Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2020-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 750-950 lbs 2.00-4.00 higher instances of 4.00 lower; 750 lbs and under steady. Heifers showing a large increase compared to last weeks light test, mostly 1.00-4.00 higher. Trade active and demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.86/cwt on 1,856 head.

Average price

$147.86

1,856 head · 788 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,165

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$52

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

$9.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.10

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	785	149.77	1,176	1,479
Medium and Large 1-2	801	140.36	1,124	377

One grade step is worth $9.40/cwt here — about $52 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 sale1,856 hd

147.86

—

KS average3 barns · 3,168 hd

145.76

+2.10

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

38 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	—	517	153.36/cwt	149.00–156.00	793	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	961	121.27/cwt	121.00–122.00	1,165	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	749	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	944	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	124.79/cwt	121.00–125.00	1,137	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	147.95/cwt	145.00–154.00	848	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	161.16/cwt	155.50–166.50	912	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,159	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	144.09/cwt	143.00–145.00	970	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	884	134.89/cwt	131.00–137.50	1,192	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	143.91/cwt	142.00–146.00	1,177	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	128.46/cwt	124.00–130.00	1,252	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	934	134.07/cwt	130.00–135.75	1,252	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	154.38/cwt	152.00–158.00	1,129	239
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	144.38/cwt	139.50–146.85	1,260	377
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	145.87/cwt	138.00–147.75	1,066	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	921	142.23/cwt	137.00–144.10	1,310	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	828	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	147.26/cwt	144.00–150.00	917	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	165.52/cwt	161.00–168.50	872	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	155.89/cwt	152.00–159.50	1,074	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	156.82/cwt	153.00–160.00	1,001	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,169	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	141.00/cwt	140.00–142.00	825	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	128.27/cwt	127.50–129.00	1,065	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	133.91/cwt	130.00–135.50	905	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	172.32/cwt	169.00–176.00	727	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	150.07/cwt	146.00–153.50	1,162	212
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	136.94/cwt	133.50–140.50	1,065	336
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	129.45/cwt	128.50–130.00	1,008	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	891	129.37/cwt	125.00–130.50	1,153	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	141.86/cwt	139.00–146.50	960	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	136.26/cwt	133.00–136.75	1,111	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	138.05/cwt	135.00–141.00	1,002	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	612	164.76/cwt	161.00–167.00	1,008	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	589	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	719	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	494	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	776	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	691	124.81/cwt	123.00–126.00	862	10

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 Aug 20, 2020

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

Receipts 3,329Last week 2,623Year ago 2,845

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	517	149.00–156.00	153.36
11	—	961	121.00–122.00	121.27
13	—	480	156.00	156.00
17	—	638	148.00	148.00
58	—	911	121.00–125.00	124.79
84	—	573	145.00–154.00	147.95
336	—	778	133.50–140.50	136.94
89	—	891	125.00–130.50	129.37
142	—	677	139.00–146.50	141.86
161	—	815	133.00–136.75	136.26
187	—	726	135.00–141.00	138.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	995	117.50	117.50
6	—	585	140.00–142.00	141.00
6	—	830	127.50–129.00	128.27
17	—	676	130.00–135.50	133.91
20	—	779	128.50–130.00	129.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	589	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	566	155.50–166.50	161.16
22	—	828	140.00	140.00
26	—	673	143.00–145.00	144.09
26	—	884	131.00–137.50	134.89
34	—	975	124.00–130.00	128.46
99	—	934	130.00–135.75	134.07
117	—	731	138.00–147.75	145.87
8	—	541	153.00	153.00
17	—	623	144.00–150.00	147.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	818	142.00–146.00	143.91
239	—	731	152.00–158.00	154.38
377	—	873	139.50–146.85	144.38
213	—	921	137.00–144.10	142.23
37	—	527	161.00–168.50	165.52
101	—	689	152.00–159.50	155.89
104	—	638	153.00–160.00	156.82
8	—	422	169.00–176.00	172.32
212	—	774	146.00–153.50	150.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	612	161.00–167.00	164.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	494	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	691	123.00–126.00	124.81

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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