Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2020-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 850-1000 lbs steady to 1.00 higher; 850 lbs and under higher undertone noted. Heifers 750-950 lbs 1.00-2.00 lower; 750 lbs and under lower undertone noted with instance of 8.00 higher. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.78/cwt on 1,188 head.

Average price

$145.78

1,188 head · 792 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,155

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$361

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

$22.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.50

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	462	165.00	762	5thin
Medium and Large 1	797	147.44	1,175	765
Medium and Large 1-2	788	142.52	1,123	418

One grade step is worth $22.48/cwt here — about −$361 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 sale1,188 hd

145.78

—

KS average3 barns · 3,015 hd

153.28

−7.50

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

47 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 1Fancy	—	852	147.64/cwt	146.75–148.25	1,258	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	937	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,213	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	706	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	852	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,146	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	156.88/cwt	155.00–157.50	846	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	137.31/cwt	135.00–143.00	914	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	135.31/cwt	135.00–136.75	980	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	153.75/cwt	153.75–153.75	932	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	176.67/cwt	175.00–180.00	912	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	985	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	1,372	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	150.73/cwt	150.25–151.00	1,106	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	152.18/cwt	149.00–155.00	1,020	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,253	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	146.52/cwt	144.25–149.35	1,209	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	889	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	907	134.74/cwt	133.75–135.00	1,222	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	147.98/cwt	144.50–150.00	1,151	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	140.12/cwt	137.50–144.00	1,239	261
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	497	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	914	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,041	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	922	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	894	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	943	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	187.34/cwt	186.00–188.00	789	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	142.15/cwt	141.00–145.00	974	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,004	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,285	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	165.82/cwt	163.00–167.00	958	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	132.96/cwt	132.00–134.00	972	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	132.12/cwt	131.50–134.00	1,012	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	141.92/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,045	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	139.13/cwt	133.50–140.85	1,158	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	142.82/cwt	140.50–143.00	1,115	142
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	762	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	147.75/cwt	147.50–150.00	656	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	133.42/cwt	132.00–136.50	1,095	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	323	135.17/cwt	132.00–138.00	437	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	136.04/cwt	135.00–136.50	1,034	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	158.18/cwt	157.00–159.00	756	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	838	129.80/cwt	129.50–130.00	1,088	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	645	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	382	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	531	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	146.73/cwt	145.00–149.00	784	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	140.80/cwt	134.00–143.00	876	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	145.55/cwt	143.00–148.00	835	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	128.05/cwt	126.00–130.00	919	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	676	129.10/cwt	126.00–131.00	873	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	691	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	947	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.

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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co. - Salina, KS

Thu Jan 23, 2020

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	852	146.75–148.25	147.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	937	129.50	129.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	516	175.00–180.00	176.67
22	—	985	139.25	139.25
39	—	734	150.25–151.00	150.73
61	—	670	149.00–155.00	152.18
61	—	908	138.00	138.00
68	—	825	144.25–149.35	146.52
13	—	468	190.00	190.00
84	—	778	144.50–150.00	147.98
261	—	884	137.50–144.00	140.12
14	—	635	164.00	164.00
66	—	578	163.00–167.00	165.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	907	133.75–135.00	134.74
5	—	497	184.00	184.00
6	—	576	160.00	160.00
5	—	537	166.50	166.50
9	—	648	145.50	145.50
12	—	421	186.00–188.00	187.34
17	—	685	141.00–145.00	142.15
23	—	1,004	128.00	128.00
37	—	736	140.00–144.00	141.92
133	—	832	133.50–140.85	139.13
142	—	781	140.50–143.00	142.82
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	462	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	691	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	428	165.00	165.00
10	—	852	134.50	134.50
32	—	539	155.00–157.50	156.88
35	—	666	135.00–143.00	137.31
45	—	724	135.00–136.75	135.31
80	—	606	153.75	153.75
110	—	821	132.00–136.50	133.42
111	—	760	135.00–136.50	136.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	731	132.00–134.00	132.96
38	—	766	131.50–134.00	132.12
7	—	478	157.00–159.00	158.18
10	—	838	129.50–130.00	129.80
23	—	534	145.00–149.00	146.73
52	—	622	134.00–143.00	140.80
61	—	574	143.00–148.00	145.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	444	147.50–150.00	147.75
6	—	718	126.00–130.00	128.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	323	132.00–138.00	135.17
5	—	500	129.00	129.00
24	—	382	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	676	126.00–131.00	129.10

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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