Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2020-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 450lbs and over 550 lbs sold 2.00 to 7.00 lower with steers 450 lbs to 550 lbs 1.00 to 6.00 higher. Heifers under 500 lbs sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher with heifers over 500 lbs to 900 lbs selling 3.00 to 9.00 lower. On a limited test heifers over 950 lbs sold 6.00 higher. Demand was good on a heavy supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.20/cwt on 2,169 head.

Average price

$142.20

2,169 head · 750 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,066

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$126

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$26.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.71

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	756	143.20	1,083	1,833
Medium and Large 1-2	685	138.52	948	308
Large 1	1,032	117.13	1,209	28

One grade step is worth $26.07/cwt here — about −$126 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 sale2,169 hd

142.20

—

KS average3 barns · 4,733 hd

142.91

−0.71

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

71 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	139.89/cwt	138.75–142.00	1,090	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	155.94/cwt	154.00–159.00	671	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	122.49/cwt	120.50–124.25	1,066	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	624	128.88/cwt	128.50–129.50	804	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	150.30/cwt	149.00–154.00	576	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	127.47/cwt	126.10–129.10	1,039	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	156.02/cwt	153.00–161.00	889	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	152.31/cwt	149.00–156.00	714	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	131.64/cwt	130.00–133.50	896	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	344	153.65/cwt	149.00–155.00	529	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	130.06/cwt	126.00–131.50	1,024	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	962	118.73/cwt	118.50–119.00	1,142	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	629	116.82/cwt	116.00–118.00	735	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	179.80/cwt	179.00–182.00	748	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	941	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	1,221	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	129.36/cwt	127.00–132.75	944	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	144.69/cwt	142.00–147.00	974	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	145.50/cwt	144.00–148.50	924	121
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	501	148.50/cwt	140.00–150.00	744	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	132.08/cwt	130.00–135.50	820	91
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	406	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	633	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	135.58/cwt	132.00–137.00	1,185	221
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	137.91/cwt	136.50–144.00	734	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	135.15/cwt	134.50–138.00	1,237	236
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	140.41/cwt	138.50–144.50	1,171	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	601	154.85/cwt	154.00–155.00	931	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	657	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	141.25/cwt	136.50–145.00	1,020	102
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	824	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	882	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	751	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,081	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	873	125.93/cwt	125.35–126.75	1,099	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	752	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,000	40
Heifers	Large 1	—	970	112.30/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,089	13
Steers	Large 1	—	1,013	118.71/cwt	117.50–120.00	1,203	25
Steers	Large 1	—	1,188	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,236	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	661	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	773	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	163.50/cwt	159.00–169.00	785	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	129.85/cwt	128.00–134.50	1,065	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	137.29/cwt	136.00–139.00	954	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	666	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,019	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	927	141.75/cwt	141.75–141.75	1,314	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	133.55/cwt	125.00–135.00	976	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	806	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	1,171	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	125.44/cwt	125.00–125.50	988	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	128.27/cwt	125.00–133.00	735	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	120.95/cwt	118.00–124.00	802	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	133.52/cwt	125.00–137.00	1,029	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	672	132.46/cwt	131.00–134.50	890	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	720	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	965	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	659	126.72/cwt	126.00–127.00	835	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	126.06/cwt	125.00–126.50	795	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	153.46/cwt	151.00–156.00	818	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	147.76/cwt	146.00–149.00	861	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	618	139.64/cwt	135.00–143.00	863	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	679	138.42/cwt	137.00–141.00	940	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	905	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,095	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	490	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	671	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	581	135.46/cwt	134.00–137.00	787	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	143.92/cwt	142.00–146.00	689	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	444	148.82/cwt	148.00–150.00	661	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	518	159.07/cwt	158.00–161.00	824	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	581	148.46/cwt	144.50–152.00	863	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	573	128.36/cwt	125.00–132.00	736	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	532	131.63/cwt	128.00–135.00	700	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	364	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	630	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	164.06/cwt	163.00–167.00	871	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	470	142.52/cwt	140.00–146.50	670	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	171.35/cwt	169.00–175.00	807	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	135.97/cwt	133.00–140.50	763	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	430	175.34/cwt	174.00–176.00	754	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	479	167.42/cwt	166.00–169.00	802	29

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 Nov 19, 2020

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Receipts 4,157Last week 2,739Year ago 3,505

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	779	138.75–142.00	139.89
81	—	570	153.00–161.00	156.02
14	—	416	179.00–182.00	179.80
97	—	673	142.00–147.00	144.69
121	—	635	144.00–148.50	145.50
221	—	874	132.00–137.00	135.58
236	—	915	134.50–138.00	135.15
198	—	834	138.50–144.50	140.41
2	—	353	186.00	186.00
102	—	722	136.50–145.00	141.25
45	—	531	163.00–167.00	164.06
29	—	471	169.00–175.00	171.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	941	129.75	129.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	601	154.00–155.00	154.85
36	—	751	144.00	144.00
9	—	666	153.00	153.00
95	—	927	141.75	141.75
73	—	806	145.25	145.25
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,013	117.50–120.00	118.71
3	—	1,188	104.00	104.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	480	159.00–169.00	163.50
29	—	820	128.00–134.50	129.85
7	—	695	136.00–139.00	137.29
88	—	731	125.00–135.00	133.55
58	—	771	125.00–137.00	133.52
35	—	533	151.00–156.00	153.46
29	—	583	146.00–149.00	147.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	672	131.00–134.50	132.46
6	—	720	134.00	134.00
12	—	581	134.00–137.00	135.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	618	135.00–143.00	139.64
37	—	679	137.00–141.00	138.42
20	—	518	158.00–161.00	159.07
85	—	581	144.50–152.00	148.46
4	—	364	173.00	173.00
9	—	430	174.00–176.00	175.34
29	—	479	166.00–169.00	167.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	430	154.00–159.00	155.94
123	—	870	120.50–124.25	122.49
20	—	383	149.00–154.00	150.30
132	—	815	126.10–129.10	127.47
63	—	469	149.00–156.00	152.31
69	—	681	130.00–133.50	131.64
17	—	344	149.00–155.00	153.65
120	—	787	126.00–131.50	130.06
101	—	730	127.00–132.75	129.36
91	—	621	130.00–135.50	132.08
44	—	532	136.50–144.00	137.91
73	—	561	133.00–140.50	135.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	624	128.50–129.50	128.88
11	—	659	126.00–127.00	126.72
22	—	444	148.00–150.00	148.82
61	—	573	125.00–132.00	128.36
77	—	532	128.00–135.00	131.63
28	—	470	140.00–146.50	142.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	962	118.50–119.00	118.73
11	—	905	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	873	125.35–126.75	125.93
40	—	752	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	970	110.00–116.00	112.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	661	117.00	117.00
8	—	490	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	788	125.00–125.50	125.44
28	—	573	125.00–133.00	128.27
14	—	663	118.00–124.00	120.95
10	—	631	125.00–126.50	126.06
29	—	479	142.00–146.00	143.92
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	629	116.00–118.00	116.82
20	—	501	140.00–150.00	148.50
8	—	406	156.00	156.00
8	—	824	107.00	107.00

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