Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 110 priced lines covering 8,133 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,097 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 557 head. replacement cattle receipts at 36 head. Counted as USDA files them — 13 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 19, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,097Last week 6,785Year ago 1,682

Slaughter CattleReceipts 557Last week 442Year ago 74

Replacement CattleReceipts 36Last week 1,340Year ago 0

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good. Breaker and Boner Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower, lean cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold steady. In the hay market, This past week hay movement was steady while demand remained very light with very little change in activity from the previous week. Prices continue to weaken a bit with the abundance of other feed stuffs available. Rain across the state brought much needed moisture, while also causing flooding and delays in putting up hay in some areas. Statewide topsoil moisture rated by percent short to very short is as follows: Kansas 54%, Nebraska 42%, South Dakota 37%, North Dakota 24%, Montana 75%, Wyoming 78%, and Colorado 68%, as per the USDA on August 4.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	945	2,125.00	2,125.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	861	194.00–205.00	201.81
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,428	1,825.00–2,000.00	1,938.73
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,425	2,610.00–3,200.00	2,952.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,590	3,300.00	3,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,391	2,850.00–3,485.00	3,273.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,801	3,475.00	3,475.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,975.00	1,975.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,104	150.00–193.00	171.81
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	911	151.00	151.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	343	397.50	397.50
41	350–400	358	365.00–392.50	374.20
51	400–450	423	330.00–377.50	351.86
10	450–500	490	298.00–325.00	303.29
16	500–550	525	292.00–318.00	306.14
59	550–600	567	274.00–296.00	285.63
76	600–650	615	269.00–295.00	289.87
89	650–700	676	261.00–267.00	264.32
337	700–750	743	242.50–264.50	258.92
315	750–800	775	237.50–259.00	248.84
796	800–850	828	236.00–251.00	243.41
1,520	850–900	870	228.50–244.50	239.14
982	900–950	925	221.00–237.50	233.31
356	950–1000	972	218.00–228.25	222.28
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
399	1000–1050	1,022	196.50–221.75	217.24
111	1050–1100	1,085	201.50–220.00	208.23
63	1100–1150	1,108	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	440	325.00	325.00
3	500–550	526	272.50	272.50
8	550–600	585	245.00–257.00	252.45
16	650–700	683	254.00–261.00	258.36
10	750–800	753	246.50	246.50
10	800–850	824	237.50	237.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	371	309.00	309.00
6	400–450	434	325.00–335.00	329.99
3	500–550	506	267.00	267.00
8	550–600	582	267.00–271.00	267.96
10	600–650	640	252.00–267.50	256.67
6	700–750	718	234.00–249.00	241.37
35	750–800	778	237.00–246.00	242.97
16	800–850	830	221.00–235.00	229.74
211	850–900	886	217.50–232.00	223.94
187	900–950	938	205.00–226.00	219.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
49	350–400	373	379.00–404.00	388.23
21	400–450	449	391.00	391.00
8	650–700	679	288.00	288.00
79	850–900	851	248.50	248.50
Steers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
57	1000–1050	1,012	223.75	223.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	362	331.00	331.00
11	400–450	410	327.50–340.00	332.08
20	450–500	466	300.00	300.00
3	500–550	525	280.00	280.00
10	550–600	599	280.00	280.00
34	650–700	690	256.00	256.00
51	750–800	762	254.50	254.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	711	267.00	267.00
66	850–900	859	246.75	246.75
59	900–950	925	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	695	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
54	900–950	948	224.50	224.50
41	950–1000	978	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	385	295.00	295.00
3	450–500	485	271.00	271.00
39	500–550	519	257.00–275.00	271.35
25	550–600	565	275.00	275.00
9	600–650	608	250.00	250.00
8	650–700	686	239.00	239.00
11	750–800	769	216.00	216.00
2	800–850	807	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	405	297.00	297.00
21	550–600	580	265.00	265.00
40	650–700	692	247.50	247.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	400–450	425	367.50	367.50
18	650–700	667	258.50	258.50
10	700–750	749	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	337	340.00–345.00	343.36
24	350–400	386	327.50–350.00	333.42
5	400–450	427	320.00	320.00
25	450–500	466	281.00–293.00	284.60
53	500–550	515	269.00–282.00	279.26
35	550–600	570	256.00–274.00	267.48
28	600–650	629	236.00–264.00	250.58
66	650–700	665	225.00–253.00	246.51
187	700–750	737	220.00–243.00	232.08
52	750–800	762	229.00–240.00	234.82
165	800–850	834	220.00–227.50	223.98
87	850–900	890	206.00–224.25	221.23
76	900–950	936	202.00–235.00	221.23
71	950–1000	967	205.00–213.00	206.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	900–950	945	203.00	203.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	1000–1050	1,025	188.00–210.00	203.64
31	1050–1100	1,077	207.00	207.00
16	1100–1150	1,118	186.00–199.00	196.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	423	326.00	326.00
5	450–500	471	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	434	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	500	266.00	266.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	438	341.00	341.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,239	92.50–100.00	94.24
10	—	1,202	106.00–122.00	118.11
10	—	1,332	106.00–110.00	107.73
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
232	—	1,287	121.00–146.50	138.39
6	—	1,213	148.00–165.00	153.74
16	—	1,216	121.00–129.00	125.57
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,268	143.00–148.50	144.56
86	—	1,312	130.00–147.00	135.55
2	—	1,743	123.00–127.00	125.02
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,859	160.00–177.50	165.27
30	—	1,606	139.50–149.50	145.86
59	—	1,833	150.00–166.00	157.74

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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