Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2020-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Lighter test today. Steers 800-1050 lbs 3.00-7.00 lower; 800 lbs and under lower undertone noted with instances of 2.00-5.00 lower. Heifers 450-950 lbs 2.00-3.00 lower with instances of 8.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.32/cwt on 838 head.

Average price

$138.32

838 head · 813 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,124

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$123

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

$3.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.23

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	826	138.87	1,147	685
Medium and Large 1-2	754	135.86	1,024	153

One grade step is worth $3.01/cwt here — about $123 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 sale838 hd

138.32

—

KS average3 barns · 2,899 hd

137.08

+1.23

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

36 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	—	914	123.50/cwt	123.00–124.00	1,129	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	154.81/cwt	154.00–155.00	735	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	134.71/cwt	134.00–135.00	903	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	142.62/cwt	141.00–143.50	814	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	147.78/cwt	144.00–150.50	782	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	131.87/cwt	131.00–132.50	964	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,115	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	136.82/cwt	136.50–138.00	924	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	783	133.07/cwt	131.00–134.00	1,042	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	137.35/cwt	136.85–138.00	1,177	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	900	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	944	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,232	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	158.10/cwt	157.00–158.50	841	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	135.80/cwt	135.00–136.50	980	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,147	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	145.76/cwt	145.00–148.00	977	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	154.41/cwt	154.00–155.00	951	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	141.11/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,032	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	143.90/cwt	139.50–144.35	1,132	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	133.16/cwt	132.50–138.50	1,224	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	140.69/cwt	136.00–142.00	1,176	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	126.62/cwt	126.50–127.00	865	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	122.53/cwt	120.00–125.00	879	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,076	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	959	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,030	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,246	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	162.04/cwt	160.00–164.00	911	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	136.04/cwt	135.00–138.50	853	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	124.26/cwt	123.00–125.00	1,076	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	130.26/cwt	126.00–132.50	1,004	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	126.70/cwt	124.00–126.85	1,034	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	772	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	874	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,031	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	927	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,122	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	837	126.70/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,060	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	890	126.82/cwt	126.50–129.00	1,129	30

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 Sep 3, 2020

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

Receipts 1,615Last week 2,573Year ago 1,887

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	914	123.00–124.00	123.50
16	—	475	154.00–155.00	154.81
17	—	670	134.00–135.00	134.71
24	—	571	141.00–143.50	142.62
28	—	529	144.00–150.50	147.78
34	—	731	131.00–132.50	131.87
35	—	627	135.00–138.50	136.04
40	—	866	123.00–125.00	124.26
62	—	771	126.00–132.50	130.26
133	—	816	124.00–126.85	126.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	683	126.50–127.00	126.62
18	—	717	120.00–125.00	122.53
18	—	908	118.50	118.50
55	—	780	123.00	123.00
5	—	589	131.00	131.00
5	—	874	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	832	134.00	134.00
33	—	675	136.50–138.00	136.82
56	—	783	131.00–134.00	133.07
6	—	638	141.00	141.00
9	—	944	130.50	130.50
11	—	532	157.00–158.50	158.10
11	—	722	135.00–136.50	135.80
13	—	882	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
146	—	857	136.85–138.00	137.35
23	—	670	145.00–148.00	145.76
24	—	616	154.00–155.00	154.41
59	—	731	140.00–144.00	141.11
97	—	787	139.50–144.35	143.90
124	—	919	132.50–138.50	133.16
139	—	836	136.00–142.00	140.69
6	—	1,030	121.00	121.00
14	—	562	160.00–164.00	162.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	927	121.00	121.00
14	—	837	125.00–129.00	126.70
30	—	890	126.50–129.00	126.82

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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