Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2021-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday receipts were light due to much needed rain and demand was light to moderate. On a light test steers were 1.00 to 5.00 higher with the exception of 500 to 550 and 600 to 700 lb steers selling 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Heifers were steady to 5.00 higher with under 600 lbs not having enough comparable sales for a test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.57/cwt on 1,021 head.

Average price

$139.57

1,021 head · 798 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,114

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

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

$12.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.33

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	795	141.08	1,121	896
Medium and Large 1-2	824	128.71	1,060	125

One grade step is worth $12.37/cwt here — about $61 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 sale1,021 hd

139.57

—

KS average3 barns · 3,034 hd

141.90

−2.33

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

35 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	—	1,034	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	1,153	6
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,254	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,003	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	901	130.25/cwt	130.25–130.25	1,174	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,120	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	147.40/cwt	145.00–150.00	691	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	591	142.71/cwt	141.00–144.00	843	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	598	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	174.36/cwt	174.00–174.50	922	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	126.02/cwt	124.50–126.25	1,059	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	128.18/cwt	124.00–130.00	1,118	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	148.04/cwt	146.00–156.00	974	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	131.94/cwt	127.00–134.50	1,141	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	129.80/cwt	128.00–130.50	929	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	137.81/cwt	135.50–144.00	870	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	681	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	504	153.56/cwt	149.00–155.50	774	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	129.66/cwt	128.00–134.25	998	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	130.89/cwt	127.50–135.00	899	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	847	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	121.74/cwt	117.00–122.75	1,138	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	792	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	1,099	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	156.84/cwt	156.00–158.00	910	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	142.46/cwt	139.00–145.50	1,061	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	796	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,003	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	884	124.03/cwt	123.50–125.50	1,096	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	124.21/cwt	124.00–126.50	964	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	161.68/cwt	157.00–163.50	993	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	133.12/cwt	131.00–135.50	1,097	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	182.63/cwt	179.50–185.00	847	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,002	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	135.17/cwt	134.00–137.00	914	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	163.71/cwt	163.50–164.00	786	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	128.55/cwt	127.50–128.85	1,202	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	746	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	981	125.79/cwt	124.25–126.50	1,234	85

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 18, 2021

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

Receipts 1,595Last week 3,417Year ago 616

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,034	111.50	111.50
6	—	1,254	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	926	121.00	121.00
6	—	469	145.00–150.00	147.40
7	—	591	141.00–144.00	142.71
93	—	840	124.50–126.25	126.02
20	—	872	124.00–130.00	128.18
38	—	716	128.00–130.50	129.80
59	—	631	135.50–144.00	137.81
10	—	504	149.00–155.50	153.56
106	—	770	128.00–134.25	129.66
18	—	687	127.50–135.00	130.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	637	133.00	133.00
29	—	776	124.00–126.50	124.21
4	—	529	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	901	130.25	130.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	313	191.00	191.00
40	—	529	174.00–174.50	174.36
48	—	658	146.00–156.00	148.04
163	—	865	127.00–134.50	131.94
11	—	374	182.00	182.00
17	—	792	138.75	138.75
53	—	745	139.00–145.50	142.46
126	—	614	157.00–163.50	161.68
82	—	824	131.00–135.50	133.12
14	—	464	179.50–185.00	182.63
6	—	563	178.00	178.00
174	—	935	127.50–128.85	128.55
85	—	981	124.25–126.50	125.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	935	117.00–122.75	121.74
7	—	580	156.00–158.00	156.84
24	—	796	126.00	126.00
71	—	884	123.50–125.50	124.03
5	—	676	134.00–137.00	135.17
7	—	480	163.50–164.00	163.71

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