Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 117 priced lines covering 6,773 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,115 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 314 head. replacement cattle receipts at 15 head.

Mon Oct 7, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,115Last week 5,106Year ago 7,176

Slaughter CattleReceipts 314Last week 376Year ago 398

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 6Year ago 28

Compared to last week, steers under 850 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher, while those over 850 sold 4.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifers sold 3.00 to 9.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good. Boning and Lean slaughter cows sold 6.00 to 9.00 higher. Breaker cows not well tested. Slaughter bulls sold steady. This past week, negotiated live sales in Kansas sold steady to 1.00 higher at 186.00 to 187.00. In the hay market, This past week, demand remained light, and prices were mostly steady. The hay market remains sluggish, as one producer put it, " there is too much feed and too few cattle". Silage and high moisture corn remain the greatest threat to the hay producer with 1,000's of acres put up and low corn price. Producers remain busy in the fields finishing up corn harvest, planting wheat and starting on beans.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	392	305.00–312.50	311.30
6	400–450	426	300.00	300.00
4	500–550	539	254.00–262.50	260.33
2	900–950	915	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	445	317.50	317.50
4	450–500	483	275.00	275.00
5	500–550	540	255.00	255.00
3	600–650	635	230.00–240.00	234.16
3	650–700	663	226.00	226.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1150–1200	1,150	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	379	337.50	337.50
16	600–650	611	262.00	262.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	376	307.50–330.00	319.81
17	400–450	431	272.00–352.50	305.60
10	450–500	465	261.00–277.50	268.27
46	500–550	531	260.00–277.00	268.17
34	550–600	577	242.00–274.00	262.29
27	600–650	630	245.00–259.00	249.93
74	650–700	672	215.00–254.00	237.99
76	700–750	724	227.00–248.00	235.01
44	750–800	778	222.00–242.00	235.54
117	800–850	826	211.00–239.00	228.03
14	850–900	880	226.00–236.00	228.80
56	900–950	912	226.00–234.25	231.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	300–350	340	320.00–392.00	350.37
14	350–400	374	320.00–370.00	354.59
131	400–450	424	306.00–381.00	360.83
74	450–500	466	285.00–343.00	336.37
211	500–550	530	278.00–315.00	299.52
219	550–600	576	270.00–309.00	290.31
269	600–650	626	257.00–289.00	268.74
116	650–700	678	241.00–276.00	257.82
326	700–750	724	245.00–270.00	256.53
175	750–800	772	220.00–262.00	254.12
438	800–850	831	233.50–258.50	251.82
268	850–900	871	244.25–254.00	250.95
543	900–950	925	236.00–256.25	247.56
91	950–1000	988	214.00–238.00	225.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	317	347.00	347.00
3	400–450	430	342.50	342.50
13	450–500	454	359.00	359.00
82	500–550	512	317.00–327.00	325.76
9	550–600	551	302.00	302.00
65	600–650	631	287.50–293.00	291.09
77	650–700	694	276.00	276.00
26	700–750	719	269.00	269.00
68	750–800	764	255.00–261.00	258.63
60	900–950	929	245.00	245.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	1000–1050	1,028	228.00–231.50	231.01
25	1050–1100	1,074	207.50–217.00	211.59
9	1100–1150	1,121	212.00	212.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	850–900	881	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	605	197.00	197.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	367	365.00	365.00
4	450–500	482	328.00	328.00
5	500–550	521	271.00	271.00
8	550–600	585	271.00	271.00
11	600–650	633	240.00	240.00
21	650–700	665	255.00	255.00
18	750–800	779	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	712	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
64	800–850	801	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	319	327.50	327.50
13	450–500	478	273.00–277.00	273.91
14	550–600	570	238.00–241.00	239.04
25	650–700	657	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	340	277.50	277.50
5	350–400	378	282.00–320.00	296.74
7	400–450	436	225.00–283.00	249.69
9	450–500	483	253.00–255.00	254.11
36	500–550	534	243.00–253.00	247.53
76	550–600	579	231.00–247.00	239.62
29	600–650	621	216.00–238.00	229.15
11	650–700	685	224.00–239.00	227.93
20	700–750	720	221.00–224.00	223.69
39	750–800	766	210.00–220.00	216.94
11	800–850	828	210.00–221.00	213.88
20	850–900	870	205.00	205.00
5	950–1000	974	194.00–207.00	199.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	300–350	324	307.00–311.00	309.99
31	400–450	434	305.00–327.50	323.33
2	450–500	480	305.00	305.00
15	500–550	548	274.00	274.00
45	600–650	620	268.00	268.00
6	650–700	679	258.00	258.00
19	700–750	720	249.00–258.00	254.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	281	325.00	325.00
24	300–350	322	338.00–367.50	349.23
31	350–400	385	312.00–352.50	330.92
49	400–450	412	277.00–316.00	299.91
94	450–500	474	261.00–277.50	267.27
153	500–550	516	258.00–285.00	275.10
169	550–600	571	245.00–277.00	261.91
112	600–650	626	237.00–260.00	247.29
284	650–700	670	229.00–256.00	247.48
168	700–750	714	228.00–254.50	243.55
306	750–800	778	227.00–244.75	240.36
255	800–850	828	223.00–240.50	232.36
70	850–900	860	225.50–229.75	229.27
29	900–950	918	214.00–224.00	219.94
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	950–1000	979	205.00	205.00
2	1100–1150	1,117	183.00	183.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	750–800	770	226.50	226.50
41	850–900	869	229.50	229.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,203	102.00–122.00	108.54
30	—	1,077	92.50–104.00	97.33
7	—	976	130.00–152.50	145.31
11	—	1,056	77.50–90.00	84.35
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,370	120.00–129.00	125.08
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,263	133.00–153.00	139.31
151	—	1,280	115.00–132.00	122.60
13	—	1,327	107.00–115.00	111.37
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,743	133.00–139.00	135.90
10	—	1,814	140.00–152.00	146.39
3	—	2,138	158.00–170.00	163.57

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	973	179.00–215.00	191.51
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	994	165.00–217.50	199.87

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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