Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2020-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: This week the area was hit hard with cold temperatures and rain resulting in lower receipts. Steers 400-1000 lbs higher undertone noted. Heifers 550-1000 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 $139.06/cwt on 526 head.

Average price

$139.06

526 head · 810 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,126

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$67

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

$5.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.06

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	815	140.55	1,145	380
Medium and Large 1-2	797	135.18	1,078	146

One grade step is worth $5.37/cwt here — about $67 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 sale526 hd

139.06

—

KS average3 barns · 2,005 hd

141.12

−2.06

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

24 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	—	981	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	1,192	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	143.42/cwt	140.00–145.00	807	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	124.28/cwt	123.50–124.50	1,076	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	133.40/cwt	132.50–135.00	903	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	125.55/cwt	123.00–129.00	1,018	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	130.50/cwt	127.50–133.50	1,024	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,177	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	145.25/cwt	145.00–146.00	905	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	136.13/cwt	135.00–137.50	1,048	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	131.85/cwt	131.85–131.85	1,138	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	145.19/cwt	144.50–147.50	989	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	134.55/cwt	133.00–135.75	1,232	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	146.40/cwt	141.00–149.75	1,082	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	142.13/cwt	141.00–142.25	1,173	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	888	135.26/cwt	135.00–138.50	1,201	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	797	145.46/cwt	139.00–145.85	1,159	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	136.92/cwt	132.50–140.00	857	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	876	118.95/cwt	118.75–119.50	1,042	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	737	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	794	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	149.58/cwt	146.50–153.00	865	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	993	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,256	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	803	124.13/cwt	121.00–126.00	997	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	884	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,123	19

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 10, 2020

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

Receipts 964Last week 1,615Year ago 1,643

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	981	121.50	121.50
10	—	563	140.00–145.00	143.42
18	—	866	123.50–124.50	124.28
26	—	677	132.50–135.00	133.40
45	—	811	123.00–129.00	125.55
49	—	785	127.50–133.50	130.50
57	—	626	132.50–140.00	136.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	876	118.75–119.50	118.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	905	130.00	130.00
19	—	623	145.00–146.00	145.25
57	—	770	135.00–137.50	136.13
63	—	863	131.85	131.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	681	144.50–147.50	145.19
43	—	916	133.00–135.75	134.55
46	—	739	141.00–149.75	146.40
66	—	825	141.00–142.25	142.13
66	—	888	135.00–138.50	135.26
67	—	797	139.00–145.85	145.46
5	—	412	179.00	179.00
5	—	467	170.00	170.00
12	—	578	146.50–153.00	149.58
19	—	993	126.50	126.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	803	121.00–126.00	124.13
19	—	884	127.00	127.00

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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