Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2021-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Moderate supply of cattle with light to moderate demand. Compared to last week steers under 900 lbs were 4.00 to 15.00 lower and 950 lb steers were 3.00 higher. Heifers 350 to 550 lbs were 4.00 - 11.00 lower, 600 to 900 lb heifers were 4.00 to 9.00 lower, and 550 lb heifers were 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.14/cwt on 1,233 head.

Average price

$145.14

1,233 head · 685 lb average

Value per head Derived

$995

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$170

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$31.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.00

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	693	145.68	1,009	981
Medium and Large 1-2	631	145.03	914	236
Large 1	1,034	114.00	1,179	16thin

One grade step is worth $31.68/cwt here — about −$170 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 sale1,233 hd

145.14

—

KS average3 barns · 4,387 hd

137.14

+8.00

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

49 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	174.35/cwt	170.00–179.00	751	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	126.55/cwt	124.00–135.00	1,109	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	127.27/cwt	124.00–130.00	906	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	129.67/cwt	125.00–134.00	856	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	149.34/cwt	140.00–153.00	800	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	973	118.83/cwt	115.00–119.50	1,156	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	786	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,218	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	152.28/cwt	149.00–159.00	958	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	119.44/cwt	116.50–133.50	1,036	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	131.54/cwt	127.00–136.00	1,001	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	121.89/cwt	121.50–124.50	1,014	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	730	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	987	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	186.84/cwt	185.00–191.00	710	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	653	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,051	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	120.18/cwt	117.00–122.00	1,103	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	164.61/cwt	159.00–168.00	948	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	150.97/cwt	146.75–154.50	858	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	631	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,016	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	153.62/cwt	148.00–160.00	585	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	904	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,022	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	543	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	937	10
Steers	Large 1	—	1,034	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,179	16
Heifers	Large 1	—	959	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,045	13
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,023	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,084	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	168.96/cwt	163.00–173.50	796	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	904	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	136.04/cwt	131.50–139.00	728	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	135.36/cwt	134.00–139.00	636	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	145.29/cwt	142.00–149.00	981	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	126.69/cwt	123.00–130.00	1,048	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	124.11/cwt	121.00–128.50	971	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	143.86/cwt	140.00–148.00	909	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	153.75/cwt	150.00–157.00	906	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	847	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	991	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	146.86/cwt	142.00–153.00	626	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	146.98/cwt	143.00–153.00	704	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	134.46/cwt	129.00–141.00	754	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	129.06/cwt	126.00–131.00	554	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	176.40/cwt	176.00–177.00	697	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	696	132.86/cwt	131.00–136.00	925	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	163.64/cwt	162.00–166.00	702	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	156.26/cwt	154.00–158.00	802	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,084	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	127.06/cwt	122.00–131.00	792	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	158.74/cwt	156.00–160.00	749	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	138.31/cwt	137.00–140.00	848	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	138.56/cwt	133.00–141.50	1,011	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	165.84/cwt	159.00–170.00	876	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	396	135.41/cwt	133.00–137.00	536	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 Apr 22, 2021

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

Receipts 2,561Last week 5,167Year ago 3,916

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	431	170.00–179.00	174.35
166	—	876	124.00–135.00	126.55
69	—	973	115.00–119.50	118.83
90	—	629	149.00–159.00	152.28
127	—	761	127.00–136.00	131.54
31	—	380	185.00–191.00	186.84
21	—	918	117.00–122.00	120.18
44	—	576	159.00–168.00	164.61
103	—	471	163.00–173.50	168.96
41	—	675	142.00–149.00	145.29
49	—	827	123.00–130.00	126.69
67	—	730	133.00–141.50	138.56
104	—	528	159.00–170.00	165.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	653	161.00	161.00
11	—	631	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	543	172.50	172.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,034	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	632	140.00–148.00	143.86
65	—	589	150.00–157.00	153.75
6	—	847	117.00	117.00
5	—	395	176.00–177.00	176.40
46	—	696	131.00–136.00	132.86
12	—	429	162.00–166.00	163.64
16	—	513	154.00–158.00	156.26
23	—	885	122.50	122.50
13	—	472	156.00–160.00	158.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	712	124.00–130.00	127.27
66	—	660	125.00–134.00	129.67
53	—	536	140.00–153.00	149.34
127	—	867	116.50–133.50	119.44
57	—	832	121.50–124.50	121.89
34	—	568	146.75–154.50	150.97
30	—	381	148.00–160.00	153.62
6	—	904	113.00	113.00
128	—	782	121.00–128.50	124.11
91	—	426	142.00–153.00	146.86
101	—	479	143.00–153.00	146.98
30	—	613	137.00–140.00	138.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	786	155.00	155.00
8	—	730	135.25	135.25
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	959	109.00	109.00
5	—	1,023	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	753	120.00	120.00
42	—	535	131.50–139.00	136.04
26	—	470	134.00–139.00	135.36
25	—	561	129.00–141.00	134.46
5	—	429	126.00–131.00	129.06
12	—	623	122.00–131.00	127.06
5	—	396	133.00–137.00	135.41

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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