Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2019-07-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent price comparison as this is the first sale back after wheat harvest break. Most cattle this week coming off native pasture. Demand good to very good on all weights and classes with several loads available today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.03/cwt on 909 head.

Average price

$140.03

909 head · 713 lb average

Value per head Derived

$998

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$373

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

$7.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.93

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	631	142.88	901	123
Medium and Large 1	728	139.61	1,016	781
Medium and Large 2	391	135.00	528	5thin

One grade step is worth $7.88/cwt here — about $373 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 sale909 hd

140.03

—

KS average3 barns · 1,404 hd

137.10

+2.93

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

40 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
Steers	Large 1	—	941	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,101	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	804	135.96/cwt	135.25–137.25	1,093	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	135.13/cwt	134.00–136.00	892	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	120.59/cwt	119.50–124.00	1,128	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	183.15/cwt	178.00–188.00	782	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	134.96/cwt	127.75–143.00	1,250	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	157.01/cwt	151.00–159.00	670	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	148.50/cwt	144.00–155.00	990	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	137.04/cwt	135.00–140.00	659	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	391	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	528	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	171.85/cwt	168.00–175.00	880	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	153.41/cwt	145.00–158.50	1,097	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	151.73/cwt	144.00–155.50	792	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	995	116.35/cwt	114.50–116.50	1,158	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	143.57/cwt	142.00–145.00	752	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	629	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	931	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	164.73/cwt	157.00–168.00	1,038	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	148.37/cwt	140.00–152.00	1,160	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	158.03/cwt	155.00–160.00	817	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	882	123.04/cwt	122.00–127.00	1,085	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	146.63/cwt	140.00–149.00	935	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,018	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	697	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	976	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	677	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	156.63/cwt	147.00–162.50	1,049	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	924	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	308	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	517	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	155.69/cwt	148.00–159.00	898	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	137.55/cwt	130.00–141.75	1,003	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	577	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	863	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	347	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	632	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	132.00/cwt	131.50–137.00	1,154	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	142.74/cwt	134.00–146.35	1,206	145
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	789	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	166.08/cwt	156.00–169.00	613	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	138.20/cwt	129.00–143.75	1,052	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	141.84/cwt	140.00–146.00	828	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	174.51/cwt	174.00–175.00	839	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	990	133.25/cwt	133.25–133.25	1,319	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,059	122.92/cwt	118.75–124.25	1,302	121

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.

Kansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co. - Salina, KS

Thu Jul 11, 2019

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	941	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	427	178.00–188.00	183.15
118	—	926	127.75–143.00	134.96
21	—	512	168.00–175.00	171.85
109	—	715	145.00–158.50	153.41
20	—	630	157.00–168.00	164.73
75	—	782	140.00–152.00	148.37
10	—	362	187.00	187.00
69	—	670	147.00–162.50	156.63
10	—	347	182.00	182.00
65	—	874	131.50–137.00	132.00
145	—	845	134.00–146.35	142.74
6	—	481	174.00–175.00	174.51
55	—	990	133.25	133.25
121	—	1,059	118.75–124.25	122.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	517	155.00–160.00	158.03
6	—	642	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	804	135.25–137.25	135.96
24	—	935	119.50–124.00	120.59
21	—	427	151.00–159.00	157.01
77	—	667	144.00–155.00	148.50
19	—	522	144.00–155.50	151.73
67	—	995	114.50–116.50	116.35
14	—	882	122.00–127.00	123.04
64	—	638	140.00–149.00	146.63
5	—	308	168.00	168.00
39	—	577	148.00–159.00	155.69
174	—	729	130.00–141.75	137.55
26	—	369	156.00–169.00	166.08
150	—	761	129.00–143.75	138.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	660	134.00–136.00	135.13
7	—	481	135.00–140.00	137.04
6	—	524	142.00–145.00	143.57
3	—	1,095	93.00	93.00
16	—	584	140.00–146.00	141.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	391	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	629	148.00	148.00
24	—	697	140.00	140.00
13	—	577	149.50	149.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	475	166.00	166.00

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.

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