Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2021-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to the harvest break there was no recent price comparisons. There was a nice supply of feeder weight steers and heifers. The demand was moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.62/cwt on 1,233 head.

Average price

$151.62

1,233 head · 857 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,299

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$160

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$13.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.06

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	824	154.88	1,276	939
Medium and Large 1-2	829	141.76	1,175	88
Large 1	1,019	140.95	1,436	206

One grade step is worth $13.93/cwt here — about −$160 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

151.62

—

KS average2 barns · 1,551 hd

151.56

+0.06

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

41 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	—	374	172.90/cwt	167.00–175.00	647	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	168.53/cwt	167.50–170.00	886	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	950	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	135.83/cwt	132.50–138.00	1,199	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	140.62/cwt	133.00–145.00	1,118	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	134.11/cwt	133.50–137.00	1,184	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	138.15/cwt	135.00–142.50	986	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	149.42/cwt	148.00–151.35	1,234	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	153.06/cwt	149.00–156.00	813	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,059	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	936	133.92/cwt	130.00–135.50	1,253	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	149.05/cwt	144.00–149.60	1,106	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	138.45/cwt	137.50–138.50	1,076	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	147.06/cwt	139.00–151.25	1,357	244
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	131.43/cwt	128.75–132.25	1,093	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	141.33/cwt	139.00–142.00	818	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	138.93/cwt	134.50–140.25	1,153	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	169.97/cwt	169.00–171.00	1,151	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	143.45/cwt	142.00–147.00	977	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	148.06/cwt	147.50–149.75	1,285	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	168.02/cwt	162.00–172.00	709	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	142.67/cwt	139.00–147.25	1,097	247
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	152.25/cwt	147.50–156.50	1,180	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	592	186.54/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,104	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	755	149.60/cwt	149.60–149.60	1,129	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	134.34/cwt	133.00–135.00	930	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	184.56/cwt	184.00–185.00	956	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	155.26/cwt	154.00–157.50	977	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	864	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,132	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,110	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	197.20/cwt	193.50–201.00	1,051	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	157.46/cwt	153.50–160.00	921	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	160.37/cwt	159.00–162.75	1,179	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	189.18/cwt	185.00–191.50	891	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	142.19/cwt	140.35–145.25	1,376	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	157.67/cwt	156.00–162.00	771	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	956	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,176	9
Steers	Large 1	—	1,019	140.95/cwt	137.00–144.50	1,436	206
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,000	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	1,095	25
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,208	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,172	10
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,155	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,143	10

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 Jul 8, 2021

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

Receipts 2,561Last week 1,888Year ago 2,159

Due to the harvest break there was no recent price comparisons. There was a nice supply of feeder weight steers and heifers. The demand was moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	374	167.00–175.00	172.90
33	—	526	167.50–170.00	168.53
155	—	883	133.50–137.00	134.11
68	—	742	144.00–149.60	149.05
130	—	830	134.50–140.25	138.93
33	—	681	142.00–147.00	143.45
15	—	422	162.00–172.00	168.02
247	—	769	139.00–147.25	142.67
19	—	629	154.00–157.50	155.26
26	—	585	153.50–160.00	157.46
11	—	489	156.00–162.00	157.67
9	—	956	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	714	135.00–142.50	138.15
21	—	531	149.00–156.00	153.06
132	—	777	137.50–138.50	138.45
55	—	832	128.75–132.25	131.43
18	—	579	139.00–142.00	141.33
9	—	692	133.00–135.00	134.34
65	—	864	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	755	149.60	149.60
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,000	109.50	109.50
10	—	1,208	97.00	97.00
10	—	1,155	99.00	99.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	613	155.00	155.00
23	—	883	132.50–138.00	135.83
17	—	795	133.00–145.00	140.62
6	—	725	146.00	146.00
30	—	936	130.00–135.50	133.92
7	—	518	184.00–185.00	184.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	826	148.00–151.35	149.42
244	—	923	139.00–151.25	147.06
78	—	677	169.00–171.00	169.97
65	—	868	147.50–149.75	148.06
51	—	775	147.50–156.50	152.25
48	—	592	185.00–190.00	186.54
22	—	627	177.00	177.00
16	—	533	193.50–201.00	197.20
134	—	735	159.00–162.75	160.37
17	—	471	185.00–191.50	189.18
173	—	968	140.35–145.25	142.19
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
206	—	1,019	137.00–144.50	140.95

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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