Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2021-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 400 to 550 lbs and 600 to 650 lbs were 4.00 to 10.00 higher and steers 800 to 1000 lbs were 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Steers 550 to 600 lbs and 650 to 800 lbs were 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Heifers under 600 lbs were 1.00 to 6.00 higher, heifers 600 to 700 lbs were 1.00 to 5.00 lower, and heifers 700 to 900 lbs were steady to 2.00 higher. Receipts were moderate with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.06/cwt on 1,805 head.

Average price

$142.06

1,805 head · 753 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,069

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$107

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$25.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.66

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	758	142.27	1,078	1,665
Medium and Large 1-2	660	141.71	935	128
Large 1	1,016	116.67	1,185	12thin

One grade step is worth $25.60/cwt here — about −$107 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 sale1,805 hd

142.06

—

KS average3 barns · 8,772 hd

137.40

+4.66

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	—	1,065	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	1,092	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,014	108.25/cwt	108.00–109.00	1,098	8
Steers	Large 1	—	1,016	116.67/cwt	113.50–121.00	1,185	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	562	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	843	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	656	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,056	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	766	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	1,063	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	131.39/cwt	126.50–136.75	1,075	328
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	178.50/cwt	175.50–181.00	857	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	188.71/cwt	183.00–193.00	806	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	956	124.25/cwt	124.25–124.25	1,188	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	177.86/cwt	173.00–181.75	930	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	167.88/cwt	162.00–175.50	962	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	135.03/cwt	128.50–139.00	855	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	164.00/cwt	156.00–167.50	1,015	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	921	125.84/cwt	120.75–127.00	1,159	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	140.20/cwt	136.50–146.00	1,037	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	151.20/cwt	148.00–158.00	1,012	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	127.63/cwt	123.85–131.50	1,115	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	125.77/cwt	123.00–128.00	975	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	127.33/cwt	123.50–133.00	924	229
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,057	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	151.09/cwt	146.00–154.00	798	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	144.33/cwt	137.00–147.00	846	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	121.94/cwt	119.00–125.00	1,002	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	394	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	615	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	161.37/cwt	160.00–164.00	692	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	151.41/cwt	147.00–155.00	719	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	130.73/cwt	126.00–138.00	884	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	131.92/cwt	130.00–135.00	777	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	121.83/cwt	120.00–124.00	835	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	132.05/cwt	125.00–137.00	704	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	777	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	689	143.77/cwt	139.50–146.50	991	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	734	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	128.06/cwt	126.50–131.00	932	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	847	113.35/cwt	111.00–122.00	960	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	723	150.23/cwt	150.00–151.00	1,086	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	882	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	1,171	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	133.64/cwt	128.75–137.00	1,026	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	153.52/cwt	151.00–156.00	809	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	153.56/cwt	151.00–159.00	891	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	143.12/cwt	137.00–153.00	917	23

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 Mar 11, 2021

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

Receipts 3,417Last week 4,648Year ago 1,663

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,065	102.50	102.50
8	—	1,014	108.00–109.00	108.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	562	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
143	—	633	128.50–139.00	135.03
190	—	775	123.00–128.00	125.77
229	—	726	123.50–133.00	127.33
60	—	863	122.50	122.50
80	—	528	146.00–154.00	151.09
97	—	586	137.00–147.00	144.33
100	—	822	119.00–125.00	121.94
5	—	394	156.00	156.00
15	—	429	160.00–164.00	161.37
42	—	475	147.00–155.00	151.41
170	—	676	126.00–138.00	130.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	589	130.00–135.00	131.92
11	—	685	120.00–124.00	121.83
18	—	533	125.00–137.00	132.05
19	—	637	122.00	122.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,016	113.50–121.00	116.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	656	161.00	161.00
34	—	766	138.75	138.75
38	—	723	150.00–151.00	150.23
68	—	882	132.75	132.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
328	—	818	126.50–136.75	131.39
15	—	480	175.50–181.00	178.50
21	—	427	183.00–193.00	188.71
48	—	956	124.25	124.25
87	—	523	173.00–181.75	177.86
89	—	573	162.00–175.50	167.88
125	—	619	156.00–167.50	164.00
149	—	921	120.75–127.00	125.84
158	—	740	136.50–146.00	140.20
168	—	669	148.00–158.00	151.20
202	—	874	123.85–131.50	127.63
110	—	768	128.75–137.00	133.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	689	139.50–146.50	143.77
4	—	483	152.00	152.00
12	—	728	126.50–131.00	128.06
14	—	847	111.00–122.00	113.35
15	—	527	151.00–156.00	153.52
19	—	580	151.00–159.00	153.56
23	—	641	137.00–153.00	143.12

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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