Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2020-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Snow storm hit the area this week bringing down the number of receipts. Steers and heifers not enough for a market test with lower undertones noted. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $132.14/cwt on 284 head.

Average price

$132.14

284 head · 759 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,003

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$86

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

$3.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.48

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	779	133.83	1,042	158
Medium and Large 1-2	735	130.02	956	126

One grade step is worth $3.81/cwt here — about $86 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 sale284 hd

132.14

—

KS average3 barns · 1,662 hd

142.62

−10.48

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

29 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 1	—	597	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	884	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	857	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	133.73/cwt	130.00–135.00	809	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	144.57/cwt	140.00–148.00	688	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	121.99/cwt	121.00–125.00	939	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	126.60/cwt	124.25–127.75	919	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	129.92/cwt	129.50–131.00	934	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	991	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,070	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	794	124.57/cwt	123.00–124.75	989	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	125.38/cwt	125.25–126.50	1,151	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	802	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	970	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	154.48/cwt	153.00–156.00	757	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	895	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	928	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	792	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	850	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	977	95.14/cwt	92.50–96.00	930	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	162.37/cwt	160.00–169.00	896	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	996	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	129.33/cwt	129.00–129.50	1,049	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	140.02/cwt	138.00–141.00	945	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	134.39/cwt	134.00–138.50	989	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	125.13/cwt	125.00–125.50	772	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	121.80/cwt	119.00–123.00	816	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	807	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	944	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	118.85/cwt	118.75–119.00	904	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	722	115.00/cwt	112.00–116.00	830	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	854	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	579	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	793	8

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 27, 2020

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

Receipts 701Last week 3,846Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Snow storm hit the area this week bringing down the number of receipts. Steers and heifers not enough for a market test with lower undertones noted. Trade and demand moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	597	148.00	148.00
9	—	662	129.50	129.50
12	—	605	130.00–135.00	133.73
13	—	476	140.00–148.00	144.57
14	—	770	121.00–125.00	121.99
94	—	726	124.25–127.75	126.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	977	92.50–96.00	95.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	617	125.00–125.50	125.13
15	—	670	119.00–123.00	121.80
18	—	807	117.00	117.00
30	—	761	118.75–119.00	118.85
5	—	706	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	722	112.00–116.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	719	129.50–131.00	129.92
15	—	991	108.00	108.00
48	—	794	123.00–124.75	124.57
5	—	802	121.00	121.00
6	—	490	153.00–156.00	154.48
6	—	678	132.00	132.00
7	—	591	157.00	157.00
8	—	508	156.00	156.00
9	—	639	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	918	125.25–126.50	125.38
14	—	552	160.00–169.00	162.37
15	—	772	129.00	129.00
15	—	811	129.00–129.50	129.33
21	—	675	138.00–141.00	140.02
44	—	736	134.00–138.50	134.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	579	137.00	137.00

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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