Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2020-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Receipts considerably higher this week. Steers 700-1000 lbs 1.00-3.00 higher; 550-700 lbs 2.00-3.00 lower; 550- lbs and under higher undertone noted. Heifers 500-850 lbs lower undertone; 500 lbs and under higher undertone noted. Demand moderate to good for feeders.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $129.60/cwt on 2,891 head.

Average price

$129.60

2,891 head · 750 lb average

Value per head Derived

$972

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$108

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

$10.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.69

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	646	137.97	891	615
Medium and Large 2	589	133.50	786	90
Medium and Large 1	786	127.08	999	2,186

One grade step is worth $10.89/cwt here — about −$108 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 sale2,891 hd

129.60

—

KS average3 barns · 6,222 hd

122.91

+6.69

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

60 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 2	—	728	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	852	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	137.28/cwt	133.00–140.00	942	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	143.05/cwt	137.00–148.50	897	89
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	811	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	111.68/cwt	110.00–113.00	914	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	146.82/cwt	143.00–151.00	854	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	117.67/cwt	113.50–119.50	910	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	881	107.30/cwt	105.00–110.00	945	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	160.76/cwt	156.00–164.00	762	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	156.40/cwt	153.00–159.00	835	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	173.26/cwt	170.00–176.00	646	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	973	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	158.39/cwt	155.00–161.00	662	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	112.01/cwt	111.00–113.50	968	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	108.68/cwt	105.00–113.50	1,009	743
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	170.76/cwt	167.50–174.00	562	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	153.31/cwt	150.00–157.50	934	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	118.01/cwt	115.50–121.75	984	410
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	156.07/cwt	152.50–160.00	890	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,066	101.50/cwt	101.50–101.50	1,082	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	169.72/cwt	165.00–173.00	827	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	129.85/cwt	124.00–132.50	987	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	982	103.06/cwt	102.50–104.00	1,012	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	135.67/cwt	134.00–136.75	989	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	178.12/cwt	175.00–179.00	753	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	164.87/cwt	161.00–168.50	849	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	147.16/cwt	144.50–150.50	968	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	115.81/cwt	115.00–116.50	776	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	149.08/cwt	144.00–152.00	558	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	309	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	516	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	673	126.60/cwt	125.00–127.00	852	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	464	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	812	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	426	167.97/cwt	166.00–169.00	716	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	510	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	745	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	891	91.55/cwt	89.00–92.50	816	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	125.07/cwt	122.00–128.00	539	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	591	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	644	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	670	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	99.50/cwt	98.00–101.00	828	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	115.10/cwt	113.00–118.00	711	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	127.99/cwt	121.00–130.50	737	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	129.45/cwt	124.00–133.50	690	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	111.18/cwt	108.00–112.50	763	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	105.29/cwt	101.00–106.00	762	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	134.18/cwt	132.50–136.00	641	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	961	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	951	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	138.25/cwt	134.00–141.00	738	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	102.08/cwt	100.00–102.50	800	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	98.28/cwt	97.00–100.00	860	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	103.00/cwt	100.00–103.25	937	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	109.84/cwt	105.00–111.85	909	251
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	107.11/cwt	105.00–108.00	840	214
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	147.14/cwt	143.00–150.00	628	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	143.61/cwt	137.50–146.00	668	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	112.05/cwt	109.00–114.00	809	83
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	150.14/cwt	147.00–154.00	643	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	135.99/cwt	134.00–138.50	764	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	122.97/cwt	120.00–127.00	766	53
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	653	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	771	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	135.70/cwt	131.00–142.00	786	32

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 Apr 30, 2020

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

Receipts 4,783Last week 3,916Year ago 2,262

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	728	117.00	117.00
6	—	548	148.00	148.00
21	—	428	147.00–154.00	150.14
5	—	653	118.00	118.00
32	—	579	131.00–142.00	135.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	686	133.00–140.00	137.28
89	—	627	137.00–148.50	143.05
36	—	818	110.00–113.00	111.68
31	—	582	143.00–151.00	146.82
140	—	773	113.50–119.50	117.67
23	—	881	105.00–110.00	107.30
23	—	474	156.00–164.00	160.76
50	—	534	153.00–159.00	156.40
16	—	373	170.00–176.00	173.26
7	—	940	103.50	103.50
29	—	418	155.00–161.00	158.39
18	—	329	167.50–174.00	170.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
149	—	864	111.00–113.50	112.01
743	—	928	105.00–113.50	108.68
96	—	609	150.00–157.50	153.31
410	—	834	115.50–121.75	118.01
194	—	570	152.50–160.00	156.07
52	—	1,066	101.50	101.50
146	—	487	165.00–173.00	169.72
129	—	760	124.00–132.50	129.85
16	—	982	102.50–104.00	103.06
81	—	729	134.00–136.75	135.67
53	—	423	175.00–179.00	178.12
49	—	515	161.00–168.50	164.87
31	—	658	144.50–150.50	147.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	673	125.00–127.00	126.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	464	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	426	166.00–169.00	167.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	670	115.00–116.50	115.81
32	—	374	144.00–152.00	149.08
7	—	309	167.00	167.00
105	—	534	134.00–141.00	138.25
67	—	910	100.00–103.25	103.00
251	—	828	105.00–111.85	109.84
214	—	784	105.00–108.00	107.11
48	—	427	143.00–150.00	147.14
105	—	465	137.50–146.00	143.61
83	—	722	109.00–114.00	112.05
67	—	562	134.00–138.50	135.99
53	—	623	120.00–127.00	122.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	510	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	891	89.00–92.50	91.55
9	—	431	122.00–128.00	125.07
8	—	579	102.00	102.00
5	—	644	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	832	98.00–101.00	99.50
50	—	618	113.00–118.00	115.10
50	—	576	121.00–130.50	127.99
49	—	533	124.00–133.50	129.45
38	—	686	108.00–112.50	111.18
35	—	724	101.00–106.00	105.29
24	—	478	132.50–136.00	134.18
19	—	961	99.00	99.00
18	—	784	100.00–102.50	102.08
7	—	875	97.00–100.00	98.28

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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