Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 100 priced lines covering 7,275 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,290 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 674 head. replacement cattle receipts at 75 head. Counted as USDA files them — 33 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 13, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,290Last week 7,278Year ago 4,851

Slaughter CattleReceipts 674Last week 821Year ago 555

Replacement CattleReceipts 75Last week 2,976Year ago 116

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers sold 2.00 to 6.00 Higher and Heifers sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was good. Slaughter Cows and Bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. In the hay market, Demand is still low and it seems no one is too anxious to buy or sell hay. There has been no talk of new crop pricing, with most people saying they are not talking new crop until old crop is gone. This may take a bit as hay stocks are estimated to be at 1.25 million tons, up 74% from last year. In addition, several feed yards are still working through silage piles and previous purchased hay. Currently, hay is either starting to hit the ground or soon will be. Several producers state they have sold their 1st cut of new crop but no price has been determined.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	328	370.00	370.00
19	350–400	375	345.00–355.00	349.71
29	400–450	427	286.00–342.00	333.73
37	450–500	489	320.00–330.00	323.43
74	500–550	527	249.00–325.00	311.95
56	550–600	567	249.00–310.00	298.60
97	600–650	611	237.00–285.00	267.84
84	650–700	687	238.00–267.50	256.94
115	700–750	716	229.00–248.00	237.35
435	750–800	776	223.00–241.00	232.49
396	800–850	829	207.50–228.85	222.24
174	850–900	874	208.50–228.00	221.82
544	900–950	922	205.00–218.75	215.63
28	950–1000	957	209.00–214.50	213.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	427	342.50	342.50
4	550–600	551	308.00	308.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	385	340.00	340.00
8	450–500	480	286.00–309.00	299.01
17	500–550	518	268.00–306.00	294.90
40	550–600	578	277.00–290.00	285.19
16	600–650	625	223.00–272.50	265.22
17	650–700	666	221.00–242.50	233.51
28	800–850	818	196.00–205.00	198.92
2	850–900	867	191.00	191.00
9	900–950	913	171.00	171.00
3	950–1000	971	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	1000–1050	1,009	200.50–205.75	205.54
35	1050–1100	1,070	179.00–200.25	195.30
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	715	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	462	340.00	340.00
41	500–550	524	279.00–296.00	289.83
58	650–700	655	277.00	277.00
145	800–850	818	229.25–230.00	229.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	900–950	938	197.50	197.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	328	375.00–382.50	377.90
16	350–400	378	385.00–410.00	391.32
4	400–450	440	350.00–362.50	356.11
26	450–500	480	300.00–360.00	334.89
57	500–550	529	300.00–359.00	345.81
20	550–600	583	270.00–318.00	298.37
73	600–650	623	286.00–318.00	307.37
36	650–700	660	265.50–288.00	278.72
158	700–750	725	250.00–289.00	268.34
89	750–800	783	254.00–264.00	258.56
290	800–850	826	236.50–255.50	246.56
614	850–900	869	226.00–249.00	236.10
676	900–950	918	219.00–250.00	240.02
393	950–1000	971	218.25–235.25	226.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	600–650	619	327.00	327.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	443	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	384	350.00–362.50	359.13
3	400–450	438	365.00	365.00
6	600–650	633	297.50–305.00	301.31
17	650–700	683	252.00–269.00	255.47
17	700–750	707	216.50–272.50	228.06
11	750–800	791	201.00–256.00	229.80
102	800–850	835	220.50–239.00	228.15
76	850–900	890	210.00–237.50	220.50
117	900–950	933	211.75–223.50	216.04
5	950–1000	959	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	452	322.50	322.50
22	600–650	613	333.00–334.00	333.68
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	1000–1050	1,019	204.85	204.85
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
185	1000–1050	1,033	194.00–232.00	226.19
131	1050–1100	1,076	191.00–221.00	208.52
4	1150–1200	1,186	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	307	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	383	445.00	445.00
6	400–450	404	405.00	405.00
79	550–600	587	299.00–358.00	309.06
6	600–650	617	295.00	295.00
98	700–750	706	279.50–293.00	289.77
63	750–800	774	270.00	270.00
172	800–850	839	263.00–264.50	263.87
192	850–900	886	252.50–254.00	253.12
93	950–1000	986	238.50	238.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	559	313.00	313.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,003	196.00	196.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	556	322.50	322.50
4	650–700	676	257.50	257.50
3	800–850	820	205.00	205.00
3	950–1000	991	197.00	197.00

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,179	2,250.00–2,450.00	2,409.81
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,117	1,450.00	1,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,150	1,925.00	1,925.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,263	2,550.00	2,550.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	27	—	1,128	140.00–169.50	161.93
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,300	2,150.00	2,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,299	2,350.00–2,985.00	2,802.17

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,206	110.00–138.00	125.18
16	—	991	95.00–101.00	98.74
31	—	1,179	104.00–116.00	110.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
198	—	1,381	130.00–139.50	135.93
122	—	1,359	140.00–149.00	141.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,339	145.00–149.00	147.16
149	—	1,238	120.00–144.00	133.86
5	—	1,356	120.00–126.00	121.86
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,878	160.00–182.00	166.88
4	—	1,673	143.00–149.00	145.55
30	—	1,751	149.00–167.50	156.70

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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