Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2019-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 800-900 lbs 1.00-2.00 higher, instances 900 weights 3.00 lower; 800 lbs and under lower undertone noted. Heifers 450-950 lbs higher undertone noted, instances 4.00-5.00 higher. Heifer receipts much higher this week. Trade moderate. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $141.45/cwt on 1,517 head.

Average price

$141.45

1,517 head · 840 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,188

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$69

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

$1.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.44

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	846	141.70	1,199	1,284
Medium and Large 1-2	806	140.10	1,130	233

One grade step is worth $1.60/cwt here — about $69 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 sale1,517 hd

141.45

—

KS average3 barns · 2,903 hd

141.01

+0.44

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

34 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	—	542	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	732	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	711	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	821	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	139.17/cwt	138.00–142.00	881	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	137.97/cwt	136.00–142.50	989	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	144.15/cwt	138.50–146.00	989	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	127.77/cwt	124.50–131.00	1,186	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	839	132.38/cwt	129.00–135.00	1,111	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	136.87/cwt	134.00–138.75	1,061	247
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	131.49/cwt	129.00–134.60	1,135	312
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	141.78/cwt	141.50–142.00	740	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	842	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	135.73/cwt	135.73–135.73	1,008	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	129.39/cwt	128.50–130.50	998	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	136.31/cwt	134.50–137.00	935	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	906	120.83/cwt	120.60–125.00	1,095	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	601	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	986	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,004	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	887	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	966	133.92/cwt	133.75–134.25	1,294	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	792	146.87/cwt	145.00–151.00	1,163	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	150.38/cwt	148.50–154.00	1,093	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	136.67/cwt	134.50–137.10	1,244	255
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	145.45/cwt	142.25–148.00	1,193	269
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	137.64/cwt	135.75–140.75	1,213	356
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	848	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,085	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	126.50/cwt	126.00–127.00	1,240	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	144.58/cwt	142.50–146.00	954	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	157.46/cwt	157.00–158.00	918	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,054	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	1,312	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	149.47/cwt	146.00–151.00	943	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	143.65/cwt	143.50–144.50	1,120	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	839	138.22/cwt	136.00–140.50	1,160	134

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 22, 2019

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

Receipts 2,845Last week 1,919Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	542	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	465	153.00	153.00
6	—	570	144.00	144.00
14	—	633	138.00–142.00	139.17
42	—	717	136.00–142.50	137.97
108	—	686	138.50–146.00	144.15
145	—	928	124.50–131.00	127.77
166	—	839	129.00–135.00	132.38
247	—	775	134.00–138.75	136.87
312	—	863	129.00–134.60	131.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	522	141.50–142.00	141.78
7	—	624	135.00	135.00
13	—	743	135.73	135.73
20	—	771	128.50–130.50	129.39
23	—	686	134.50–137.00	136.31
58	—	906	120.60–125.00	120.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	601	164.00	164.00
11	—	669	150.00	150.00
12	—	544	163.00	163.00
94	—	966	133.75–134.25	133.92
107	—	792	145.00–151.00	146.87
165	—	727	148.50–154.00	150.38
255	—	910	134.50–137.10	136.67
269	—	820	142.25–148.00	145.45
356	—	881	135.75–140.75	137.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	848	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	980	126.00–127.00	126.50
10	—	660	142.50–146.00	144.58
11	—	583	157.00–158.00	157.46
11	—	722	146.00	146.00
12	—	1,080	121.50	121.50
20	—	631	146.00–151.00	149.47
27	—	780	143.50–144.50	143.65
134	—	839	136.00–140.50	138.22

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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