–288.00	286.01
25	550–600	563	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	466	323.00	323.00
9	600–650	619	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	492	298.00	298.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	382	292.00	292.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	950–1000	959	197.50–206.00	200.89
8	1000–1050	1,008	204.00–205.00	204.74
4	1050–1100	1,086	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	531	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	514	307.00–355.00	338.80
384	800–850	828	251.00–263.00	257.41
66	850–900	855	256.50	256.50
114	900–950	904	245.50–246.50	246.00
119	950–1000	960	227.25	227.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	370.00	370.00
5	550–600	571	306.00	306.00
10	600–650	624	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	390.00	390.00
19	350–400	370	375.00	375.00
8	400–450	428	328.00	328.00
6	450–500	468	350.00	350.00
6	500–550	503	311.00	311.00
6	550–600	560	307.00	307.00
44	700–750	708	284.00–287.00	285.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	316	360.00	360.00
13	350–400	359	345.00	345.00
11	400–450	419	342.50–345.00	343.89
16	450–500	476	315.00–340.00	330.68
13	500–550	525	307.50–320.00	316.35
74	550–600	582	260.00–306.00	292.73
29	600–650	618	270.00–280.00	274.23
18	650–700	671	258.00–263.00	261.05
20	750–800	786	218.00–267.50	242.43
147	800–850	837	204.00–243.50	237.61
27	850–900	883	233.50	233.50
7	900–950	930	201.00–222.00	213.04
22	950–1000	957	201.00–206.50	205.26
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	491	324.00	324.00
4	550–600	576	262.50	262.50
5	750–800	752	233.00	233.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
796	1000–1050	1,019	205.25–223.00	213.56
31	1050–1100	1,070	211.50	211.50
83	1100–1150	1,136	198.00	198.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,047	196.50	196.50
8	1050–1100	1,087	193.00	193.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	275	370.00	370.00
13	300–350	334	344.00–385.00	364.18
40	350–400	377	342.50–370.00	359.89
66	400–450	419	326.00–370.00	352.27
77	450–500	474	295.00–367.50	352.65
124	500–550	523	294.00–351.00	338.26
87	550–600	565	286.00–329.00	317.79
121	600–650	621	280.50–307.00	292.44
169	650–700	681	270.00–303.00	288.10
179	700–750	720	255.00–292.00	268.64
247	750–800	779	241.50–299.50	258.70
480	800–850	831	228.85–258.75	244.76
742	850–900	876	220.85–246.00	236.67
1,097	900–950	929	215.00–237.50	226.88
324	950–1000	966	214.00–225.10	218.81
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	355	350.00	350.00
6	400–450	419	375.00	375.00
8	450–500	496	347.00	347.00
3	550–600	566	247.00	247.00
4	600–650	615	264.00	264.00
3	650–700	678	225.00	225.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	29	—	948	141.00–182.00	161.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,400	2,600.00	2,600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,100	2,300.00	2,300.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,200	2,050.00	2,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,200	2,500.00	2,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,200	2,800.00	2,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,250	2,675.00–3,035.00	2,995.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,417	1,950.00	1,950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,191	2,000.00	2,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,148	1,900.00–2,010.00	1,966.93

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,365	135.00–143.00	139.54
88	—	1,380	125.00–139.00	133.26
2	—	1,493	123.00–124.00	123.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,225	116.00–122.00	118.86
7	—	1,311	136.00–142.50	137.26
163	—	1,252	119.00–135.00	127.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,025	109.00–112.00	110.72
43	—	1,211	75.00–97.00	91.29
40	—	1,174	109.00–124.00	116.30
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,525	123.00–139.00	133.57
12	—	1,777	150.00–165.00	155.16
28	—	1,806	136.00–150.00	145.17

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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