Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2020-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves under 700 lbs 2.00-5.00 higher, instance as much as 7.00 higher; over 700 lbs mostly 2.00-5.00 lower, with several lots with good condition selling steady. Heifer calves under 550 lbs mostly 3.00 lower on limited supply; 550-700 lbs steady to 1.00 lower; 700-800 lbs mostly steady, with a few attractive large lots selling as much as 6.00 higher. Today's consignment consisted of several load lots that was met with good demand, especially if their condition was right.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.36/cwt on 1,740 head.

Average price

$143.36

1,740 head · 756 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,083

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$241

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$15.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.37

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	758	143.57	1,089	1,690
Medium and Large 1-2	689	139.59	962	34
Medium and Large 2	568	132.00	750	7thin
Medium 1	664	127.67	848	9thin

One grade step is worth $15.90/cwt here — about $241 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 sale1,740 hd

143.36

—

KS average4 barns · 4,627 hd

149.73

−6.37

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

58 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 1Fleshy	—	681	128.23/cwt	125.00–129.00	873	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	590	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	788	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	612	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,056	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	124.63/cwt	122.75–129.50	1,165	271
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	162.61/cwt	154.00–170.00	955	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	155.40/cwt	148.00–161.00	973	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	182.23/cwt	178.00–187.00	787	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,108	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,208	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	671	129.41/cwt	128.00–130.00	868	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	736	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,130	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,017	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	888	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	570	176.30/cwt	176.00–176.50	1,005	40
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	—	670	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	851	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	130.50/cwt	129.00–133.00	820	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	559	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	847	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	135.53/cwt	128.50–138.25	851	188
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	140.56/cwt	136.00–150.00	797	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	127.59/cwt	125.00–128.75	1,042	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	588	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	604	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	725	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	434	192.62/cwt	192.00–196.00	836	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	134.42/cwt	129.50–143.50	1,110	336
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	144.34/cwt	135.50–150.00	1,042	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	138.37/cwt	133.00–147.50	1,074	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	182.78/cwt	182.50–183.00	870	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	177.62/cwt	172.00–179.00	904	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	801	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,033	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	728	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	954	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	750	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	808	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	833	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	475	191.34/cwt	189.00–197.00	909	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	131.17/cwt	130.00–137.00	708	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	627	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	132.36/cwt	126.00–136.75	957	278
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	129.02/cwt	127.00–131.10	1,004	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	154.75/cwt	146.00–162.00	673	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	588	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	743	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	910	6
Heifers	Medium 1	—	512	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	650	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	378	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	775	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	149.86/cwt	142.00–158.00	1,004	217
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	129.35/cwt	127.00–133.00	1,129	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,027	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,207	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	982	122.62/cwt	118.50–126.00	1,204	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	185.23/cwt	179.00–192.00	687	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	760	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	984	8
Steers	Medium 1	—	653	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	842	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	967	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	879	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	522	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	976	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	551	140.03/cwt	135.50–141.00	772	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	138.76/cwt	137.00–141.00	648	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	518	150.75/cwt	150.75–150.75	781	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	131.73/cwt	129.25–133.00	881	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	146.44/cwt	140.00–152.50	785	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	148.57/cwt	145.00–153.00	706	30

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	681	125.00–129.00	128.23
3	—	590	133.50	133.50
4	—	604	120.00	120.00
6	—	743	122.50	122.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	628	129.00–133.00	130.50
17	—	540	130.00–137.00	131.17
3	—	445	141.00	141.00
17	—	551	135.50–141.00	140.03
7	—	467	137.00–141.00	138.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	559	151.50	151.50
23	—	518	150.75	150.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
188	—	628	128.50–138.25	135.53
98	—	567	136.00–150.00	140.56
36	—	817	125.00–128.75	127.59
3	—	365	161.00	161.00
278	—	723	126.00–136.75	132.36
105	—	778	127.00–131.10	129.02
37	—	435	146.00–162.00	154.75
4	—	348	169.00	169.00
122	—	669	129.25–133.00	131.73
45	—	536	140.00–152.50	146.44
30	—	475	145.00–153.00	148.57
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	512	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	612	172.50	172.50
40	—	570	176.00–176.50	176.30
18	—	434	192.00–196.00	192.62
20	—	475	189.00–197.00	191.34
3	—	378	205.00	205.00
27	—	522	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
271	—	935	122.75–129.50	124.63
112	—	587	154.00–170.00	162.61
73	—	626	148.00–161.00	155.40
19	—	432	178.00–187.00	182.23
9	—	1,108	109.00	109.00
336	—	826	129.50–143.50	134.42
154	—	722	135.50–150.00	144.34
77	—	776	133.00–147.50	138.37
32	—	476	182.50–183.00	182.78
10	—	509	172.00–179.00	177.62
217	—	670	142.00–158.00	149.86
95	—	873	127.00–133.00	129.35
58	—	1,027	117.50	117.50
16	—	982	118.50–126.00	122.62
8	—	371	179.00–192.00	185.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	671	128.00–130.00	129.41
2	—	728	131.00	131.00
8	—	760	129.50	129.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	736	153.50	153.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	788	129.00	129.00
3	—	675	131.50	131.50
4	—	478	169.00	169.00
3	—	508	164.00	164.00
5	—	719	134.50	134.50
3	—	590	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	670	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	801	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	568	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	653	129.00	129.00

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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