Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2020-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 700-1050 lbs 2.00-6.00 higher; 700 lbs and under 1.00-2.00 higher. Heifers 400-950 lbs lower undertone noted. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $127.14/cwt on 1,913 head.

Average price

$127.14

1,913 head · 829 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,054

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$416

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

$26.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.82

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	423	152.74	646	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	762	129.59	988	183
Medium and Large 1	838	126.74	1,062	1,721

One grade step is worth $26.00/cwt here — about −$416 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 sale1,913 hd

127.14

—

KS average3 barns · 6,463 hd

124.32

+2.82

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

42 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	—	910	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	928	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	929	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	792	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	915	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	138.21/cwt	136.00–140.00	726	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	151.99/cwt	147.00–156.00	629	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	137.23/cwt	134.00–139.00	786	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	147.62/cwt	147.00–149.00	923	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	131.58/cwt	126.00–136.00	887	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	887	114.50/cwt	113.00–115.00	1,016	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	839	124.25/cwt	124.25–124.25	1,042	55
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	152.74/cwt	150.00–156.00	646	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	122.41/cwt	119.50–126.00	1,072	396
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	144.62/cwt	144.00–145.00	834	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	123.80/cwt	122.00–125.50	957	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	170.92/cwt	169.00–172.00	747	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	127.56/cwt	125.00–129.00	926	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	943	113.46/cwt	112.50–113.75	1,070	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	138.33/cwt	134.00–140.50	1,008	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	140.64/cwt	137.00–146.00	949	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,012	107.82/cwt	107.25–108.75	1,091	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	132.28/cwt	130.50–134.85	1,029	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	117.35/cwt	114.25–121.10	1,082	294
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	128.95/cwt	125.00–132.50	1,066	360
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	177.03/cwt	174.50–179.00	671	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	156.49/cwt	155.00–157.00	912	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	977	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	1,060	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	156.11/cwt	155.00–158.00	951	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	173.76/cwt	170.00–174.50	839	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	165.15/cwt	162.00–169.00	847	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	119.47/cwt	117.00–123.00	803	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	112.93/cwt	112.00–116.00	819	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	109.85/cwt	108.00–113.00	859	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	109.20/cwt	108.00–110.00	904	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	674	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	701	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	498	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	126.51/cwt	124.00–129.00	846	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	135.30/cwt	133.00–138.00	833	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	146.17/cwt	141.00–149.00	716	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	801	116.76/cwt	113.00–117.00	935	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,033	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	909	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	125.44/cwt	124.00–128.00	784	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	671	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	829	6

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 May 21, 2020

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

Receipts 2,838Last week 4,273Year ago 1,346

Compared to last week: Steers 700-1050 lbs 2.00-6.00 higher; 700 lbs and under 1.00-2.00 higher. Heifers 400-950 lbs lower undertone 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
8	—	910	102.00	102.00
10	—	860	108.00	108.00
12	—	792	115.50	115.50
19	—	525	136.00–140.00	138.21
25	—	414	147.00–156.00	151.99
31	—	573	134.00–139.00	137.23
35	—	669	124.00–129.00	126.51
39	—	616	133.00–138.00	135.30
53	—	490	141.00–149.00	146.17
68	—	801	113.00–117.00	116.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	672	117.00–123.00	119.47
61	—	725	112.00–116.00	112.93
85	—	782	108.00–113.00	109.85
139	—	828	108.00–110.00	109.20
6	—	1,033	88.00	88.00
18	—	625	124.00–128.00	125.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	674	104.00	104.00
8	—	437	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	625	147.00–149.00	147.62
21	—	674	126.00–136.00	131.58
28	—	887	113.00–115.00	114.50
55	—	839	124.25	124.25
8	—	577	144.00–145.00	144.62
8	—	773	122.00–125.50	123.80
14	—	437	169.00–172.00	170.92
14	—	726	125.00–129.00	127.56
17	—	943	112.50–113.75	113.46
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	423	150.00–156.00	152.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
396	—	876	119.50–126.00	122.41
46	—	729	134.00–140.50	138.33
70	—	675	137.00–146.00	140.64
180	—	1,012	107.25–108.75	107.82
238	—	778	130.50–134.85	132.28
294	—	922	114.25–121.10	117.35
360	—	827	125.00–132.50	128.95
7	—	379	174.50–179.00	177.03
12	—	583	155.00–157.00	156.49
14	—	977	108.50	108.50
22	—	609	155.00–158.00	156.11
31	—	483	170.00–174.50	173.76
45	—	513	162.00–169.00	165.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	671	123.50	123.50

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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