Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2019-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers over 750 lbs 1.00-3.00 lower, with the exception of 800-900 lbs steers mostly 3.00-5.00 higher; steer calves under 550 lbs sharply lower on limited comparable sales. Feeder heifers over 700 lbs steady to 2.00 lower, 600-700 lbs mostly 8.00 higher and heifer calves under 600 lbs steady to 1.00 lower. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.73/cwt on 807 head.

Average price

$133.73

807 head · 716 lb average

Value per head Derived

$958

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

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

$5.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.48

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	721	134.99	973	636
Medium and Large 1-2	699	129.04	902	171

One grade step is worth $5.95/cwt here — about $71 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 sale807 hd

133.73

—

KS average3 barns · 3,247 hd

133.24

+0.48

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

48 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 1	—	765	130.20/cwt	130.00–131.00	996	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	144.40/cwt	139.00–147.00	832	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,069	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	789	124.99/cwt	123.00–127.00	986	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	151.12/cwt	148.00–154.00	725	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	143.67/cwt	139.50–147.50	892	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	647	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	135.48/cwt	132.50–136.00	940	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	502	142.42/cwt	142.00–143.00	715	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	127.31/cwt	126.00–129.75	1,046	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	654	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,079	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	136.37/cwt	133.50–138.75	1,118	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	135.87/cwt	134.50–137.00	985	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	604	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	975	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	145.55/cwt	142.00–147.00	1,042	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,084	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,214	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	161.64/cwt	156.00–165.00	813	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	993	125.10/cwt	125.10–125.10	1,242	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	147.40/cwt	147.00–148.00	797	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	148.08/cwt	143.00–150.00	923	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	171.88/cwt	170.00–175.00	780	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	636	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	130.42/cwt	129.00–133.00	814	29
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	828	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	439	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	631	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	309	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	135.56/cwt	133.00–138.00	708	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	822	131.24/cwt	125.00–132.75	1,079	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,003	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,234	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	181.64/cwt	181.00–183.00	710	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	596	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	828	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	131.90/cwt	130.00–133.50	1,014	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	137.06/cwt	134.00–139.35	1,195	229
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	152.12/cwt	148.50–155.50	876	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	748	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	137.45/cwt	135.00–140.00	918	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	625	135.44/cwt	131.00–136.50	847	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	694	146.77/cwt	146.00–148.00	1,019	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	126.62/cwt	126.35–126.85	1,148	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	142.60/cwt	141.00–147.50	957	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	134.36/cwt	132.00–135.00	765	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	732	122.98/cwt	121.00–124.00	900	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	134.14/cwt	130.00–137.00	973	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	571	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	829	119.37/cwt	118.50–121.00	990	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	664	124.57/cwt	124.00–125.00	827	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	851	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,047	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	668	10

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 12, 2019

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	765	130.00–131.00	130.20
103	—	576	139.00–147.00	144.40
16	—	480	148.00–154.00	151.12
96	—	621	139.50–147.50	143.67
12	—	502	142.00–143.00	142.42
85	—	822	126.00–129.75	127.31
106	—	907	126.35–126.85	126.62
30	—	671	141.00–147.50	142.60
56	—	725	130.00–137.00	134.14
5	—	346	165.00	165.00
62	—	851	123.00	123.00
10	—	423	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	990	108.00	108.00
45	—	789	123.00–127.00	124.99
7	—	479	135.00	135.00
34	—	694	132.50–136.00	135.48
5	—	442	148.00	148.00
29	—	624	129.00–133.00	130.42
12	—	522	133.00–138.00	135.56
14	—	569	132.00–135.00	134.36
14	—	829	118.50–121.00	119.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	732	121.00–124.00	122.98
14	—	664	124.00–125.00	124.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	771	140.00	140.00
47	—	820	133.50–138.75	136.37
8	—	604	161.50	161.50
33	—	716	142.00–147.00	145.55
8	—	503	156.00–165.00	161.64
24	—	993	125.10	125.10
8	—	454	170.00–175.00	171.88
55	—	1,003	123.00	123.00
9	—	391	181.00–183.00	181.64
229	—	872	134.00–139.35	137.06
17	—	576	148.50–155.50	152.12
6	—	435	172.00	172.00
21	—	694	146.00–148.00	146.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	725	134.50–137.00	135.87
12	—	1,084	112.00	112.00
10	—	541	147.00–148.00	147.40
46	—	623	143.00–150.00	148.08
19	—	822	125.00–132.75	131.24
22	—	769	130.00–133.50	131.90
26	—	668	135.00–140.00	137.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	596	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	625	131.00–136.50	135.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	517	123.00	123.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	828	53.00	53.00
7	—	631	49.00	49.00

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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