Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2019-08-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 800-950 lbs 2.00-4.00 lower; 800 lbs and under lower undertone noted. Heifers 750-950 lbs 1.00-5.00 lower; 750 lbs and under lower undertone noted.

Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.40/cwt on 1,315 head.

Average price

$144.40

1,315 head · 821 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,185

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$166

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

$0.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.49

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	710	145.26	1,032	100
Medium and Large 1	830	144.33	1,198	1,215

One grade step is worth $0.93/cwt here — about −$166 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 sale1,315 hd

144.40

—

KS average3 barns · 2,042 hd

140.91

+3.49

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

37 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	593	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	795	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	700	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	133.99/cwt	132.00–135.50	970	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	888	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,123	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	149.63/cwt	148.00–151.00	771	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	824	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	140.17/cwt	140.00–141.00	858	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	129.09/cwt	128.00–129.75	1,046	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	135.90/cwt	135.25–138.00	936	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	131.48/cwt	130.75–133.75	1,031	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	127.06/cwt	124.00–130.10	1,159	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	625	126.84/cwt	124.50–130.00	793	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	801	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	989	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	787	124.36/cwt	122.75–126.00	979	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	141.05/cwt	140.00–142.50	834	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	133.25/cwt	133.00–134.50	907	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	833	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	878	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	693	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,050	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	799	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	1,043	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	136.32/cwt	136.00–138.00	1,208	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	150.15/cwt	150.00–151.00	1,093	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	147.53/cwt	147.00–149.50	1,139	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	139.05/cwt	135.85–140.50	1,271	453
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	143.80/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,185	495
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	581	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	982	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	510	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	893	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	748	131.75/cwt	131.75–131.75	985	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	739	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,024	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	861	134.45/cwt	134.00–135.00	1,158	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	596	158.16/cwt	157.00–160.00	943	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,151	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	137.40/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,046	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	144.59/cwt	144.00–145.00	1,067	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	149.74/cwt	146.00–151.00	954	20

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 Aug 15, 2019

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

Receipts 1,919Last week 3,599Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Steers 800-950 lbs 2.00-4.00 lower; 800 lbs and under lower undertone noted. Heifers 750-950 lbs 1.00-5.00 lower; 750 lbs and under lower undertone noted.

Trade and demand moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	593	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	456	153.50	153.50
7	—	724	132.00–135.50	133.99
8	—	888	126.50	126.50
9	—	515	148.00–151.00	149.63
13	—	568	145.00	145.00
31	—	612	140.00–141.00	140.17
35	—	810	128.00–129.75	129.09
40	—	689	135.25–138.00	135.90
92	—	784	130.75–133.75	131.48
123	—	912	124.00–130.10	127.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	625	124.50–130.00	126.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	801	123.50	123.50
18	—	787	122.75–126.00	124.36
33	—	591	140.00–142.50	141.05
59	—	681	133.00–134.50	133.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	493	169.00	169.00
6	—	534	164.50	164.50
11	—	693	151.50	151.50
14	—	444	180.00	180.00
24	—	646	161.50	161.50
24	—	886	136.00–138.00	136.32
45	—	728	150.00–151.00	150.15
94	—	772	147.00–149.50	147.53
453	—	914	135.85–140.50	139.05
495	—	824	140.00–145.00	143.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	581	169.00	169.00
25	—	510	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	748	131.75	131.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	471	157.00	157.00
8	—	694	147.50	147.50
9	—	861	134.00–135.00	134.45
13	—	596	157.00–160.00	158.16
13	—	840	137.00	137.00
15	—	761	135.00–140.00	137.40
17	—	738	144.00–145.00	144.59
20	—	637	146.00–151.00	149.74

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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