Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2019-05-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: The area has been had numerous days with rain resulting in areal flooding in many counties reflecting in the receipts. Steers 750-950 lbs steady to 4.00 lower; 750 lbs and under lower undertone noted. Heifers 400-950 lbs lower undertone noted not enough for a market test. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.16/cwt on 726 head.

Average price

$135.16

726 head · 820 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,108

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$10.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.40

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	825	136.35	1,125	640
Medium and Large 1-2	780	126.23	985	86

One grade step is worth $10.12/cwt here — about $140 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale726 hd

135.16

—

KS average3 barns · 2,328 hd

131.75

+3.40

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

32 lots · USDA AMS · Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co. - Salina, KS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	961	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	1,072	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	942	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,102	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	141.13/cwt	136.00–145.00	804	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	151.36/cwt	150.00–153.00	627	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	119.23/cwt	117.00–121.00	992	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	118.30/cwt	117.00–122.00	1,039	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	149.10/cwt	148.00–150.00	801	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	149.53/cwt	148.50–155.00	713	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	132.33/cwt	130.00–138.00	844	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	131.81/cwt	129.00–132.00	858	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	125.33/cwt	123.00–127.00	985	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,267	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,115	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	847	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	949	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	740	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	956	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	822	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	121.50/cwt	116.00–126.00	695	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	869	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	916	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	496	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	784	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	902	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,056	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	155.43/cwt	151.00–157.00	1,031	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	154.60/cwt	154.00–156.00	968	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	141.52/cwt	139.00–144.50	1,104	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	133.21/cwt	125.00–136.85	1,150	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	131.40/cwt	131.25–132.50	1,190	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	134.10/cwt	132.50–138.00	1,102	207
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	962	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	144.63/cwt	144.00–145.00	889	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	792	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,006	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	741	127.82/cwt	125.00–132.00	947	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	116.11/cwt	115.00–118.00	1,019	27

How this sale compares

Kansas weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kansas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co. - Salina, KS

Thu May 23, 2019

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

Receipts 1,346Last week 2,698Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	961	111.50	111.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	942	117.00	117.00
10	—	570	136.00–145.00	141.13
11	—	414	150.00–153.00	151.36
16	—	832	117.00–121.00	119.23
19	—	878	117.00–122.00	118.30
23	—	537	148.00–150.00	149.10
26	—	477	148.50–155.00	149.53
27	—	638	130.00–138.00	132.33
47	—	651	129.00–132.00	131.81
86	—	786	123.00–127.00	125.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,267	88.00	88.00
6	—	847	112.00	112.00
8	—	536	138.00	138.00
8	—	956	86.00	86.00
14	—	572	116.00–126.00	121.50
21	—	718	121.00	121.00
50	—	786	116.50	116.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	496	158.00	158.00
9	—	567	159.00	159.00
9	—	704	150.00	150.00
12	—	663	151.00–157.00	155.43
13	—	626	154.00–156.00	154.60
123	—	780	139.00–144.50	141.52
126	—	863	125.00–136.85	133.21
136	—	906	131.25–132.50	131.40
207	—	822	132.50–138.00	134.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	687	140.00	140.00
8	—	615	144.00–145.00	144.63
19	—	792	127.00	127.00
27	—	741	125.00–132.00	127.82
27	—	878	115.00–118.00	116.11

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.

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