Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2020-01-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First Thursday sale of 2020 after the Holiday break. Steers showing an increase with instances of 1.00 - 2.00 higher; Heifers higher undertone noted from the December 19, 2019 sale. Trade active and demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.90/cwt on 2,047 head.

Average price

$154.90

2,047 head · 706 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,093

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$110

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

$1.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

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	155.18	1,119	1,561
Medium and Large 1-2	656	154.02	1,010	486

One grade step is worth $1.16/cwt here — about $110 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 sale2,047 hd

154.90

—

KS average1 barns · 2,047 hd

154.90

+0.00

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	184.05/cwt	180.00–189.50	860	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	181.26/cwt	181.00–182.00	765	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	155.17/cwt	150.00–158.00	984	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	148.57/cwt	145.50–151.50	1,025	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	145.35/cwt	144.00–147.50	1,202	267
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	153.71/cwt	152.50–157.00	1,024	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	164.48/cwt	160.00–167.50	1,008	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	150.34/cwt	147.00–155.00	1,158	282
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	165.61/cwt	161.50–168.50	964	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	146.56/cwt	143.00–148.75	1,064	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	142.75/cwt	139.00–145.00	1,115	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	173.69/cwt	172.00–176.00	983	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,013	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,469	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	646	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	151.78/cwt	150.00–159.00	1,110	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	175.29/cwt	172.50–177.00	948	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	155.52/cwt	152.00–156.00	745	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	148.54/cwt	145.00–151.00	922	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,055	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,234	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	161.88/cwt	160.00–167.00	583	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,070	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,045	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,244	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	147.27/cwt	146.00–148.50	705	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,028	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	142.08/cwt	140.00–143.00	762	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	901	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,261	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	170.17/cwt	169.50–170.50	832	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	144.42/cwt	143.75–146.00	1,259	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	154.66/cwt	154.00–160.00	657	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	153.09/cwt	150.00–156.00	795	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	131.88/cwt	131.50–134.50	1,092	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	151.59/cwt	147.00–155.00	866	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	141.63/cwt	140.00–142.50	953	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	138.74/cwt	137.50–139.50	1,013	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	142.78/cwt	139.00–145.00	824	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	135.88/cwt	132.00–136.50	995	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	139.74/cwt	135.00–142.00	882	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	137.96/cwt	137.00–140.00	1,138	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	134.56/cwt	128.00–136.50	895	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	132.72/cwt	127.50–134.50	1,164	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	487	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	872	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	524	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	962	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	850	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,279	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	579	135.38/cwt	134.00–136.00	784	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	537	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	848	7

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 Jan 2, 2020

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	467	180.00–189.50	184.05
24	—	422	181.00–182.00	181.26
267	—	827	144.00–147.50	145.35
234	—	666	152.50–157.00	153.71
90	—	613	160.00–167.50	164.48
282	—	770	147.00–155.00	150.34
67	—	566	172.00–176.00	173.69
13	—	1,013	145.00	145.00
10	—	340	190.00	190.00
156	—	731	150.00–159.00	151.78
129	—	541	172.50–177.00	175.29
168	—	872	143.75–146.00	144.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
197	—	634	150.00–158.00	155.17
89	—	690	145.50–151.50	148.57
62	—	582	161.50–168.50	165.61
61	—	726	143.00–148.75	146.56
42	—	781	139.00–145.00	142.75
5	—	901	140.00	140.00
24	—	489	169.50–170.50	170.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	487	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	524	183.50	183.50
64	—	850	150.50	150.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	537	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	479	152.00–156.00	155.52
34	—	621	145.00–151.00	148.54
12	—	1,055	117.00	117.00
12	—	360	160.00–167.00	161.88
8	—	781	137.00	137.00
7	—	1,045	119.00	119.00
56	—	425	154.00–160.00	154.66
63	—	519	150.00–156.00	153.09
92	—	571	147.00–155.00	151.59
123	—	673	140.00–142.50	141.63
136	—	730	137.50–139.50	138.74
150	—	825	137.00–140.00	137.96
41	—	877	127.50–134.50	132.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	479	146.00–148.50	147.27
20	—	764	134.50	134.50
25	—	536	140.00–143.00	142.08
151	—	828	131.50–134.50	131.88
26	—	577	139.00–145.00	142.78
42	—	732	132.00–136.50	135.88
76	—	631	135.00–142.00	139.74
13	—	665	128.00–136.50	134.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	579	134.00–136.00	135.38

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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