Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Kansas reported 154 priced lines covering 7,049 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,444 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 833 head. replacement cattle receipts at 359 head. Counted as USDA files them — 6 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Nov 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,444Last week 9,157Year ago 11,451

Slaughter CattleReceipts 833Last week 601Year ago 914

Replacement CattleReceipts 359Last week 1,052Year ago 18

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Yearling steers were unevenly steady, while yearling heifers were steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good. Slaughter Cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 lower on limited comparison. In the feedlot trade, negotiated sales sold mostly 3.00 lower at 187.00. In the hay market, demand remained light, and prices were steady. Buyers are still not buying, but sellers aren't interested to selling at these lower prices, putting the hay market at a standstill. Loads being delivered are to long term customers and hay that was contracted in the summer. Kansas is finally receiving rain, and although it makes things muddy and hard to work in, most appear to welcome it to as it will replenish the soil moisture and fill up ponds.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	285	387.50	387.50
3	350–400	386	355.00	355.00
68	400–450	433	325.00–380.00	352.91
96	450–500	468	316.00–347.50	336.82
172	500–550	528	304.00–335.00	320.58
225	550–600	578	283.00–310.00	295.21
184	600–650	629	261.00–289.50	278.14
169	650–700	669	256.00–273.00	264.15
101	700–750	716	246.00–274.50	262.14
193	750–800	765	245.00–270.10	259.79
59	800–850	828	239.00–257.50	248.43
233	850–900	863	231.00–255.00	251.56
141	900–950	925	237.00–253.25	245.72
183	950–1000	964	225.00–249.50	246.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	385	380.00–382.00	381.10
14	400–450	404	383.00	383.00
21	450–500	466	364.00	364.00
21	500–550	526	318.00–340.00	332.66
106	550–600	558	311.00–314.00	313.01
75	600–650	638	290.00–305.00	303.66
74	650–700	668	275.25–282.50	277.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	320.00	320.00
13	400–450	431	277.50	277.50
4	450–500	479	287.50–290.00	289.36
19	500–550	541	271.00–295.00	288.00
17	550–600	589	242.20–262.00	248.76
56	600–650	621	233.00–267.00	256.19
33	650–700	676	239.00–258.00	248.65
29	700–750	733	239.00–245.00	241.78
8	750–800	771	239.00–240.00	239.37
10	800–850	824	230.00–231.00	230.70
8	900–950	923	220.00–227.00	224.39
8	950–1000	987	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	498	297.00	297.00
13	500–550	517	298.00	298.00
8	550–600	590	278.00	278.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1000–1050	1,025	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	843	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	340	375.00	375.00
83	500–550	512	321.00–371.00	325.91
69	550–600	584	288.50	288.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	371	325.00	325.00
3	400–450	443	320.00	320.00
3	450–500	495	286.00	286.00
45	500–550	529	267.00–284.50	279.59
5	550–600	597	239.00	239.00
26	600–650	621	251.00–268.00	259.64
34	650–700	682	259.00–263.00	260.98
4	700–750	721	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	322	292.50–394.00	366.94
3	350–400	381	360.00	360.00
54	400–450	430	327.50–358.00	340.34
44	450–500	476	287.50–331.00	321.94
156	500–550	530	292.00–314.00	306.99
117	550–600	582	270.00–302.00	283.17
121	600–650	626	259.00–305.00	286.96
75	650–700	661	247.00–277.00	270.33
137	700–750	722	246.50–264.50	256.31
12	750–800	778	249.50	249.50
29	800–850	825	241.00–245.00	243.96
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	650–700	659	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	515	258.00	258.00
4	550–600	595	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	340	290.00–317.50	308.78
11	350–400	398	325.00	325.00
31	400–450	423	298.00–326.00	307.75
116	450–500	471	267.00–307.00	286.96
70	500–550	528	249.00–279.50	272.48
108	550–600	581	255.00–265.00	259.87
116	600–650	624	243.00–254.00	249.06
62	650–700	678	226.00–244.50	238.89
14	700–750	714	221.00–222.00	221.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	318.00	318.00
7	450–500	487	286.00	286.00
6	500–550	540	230.00–259.00	244.27
24	550–600	570	221.00–252.00	240.73
3	600–650	626	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	411	320.00	320.00
113	500–550	524	292.00–326.00	310.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	400–450	423	304.00–322.00	307.10
19	450–500	469	311.00	311.00
50	500–550	544	294.50–303.00	295.00
85	550–600	582	271.00–281.00	276.16
83	600–650	606	270.00–275.75	274.35
29	650–700	670	251.00–269.00	265.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	336	251.00	251.00
10	400–450	445	226.00–309.00	291.07
21	450–500	480	260.00–292.00	279.93
8	500–550	522	262.00–263.00	262.38
27	550–600	582	215.00–252.00	245.31
19	600–650	625	230.00–240.00	232.89
19	650–700	688	216.00–231.00	223.98
17	700–750	706	228.00–229.00	228.65
9	750–800	760	189.00–215.00	203.80
2	950–1000	995	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1000–1050	1,026	213.00	213.00
6	1050–1100	1,059	204.00–208.00	206.00
6	1150–1200	1,160	199.00	199.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	313	327.50–352.00	340.18
12	350–400	383	310.00–315.00	313.31
49	400–450	418	276.00–325.00	291.68
153	450–500	473	280.00–306.50	297.65
252	500–550	525	260.00–286.00	272.01
144	550–600	570	240.00–267.00	258.02
105	600–650	633	235.00–255.00	247.30
112	650–700	673	236.00–255.00	245.29
42	700–750	737	218.00–248.00	238.40
125	750–800	769	220.00–242.00	237.48
74	800–850	836	225.00–239.00	227.28
79	850–900	874	219.00–238.00	235.18
25	900–950	924	218.00–222.00	220.62
13	950–1000	976	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	752	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	646	227.50	227.50
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	649	227.50	227.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	255.00	255.00
7	400–450	407	350.00	350.00
3	450–500	475	301.00	301.00
26	500–550	513	251.00–297.00	292.44
25	550–600	573	243.00–267.00	250.41
10	600–650	600	256.00	256.00
6	650–700	668	241.00–250.00	243.84
8	700–750	723	211.00	211.00
6	800–850	813	164.00	164.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	577	217.50	217.50
3	650–700	678	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	423	326.00	326.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	496	309.00	309.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,413	126.50–131.00	128.89
174	—	1,284	114.00–126.00	120.23
15	—	1,416	107.00–110.50	110.27
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,361	108.00–117.00	112.03
31	—	1,076	82.50–101.00	94.71
15	—	1,270	80.00–121.00	101.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,020	97.00–107.00	103.40
356	—	1,183	100.00–128.00	114.65
16	—	900	138.00	138.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,914	134.00–149.00	141.17
6	—	1,632	126.00–138.00	130.18
6	—	1,998	148.00–158.00	154.36

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	29	—	998	141.00–209.00	180.80
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	53	—	971	141.00–185.00	163.65
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	21	—	1,025	2,575.00–2,800.00	2,697.83
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	78	—	1,240	1,975.00–2,825.00	2,763.81
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,225	1,750.00	1,750.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,166	2,075.00	2,075.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,561	2,125.00	2,125.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	40	—	1,136	1,375.00–2,425.00	2,018.98
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	75	—	1,235	1,860.00–2,450.00	2,302.06
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,305	1,800.00	1,800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,391	1,800.00	1,800.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,269	1,625.00–1,825.00	1,683.06
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	2,700.00	2,700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,400	2,800.00	2,800.00

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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