Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2020-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder Steers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder Heifers 500-750 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower, above 750 lbs sold steady to 1.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.50/cwt on 853 head.

Average price

$143.50

853 head · 828 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,188

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$205

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

$10.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.02

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	832	144.00	1,198	814
Medium and Large 1-2	746	133.06	993	39

One grade step is worth $10.94/cwt here — about $205 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 sale853 hd

143.50

—

KS average3 barns · 3,024 hd

141.47

+2.02

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

31 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	—	662	136.68/cwt	135.00–138.00	905	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	135.96/cwt	131.00–137.75	1,123	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	136.41/cwt	135.00–139.50	904	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	147.40/cwt	146.00–154.00	937	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	163.79/cwt	163.00–164.00	855	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	135.60/cwt	135.50–136.00	1,060	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	146.24/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,138	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	748	138.60/cwt	134.50–139.00	1,037	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	142.24/cwt	136.00–144.00	1,240	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	152.26/cwt	148.50–158.00	1,040	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	874	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,154	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	144.67/cwt	139.00–150.00	835	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	139.24/cwt	136.00–143.00	890	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	130.32/cwt	130.00–131.00	951	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	148.62/cwt	148.00–150.00	840	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	124.54/cwt	124.00–127.00	969	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	817	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,123	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	666	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	138.71/cwt	137.00–140.00	645	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	123.96/cwt	121.00–128.00	723	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,003	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,324	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	402	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	571	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	130.85/cwt	130.00–131.00	1,140	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	126.22/cwt	124.00–129.00	1,152	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	149.44/cwt	140.00–153.50	1,083	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	144.47/cwt	140.00–146.50	1,202	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	140.68/cwt	135.00–141.25	1,301	199
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,016	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,087	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	762	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	981	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,226	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	498	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	737	8

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 Oct 1, 2020

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

Receipts 1,384Last week 1,594Year ago 1,828

Compared to last week: Feeder Steers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder Heifers 500-750 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower, above 750 lbs sold steady to 1.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate supply.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	662	135.00–138.00	136.68
36	—	826	131.00–137.75	135.96
24	—	782	135.50–136.00	135.60
33	—	748	134.50–139.00	138.60
14	—	577	139.00–150.00	144.67
20	—	639	136.00–143.00	139.24
21	—	871	130.00–131.00	130.85
29	—	913	124.00–129.00	126.22
6	—	533	143.00	143.00
7	—	981	125.00	125.00
8	—	498	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	778	124.00–127.00	124.54
4	—	516	129.00	129.00
12	—	465	137.00–140.00	138.71
14	—	583	121.00–128.00	123.96
3	—	402	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,016	107.00	107.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	663	135.00–139.50	136.41
6	—	874	132.00	132.00
18	—	730	130.00–131.00	130.32
5	—	817	137.50	137.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	636	146.00–154.00	147.40
14	—	522	163.00–164.00	163.79
48	—	778	140.00–149.00	146.24
150	—	872	136.00–144.00	142.24
51	—	683	148.50–158.00	152.26
10	—	565	148.00–150.00	148.62
56	—	1,003	132.00	132.00
106	—	725	140.00–153.50	149.44
152	—	832	140.00–146.50	144.47
199	—	925	135.00–141.25	140.68

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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