Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 106 priced lines covering 5,000 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,106 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 376 head. replacement cattle receipts at 6 head.

Mon Sep 30, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,106Last week 9,757Year ago 3,720

Slaughter CattleReceipts 376Last week 560Year ago 374

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 89Year ago 16

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold uneven; 3.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter bulls not well tested. This past week, negotiated live sales in Kansas sold 1.00 higher at 186.00. In the hay market, This past week, demand remained light, and prices were mostly steady, however, the amount of hay transported was up. The hay market seems to be sluggish, as there is a lot of silage and high moisture corn out there to feed. Customers are in no hurry to buy hay at this time, and some producers are in no hurry to sell at lower prices. Producers are busy in the fields finishing up corn harvest and planting wheat. Some folks are also finishing up with the last cutting of alfalfa for the season. According to the US Drought Monitor's High Plains summary for the week of September 24th, aside from Kansas, where rainfall provided widespread drought relief, most of the High Plains experienced unchanged or worsening drought conditions.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	297	332.50	332.50
6	300–350	344	355.00	355.00
17	350–400	372	332.50–341.00	337.79
33	400–450	443	335.00–380.00	344.66
53	450–500	470	305.00–331.00	314.04
61	500–550	526	280.00–315.00	298.97
75	550–600	572	277.00–291.00	286.28
84	600–650	619	260.00–290.00	276.05
79	650–700	671	254.00–274.50	266.63
239	700–750	717	240.00–267.25	259.07
42	750–800	770	225.00–262.00	243.02
438	800–850	833	238.00–256.75	251.54
306	850–900	883	236.00–249.00	244.17
286	900–950	925	224.00–245.25	237.42
331	950–1000	965	224.00–236.00	230.40
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	1000–1050	1,023	214.00–224.00	222.71
29	1050–1100	1,064	197.00–223.50	219.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	414	320.00	320.00
9	450–500	487	287.00–290.00	288.65
21	500–550	544	245.00–285.00	277.11
30	550–600	584	242.00–265.00	259.15
23	600–650	636	246.00–260.00	253.17
13	650–700	673	230.00–256.00	248.76
4	700–750	720	246.00	246.00
17	750–800	781	227.00–246.00	240.16
8	800–850	844	216.00–234.00	224.76
20	850–900	865	231.00–237.00	232.51
69	900–950	929	209.00–231.50	227.25
14	950–1000	964	190.00–217.00	206.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	336	380.00	380.00
6	350–400	385	375.00	375.00
21	400–450	444	351.00–377.00	369.80
18	450–500	485	350.00	350.00
39	500–550	535	316.00–326.00	323.00
54	750–800	770	253.25	253.25
180	900–950	905	253.50–257.50	255.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	353	397.50	397.50
17	750–800	775	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	525	275.00	275.00
6	600–650	603	245.50	245.50
6	700–750	722	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	331	286.00	286.00
15	400–450	419	310.00–331.00	315.87
10	500–550	546	305.50	305.50
4	550–600	558	280.00	280.00
5	600–650	635	261.00	261.00
17	650–700	666	264.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	692	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	528	236.00–242.00	239.70
4	550–600	597	232.50	232.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	379	316.00	316.00
11	500–550	548	266.00	266.00
9	550–600	563	253.00–259.00	256.91
10	600–650	617	233.00–241.00	238.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	260.00	260.00
8	400–450	434	243.00–272.00	254.11
5	450–500	457	257.00–261.00	259.37
15	500–550	518	248.00–254.00	251.96
8	550–600	570	230.00–240.00	236.18
3	600–650	641	238.00	238.00
35	650–700	689	227.00–238.00	228.70
37	700–750	733	222.00–232.50	227.39
16	750–800	781	220.00–224.00	222.51
7	800–850	840	215.50	215.50
5	850–900	897	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
52	650–700	695	261.00	261.00
70	750–800	779	249.00–254.75	253.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	348	365.00	365.00
15	350–400	391	332.50–350.00	341.69
6	400–450	420	307.50	307.50
47	450–500	474	271.00–322.50	302.97
35	550–600	568	272.00	272.00
7	700–750	710	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	317	282.50–352.50	329.90
29	350–400	373	268.00–335.00	304.49
128	400–450	425	270.00–311.00	289.62
52	450–500	469	261.00–274.00	270.10
143	500–550	524	251.00–282.00	265.50
28	550–600	564	257.00–269.00	265.75
98	600–650	629	236.00–254.00	249.80
79	650–700	659	230.00–242.00	237.31
220	700–750	735	224.00–246.75	236.54
59	750–800	778	225.00–241.00	230.99
339	800–850	824	218.85–235.50	224.05
137	850–900	877	213.00–229.00	218.73
21	900–950	923	205.50–213.00	208.32
6	950–1000	979	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,006	205.00	205.00
8	1100–1150	1,113	168.00–212.00	195.54
13	1200–1250	1,240	189.50	189.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	422	272.50–325.00	299.71
8	450–500	483	269.00–320.00	287.85
6	500–550	516	248.00–284.00	271.57
4	550–600	566	244.00–245.00	244.26
1	650–700	680	230.00	230.00
4	700–750	702	224.00	224.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	398	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	438	330.00	330.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,156	92.00–109.00	99.91
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,306	133.00–135.50	134.72
137	—	1,303	120.00–131.00	123.23
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
134	—	1,238	110.00–126.50	116.90
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	2,060	134.00–141.00	138.26
3	—	1,922	151.00–161.00	156.55
4	—	1,841	140.00–155.00	147.43

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	6	—	1,093	189.00–197.00	190.31

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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