Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2019-09-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 800-1000 lbs 3.00-6.00 lower; 800 lbs and under lower undertone noted instances of 4.00 lower. Heifers 400-850 lbs steady to 2.00 lower instance of 6.00 lower. Heifer receipts much lower this week. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.19/cwt on 1,094 head.

Average price

$139.19

1,094 head · 808 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,125

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$3

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

$14.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.17

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	780	143.76	1,121	751
Medium and Large 1-2	870	129.17	1,123	343

One grade step is worth $14.59/cwt here — about −$3 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 sale1,094 hd

139.19

—

KS average3 barns · 2,232 hd

137.02

+2.17

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

45 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	—	519	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	680	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	591	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	860	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	142.50/cwt	140.00–144.00	747	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	136.30/cwt	135.00–137.50	999	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	144.51/cwt	142.00–146.00	672	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	150.41/cwt	149.00–155.00	627	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	133.94/cwt	132.00–134.50	909	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	130.75/cwt	130.75–130.75	1,015	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	135.68/cwt	134.00–138.00	833	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	803	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,036	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	677	129.40/cwt	128.00–130.50	876	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	572	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	131.25/cwt	131.00–131.50	835	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	136.56/cwt	136.00–137.00	587	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,039	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,039	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	928	114.88/cwt	113.50–119.00	1,066	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	961	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,028	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	995	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	135.27/cwt	131.00–136.50	691	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	131.35/cwt	129.00–132.00	958	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	861	120.42/cwt	119.25–123.00	1,037	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	981	97.69/cwt	96.00–99.00	958	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,074	115.08/cwt	115.00–116.00	1,236	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	144.29/cwt	143.00–145.00	974	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	976	117.87/cwt	115.00–122.00	1,150	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,058	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	127.37/cwt	126.00–128.00	1,042	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	147.38/cwt	145.00–148.00	927	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	709	142.51/cwt	142.00–143.00	1,010	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	910	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	684	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	743	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,018	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	138.27/cwt	133.00–139.75	1,148	300
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	132.05/cwt	131.00–133.00	1,163	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	148.12/cwt	145.00–148.75	1,065	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	141.03/cwt	140.00–141.10	1,113	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	956	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	1,240	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	176.67/cwt	174.00–182.50	837	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	898	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	160.32/cwt	160.00–161.00	928	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	726	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	157.55/cwt	156.00–158.00	989	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	185.52/cwt	183.00–187.00	820	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	149.20/cwt	146.50–153.00	1,019	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	874	114.19/cwt	112.00–116.00	998	9

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 Sep 5, 2019

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

Receipts 1,887Last week 3,535Year 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
6	—	519	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	591	145.50	145.50
8	—	524	140.00–144.00	142.50
23	—	733	135.00–137.50	136.30
28	—	465	142.00–146.00	144.51
29	—	417	149.00–155.00	150.41
36	—	679	132.00–134.50	133.94
40	—	776	130.75	130.75
42	—	614	134.00–138.00	135.68
67	—	803	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	677	128.00–130.50	129.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	379	151.00	151.00
6	—	636	131.00–131.50	131.25
7	—	430	136.00–137.00	136.56
8	—	1,039	100.00	100.00
15	—	928	113.50–119.00	114.88
18	—	961	107.00	107.00
29	—	777	128.00	128.00
40	—	511	131.00–136.50	135.27
47	—	729	129.00–132.00	131.35
85	—	861	119.25–123.00	120.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	981	96.00–99.00	97.69
9	—	874	112.00–116.00	114.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	1,074	115.00–116.00	115.08
64	—	675	143.00–145.00	144.29
57	—	976	115.00–122.00	117.87
40	—	764	138.50	138.50
26	—	818	126.00–128.00	127.37
19	—	629	145.00–148.00	147.38
10	—	709	142.00–143.00	142.51
9	—	595	153.00	153.00
5	—	382	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	743	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
300	—	830	133.00–139.75	138.27
112	—	881	131.00–133.00	132.05
78	—	719	145.00–148.75	148.12
67	—	789	140.00–141.10	141.03
65	—	956	129.75	129.75
39	—	474	174.00–182.50	176.67
24	—	510	176.00	176.00
15	—	579	160.00–161.00	160.32
14	—	365	199.00	199.00
13	—	628	156.00–158.00	157.55
11	—	442	183.00–187.00	185.52
7	—	683	146.50–153.00	149.20

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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