Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2021-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 500 lbs sold 1.00 to 6.00 lower. Heifers over 450 lbs sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Supply was moderate with a large offering of feeder weight steers and heifers. Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.86/cwt on 1,452 head.

Average price

$151.86

1,452 head · 820 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,245

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$182

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$19.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.13

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	806	154.41	1,245	1,111
Medium and Large 1-2	688	152.16	1,047	162
Medium 1	790	139.28	1,100	18thin
Large 1	1,053	135.39	1,426	161

One grade step is worth $19.02/cwt here — about −$182 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 sale1,452 hd

151.86

—

KS average3 barns · 2,635 hd

152.99

−1.13

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 1	—	756	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,096	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	983	140.23/cwt	139.25–140.50	1,378	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	148.45/cwt	143.00–152.50	1,015	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	144.72/cwt	143.00–146.00	922	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	147.58/cwt	144.00–150.00	1,284	281
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	599	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	887	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	173.22/cwt	167.00–177.00	901	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	190.36/cwt	190.00–191.00	834	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	173.65/cwt	169.50–176.00	1,096	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	157.74/cwt	155.00–159.50	754	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	161.66/cwt	154.00–166.50	1,174	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	163.93/cwt	161.50–169.50	1,121	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	154.63/cwt	152.00–155.75	1,212	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	668	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	912	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	150.79/cwt	145.00–154.00	1,236	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	134.66/cwt	134.00–135.00	1,049	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	180.48/cwt	174.00–183.50	1,038	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	146.24/cwt	143.50–146.75	1,369	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	181.48/cwt	180.00–189.00	884	49
Steers	Medium 1	—	874	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,224	7
Steers	Medium 1	—	641	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	820	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,064	119.40/cwt	117.50–122.00	1,270	12
Steers	Large 1	—	1,054	139.06/cwt	138.50–139.75	1,466	117
Steers	Large 1	—	1,146	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,398	6
Steers	Large 1	—	1,037	126.20/cwt	124.25–132.00	1,309	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	154.68/cwt	151.00–159.00	733	13
Heifers	Medium 1	—	615	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	793	6
Steers	Medium 1	—	837	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,214	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	141.84/cwt	140.00–143.00	1,182	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	135.73/cwt	134.50–138.00	1,177	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	146.95/cwt	145.00–152.00	1,068	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	146.18/cwt	140.00–149.50	1,058	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	151.62/cwt	147.00–154.00	942	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	156.03/cwt	153.00–158.00	822	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	137.06/cwt	132.00–138.00	1,197	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	159.24/cwt	155.00–163.00	920	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	165.62/cwt	157.00–170.00	936	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	137.78/cwt	137.50–138.00	989	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	633	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	817	135.35/cwt	135.00–136.00	1,106	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	159.34/cwt	157.00–165.00	1,009	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	944	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	731	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	140.44/cwt	138.50–143.75	1,143	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	133.04/cwt	126.50–135.00	1,208	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	154.43/cwt	154.00–155.00	1,042	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	547	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	811	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	141.94/cwt	139.00–145.00	1,106	197

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 22, 2021

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

Receipts 2,590Last week 3,373Year ago 3,171

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	756	145.00	145.00
7	—	874	140.00	140.00
4	—	641	128.00	128.00
3	—	837	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	983	139.25–140.50	140.23
281	—	870	144.00–150.00	147.58
24	—	520	167.00–177.00	173.22
19	—	438	190.00–191.00	190.36
15	—	631	169.50–176.00	173.65
73	—	726	154.00–166.50	161.66
37	—	684	161.50–169.50	163.93
111	—	784	152.00–155.75	154.63
162	—	820	145.00–154.00	150.79
72	—	575	174.00–183.50	180.48
128	—	936	143.50–146.75	146.24
49	—	487	180.00–189.00	181.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	478	155.00–159.50	157.74
13	—	833	140.00–143.00	141.84
46	—	727	145.00–152.00	146.95
26	—	873	132.00–138.00	137.06
22	—	565	157.00–170.00	165.62
21	—	633	157.00–165.00	159.34
14	—	675	154.00–155.00	154.43
7	—	443	183.00	183.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	1,054	138.50–139.75	139.06
6	—	1,146	122.00	122.00
38	—	1,037	124.25–132.00	126.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	684	143.00–152.50	148.45
13	—	474	151.00–159.00	154.68
42	—	867	134.50–138.00	135.73
59	—	724	140.00–149.50	146.18
44	—	621	147.00–154.00	151.62
44	—	527	153.00–158.00	156.03
17	—	578	155.00–163.00	159.24
5	—	438	167.00	167.00
138	—	814	138.50–143.75	140.44
93	—	908	126.50–135.00	133.04
4	—	316	173.00	173.00
197	—	779	139.00–145.00	141.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	637	143.00–146.00	144.72
4	—	599	148.00	148.00
12	—	779	134.00–135.00	134.66
18	—	718	137.50–138.00	137.78
4	—	366	173.00	173.00
12	—	817	135.00–136.00	135.35
11	—	674	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	668	136.50	136.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,064	117.50–122.00	119.40
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	615	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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