Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2019-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Sale Thanksgiving week: Steers showing a decrease with instances of 2.00-6.00 lower; Heifers lower undertones noted from the November 21st sale. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.61/cwt on 2,052 head.

Average price

$147.61

2,052 head · 745 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,100

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

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

$1.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.90

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	757	148.17	1,121	1,448
Medium and Large 1-2	717	146.25	1,049	604

One grade step is worth $1.92/cwt here — about $72 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 sale2,052 hd

147.61

—

KS average4 barns · 7,048 hd

154.51

−6.90

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

63 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	—	866	146.68/cwt	144.00–150.25	1,270	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	139.10/cwt	137.00–143.00	1,092	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	138.61/cwt	136.00–141.00	736	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	142.26/cwt	136.00–149.00	597	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	131.93/cwt	130.00–133.00	888	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	144.93/cwt	140.00–149.00	974	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	942	136.18/cwt	125.00–140.00	1,283	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	145.39/cwt	145.00–147.00	928	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	161.62/cwt	160.00–165.00	863	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	168.59/cwt	168.50–169.00	907	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	147.51/cwt	145.00–150.00	1,074	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	869	141.78/cwt	137.00–142.00	1,232	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	154.03/cwt	151.00–156.50	898	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	143.11/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,033	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	144.52/cwt	141.00–146.00	1,322	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	156.12/cwt	151.00–159.50	962	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	161.33/cwt	158.00–164.00	950	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	785	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	174.50/cwt	174.00–175.00	775	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	667	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	142.91/cwt	142.00–143.00	1,196	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	151.34/cwt	150.00–154.00	1,008	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	991	137.41/cwt	137.00–139.00	1,362	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	176.15/cwt	173.00–179.00	831	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	796	149.83/cwt	144.00–150.50	1,193	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	146.35/cwt	144.00–149.00	702	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	128.97/cwt	127.50–131.50	1,190	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	136.22/cwt	135.00–138.00	862	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	135.55/cwt	135.00–139.00	792	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	136.45/cwt	135.00–138.00	984	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	976	127.75/cwt	127.75–127.75	1,247	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	731	136.50/cwt	131.00–139.50	998	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	676	133.98/cwt	130.00–137.00	906	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	834	133.72/cwt	133.00–135.50	1,115	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	780	135.24/cwt	133.00–136.75	1,055	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	678	125.90/cwt	124.00–128.50	854	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	617	126.52/cwt	125.00–128.00	781	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	579	147.26/cwt	140.00–149.00	853	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	617	134.91/cwt	132.00–139.00	832	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	883	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,064	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	633	127.97/cwt	126.00–129.00	810	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	560	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	728	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	585	125.55/cwt	124.50–127.50	734	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	736	125.96/cwt	125.00–129.00	927	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	532	127.48/cwt	126.00–129.00	678	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	513	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	913	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	561	170.85/cwt	169.00–172.00	958	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	422	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	641	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,252	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,148	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	133.28/cwt	130.00–134.75	826	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	133.83/cwt	131.00–134.75	780	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	658	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	573	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	140.21/cwt	136.00–144.00	674	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	136.68/cwt	136.00–137.00	1,134	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	140.25/cwt	137.00–140.60	1,069	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	137.16/cwt	135.00–137.50	926	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	607	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	741	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	132.03/cwt	130.00–134.50	687	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	166.39/cwt	163.50–171.00	804	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	146.67/cwt	140.00–153.00	540	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	844	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,097	5

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 Dec 5, 2019

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

Receipts 3,685Last week 3,505Year ago 0

No Sale Thanksgiving week: Steers showing a decrease with instances of 2.00-6.00 lower; Heifers lower undertones noted from the November 21st sale. Trade and demand moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
213	—	866	144.00–150.25	146.68
36	—	538	168.50–169.00	168.59
32	—	728	145.00–150.00	147.51
238	—	915	141.00–146.00	144.52
128	—	616	151.00–159.50	156.12
111	—	589	158.00–164.00	161.33
10	—	420	187.00	187.00
68	—	837	142.00–143.00	142.91
31	—	666	150.00–154.00	151.34
29	—	991	137.00–139.00	137.41
12	—	472	173.00–179.00	176.15
143	—	796	144.00–150.50	149.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	785	137.00–143.00	139.10
98	—	672	140.00–149.00	144.93
74	—	942	125.00–140.00	136.18
38	—	638	145.00–147.00	145.39
38	—	534	160.00–165.00	161.62
69	—	869	137.00–142.00	141.78
66	—	583	151.00–156.50	154.03
48	—	722	140.00–144.00	143.11
16	—	444	174.00–175.00	174.50
8	—	381	175.00	175.00
24	—	483	163.50–171.00	166.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
141	—	731	131.00–139.50	136.50
68	—	676	130.00–137.00	133.98
51	—	834	133.00–135.50	133.72
41	—	780	133.00–136.75	135.24
27	—	579	140.00–149.00	147.26
10	—	617	132.00–139.00	134.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	513	178.00	178.00
16	—	561	169.00–172.00	170.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
164	—	531	136.00–141.00	138.61
39	—	480	144.00–149.00	146.35
27	—	923	127.50–131.50	128.97
25	—	633	135.00–138.00	136.22
25	—	584	135.00–139.00	135.55
23	—	721	135.00–138.00	136.45
12	—	976	127.75	127.75
136	—	830	136.00–137.00	136.68
125	—	762	137.00–140.60	140.25
72	—	675	135.00–137.50	137.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	420	136.00–149.00	142.26
40	—	673	130.00–133.00	131.93
15	—	1,035	121.00	121.00
11	—	915	125.50	125.50
79	—	620	130.00–134.75	133.28
56	—	583	131.00–134.75	133.83
37	—	481	136.00–144.00	140.21
27	—	520	130.00–134.50	132.03
6	—	368	140.00–153.00	146.67
5	—	844	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	678	124.00–128.50	125.90
6	—	617	125.00–128.00	126.52
5	—	883	120.50	120.50
44	—	585	124.50–127.50	125.55
16	—	736	125.00–129.00	125.96
14	—	532	126.00–129.00	127.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	633	126.00–129.00	127.97
17	—	560	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	422	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	558	118.00	118.00
7	—	431	133.00	133.00
6	—	607	122.00	122.00

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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