Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2020-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Winter snow hit the area yesterday resulting in lower receipts. Steers 700-1050 lbs 1.00-5.00 higher; 700 lbs and under higher undertone noted. Heifers 700-900 lbs 1.00 lower; 700 lbs and under higher undertone noted. Trade active and demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.54/cwt on 951 head.

Average price

$149.54

951 head · 722 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,079

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$159

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

$1.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.15

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	739	149.72	1,106	792
Medium and Large 1-2	637	148.62	947	159

One grade step is worth $1.10/cwt here — about $159 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 sale951 hd

149.54

—

KS average3 barns · 3,734 hd

147.39

+2.15

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

41 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	—	502	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	976	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	576	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	979	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	588	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	817	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	687	130.68/cwt	129.00–132.00	898	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	760	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	980	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,060	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	156.39/cwt	154.50–157.50	610	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	133.37/cwt	129.00–138.00	900	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	152.49/cwt	151.00–153.50	647	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	154.73/cwt	147.50–157.00	713	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	131.46/cwt	126.00–134.00	943	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	826	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,070	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	136.41/cwt	135.00–139.00	992	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	188.07/cwt	186.00–191.00	784	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	865	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	143.09/cwt	140.00–149.00	969	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	156.09/cwt	152.00–158.50	1,030	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	139.45/cwt	137.25–143.75	1,149	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	134.35/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,176	217
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	812	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	868	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	791	132.53/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,048	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	193.87/cwt	192.00–196.00	925	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	951	125.05/cwt	123.50–125.25	1,189	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	139.82/cwt	135.00–142.00	1,072	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	162.13/cwt	157.00–167.00	931	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	157.80/cwt	157.00–158.50	996	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	145.25/cwt	140.00–148.50	1,050	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	185.39/cwt	180.00–188.00	988	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	124.47/cwt	121.00–126.00	769	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	145.98/cwt	143.50–149.00	842	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	862	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,047	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,256	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	349	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	681	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	947	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,184	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	138.33/cwt	132.00–141.50	867	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	151.81/cwt	147.00–153.50	792	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	128.73/cwt	125.00–133.00	996	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	126.14/cwt	122.00–128.00	735	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	125.60/cwt	125.00–125.75	967	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	139.25/cwt	137.00–141.00	748	23

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 Feb 13, 2020

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

Receipts 1,909Last week 3,053Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	502	194.50	194.50
26	—	576	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	687	129.00–132.00	130.68
6	—	760	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	826	129.50	129.50
23	—	727	135.00–139.00	136.41
30	—	417	186.00–191.00	188.07
31	—	641	135.00	135.00
36	—	677	140.00–149.00	143.09
5	—	580	140.00	140.00
8	—	493	176.00	176.00
13	—	791	130.00–134.00	132.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	660	152.00–158.50	156.09
94	—	824	137.25–143.75	139.45
217	—	875	130.00–138.00	134.35
37	—	477	192.00–196.00	193.87
35	—	951	123.50–125.25	125.05
37	—	767	135.00–142.00	139.82
43	—	574	157.00–167.00	162.13
45	—	631	157.00–158.50	157.80
58	—	723	140.00–148.50	145.25
60	—	533	180.00–188.00	185.39
5	—	1,047	120.00	120.00
6	—	349	195.00	195.00
21	—	947	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	588	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	862	123.00	123.00
29	—	390	154.50–157.50	156.39
30	—	675	129.00–138.00	133.37
37	—	424	151.00–153.50	152.49
39	—	461	147.50–157.00	154.73
67	—	717	126.00–134.00	131.46
46	—	577	143.50–149.00	145.98
91	—	627	132.00–141.50	138.33
96	—	522	147.00–153.50	151.81
177	—	774	125.00–133.00	128.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	618	121.00–126.00	124.47
14	—	701	123.00	123.00
13	—	583	122.00–128.00	126.14
21	—	770	125.00–125.75	125.60
23	—	537	137.00–141.00	139.25

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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