Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2022-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to the wet conditions the supply was light and the the demand was moderate. There was a little to no test in most weight classes of steers, however steers over 700 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. On the heifers the only weights that had a test were the 650 to 700 lb heifers that sold 4.00 lower and the 750 to 800 lb heifers that sold 5.00 higher, all other weights had too few for a good test. The rain was very welcome and hopefully next week the cattle come to town.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.39/cwt on 1,490 head.

Average price

$156.39

1,490 head · 803 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,255

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$369

per head · Medium 1 over Large 1

$40.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.95

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	625	172.50	1,078	19thin
Medium and Large 1-2	720	158.50	1,141	136
Medium and Large 1	811	156.15	1,266	1,324
Large 1	1,095	132.09	1,447	11thin

One grade step is worth $40.41/cwt here — about −$369 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 sale1,490 hd

156.39

—

KS average3 barns · 3,619 hd

159.34

−2.95

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

46 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 1-2	—	668	168.07/cwt	164.00–170.00	1,123	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	149.69/cwt	146.00–154.00	1,287	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	142.54/cwt	139.00–148.00	1,320	366
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	851	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,208	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,035	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,242	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	173.23/cwt	170.00–175.00	979	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	576	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	1,086	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	167.27/cwt	163.00–171.00	1,201	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	182.78/cwt	177.00–186.50	1,120	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	177.92/cwt	174.50–181.00	1,190	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	158.11/cwt	157.00–162.00	1,210	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	151.89/cwt	146.35–157.50	1,270	255
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	194.97/cwt	193.00–199.00	926	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	867	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	613	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,042	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	494	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	919	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	149.07/cwt	146.50–155.50	1,011	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	791	134.56/cwt	134.00–136.00	1,064	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	153.33/cwt	150.00–155.00	810	15
Heifers	Medium 1	—	456	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	707	10
Heifers	Medium 1	—	558	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	770	6
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,138	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	1,189	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,206	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	706	12
Steers	Large 1	—	1,245	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,494	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	969	137.70/cwt	136.50–141.75	1,334	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	181.86/cwt	179.50–185.00	1,049	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	155.96/cwt	153.00–158.00	1,148	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	182.73/cwt	179.00–188.00	872	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	145.14/cwt	144.50–146.50	1,125	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	126.79/cwt	122.00–129.00	1,164	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	146.81/cwt	141.00–151.50	1,154	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	197.82/cwt	195.00–199.50	1,031	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	587	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	907	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	131.55/cwt	130.00–132.00	1,137	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	631	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	938	3
Steers	Large 1	—	1,010	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,404	7
Steers	Medium 1	—	625	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,078	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	159.01/cwt	158.00–162.00	787	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	143.52/cwt	140.00–148.50	1,038	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	140.25/cwt	140.00–141.00	1,142	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	155.10/cwt	148.00–157.00	965	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	162.39/cwt	160.00–170.00	877	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	426	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	656	4

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 Mar 24, 2022

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

Receipts 2,121Last week 3,984Year ago 3,262

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	668	164.00–170.00	168.07
7	—	851	142.00	142.00
3	—	542	191.00	191.00
20	—	920	135.00	135.00
19	—	565	170.00–175.00	173.23
14	—	832	145.00	145.00
17	—	736	153.00–158.00	155.96
8	—	477	179.00–188.00	182.73
10	—	786	141.00–151.50	146.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
146	—	860	146.00–154.00	149.69
366	—	926	139.00–148.00	142.54
63	—	718	163.00–171.00	167.27
49	—	613	177.00–186.50	182.78
46	—	669	174.50–181.00	177.92
51	—	765	157.00–162.00	158.11
255	—	836	146.35–157.50	151.89
20	—	475	193.00–199.00	194.97
3	—	405	214.00	214.00
142	—	969	136.50–141.75	137.70
68	—	577	179.50–185.00	181.86
38	—	521	195.00–199.50	197.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	576	188.50	188.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	613	170.00	170.00
12	—	494	186.00	186.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,245	120.00	120.00
7	—	1,010	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	625	172.50	172.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	678	146.50–155.50	149.07
12	—	428	165.00	165.00
70	—	775	144.50–146.50	145.14
34	—	918	122.00–129.00	126.79
9	—	864	130.00–132.00	131.55
5	—	371	170.00	170.00
3	—	555	169.00	169.00
16	—	495	158.00–162.00	159.01
32	—	723	140.00–148.50	143.52
8	—	814	140.00–141.00	140.25
34	—	622	148.00–157.00	155.10
55	—	540	160.00–170.00	162.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	791	134.00–136.00	134.56
15	—	528	150.00–155.00	153.33
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	456	155.00	155.00
6	—	558	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,138	104.50	104.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	587	154.50	154.50
4	—	426	154.00	154.00

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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