Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2020-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There was a good supply of cattle due to this being the last regular sale of 2020 due to the holidays. Demand was moderate. The first sale of 2021 will be January 7, 2021. Compared to last week steers under 450 lbs were 9.00 lower. Steers and heifers weighing 500 to 800 lbs were 2.00 to 9.00 higher and steers and heifers over 800 lbs were steady to 3.00 higher. Heifers under 450 lbs there was not enough volume last week to compare, however a higher undertone was noted.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.29/cwt on 1,911 head.

Average price

$148.29

1,911 head · 730 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,083

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$102

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

$50.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.97

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	737	149.49	1,101	1,621
Medium and Large 1-2	673	144.15	971	274
Large 1-2	1,014	98.52	999	16thin

One grade step is worth $50.97/cwt here — about $102 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 sale1,911 hd

148.29

—

KS average3 barns · 4,024 hd

149.27

−0.97

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

60 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	Large 1	—	985	106.98/cwt	105.00–109.00	1,054	6
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,026	107.78/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,106	18
Bulls	Large 1	—	1,054	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	833	6
Steers	Large 1-2	—	1,014	98.52/cwt	96.00–101.00	999	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	474	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	768	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	739	148.25/cwt	148.25–148.25	1,096	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	705	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	966	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	193.61/cwt	192.00–200.00	850	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	154.59/cwt	151.25–157.00	954	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	976	130.59/cwt	124.50–132.25	1,275	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	134.15/cwt	129.00–134.85	1,214	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	175.44/cwt	172.00–182.00	912	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	143.72/cwt	139.00–147.50	1,042	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	164.15/cwt	160.00–168.50	952	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	134.51/cwt	133.00–137.00	912	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	151.36/cwt	147.50–154.50	1,000	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	142.08/cwt	137.00–145.00	1,105	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	137.21/cwt	136.00–139.00	1,209	260
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	193.42/cwt	193.00–194.00	720	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,118	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	165.40/cwt	162.00–167.00	533	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	125.54/cwt	121.00–129.00	1,085	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	138.14/cwt	135.00–141.00	848	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	153.03/cwt	149.00–154.00	736	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	139.65/cwt	135.00–143.75	1,130	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	163.29/cwt	160.00–165.00	601	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	129.74/cwt	125.00–132.00	1,005	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	150.71/cwt	147.00–157.00	781	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	146.05/cwt	141.00–149.00	834	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	166.80/cwt	163.00–167.50	719	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	187.38/cwt	183.00–190.00	781	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	599	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	916	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	511	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	950	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	591	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,093	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	963	137.25/cwt	137.25–137.25	1,322	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	751	147.75/cwt	147.75–147.75	1,110	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	146.69/cwt	146.00–148.00	929	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	143.00/cwt	136.50–144.00	990	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	133.73/cwt	130.00–138.00	966	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	154.16/cwt	154.00–155.00	671	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	175.59/cwt	173.00–182.00	867	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	126.55/cwt	120.00–132.00	977	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	132.08/cwt	127.00–135.00	1,149	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	165.67/cwt	162.00–170.00	855	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	141.34/cwt	140.00–145.00	752	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	124.42/cwt	121.00–128.00	829	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	137.21/cwt	134.00–138.00	792	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	941	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	152.98/cwt	150.00–156.00	601	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	124.27/cwt	118.00–125.00	901	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	759	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	830	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,121	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	749	136.10/cwt	136.10–136.10	1,019	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	686	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	955	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	654	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,030	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	129.59/cwt	124.00–133.50	1,072	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	131.77/cwt	128.00–134.00	975	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	189.96/cwt	186.00–193.00	880	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	789	113.47/cwt	112.00–114.00	895	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	261	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	462	5

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 Dec 17, 2020

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

Receipts 3,491Last week 3,363Year ago 2,291

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	985	105.00–109.00	106.98
18	—	1,026	105.00–110.00	107.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	474	162.00	162.00
64	—	830	135.00	135.00
63	—	749	136.10	136.10
35	—	686	139.25	139.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	705	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	678	133.00–137.00	134.51
7	—	905	123.50	123.50
20	—	322	162.00–167.00	165.40
30	—	864	121.00–129.00	125.54
43	—	614	135.00–141.00	138.14
101	—	481	149.00–154.00	153.03
53	—	368	160.00–165.00	163.29
54	—	775	125.00–132.00	129.74
56	—	518	147.00–157.00	150.71
59	—	571	141.00–149.00	146.05
83	—	431	163.00–167.50	166.80
146	—	827	124.00–133.50	129.59
129	—	740	128.00–134.00	131.77
5	—	261	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	435	154.00–155.00	154.16
36	—	532	140.00–145.00	141.34
27	—	666	121.00–128.00	124.42
21	—	577	134.00–138.00	137.21
9	—	768	122.50	122.50
6	—	393	150.00–156.00	152.98
35	—	725	118.00–125.00	124.27
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,054	79.00	79.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	660	115.00	115.00
11	—	789	112.00–114.00	113.47
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,014	96.00–101.00	98.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	739	148.25	148.25
12	—	511	186.00	186.00
5	—	591	185.00	185.00
58	—	963	137.25	137.25
57	—	751	147.75	147.75
25	—	654	157.50	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	439	192.00–200.00	193.61
62	—	617	151.25–157.00	154.59
78	—	976	124.50–132.25	130.59
79	—	905	129.00–134.85	134.15
86	—	520	172.00–182.00	175.44
136	—	725	139.00–147.50	143.72
120	—	580	160.00–168.50	164.15
181	—	661	147.50–154.50	151.36
209	—	778	137.00–145.00	142.08
260	—	881	136.00–139.00	137.21
40	—	372	193.00–194.00	193.42
109	—	809	135.00–143.75	139.65
11	—	463	186.00–193.00	189.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	417	183.00–190.00	187.38
6	—	599	153.00	153.00
60	—	633	146.00–148.00	146.69
57	—	692	136.50–144.00	143.00
48	—	722	130.00–138.00	133.73
18	—	494	173.00–182.00	175.59
41	—	772	120.00–132.00	126.55
18	—	870	127.00–135.00	132.08
18	—	516	162.00–170.00	165.67

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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