Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 93 priced lines covering 8,032 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,105 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 185 head. replacement cattle receipts at 169 head. Counted as USDA files them — 1 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 5, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,105Last week 4,883Year ago 8,177

Slaughter CattleReceipts 185Last week 232Year ago 484

Replacement CattleReceipts 169Last week 4Year ago 5

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold unevenly steady. In the feedlot trade, live sales occurred on Wednesday and Thursday at mostly 185.00 to 187.00, 1.00 to 3.00 lower than last week. In the hay market, although movement picked up a bit, demand remained very light as feed yards are still not buying. Drought and dry conditions in the western two-thirds of the state have dryland crops burning up, and alfalfa headed into dormancy. Pop up storms in recent weeks have also further damaged crops due to high winds and hail. Even despite the setbacks to the hay crop, there is still large amounts of old crop hay available. Premium and Supreme quality hay is more in demand but seems to be hard to find.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	994	82.50–87.50	85.13
72	—	1,182	105.00–128.00	115.13
5	—	1,312	90.00–97.50	91.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,478	144.00–150.00	146.04
59	—	1,333	134.00–149.50	140.61
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,273	145.50–150.00	146.44
73	—	1,247	120.50–144.00	132.86
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,591	140.00–152.00	145.57
13	—	1,985	170.00–189.00	176.34
21	—	1,818	154.00–171.00	161.38

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	320	358.00–360.00	359.33
5	350–400	380	311.00–332.50	323.74
9	400–450	424	338.00–345.00	341.45
56	450–500	465	303.00–350.00	326.91
12	500–550	530	286.00–304.00	292.60
27	550–600	587	265.50–292.00	281.80
49	600–650	626	254.00–292.00	268.20
137	650–700	667	258.00–293.85	279.84
209	700–750	721	237.00–273.00	256.67
572	750–800	773	236.00–269.50	259.16
430	800–850	821	222.00–248.00	242.75
1,437	850–900	878	231.00–258.00	244.75
1,139	900–950	920	222.00–253.10	240.74
383	950–1000	961	224.75–238.25	230.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	343	315.00	315.00
3	450–500	465	320.00	320.00
12	550–600	573	230.00–280.00	271.34
13	600–650	642	245.00–276.50	264.24
20	650–700	663	243.00–267.00	253.37
37	700–750	732	219.00–246.00	239.48
60	750–800	771	230.00–241.50	236.74
3	800–850	821	227.00	227.00
91	850–900	881	220.00–232.25	228.24
68	900–950	928	208.00–230.50	221.86
5	950–1000	954	222.50	222.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	591	280.00	280.00
10	650–700	666	270.00	270.00
14	700–750	720	250.00–255.00	252.20
6	750–800	795	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	546	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	664	297.00	297.00
68	750–800	768	264.50	264.50
264	800–850	841	249.00–252.00	250.49
122	850–900	856	247.00	247.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
117	1000–1050	1,014	213.00–230.00	227.44
55	1050–1100	1,073	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	386	351.00	351.00
5	500–550	538	310.00	310.00
84	750–800	769	263.00	263.00
82	800–850	809	253.00	253.00
120	950–1000	955	240.25	240.25
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	697	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	397	314.00	314.00
51	400–450	430	305.00–309.00	307.11
8	550–600	570	241.00–264.00	255.44
4	650–700	687	223.50	223.50
7	700–750	732	225.00–240.00	231.33
34	750–800	784	219.00–232.00	226.93
20	800–850	822	218.00–224.50	218.95
10	850–900	867	215.00	215.00
26	900–950	928	211.75	211.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
71	750–800	760	248.00	248.00
37	800–850	805	240.00	240.00
180	850–900	856	238.75	238.75
29	900–950	910	229.50	229.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	547	282.00	282.00
10	550–600	581	280.00	280.00
21	600–650	622	268.00–275.00	271.98
5	650–700	689	254.00	254.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	701	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	350–400	372	300.00–330.00	318.62
16	400–450	420	306.00–342.00	328.28
17	450–500	493	275.00–299.00	290.15
22	500–550	533	286.00–291.00	287.35
47	550–600	567	225.00–283.00	258.19
69	600–650	625	232.50–273.00	254.49
111	650–700	673	240.00–263.50	253.75
156	700–750	723	226.00–254.00	241.30
494	750–800	774	231.50–249.00	241.61
185	800–850	834	225.00–234.25	232.23
148	850–900	866	218.50–234.00	229.84
42	900–950	922	211.00–218.00	216.24
20	950–1000	993	215.50	215.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1050–1100	1,056	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	353	282.00	282.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	355	334.00	334.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1100–1150	1,120	171.00	171.00
5	1150–1200	1,191	155.00–171.00	158.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	386	302.50–325.00	313.91
6	450–500	470	293.00	293.00

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
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	2,250.00	2,250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,089	1,100.00–2,625.00	1,931.40
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,117	158.00–191.00	175.57

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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