Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2020-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First sale after the Harvest break. Higher undertone throughout the sale compared to the 5-28-2020 sale. Trade active and demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $133.04/cwt on 1,153 head.

Average price

$133.04

1,153 head · 853 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,135

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$141

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$40.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.06

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	868	133.82	1,162	900
Medium and Large 1-2	791	131.18	1,038	247
Medium and Large 2-3	1,098	93.00	1,021	6thin

One grade step is worth $40.82/cwt here — about $141 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 sale1,153 hd

133.04

—

KS average3 barns · 2,553 hd

131.98

+1.06

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 1	—	865	131.45/cwt	128.75–133.75	1,137	295
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	147.94/cwt	144.50–150.00	1,010	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,235	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,003	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,284	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	134.19/cwt	130.00–136.25	1,103	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	774	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	875	11
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	1,338	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,204	5
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	1,371	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,289	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,151	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	699	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	636	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	137.78/cwt	137.00–139.00	875	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	136.63/cwt	135.50–138.50	1,001	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,244	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	913	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	138.81/cwt	137.50–142.00	1,065	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	141.75/cwt	141.75–141.75	960	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	150.23/cwt	148.00–153.00	882	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	125.10/cwt	125.10–125.10	1,130	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	143.26/cwt	143.00–143.50	917	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	837	126.85/cwt	124.00–127.25	1,062	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	128.26/cwt	124.50–128.50	1,000	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	133.09/cwt	130.00–135.50	838	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,018	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,028	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,102	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	144.63/cwt	141.00–148.00	635	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,098	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,021	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	929	131.81/cwt	130.75–133.75	1,225	278
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	135.51/cwt	133.00–138.00	722	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	130.11/cwt	125.50–131.00	861	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	868	119.13/cwt	116.00–120.75	1,034	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	124.20/cwt	119.00–124.75	974	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	133.32/cwt	132.25–134.50	957	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	126.57/cwt	126.25–126.85	1,042	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	140.09/cwt	139.00–141.00	744	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	139.11/cwt	137.00–139.75	807	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	139.78/cwt	139.00–140.00	682	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	129.52/cwt	127.00–131.00	1,004	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	912	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	136.28/cwt	133.00–139.75	916	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	657	153.41/cwt	153.00–154.00	1,008	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 Jul 9, 2020

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

Receipts 2,159Last week 2,364Year ago 1,937

First sale after the Harvest break. Higher undertone throughout the sale compared to the 5-28-2020 sale. Trade active and demand good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
295	—	865	128.75–133.75	131.45
41	—	683	144.50–150.00	147.94
54	—	950	130.00	130.00
60	—	1,003	128.00	128.00
84	—	822	130.00–136.25	134.19
10	—	625	146.00	146.00
27	—	767	137.50–142.00	138.81
16	—	587	148.00–153.00	150.23
278	—	929	130.75–133.75	131.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	733	135.50–138.50	136.63
23	—	1,045	119.00	119.00
24	—	677	141.75	141.75
26	—	903	125.10	125.10
37	—	640	143.00–143.50	143.26
39	—	837	124.00–127.25	126.85
75	—	780	124.50–128.50	128.26
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,098	93.00	93.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	657	153.00–154.00	153.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	774	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	457	153.00	153.00
8	—	405	157.00	157.00
24	—	635	137.00–139.00	137.78
116	—	718	132.25–134.50	133.32
134	—	823	126.25–126.85	126.57
28	—	531	139.00–141.00	140.09
33	—	580	137.00–139.75	139.11
199	—	775	127.00–131.00	129.52
17	—	672	133.00–139.75	136.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	630	130.00–135.50	133.09
7	—	1,018	101.00	101.00
8	—	903	122.00	122.00
12	—	439	141.00–148.00	144.63
16	—	533	133.00–138.00	135.51
25	—	662	125.50–131.00	130.11
36	—	868	116.00–120.75	119.13
71	—	784	119.00–124.75	124.20
14	—	488	139.00–140.00	139.78
12	—	721	126.50	126.50
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,338	90.00	90.00
8	—	1,371	94.00	94.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,265	91.00	91.00

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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