Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2021-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 500 lbs there was not enough of a test, steers 500 to 650 and 700 to 750 lbs were 3.00 to 7.00 lower, steers 650 to 700 lbs and 800 lbs and above were steady to 2.00 higher. The Heifers under 550 lbs were 3.00 lower, 550 to 600 lb heifers were 4.00 higher, heifers 600 to 700 lbs were 2.00 lower, 700 to 800 lb heifers were steady to 1.00 higher, heifers 800 to 900 lbs were 2.00 to 3.00 lower and 900 to 950 lb heifers were 2.00 higher. Supply was moderate with a light to moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $136.76/cwt on 1,580 head.

Average price

$136.76

1,580 head · 787 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,076

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$226

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

$25.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.48

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	678	140.42	952	87
Medium and Large 1	791	136.78	1,081	1,478
Large 1	1,029	114.47	1,178	15thin

One grade step is worth $25.95/cwt here — about −$226 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 sale1,580 hd

136.76

—

KS average4 barns · 7,625 hd

142.24

−5.48

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

42 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	—	1,011	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,102	6
Heifers	Large 1	—	966	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,092	16
Steers	Large 1	—	1,029	114.47/cwt	111.00–115.00	1,178	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	901	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,189	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	809	141.07/cwt	140.75–141.75	1,141	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	873	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	1,155	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	149.21/cwt	145.00–154.50	940	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	172.89/cwt	170.00–175.00	826	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	159.89/cwt	158.50–162.00	929	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	180.66/cwt	178.00–185.00	771	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	962	119.75/cwt	117.00–122.00	1,152	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	121.92/cwt	115.00–126.00	1,047	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	160.09/cwt	157.50–168.00	871	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	143.36/cwt	139.75–150.50	968	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	134.58/cwt	130.50–137.00	984	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	133.64/cwt	130.00–138.50	1,103	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	126.91/cwt	126.00–129.50	1,175	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	161.46/cwt	159.00–167.00	764	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	921	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,059	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	124.87/cwt	123.00–126.00	1,026	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	128.43/cwt	124.00–131.50	868	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	135.38/cwt	130.75–138.75	1,042	226
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	130.27/cwt	127.50–131.75	1,139	261
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	153.64/cwt	147.00–157.00	564	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	149.41/cwt	149.00–150.00	795	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	148.93/cwt	146.00–151.00	856	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	131.63/cwt	127.00–135.00	829	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	129.88/cwt	125.00–133.00	948	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	126.04/cwt	125.50–129.00	971	204
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	123.75/cwt	123.75–123.75	964	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	827	116.00/cwt	115.00–117.00	959	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	124.69/cwt	124.50–125.00	787	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	118.75/cwt	117.50–120.00	879	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	156.73/cwt	156.00–157.00	839	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	139.20/cwt	137.00–143.00	810	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	839	127.51/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,070	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	696	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	520	188.60/cwt	187.00–190.50	981	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	730	149.25/cwt	149.25–149.25	1,090	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	153.15/cwt	153.00–153.50	887	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	889	122.55/cwt	122.00–124.00	1,089	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	136.89/cwt	131.00–139.00	932	39

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 Feb 4, 2021

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

Receipts 2,530Last week 1,705Year ago 3,053

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,011	109.00	109.00
16	—	966	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	859	115.00–126.00	121.92
23	—	473	159.00–167.00	161.46
24	—	921	115.00	115.00
27	—	822	123.00–126.00	124.87
51	—	676	124.00–131.50	128.43
9	—	367	147.00–157.00	153.64
12	—	532	149.00–150.00	149.41
16	—	575	146.00–151.00	148.93
58	—	630	127.00–135.00	131.63
167	—	730	125.00–133.00	129.88
204	—	770	125.50–129.00	126.04
6	—	443	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	779	123.75	123.75
8	—	827	115.00–117.00	116.00
5	—	631	124.50–125.00	124.69
6	—	740	117.50–120.00	118.75
8	—	582	137.00–143.00	139.20
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,029	111.00–115.00	114.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	901	132.00	132.00
44	—	809	140.75–141.75	141.07
122	—	873	132.25	132.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	630	145.00–154.50	149.21
14	—	478	170.00–175.00	172.89
15	—	581	158.50–162.00	159.89
18	—	427	178.00–185.00	180.66
18	—	962	117.00–122.00	119.75
39	—	544	157.50–168.00	160.09
102	—	675	139.75–150.50	143.36
127	—	731	130.50–137.00	134.58
136	—	825	130.00–138.50	133.64
194	—	926	126.00–129.50	126.91
226	—	770	130.75–138.75	135.38
261	—	874	127.50–131.75	130.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	535	156.00–157.00	156.73
8	—	839	125.00–129.00	127.51
10	—	579	153.00–153.50	153.15
11	—	889	122.00–124.00	122.55
39	—	681	131.00–139.00	136.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	520	187.00–190.50	188.60
14	—	730	149.25	149.25

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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