Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2019-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. A nice run of yearling steers and heifers as well as a sprinkling of weaned and unweaned calves in the offering today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.31/cwt on 1,571 head.

Average price

$148.31

1,571 head · 750 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,112

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$48

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

$34.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.43

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	754	149.57	1,128	1,413
Medium and Large 1-2	705	139.04	980	119
Medium and Large 2	578	138.89	803	21
Large 1	1,074	127.50	1,369	7thin
Medium 2	580	123.00	713	4thin
Large 1-2	1,022	115.00	1,175	7thin

One grade step is worth $34.57/cwt here — about −$48 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 sale1,571 hd

148.31

—

KS average3 barns · 3,498 hd

148.73

−0.43

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

71 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	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	142.19/cwt	140.00–147.00	825	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	136.17/cwt	131.00–140.00	716	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	726	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	588	130.42/cwt	126.00–134.00	767	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	378	147.31/cwt	145.00–149.00	557	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	300	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	462	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	882	126.67/cwt	125.50–135.00	1,117	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	140.91/cwt	138.00–145.00	662	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,107	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	132.70/cwt	132.00–133.00	901	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	133.97/cwt	128.00–135.50	819	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	132.41/cwt	130.00–136.00	507	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	467	138.95/cwt	135.00–140.00	649	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	700	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	805	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	142.86/cwt	137.00–145.75	1,034	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	139.56/cwt	136.00–143.00	868	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	962	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	675	129.86/cwt	129.50–131.00	877	8
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	1,130	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,266	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	711	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	582	148.03/cwt	147.50–149.00	862	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	372	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	618	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	146.92/cwt	142.00–149.10	1,343	312
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	149.95/cwt	145.00–154.50	960	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	154.02/cwt	150.00–158.00	1,024	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	165.44/cwt	162.00–168.00	781	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	698	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,012	8
Steers	Large 1	—	1,074	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,369	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	587	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	740	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	768	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,037	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	792	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	950	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	144.25/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,059	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	139.40/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,227	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	129.10/cwt	126.00–134.00	926	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	136.49/cwt	135.00–137.50	652	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	536	128.96/cwt	119.00–130.00	691	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	675	126.65/cwt	126.00–127.00	855	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	138.03/cwt	134.00–142.50	1,090	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	139.91/cwt	139.00–141.00	797	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	139.62/cwt	139.50–140.00	764	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	619	132.70/cwt	125.00–136.00	821	26
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	1,009	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,160	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	941	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,195	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	629	140.58/cwt	138.50–142.50	884	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	709	141.35/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,002	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	328	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	548	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	153.36/cwt	145.50–156.50	1,167	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	144.68/cwt	142.00–147.25	1,283	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	157.03/cwt	153.00–159.00	817	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	894	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,247	14
Steers	Large 1-2	—	1,022	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,175	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	593	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	729	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	139.43/cwt	134.00–143.00	711	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	739	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	894	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	145.78/cwt	144.00–146.50	999	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	798	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,045	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	141.27/cwt	137.00–144.00	1,092	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	607	133.65/cwt	131.00–135.00	811	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	526	149.07/cwt	144.00–153.00	784	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	679	137.36/cwt	132.00–139.00	933	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	426	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	648	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	146.68/cwt	143.00–152.25	1,195	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	152.81/cwt	149.00–156.50	1,125	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	157.07/cwt	150.00–163.00	898	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	988	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,334	31
Steers	Medium 2	—	580	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	713	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	744	122.00/cwt	120.00–124.00	908	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	951	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,132	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	609	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	859	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	697	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	878	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	144.55/cwt	139.00–155.00	772	11

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 Oct 24, 2019

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

Receipts 2,537Last week 3,104Year ago 0

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. A nice run of yearling steers and heifers as well as a sprinkling of weaned and unweaned calves in the offering today.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	580	140.00–147.00	142.19
4	—	471	151.00	151.00
23	—	734	140.00–147.00	144.25
8	—	880	135.00–140.00	139.40
7	—	941	127.00	127.00
24	—	685	144.00–146.50	145.78
8	—	773	137.00–144.00	141.27
11	—	534	139.00–155.00	144.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	582	147.50–149.00	148.03
9	—	372	166.00	166.00
40	—	629	138.50–142.50	140.58
11	—	709	140.00–144.00	141.35
3	—	328	167.00	167.00
26	—	526	144.00–153.00	149.07
15	—	679	132.00–139.00	137.36
5	—	426	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
312	—	914	142.00–149.10	146.92
123	—	640	145.00–154.50	149.95
96	—	665	150.00–158.00	154.02
34	—	472	162.00–168.00	165.44
156	—	761	145.50–156.50	153.36
97	—	887	142.00–147.25	144.68
47	—	520	153.00–159.00	157.03
172	—	815	143.00–152.25	146.68
106	—	736	149.00–156.50	152.81
80	—	572	150.00–163.00	157.07
31	—	988	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	698	145.00	145.00
14	—	894	139.50	139.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,074	127.50	127.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	768	135.00	135.00
13	—	510	134.00–143.00	139.43
4	—	609	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	792	120.00	120.00
9	—	739	121.00	121.00
5	—	697	126.00	126.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,022	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	607	131.00–135.00	133.65
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	580	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	526	131.00–140.00	136.17
7	—	550	132.00	132.00
20	—	679	132.00–133.00	132.70
17	—	611	128.00–135.50	133.97
5	—	383	130.00–136.00	132.41
17	—	717	126.00–134.00	129.10
5	—	478	135.00–137.50	136.49
20	—	951	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	588	126.00–134.00	130.42
16	—	378	145.00–149.00	147.31
6	—	300	154.00	154.00
19	—	467	135.00–140.00	138.95
13	—	700	115.00	115.00
31	—	536	119.00–130.00	128.96
14	—	675	126.00–127.00	126.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	882	125.50–135.00	126.67
32	—	470	138.00–145.00	140.91
6	—	814	136.00	136.00
88	—	724	137.00–145.75	142.86
33	—	622	136.00–143.00	139.56
13	—	675	142.50	142.50
127	—	790	134.00–142.50	138.03
35	—	570	139.00–141.00	139.91
28	—	547	139.50–140.00	139.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	675	129.50–131.00	129.86
26	—	619	125.00–136.00	132.70
5	—	798	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,130	112.00	112.00
12	—	1,009	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	587	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	593	123.00	123.00
4	—	744	120.00–124.00	122.00

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