Kansas  - ( Weekly Weighted Average ) - March 21, 2025

Manhattan, KS Fri Mar, 21 2025 Kansas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 3/17/2025 Current Previous Year Ago —————————— —————————— —————————— Total 10140 16879 12284 Feeder Cattle 8809 16349 10291 Replacement Cattle 981 112 1616 Slaughter Cattle 350 418 377 Compared to last week, steers sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher while heifers sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand was good to very good. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher, while bulls were steady. Feedlot trade in Kansas this week 7.00 to 8.00 higher at 210.00. This past week in the hay market, demand was light and trades remained slow. Prices were mostly steady. Contributors to the hay market report, state that trades are incredibly slow. Many have not seen anything like this before and equate low cattle numbers to the lack of hay sales. However, producers also state that before they sell their hay below production cost, they will shed it or feed it to their own livestock. Contributors also talked about the worsening of drought conditions, not just across Kansas, but other Great Plains states. Many indicated that it might be wise to hold onto the 2024 hay that they have been unable to sell. Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 11 346-348 347 390.00-444.00 419.38 17 373-386 379 422.50-437.50 432.13 19 410 410 445.00 445.00 Fancy 8 408-432 420 432.00-435.00 433.46 32 450-490 479 402.50-415.00 404.71 12 489 489 425.00 425.00 Fancy 5 508 508 370.00 370.00 Unweaned 49 505-545 527 372.50-405.00 389.54 62 510-534 531 400.00-412.00 408.69 Fancy 7 557 557 360.00 360.00 Unweaned 102 550-598 577 345.00-367.50 354.74 3 621 621 316.00 316.00 Unweaned 301 603-647 631 351.00-368.00 359.80 212 650-691 677 318.00-337.00 324.71 309 701-748 719 282.00-323.00 304.01 205 715-745 740 314.00-324.00 322.28 Fancy 36 750 750 302.00 302.00 Fancy 303 750-797 783 282.75-299.00 289.86 407 801-847 822 274.50-292.50 283.26 101 809-835 825 292.50-295.25 294.26 Thin Fleshed 153 839-842 840 288.50-289.00 288.78 Fancy 731 855-894 874 265.50-286.00 276.87 7 900 900 259.00 259.00 Fleshy 105 919-920 920 280.00-280.25 280.10 Fancy 345 902-947 924 263.00-276.00 270.28 29 954 954 275.00 275.00 Fancy 406 950-997 971 246.00-268.50 257.41 Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 14 460-498 479 345.00-375.00 366.99 5 543 543 376.00 376.00 53 556-598 589 321.00-341.00 331.13 35 610-645 628 315.00-344.00 327.29 34 650-692 670 271.00-314.00 305.08 33 736-741 739 285.00-298.00 293.63 8 757-781 766 262.00-263.00 262.38 24 821-831 829 250.00-273.50 254.85 24 857-891 884 247.00-259.00 249.42 10 905-937 912 234.00-258.50 241.81 6 962-977 972 239.00-249.00 242.30 Steers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 18 688 688 166.00 166.00 Steers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 48 1020-1021 1021 256.00-257.00 256.10 6 1105 1105 235.00 235.00 Steers Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 672 672 307.00 307.00 Steers Medium 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 527 527 351.00 351.00 4 565 565 310.00 310.00 Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 338 338 425.00 425.00 6 351 351 420.00 420.00 Fancy 38 365-395 380 390.00-420.00 408.41 4 401 401 365.00 365.00 Unweaned 45 421-446 436 345.00-358.00 354.59 6 450 450 405.00 405.00 Fancy 39 452-497 476 340.00-375.00 350.59 5 494 494 322.50 322.50 Unweaned 60 503-545 532 329.00-352.00 340.87 5 555 555 312.50 312.50 Unweaned 4 561 561 377.00 377.00 Fancy 96 552-588 571 329.00-343.00 337.98 123 601-647 627 273.00-322.00 302.29 14 639 639 301.00 301.00 Fancy 215 657-698 668 271.50-299.00 281.95 7 700 700 287.50 287.50 Fancy 369 703-748 728 256.00-280.50 272.75 814 752-798 775 260.00-277.50 268.53 399 803-848 820 247.50-264.50 260.74 266 818-831 827 271.00-272.50 271.62 Fancy 66 872 872 257.00 257.00 Fancy 491 852-897 881 242.50-260.75 249.66 329 900-948 919 241.25-252.00 247.77 15 957-999 983 208.00-225.50 220.56 Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 8 420-449 438 325.00-338.00 329.67 7 450-458 453 309.00-325.00 315.93 62 511-546 534 300.00-320.00 309.59 48 554-591 572 245.00-310.00 290.67 50 605-641 635 268.00-288.50 284.34 39 655-686 677 265.00-268.00 267.13 3 716 716 239.00 239.00 49 751-795 786 236.00-256.00 244.53 10 802-830 816 243.00-244.00 243.51 27 861-896 881 236.00-244.50 239.56 34 910-941 913 223.00-233.00 229.42 Heifers Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 8 499 499 252.50 252.50 5 556 556 262.50 262.50 Heifers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 9 990 990 201.00 201.00 16 1005-1048 1031 211.00-223.50 220.11 7 1067 1067 226.00 226.00 5 1106 1106 210.00 210.00 4 1168 1168 212.00 212.00 6 1252 1252 195.00 195.00 Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 355 355 457.50 457.50 10 421 421 424.00 424.00 12 477-485 480 380.00-430.00 413.15 10 537 537 355.00 355.00 18 625-632 630 320.00-322.00 320.66 2 780 780 247.00 247.00 9 815 815 253.00 253.00 2 967 967 204.00 204.00 1 1475 1475 3,400.00 3,400.00 Young Bulls Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 536 536 215.00 215.00 7 850 850 148.00 148.00 Bulls Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 1430-1545 1465 3,600.00-3,900.00 3,753.33 (<2 yrs) 1 1585 1585 7,100.00 7,100.00 Fancy, (<2 yrs) 2 1580-1655 1618 2,500.00-2,600.00 2,551.16 Young 1 1825 1825 2,800.00 2,800.00 Young/Middle Aged Bulls Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 11 1010 1010 150.00 150.00 Slaughter Bulls Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 17 1380-2495 1716 141.00-169.00 159.53 Low Dressing 22 1365-2657 1904 154.00-175.00 164.03 5 1235-2255 2040 184.00-187.00 184.36 High Dressing Slaughter Cows Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 14 900-1495 1122 121.00-132.00 126.94 Low Dressing, Boner 11 1135 1135 119.00 119.00 Low Dressing, Lean 20 1020-1218 1151 91.00-105.00 99.90 Very Low Dressing, Lean 12 1020-1310 1179 120.00-140.00 131.02 Lean 1 1275 1275 151.00 151.00 High Dressing, Breaker 143 1035-1571 1322 130.00-151.00 143.90 Boner 68 1120-1635 1435 140.00-149.00 145.91 Breaker Bred Cows Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 1362 1362 2,300.00 2,300.00 Middle Aged, 1st Stage 13 1338-1657 1431 1,750.00-3,300.00 2,661.87 Middle Aged, 3rd Stage 53 1402-1570 1439 2,800.00-3,000.00 2,829.30 Aged, 3rd Stage 12 1460 1460 3,000.00 3,000.00 Young/Middle Aged, 3rd Stage 3 1473 1473 2,500.00 2,500.00 Middle Aged, 2nd Stage Bred Cows Medium 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 748 748 2,000.00 2,000.00 Young, 3rd Stage Bred Cows Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 1195-1400 1298 2,450.00-2,475.00 2,463.49 Young/Middle Aged, 3rd Stage 1 1395 1395 1,900.00 1,900.00 Aged, 3rd Stage Bred Cows Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 1083 1083 2,300.00 2,300.00 Middle Aged/Aged, 1st Stage 16 1100-1163 1143 3,200.00-3,350.00 3,245.10 Young, 3rd Stage 9 1168 1168 2,700.00 2,700.00 Middle Aged, 1st Stage 3 1201 1201 2,500.00 2,500.00 Middle Aged, 2nd Stage 20 880-1321 1229 2,025.00-3,300.00 3,166.59 Young/Middle Aged, 3rd Stage 8 1263 1263 2,800.00 2,800.00 Young/Middle Aged, 1st Stage 2 1272 1272 2,500.00 2,500.00 Young/Middle Aged, 2nd Stage 14 1285-1295 1287 2,650.00 2,650.00 Aged, 3rd Stage 3 1366 1366 2,750.00 2,750.00 Middle Aged, 3rd Stage Bred Cows Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 810 810 2,000.00 2,000.00 Middle Aged, 2nd Stage 6 843 843 1,900.00 1,900.00 Middle Aged, 3rd Stage 19 860 860 2,400.00 2,400.00 Young/Middle Aged, 3rd Stage Bred Heifers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 1320 1320 3,100.00 3,100.00 Young, 3rd Stage Bred Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 16 1195 1195 3,400.00 3,400.00 (<2 yrs), 3rd Stage Bred Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 8 1017 1017 2,500.00 2,500.00 Young, 3rd Stage 6 1217 1217 2,700.00 2,700.00 (<2 yrs), 2nd Stage Cow-Calf Pairs Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 17 1000-1250 1091 3,000.00-3,250.00 3,147.06 Middle Aged, Open, 150-300 lb calf 2 1450 1450 3,600.00 3,600.00 Middle Aged, Open, <150 lb calf 3 1500 1500 3,500.00 3,500.00 Aged, Open, 150-300 lb calf Cow-Calf Pairs Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 1100 1100 2,050.00 2,050.00 Aged, Open, 150-300 lb calf 1 1100 1100 3,450.00 3,450.00 Middle Aged, Open, <150 lb calf Cow-Calf Pairs Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 25 1125 1125 4,100.00 4,100.00 Young/Middle Aged, Open, 150-300 lb calf 5 1250 1250 3,950.00 3,950.00 Young/Middle Aged, Open, <150 lb calf 6 1250 1250 3,100.00 3,100.00 Middle Aged, Open, <150 lb calf 3 1275 1275 2,700.00 2,700.00 Aged, Open, <150 lb calf Cow-Calf Pairs Medium and Large 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 10 800-925 875 2,600.00-2,800.00 2,680.00 Young/Middle Aged, Open, <150 lb calf Heifer Pairs Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 1000 1000 3,000.00 3,000.00 Young, Open, <150 lb calf Heifer Pairs Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 1050 1050 4,000.00 4,000.00 Young, Open, 150-300 lb calf 24 950-1175 1058 3,750.00-3,900.00 3,850.00 Young, Open, <150 lb calf Heifer Pairs Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 16 1000-1100 1038 3,900.00-3,950.00 3,918.75 Young, Open, <150 lb calf Stock Cows Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 1046 1046 205.00 205.00 Young, Open 7 1020-1246 1196 160.00-187.50 178.92 Young/Middle Aged, Open Stock Cows Medium 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 21 679-877 787 2,000.00-2,250.00 2,126.80 (<2 yrs), Open Stock Cows Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 320 821-1037 894 2,250.00-2,425.00 2,368.96 (<2 yrs), Open 25 850-1225 1069 155.00-217.00 172.36 (<2 yrs), Open Stock Cows Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 24 778-838 788 2,150.00-2,200.00 2,158.86 (<2 yrs), Open 11 810-995 909 187.50-242.50 213.02 Young, Open