Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2022-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to the holiday break there was no recent comparison, however a higher undertone was noted on all weight classes of steers and heifers. The supply was light to moderate due to cancelations due to the weather, the demand was moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $168.46/cwt on 1,767 head.

Average price

$168.46

1,767 head · 734 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,236

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$324

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$24.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.21

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	746	168.92	1,260	1,495
Medium and Large 1-2	670	166.61	1,116	264
Medium 1	646	144.76	935	8thin

One grade step is worth $24.16/cwt here — about $324 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 sale1,767 hd

168.46

—

KS average4 barns · 8,858 hd

169.67

−1.21

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

45 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 1Fancy	—	564	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	931	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	817	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,258	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	156.20/cwt	152.00–160.50	976	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	167.24/cwt	164.50–174.00	880	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	653	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,038	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	954	134.14/cwt	133.50–134.50	1,280	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	161.99/cwt	155.00–166.60	1,267	227
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	159.37/cwt	155.00–163.00	1,414	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	193.90/cwt	189.00–200.00	1,020	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	166.10/cwt	159.00–168.50	1,061	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	939	150.70/cwt	145.75–156.00	1,415	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	207.78/cwt	203.00–214.00	1,080	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	188.05/cwt	186.00–194.00	1,098	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	158.96/cwt	156.00–162.50	1,084	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	165.21/cwt	160.00–170.25	1,191	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	222.24/cwt	218.00–228.00	949	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	175.78/cwt	172.50–180.00	1,116	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	155.55/cwt	152.00–158.50	1,146	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	161.06/cwt	158.25–167.50	1,326	307
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	789	148.37/cwt	143.00–152.00	1,171	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	558	200.70/cwt	200.50–201.00	1,120	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	151.98/cwt	146.00–155.50	1,094	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	142.32/cwt	137.00–147.00	956	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	553	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,134	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	155.03/cwt	150.00–156.00	1,253	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	181.55/cwt	179.00–185.00	1,060	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	998	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,427	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	146.43/cwt	145.00–148.50	1,272	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	145.41/cwt	141.50–149.75	1,200	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	160.10/cwt	155.00–162.00	837	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,045	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	225.56/cwt	220.00–228.00	828	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	886	148.60/cwt	148.00–149.00	1,317	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	152.40/cwt	145.00–154.75	1,183	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	722	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	698	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	771	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,307	27
Steers	Medium 1	—	646	144.76/cwt	141.00–147.00	935	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	169.42/cwt	167.00–176.25	1,132	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	152.52/cwt	149.00–155.50	1,028	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	145.84/cwt	138.00–149.00	907	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	492	176.44/cwt	175.00–182.00	868	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	157.35/cwt	152.50–160.00	905	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	140.02/cwt	138.00–144.00	1,022	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	794	3

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 Jan 6, 2022

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

Receipts 3,237Last week 3,832Year ago 4,274

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	564	165.00	165.00
64	—	817	154.00	154.00
12	—	653	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
176	—	625	152.00–160.50	156.20
59	—	526	164.50–174.00	167.24
11	—	954	133.50–134.50	134.14
115	—	720	146.00–155.50	151.98
93	—	869	145.00–148.50	146.43
93	—	825	141.50–149.75	145.41
106	—	776	145.00–154.75	152.40
10	—	415	174.00	174.00
11	—	388	180.00	180.00
127	—	674	149.00–155.50	152.52
24	—	492	175.00–182.00	176.44
119	—	575	152.50–160.00	157.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	672	137.00–147.00	142.32
21	—	523	155.00–162.00	160.10
17	—	622	138.00–149.00	145.84
37	—	730	138.00–144.00	140.02
3	—	470	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
227	—	782	155.00–166.60	161.99
232	—	887	155.00–163.00	159.37
37	—	939	145.75–156.00	150.70
41	—	520	203.00–214.00	207.78
105	—	584	186.00–194.00	188.05
202	—	721	160.00–170.25	165.21
20	—	427	218.00–228.00	222.24
107	—	635	172.50–180.00	175.78
307	—	823	158.25–167.50	161.06
5	—	998	143.00	143.00
5	—	493	212.00	212.00
21	—	367	220.00–228.00	225.56
134	—	668	167.00–176.25	169.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	526	189.00–200.00	193.90
32	—	639	159.00–168.50	166.10
88	—	682	156.00–162.50	158.96
10	—	737	152.00–158.50	155.55
9	—	789	143.00–152.00	148.37
39	—	808	150.00–156.00	155.03
57	—	584	179.00–185.00	181.55
5	—	886	148.00–149.00	148.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	558	200.50–201.00	200.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	553	205.00	205.00
27	—	771	169.50	169.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	646	141.00–147.00	144.76

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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