Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2021-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves under 650 lbs were 3.00 to 6.00 lower, 650 to 700 lb steers were mostly 10.00 lower, steers 900 to 1000 were steady to 1.00 lower, and steers 700 to 850 lbs were 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifers under 500 and 750 to 800 lbs were 2.00 lower, heifers 500 to 750 and 800 to 900 lbs were steady to 3.00 higher, and 900 lb heifers were mostly 5.00 higher. The supply was moderate with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $136.25/cwt on 1,407 head.

Average price

$136.25

1,407 head · 815 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,111

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$49

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$29.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.83

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	818	136.72	1,118	1,318
Medium and Large 1-2	762	130.54	995	84
Large 1	1,090	107.09	1,167	5thin

One grade step is worth $29.63/cwt here — about −$49 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 sale1,407 hd

136.25

—

KS average3 barns · 3,914 hd

133.41

+2.83

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

36 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	—	973	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,158	8
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,078	94.25/cwt	94.00–94.50	1,016	8
Steers	Large 1	—	1,090	107.09/cwt	106.50–108.00	1,167	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	812	127.85/cwt	127.85–127.85	1,038	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	905	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	1,197	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	145.55/cwt	144.00–148.00	686	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	137.88/cwt	133.00–142.25	1,136	346
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	972	122.42/cwt	122.00–122.50	1,190	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	159.86/cwt	156.50–165.00	842	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	154.73/cwt	150.00–160.00	893	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	140.43/cwt	135.00–149.00	937	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	125.03/cwt	119.00–126.50	1,040	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	152.07/cwt	148.00–157.50	963	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	134.80/cwt	133.00–139.00	755	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	135.60/cwt	132.00–141.00	845	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	141.70/cwt	138.00–146.00	1,026	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	125.54/cwt	121.00–128.75	1,159	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	130.92/cwt	128.50–132.00	902	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	779	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	120.58/cwt	119.00–120.75	1,109	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	120.71/cwt	116.50–123.50	1,059	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	125.36/cwt	121.50–128.00	972	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	129.38/cwt	127.00–134.00	919	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	817	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	116.12/cwt	116.00–117.00	950	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	124.75/cwt	124.00–125.50	916	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	847	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	135.38/cwt	134.00–139.00	736	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	130.60/cwt	130.00–134.00	892	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	125.48/cwt	125.00–125.75	1,104	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	143.86/cwt	142.00–149.00	754	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	140.38/cwt	140.00–141.00	1,077	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	132.94/cwt	129.75–137.10	1,166	332
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	128.82/cwt	128.00–129.50	985	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	142.54/cwt	141.00–145.00	879	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	816	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,053	11

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 May 20, 2021

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

Receipts 2,592Last week 2,406Year ago 2,838

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	973	119.00	119.00
8	—	1,078	94.00–94.50	94.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	812	127.85	127.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	471	144.00–148.00	145.55
197	—	832	119.00–126.50	125.03
33	—	560	133.00–139.00	134.80
52	—	623	132.00–141.00	135.60
32	—	689	128.50–132.00	130.92
32	—	920	119.00–120.75	120.58
53	—	877	116.50–123.50	120.71
83	—	775	121.50–128.00	125.36
159	—	710	127.00–134.00	129.38
23	—	524	142.00–149.00	143.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	692	118.00	118.00
26	—	818	116.00–117.00	116.12
67	—	734	124.00–125.50	124.75
13	—	544	134.00–139.00	135.38
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,090	106.50–108.00	107.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	905	132.25	132.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
346	—	824	133.00–142.25	137.88
18	—	972	122.00–122.50	122.42
32	—	527	156.50–165.00	159.86
45	—	577	150.00–160.00	154.73
48	—	667	135.00–149.00	140.43
49	—	633	148.00–157.50	152.07
106	—	724	138.00–146.00	141.70
154	—	923	121.00–128.75	125.54
5	—	478	163.00	163.00
63	—	767	140.00–141.00	140.38
332	—	877	129.75–137.10	132.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	576	147.00	147.00
13	—	683	130.00–134.00	130.60
19	—	880	125.00–125.75	125.48
29	—	765	128.00–129.50	128.82
8	—	617	141.00–145.00	142.54
11	—	816	129.00	129.00

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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