Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2022-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week 600 to 650 lb steers sold 4.00 higher and steers 650 to 950 sold steady to 1.00 higher. Heifers 450 to 550 lbs sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher. 550 to 650 heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Heifers 650 to 750 lb sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower and 750 to 800 lb heifers sold 5.00 higher. The receipts were moderate with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $188.09/cwt on 2,199 head.

Average price

$188.09

2,199 head · 778 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,463

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$115

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$38.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.49

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	779	189.88	1,480	1,876
Medium and Large 1-2	743	179.96	1,337	252
Medium 1	832	173.00	1,439	61
Large 1	1,056	151.00	1,595	10thin

One grade step is worth $38.88/cwt here — about −$115 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 sale2,199 hd

188.09

—

KS average3 barns · 4,730 hd

189.59

−1.49

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

61 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	—	433	203.11/cwt	200.00–211.00	879	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	169.34/cwt	160.50–172.00	1,494	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	170.60/cwt	170.00–172.00	1,218	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	209.95/cwt	201.50–213.00	1,176	32
Steers	Large 1	—	1,056	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,595	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	211.12/cwt	204.00–214.00	1,115	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	179.61/cwt	175.85–184.25	1,649	372
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	181.73/cwt	177.00–184.00	1,432	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	160.36/cwt	160.00–160.50	1,564	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	192.92/cwt	184.00–195.00	1,383	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	169.13/cwt	164.00–173.00	1,387	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	190.07/cwt	186.00–197.00	1,475	288
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	923	167.39/cwt	163.00–173.50	1,545	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	352	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	658	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	182.09/cwt	175.00–186.25	1,588	202
Steers	Medium 1	—	832	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,439	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	189.39/cwt	186.00–197.00	1,208	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	210.79/cwt	204.00–214.00	976	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	197.31/cwt	193.00–201.00	1,314	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	850	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	954	175.84/cwt	171.50–179.50	1,678	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	577	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,246	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	211.25/cwt	211.25–211.25	1,341	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	181.76/cwt	177.00–185.00	1,489	232
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,042	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,355	6
Heifers	Large 1	—	957	150.72/cwt	147.00–155.00	1,442	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	166.30/cwt	164.50–168.50	1,281	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	185.22/cwt	179.50–192.00	1,063	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	709	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	1,308	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	875	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,523	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	166.23/cwt	166.00–166.50	1,204	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	179.14/cwt	175.00–185.00	915	24
Heifers	Medium 1	—	748	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,137	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,068	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,452	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	193.52/cwt	192.00–194.00	811	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	686	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	168.41/cwt	164.00–170.00	1,125	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	873	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	168.61/cwt	168.00–171.00	659	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	174.62/cwt	173.00–176.00	1,029	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	159.89/cwt	155.50–162.50	1,388	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	301	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	527	4
Heifers	Large 1Spayed	—	966	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,579	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	172.55/cwt	171.00–175.50	1,241	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	180.27/cwt	178.00–185.00	1,119	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	691	178.95/cwt	173.00–182.00	1,237	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	662	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,284	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,094	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	158.88/cwt	154.00–164.00	1,300	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	830	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,262	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	189.68/cwt	188.00–191.00	1,000	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	193.02/cwt	189.00–194.00	919	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	186.96/cwt	181.00–192.00	1,281	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	175.30/cwt	172.50–181.00	1,373	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	517	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,117	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	378	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	873	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	449	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	988	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	860	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,613	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	194.99/cwt	188.00–198.00	1,022	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	763	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,400	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	199.35/cwt	199.00–200.00	1,144	6

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 Aug 25, 2022

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

Receipts 3,485Last week 3,421Year ago 2,508

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	433	200.00–211.00	203.11
32	—	560	201.50–213.00	209.95
108	—	528	204.00–214.00	211.12
372	—	918	175.85–184.25	179.61
139	—	717	184.00–195.00	192.92
288	—	776	186.00–197.00	190.07
202	—	872	175.00–186.25	182.09
51	—	463	204.00–214.00	210.79
54	—	666	193.00–201.00	197.31
16	—	383	222.00	222.00
176	—	954	171.50–179.50	175.84
58	—	635	211.25	211.25
232	—	819	177.00–185.00	181.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	882	160.50–172.00	169.34
10	—	714	170.00–172.00	170.60
42	—	788	177.00–184.00	181.73
7	—	975	160.00–160.50	160.36
33	—	820	164.00–173.00	169.13
24	—	923	163.00–173.50	167.39
5	—	352	187.00	187.00
26	—	638	186.00–197.00	189.39
47	—	685	181.00–192.00	186.96
25	—	524	188.00–198.00	194.99
6	—	574	199.00–200.00	199.35
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,056	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	832	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	577	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	517	216.00	216.00
13	—	378	231.00	231.00
22	—	449	220.00	220.00
32	—	860	187.50	187.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,042	130.00	130.00
13	—	957	147.00–155.00	150.72
8	—	1,068	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	770	164.50–168.50	166.30
13	—	724	166.00–166.50	166.23
24	—	511	175.00–185.00	179.14
9	—	421	163.00	163.00
46	—	668	164.00–170.00	168.41
45	—	467	187.00	187.00
15	—	391	168.00–171.00	168.61
13	—	589	173.00–176.00	174.62
4	—	301	175.00	175.00
3	—	640	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	574	179.50–192.00	185.22
37	—	419	192.00–194.00	193.52
11	—	868	155.50–162.50	159.89
53	—	719	171.00–175.50	172.55
38	—	621	178.00–185.00	180.27
161	—	691	173.00–182.00	178.95
27	—	818	154.00–164.00	158.88
45	—	527	188.00–191.00	189.68
71	—	476	189.00–194.00	193.02
67	—	783	172.50–181.00	175.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	709	184.50	184.50
5	—	875	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	748	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	966	163.50	163.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	662	194.00	194.00
15	—	763	183.50	183.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	830	152.00	152.00

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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