Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 169 priced lines covering 10,178 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,157 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 601 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,052 head. Counted as USDA files them — 2 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 28, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,157Last week 7,886Year ago 9,948

Slaughter CattleReceipts 601Last week 664Year ago 764

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,052Last week 1,310Year ago 53

Compared to last week, steers under 500 lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher while those over 500 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifers sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher. More unweaned calves in the offering this week as producers are opting to wean on the trailer as drought is back on everyone's mind. Demand was moderate to good. Slaughter Cows sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold unevenly steady on limited comparison. In the feedlot trade, negotiated sales sold mostly steady at 190.00. In the hay market, demand remained light, while trades bumped up a bit. Prices were mostly steady but remained soft, with dairy hay price falling in a few areas. Drought continues to be the hot topic of discussion, but even though 98% of the state is experiencing drought, hay is still not moving. Producers have been harvesting milo and scratching in wheat, and although the wheat is coming up in most areas, it will need some rain soon to keep it from going backwards.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	328	355.00–367.50	360.53
18	350–400	392	342.50–383.00	369.71
48	400–450	428	324.00–362.00	344.85
29	450–500	469	317.00–358.00	337.69
134	500–550	516	296.00–319.00	308.24
124	550–600	579	259.00–300.00	276.35
235	600–650	629	244.00–278.00	263.25
125	650–700	671	241.00–268.00	257.44
115	700–750	716	246.00–267.00	261.13
233	750–800	763	236.00–267.50	255.76
528	800–850	824	240.50–267.00	259.18
524	850–900	873	243.00–259.00	252.91
158	900–950	918	238.00–255.00	245.19
97	950–1000	968	233.00–245.50	240.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	378	306.00–312.00	309.48
12	400–450	437	330.00	330.00
19	450–500	487	289.00–310.00	303.58
21	500–550	530	270.00–295.00	277.80
18	550–600	571	217.50–281.00	260.98
38	600–650	628	240.00–260.00	252.77
9	650–700	682	221.00–249.00	233.56
59	700–750	724	220.00–248.00	242.04
25	750–800	781	218.00–250.00	241.69
43	800–850	825	229.00–244.00	238.10
81	850–900	872	224.00–240.00	238.13
52	900–950	930	238.50	238.50
38	950–1000	974	210.00–225.25	222.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	800–850	820	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	593	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	537	285.50	285.50
20	550–600	589	276.00	276.00
17	600–650	603	250.00	250.00
5	650–700	674	237.00	237.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	1000–1050	1,004	226.25	226.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	377	375.00–387.50	380.43
12	400–450	438	362.00	362.00
72	500–550	524	321.00–331.00	325.86
95	550–600	558	313.00–322.00	320.64
191	600–650	627	272.00–305.00	290.15
15	650–700	683	280.00	280.00
25	700–750	703	282.00	282.00
5	750–800	766	266.00	266.00
123	800–850	828	275.10	275.10
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	382	305.00	305.00
4	450–500	450	300.00	300.00
13	500–550	503	292.50	292.50
81	550–600	565	278.00	278.00
48	600–650	648	258.00	258.00
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
38	450–500	488	263.00	263.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	402	334.00	334.00
44	450–500	472	280.00–348.00	336.55
63	500–550	536	290.00–310.00	303.89
68	550–600	578	240.00–282.50	274.75
18	600–650	631	251.00–259.00	254.18
48	650–700	680	232.00–255.00	245.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	368	340.00–377.00	355.64
34	400–450	435	323.00–372.00	342.76
58	450–500	487	301.00–375.00	326.16
117	500–550	513	286.00–336.00	316.12
323	550–600	576	265.00–309.00	295.27
333	600–650	627	240.00–290.50	274.44
232	650–700	672	239.00–270.00	259.57
201	700–750	732	230.00–262.50	254.41
43	750–800	768	227.00–252.00	241.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	374	370.00	370.00
34	500–550	505	344.00	344.00
14	550–600	566	315.00	315.00
31	600–650	645	294.00	294.00
6	650–700	658	274.50	274.50
54	700–750	708	274.50	274.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1050–1100	1,070	216.50	216.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	300–350	337	307.50–317.50	308.31
30	350–400	385	275.00–312.50	299.96
62	400–450	425	267.00–320.00	296.74
152	450–500	483	251.00–300.00	286.91
200	500–550	530	240.00–284.00	271.63
297	550–600	570	221.00–275.50	260.27
182	600–650	620	223.00–258.00	248.12
106	650–700	669	233.00–250.00	242.54
29	700–750	728	227.00–237.00	234.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	245.00	245.00
3	350–400	381	255.00	255.00
3	400–450	445	302.00	302.00
25	450–500	493	264.00–274.00	270.79
17	550–600	592	247.00	247.00
23	600–650	608	218.00–231.00	228.14
3	700–750	741	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	457	254.00	254.00
3	550–600	576	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	440	272.00	272.00
5	500–550	521	245.00	245.00
13	600–650	625	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	417	292.00–340.00	311.45
59	450–500	482	285.00–294.00	289.65
27	500–550	512	297.00	297.00
31	550–600	560	255.00	255.00
24	600–650	613	257.50	257.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	782	217.50	217.50
8	900–950	924	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	328	317.50–362.00	346.12
18	350–400	390	317.00–320.00	318.35
45	400–450	434	250.00–310.00	280.60
115	450–500	469	263.00–311.00	281.38
57	500–550	527	250.00–295.00	272.90
164	550–600	575	230.00–267.00	251.67
148	600–650	626	226.00–260.00	245.07
90	650–700	671	225.00–250.00	243.46
71	700–750	722	230.00–244.50	237.91
355	750–800	781	224.50–242.00	236.70
204	800–850	825	223.00–244.00	239.92
113	850–900	872	215.00–234.00	230.38
19	900–950	941	210.00–219.50	218.05
39	950–1000	986	209.00–225.00	223.28
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,022	192.00–210.00	199.13
2	1100–1150	1,113	200.00–207.00	203.49
2	1150–1200	1,180	199.00	199.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	459	306.00	306.00
47	550–600	559	280.00	280.00
63	600–650	615	271.50	271.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	333	307.50–325.00	320.38
5	350–400	352	282.50	282.50
13	400–450	416	251.00–303.00	282.56
18	450–500	483	275.00–296.00	282.87
14	500–550	520	222.50–267.00	241.29
16	550–600	592	237.00–249.00	240.80
18	600–650	612	220.00–232.50	229.95
21	650–700	687	219.00–229.00	225.15
16	700–750	729	202.00–227.00	223.31
17	750–800	784	215.00–216.00	215.53
3	800–850	840	216.00	216.00
7	850–900	895	183.00	183.00
5	900–950	927	211.00	211.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	317.50	317.50
8	450–500	498	307.50	307.50
2	500–550	527	243.00	243.00
9	600–650	636	216.00–217.50	216.49
3	800–850	841	190.00	190.00
6	900–950	903	180.00–208.00	189.33

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	2,400.00	2,400.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	110	—	1,212	1,050.00–1,800.00	1,778.81
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	77	—	1,274	2,225.00–2,325.00	2,257.45
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,202	2,900.00	2,900.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,231	1,550.00–1,825.00	1,772.97
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	97	—	1,283	1,575.00–2,750.00	2,574.51
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	218	—	1,143	2,850.00–3,250.00	3,111.02
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	29	—	1,141	2,200.00–2,300.00	2,277.10
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	147	—	1,224	2,100.00–2,850.00	2,791.22
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,216	1,600.00–1,875.00	1,795.87
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	—	1,175	1,575.00	1,575.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,406	1,950.00–2,450.00	2,353.54
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,365	1,625.00	1,625.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,401	2,125.00–2,535.00	2,362.67
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	2,375.00	2,375.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	53	—	1,101	2,100.00–2,900.00	2,797.96
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	208	—	1,084	2,100.00–2,900.00	2,837.06
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	888	134.00–205.00	164.72
Stock Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,110	127.00–197.50	172.14
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	39	—	994	131.00–170.00	142.31

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,759	123.00–139.00	133.86
12	—	1,993	144.00–155.00	148.02
5	—	1,843	150.00–167.50	158.27
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
196	—	1,237	110.00–122.00	115.47
44	—	1,401	120.00–133.00	124.57
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,047	87.50–100.00	95.87
8	—	1,102	80.00–97.00	83.79
40	—	1,260	98.00–109.00	104.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
187	—	1,279	100.00–122.00	112.54
8	—	1,238	124.00–132.50	128.67
15	—	1,150	90.00–101.00	97.76

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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