Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2021-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers weighing 600 to 800 lbs sold 2.00 to 8.00 lower and steers 800 to 950 lbs sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. The heifers sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower in most weight classes. The supply was light to moderate and the demand was moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $159.30/cwt on 1,043 head.

Average price

$159.30

1,043 head · 758 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,208

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$272

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$28.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.01

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	739	163.20	1,206	742
Medium and Large 1-2	802	149.88	1,201	297
Large 1	1,095	135.00	1,478	4thin

One grade step is worth $28.20/cwt here — about −$272 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 sale1,043 hd

159.30

—

KS average3 barns · 3,339 hd

156.29

+3.01

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

40 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 1Thin Fleshed	—	407	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	830	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	155.56/cwt	153.75–157.25	1,283	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	190.24/cwt	190.00–191.00	843	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	857	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	939	154.35/cwt	154.35–154.35	1,449	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	167.88/cwt	164.00–174.00	1,133	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	187.19/cwt	182.00–190.00	899	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	159.56/cwt	155.00–162.50	1,080	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	166.21/cwt	163.00–171.00	1,054	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	157.88/cwt	153.25–159.25	1,383	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	155.51/cwt	154.50–160.00	953	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	154.21/cwt	151.50–157.00	1,204	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	187.85/cwt	183.00–194.00	969	37
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,124	115.03/cwt	112.50–117.50	1,293	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	170.97/cwt	166.00–173.00	670	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	852	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,176	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	962	133.12/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,281	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	868	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,120	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	158.73/cwt	155.00–163.00	856	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	407	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	879	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	153.89/cwt	153.00–156.50	1,103	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	185.21/cwt	184.00–188.00	1,056	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	174.73/cwt	172.00–180.00	930	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	799	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,175	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	146.46/cwt	144.25–149.00	1,106	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	847	140.20/cwt	139.75–142.00	1,187	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	876	144.72/cwt	142.50–149.00	1,268	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	169.29/cwt	169.00–170.00	980	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	145.23/cwt	140.00–149.00	964	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	153.68/cwt	151.00–161.00	881	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	151.29/cwt	151.00–154.00	822	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	819	136.22/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,116	5
Steers	Large 1	—	1,095	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,478	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	173.08/cwt	171.00–175.00	723	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	145.15/cwt	142.00–151.00	1,067	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	167.43/cwt	167.00–170.00	691	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	141.83/cwt	141.00–142.00	911	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	162.09/cwt	156.00–165.00	762	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	602	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	147.67/cwt	143.00–151.00	935	61

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 Sep 9, 2021

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

Receipts 1,868Last week 2,410Year ago 964

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	407	204.00	204.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
135	—	825	153.75–157.25	155.56
12	—	443	190.00–191.00	190.24
59	—	939	154.35	154.35
60	—	675	164.00–174.00	167.88
21	—	480	182.00–190.00	187.19
48	—	634	163.00–171.00	166.21
87	—	876	153.25–159.25	157.88
142	—	781	151.50–157.00	154.21
37	—	516	183.00–194.00	187.85
73	—	717	153.00–156.50	153.89
56	—	570	184.00–188.00	185.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	677	155.00–162.50	159.56
11	—	613	154.50–160.00	155.51
11	—	532	172.00–180.00	174.73
18	—	799	147.00	147.00
195	—	876	142.50–149.00	144.72
7	—	579	169.00–170.00	169.29
4	—	418	171.00–175.00	173.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	407	216.00	216.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,095	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	575	149.00	149.00
6	—	868	129.00	129.00
27	—	543	151.00–154.00	151.29
5	—	819	135.00–138.00	136.22
12	—	642	141.00–142.00	141.83
7	—	381	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,124	112.50–117.50	115.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	392	166.00–173.00	170.97
10	—	852	138.00	138.00
14	—	962	125.00–135.00	133.12
32	—	539	155.00–163.00	158.73
28	—	755	144.25–149.00	146.46
20	—	847	139.75–142.00	140.20
82	—	664	140.00–149.00	145.23
31	—	573	151.00–161.00	153.68
145	—	735	142.00–151.00	145.15
15	—	413	167.00–170.00	167.43
27	—	470	156.00–165.00	162.09
61	—	633	143.00–151.00	147.67

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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