Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2021-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 500 - 600 lbs were steady with a weak undertone. Steers 600 - 700 lbs suitable for grass were 9.00 to 10.00 higher. Steers 700 - 1000 were 1.00 to 4.00 higher with the exception of 900 - 950 lb steers being 2.00 lower. The heifers under 850 lbs were 2.00 to 7.00 higher again due to grass suitable heifers. Heifers 850 -900 lbs were 3.00 - 4.00 lower. There was a nice offering of grass quality steers and heifers today. The receipts were moderate with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.99/cwt on 1,673 head.

Average price

$142.99

1,673 head · 783 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,120

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$251

per head · Medium 1 over Large 1

$48.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.88

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	586	163.83	960	27
Medium and Large 1-2	641	153.56	984	177
Medium and Large 1	798	141.98	1,132	1,433
Large 1	1,048	115.61	1,212	36

One grade step is worth $48.22/cwt here — about −$251 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 sale1,673 hd

142.99

—

KS average3 barns · 4,650 hd

148.87

−5.88

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

46 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	Medium and Large 1	—	677	138.66/cwt	135.00–140.50	939	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	174.47/cwt	172.00–179.00	909	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	126.25/cwt	124.75–127.50	1,182	163
Heifers	Large 1	—	904	121.84/cwt	120.50–123.00	1,101	13
Steers	Large 1	—	997	121.11/cwt	120.50–122.50	1,207	13
Steers	Large 1	—	1,077	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,212	23
Steers	Medium 1	—	636	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,008	15
Steers	Medium 1	—	524	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	893	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	912	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,222	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	964	127.33/cwt	124.75–127.75	1,227	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	455	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	819	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	135.68/cwt	132.75–138.60	1,123	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	132.57/cwt	129.75–133.75	1,163	355
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	158.25/cwt	156.00–162.00	1,040	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	142.49/cwt	139.00–146.25	1,090	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	170.00/cwt	167.00–176.50	826	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	131.50/cwt	127.00–135.75	1,020	210
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	128.08/cwt	124.50–129.00	1,040	411
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	995	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	170.91/cwt	169.25–176.00	1,055	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	143.08/cwt	135.00–146.50	1,044	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	148.00/cwt	147.00–149.00	702	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	943	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,113	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	156.75/cwt	156.00–157.00	840	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	132.59/cwt	130.00–134.00	831	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	147.57/cwt	143.00–152.00	856	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	131.09/cwt	127.50–136.00	943	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	822	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	126.37/cwt	125.00–130.00	599	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	124.34/cwt	122.00–126.50	880	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	793	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,090	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	146.60/cwt	144.00–149.00	1,003	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	142.51/cwt	138.00–149.00	889	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	161.92/cwt	160.00–165.00	861	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	113.79/cwt	113.00–115.00	934	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	789	125.38/cwt	124.00–126.50	989	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	569	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,044	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	752	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,128	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	776	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	157.39/cwt	153.00–163.50	998	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	534	155.74/cwt	154.00–158.00	832	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,087	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	172.23/cwt	169.00–180.00	978	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	160.30/cwt	155.00–165.50	765	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	133.66/cwt	129.00–140.00	767	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	166.95/cwt	165.00–168.00	975	45

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 25, 2021

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

Receipts 3,262Last week 1,595Year ago 4,277

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
121	—	677	135.00–140.50	138.66
210	—	776	127.00–135.75	131.50
411	—	812	124.50–129.00	128.08
16	—	474	147.00–149.00	148.00
21	—	943	118.00	118.00
30	—	536	156.00–157.00	156.75
79	—	580	143.00–152.00	147.57
155	—	719	127.50–136.00	131.09
56	—	624	138.00–149.00	142.51
10	—	877	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	904	120.50–123.00	121.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	840	118.50	118.50
14	—	627	130.00–134.00	132.59
5	—	674	122.00	122.00
11	—	474	125.00–130.00	126.37
19	—	708	122.00–126.50	124.34
11	—	789	124.00–126.50	125.38
16	—	524	148.00	148.00
11	—	574	129.00–140.00	133.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	521	172.00–179.00	174.47
163	—	936	124.75–127.50	126.25
72	—	964	124.75–127.75	127.33
213	—	828	132.75–138.60	135.68
355	—	877	129.75–133.75	132.57
28	—	657	156.00–162.00	158.25
195	—	765	139.00–146.25	142.49
21	—	486	167.00–176.50	170.00
51	—	617	169.25–176.00	170.91
61	—	730	135.00–146.50	143.08
51	—	568	169.00–180.00	172.23
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	997	120.50–122.50	121.11
23	—	1,077	112.50	112.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	636	158.50	158.50
12	—	524	170.50	170.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	912	134.00	134.00
30	—	569	183.50	183.50
49	—	752	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	455	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	793	137.50	137.50
39	—	684	144.00–149.00	146.60
5	—	532	160.00–165.00	161.92
10	—	821	113.00–115.00	113.79
47	—	634	153.00–163.50	157.39
15	—	477	155.00–165.50	160.30
45	—	584	165.00–168.00	166.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	534	154.00–158.00	155.74

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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