Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2020-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price trend available due to limited comparable sales. Severe winter weather coupled with declining market conditions caused producers to hold on to supplies, resulting in very light receipts last week. As weather and market conditions improved this week supplies returned to normal. A higher undertone prevailed on steers and heifers. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.92/cwt on 1,285 head.

Average price

$135.92

1,285 head · 791 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,076

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$48

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

$9.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.83

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	786	138.20	1,087	979
Medium and Large 1-2	807	128.66	1,039	306

One grade step is worth $9.54/cwt here — about $48 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 sale1,285 hd

135.92

—

KS average3 barns · 5,003 hd

136.75

−0.83

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

46 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	—	464	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	724	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	735	117.81/cwt	117.00–119.00	866	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	589	149.74/cwt	146.00–151.00	882	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	579	133.73/cwt	133.00–134.50	774	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	794	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	953	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	745	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	991	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	1,036	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	134.79/cwt	133.00–136.50	851	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	150.09/cwt	146.00–153.00	708	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	110.30/cwt	106.00–111.50	910	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	135.04/cwt	131.25–139.00	1,029	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	166.73/cwt	163.00–169.00	977	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	587	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	121.85/cwt	120.00–123.00	1,072	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	152.46/cwt	150.00–156.50	1,029	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	130.68/cwt	127.00–134.25	1,082	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	127.50/cwt	124.50–130.00	1,107	228
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	729	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	155.39/cwt	154.00–156.50	990	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	936	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,067	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	992	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,111	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	169.56/cwt	167.00–171.00	897	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	172.92/cwt	167.00–174.00	840	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	160.11/cwt	156.00–163.00	850	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	134.39/cwt	131.50–139.00	977	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,034	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,137	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	149.37/cwt	146.00–152.00	911	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	142.49/cwt	142.00–144.00	976	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	124.16/cwt	124.00–124.50	1,141	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	146.21/cwt	143.00–151.50	1,051	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	154.10/cwt	153.75–156.00	894	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	357	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	154	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	909	113.59/cwt	112.50–115.00	1,033	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	988	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	752	123.93/cwt	121.00–124.25	932	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	120.31/cwt	120.00–121.50	995	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	129.03/cwt	129.00–129.50	994	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	132.05/cwt	127.00–133.00	899	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	128.21/cwt	124.00–130.75	924	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	449	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	709	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	158.07/cwt	157.00–160.00	880	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	162.76/cwt	159.00–164.00	845	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	143.00/cwt	140.00–145.00	827	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	754	129.60/cwt	129.60–129.60	977	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	920	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,182	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	760	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,106	35

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 Mar 5, 2020

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

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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
11	—	464	156.00	156.00
17	—	735	117.00–119.00	117.81
42	—	589	146.00–151.00	149.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	579	133.00–134.50	133.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	441	169.00	169.00
15	—	991	104.50	104.50
50	—	631	133.00–136.50	134.79
64	—	909	112.50–115.00	113.59
66	—	859	115.00	115.00
74	—	752	121.00–124.25	123.93
86	—	827	120.00–121.50	120.31
83	—	681	127.00–133.00	132.05
86	—	721	124.00–130.75	128.21
28	—	557	157.00–160.00	158.07
32	—	519	159.00–164.00	162.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	472	146.00–153.00	150.09
18	—	825	106.00–111.50	110.30
5	—	449	158.00	158.00
27	—	578	140.00–145.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	357	43.00	43.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	754	129.60	129.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	794	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	762	131.25–139.00	135.04
51	—	586	163.00–169.00	166.73
5	—	312	188.00	188.00
70	—	675	150.00–156.50	152.46
223	—	828	127.00–134.25	130.68
228	—	868	124.50–130.00	127.50
9	—	388	188.00	188.00
27	—	637	154.00–156.50	155.39
16	—	529	167.00–171.00	169.56
25	—	486	167.00–174.00	172.92
93	—	919	124.00–124.50	124.16
108	—	719	143.00–151.50	146.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	880	120.00–123.00	121.85
57	—	936	114.00	114.00
62	—	992	112.00	112.00
17	—	531	156.00–163.00	160.11
17	—	727	131.50–139.00	134.39
5	—	1,034	110.00	110.00
7	—	610	146.00–152.00	149.37
21	—	685	142.00–144.00	142.49
39	—	580	153.75–156.00	154.10
63	—	770	129.00–129.50	129.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	920	128.50	128.50
35	—	760	145.50	145.50

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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