Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2020-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 900-1000 lbs 2.00 lower; 700-900 lbs steady to 2.00 higher; 700 lbs and under lower undertone noted in a limited supply. Heifers 700-1000 lbs 1.00-3.00 higher; 700 lbs and under higher undertone noted in a light supply. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $137.99/cwt on 2,082 head.

Average price

$137.99

2,082 head · 829 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,144

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$39

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

$12.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.02

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	721	141.01	1,016	353
Medium and Large 1	855	137.77	1,179	1,651
Medium and Large 2	758	128.94	977	78

One grade step is worth $12.07/cwt here — about $39 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 sale2,082 hd

137.99

—

KS average3 barns · 3,281 hd

136.96

+1.02

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

44 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	—	451	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	704	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	125.26/cwt	124.00–127.00	1,145	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	146.75/cwt	145.00–152.00	841	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	152.66/cwt	148.00–153.50	817	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	141.49/cwt	138.50–144.00	939	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	127.42/cwt	127.25–129.00	1,130	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	977	128.25/cwt	126.75–130.00	1,253	331
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,013	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	160.50/cwt	160.00–161.00	827	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	152.53/cwt	150.50–158.00	964	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,062	124.31/cwt	122.50–125.25	1,320	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	157.10/cwt	154.00–161.00	903	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	147.38/cwt	145.00–151.00	933	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	136.02/cwt	130.50–139.50	1,069	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	149.61/cwt	145.50–152.50	1,079	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	134.38/cwt	131.35–138.00	1,173	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	143.01/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,127	287
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	141.37/cwt	135.00–143.10	1,175	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	131.00/cwt	127.50–133.00	1,214	258
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	759	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	930	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	922	113.61/cwt	112.00–115.00	1,047	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	164.34/cwt	160.00–167.00	794	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	798	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,047	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,162	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	151.25/cwt	150.00–156.00	809	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	677	137.09/cwt	135.00–140.00	928	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	131.83/cwt	131.50–135.00	976	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	149.22/cwt	146.00–153.50	868	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	145.16/cwt	144.00–148.00	957	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	867	122.09/cwt	118.00–122.50	1,059	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	137.58/cwt	137.00–138.75	854	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	143.51/cwt	141.00–145.00	891	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	131.49/cwt	128.00–133.00	1,024	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	130.71/cwt	129.00–130.85	1,154	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	142.57/cwt	140.00–144.25	1,027	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	145.08/cwt	144.00–147.00	696	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	929	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	137.13/cwt	131.00–137.35	986	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	137.98/cwt	135.00–141.00	791	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	148.43/cwt	145.00–149.00	634	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	731	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	563	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	870	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	618	160.83/cwt	160.00–162.00	994	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	533	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	698	15

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 23, 2020

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

Receipts 3,171Last week 3,447Year ago 3,633

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	451	156.00	156.00
19	—	914	124.00–127.00	125.26
31	—	573	145.00–152.00	146.75
46	—	535	148.00–153.50	152.66
63	—	664	138.50–144.00	141.49
70	—	887	127.25–129.00	127.42
77	—	621	141.00–145.00	143.51
94	—	779	128.00–133.00	131.49
134	—	719	131.00–137.35	137.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	867	118.00–122.50	122.09
64	—	621	137.00–138.75	137.58
29	—	480	144.00–147.00	145.08
32	—	720	129.00	129.00
12	—	573	135.00–141.00	137.98
20	—	427	145.00–149.00	148.43
5	—	511	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	563	154.50	154.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	533	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
331	—	977	126.75–130.00	128.25
5	—	675	150.00	150.00
8	—	515	160.00–161.00	160.50
54	—	632	150.50–158.00	152.53
81	—	1,062	122.50–125.25	124.31
19	—	575	154.00–161.00	157.10
174	—	721	145.50–152.50	149.61
197	—	873	131.35–138.00	134.38
287	—	788	140.00–145.00	143.01
202	—	831	135.00–143.10	141.37
258	—	927	127.50–133.00	131.00
12	—	461	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	633	145.00–151.00	147.38
42	—	786	130.50–139.50	136.02
11	—	483	160.00–167.00	164.34
15	—	1,047	111.00	111.00
19	—	535	150.00–156.00	151.25
48	—	582	146.00–153.50	149.22
58	—	659	144.00–148.00	145.16
65	—	883	129.00–130.85	130.71
75	—	720	140.00–144.25	142.57
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	759	122.50	122.50
11	—	922	112.00–115.00	113.61
13	—	677	135.00–140.00	137.09
44	—	740	131.50–135.00	131.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	618	160.00–162.00	160.83

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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