Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2020-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer under 700 lbs not enough comparable weights for an accurate market trend, weaker undertone noted. Above 700 lbs sold steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder Heifers weaker undertone noted as well. 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 $143.34/cwt on 1,189 head.

Average price

$143.34

1,189 head · 823 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,180

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$57

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$40.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.48

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	144.03	1,189	1,132
Medium and Large 1-2	678	135.76	920	46
Large 1	1,198	104.00	1,246	11thin

One grade step is worth $40.03/cwt here — about −$57 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 sale1,189 hd

143.34

—

KS average3 barns · 2,982 hd

144.82

−1.48

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 1-2	—	663	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	769	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	963	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	932	125.53/cwt	125.00–125.75	1,170	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	879	133.75/cwt	133.75–133.75	1,176	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	790	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	138.21/cwt	134.00–143.50	788	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	977	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,231	5
Steers	Large 1	—	1,198	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,246	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	577	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	692	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	803	133.85/cwt	133.85–133.85	1,075	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	132.17/cwt	128.75–132.50	1,141	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	660	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	133.66/cwt	132.00–137.00	888	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	324	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	492	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	389	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	548	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	367	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	686	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	515	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	821	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	669	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	917	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	122.60/cwt	122.00–123.50	743	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	730	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	132.15/cwt	130.00–136.00	973	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	432	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	622	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	625	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	819	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	423	174.67/cwt	169.00–179.00	739	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	133.90/cwt	132.25–138.00	1,038	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	133.67/cwt	130.00–135.50	837	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	147.51/cwt	140.00–150.50	1,155	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	753	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	144.92/cwt	137.00–147.75	1,194	212
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	617	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	870	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	145.45/cwt	144.00–147.00	900	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	146.63/cwt	145.00–149.00	988	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	997	133.75/cwt	133.75–133.75	1,333	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	827	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	143.01/cwt	139.85–145.00	1,246	235
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	139.70/cwt	136.50–141.75	1,277	292
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	536	134.41/cwt	132.50–140.00	720	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	147.31/cwt	145.50–151.00	1,078	54

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 8, 2020

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

Receipts 1,801Last week 1,384Year ago 2,561

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	663	116.00	116.00
5	—	606	122.00–123.50	122.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	688	140.00	140.00
17	—	932	125.00–125.75	125.53
15	—	803	133.85	133.85
139	—	863	128.75–132.50	132.17
5	—	458	144.00	144.00
5	—	523	139.50	139.50
14	—	736	130.00–136.00	132.15
22	—	775	132.25–138.00	133.90
28	—	626	130.00–135.50	133.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	577	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	324	152.00	152.00
5	—	389	141.00	141.00
10	—	432	144.00	144.00
24	—	625	131.00	131.00
33	—	536	132.50–140.00	134.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	879	133.75	133.75
3	—	545	145.00	145.00
22	—	570	134.00–143.50	138.21
5	—	977	126.00	126.00
9	—	664	132.00–137.00	133.66
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,198	104.00	104.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	367	187.00	187.00
13	—	515	159.50	159.50
19	—	669	137.00	137.00
25	—	423	169.00–179.00	174.67
24	—	617	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
147	—	783	140.00–150.50	147.51
4	—	459	164.00	164.00
212	—	824	137.00–147.75	144.92
10	—	619	144.00–147.00	145.45
31	—	674	145.00–149.00	146.63
55	—	997	133.75	133.75
6	—	548	151.00	151.00
235	—	871	139.85–145.00	143.01
292	—	914	136.50–141.75	139.70
54	—	732	145.50–151.00	147.31

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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