Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2022-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to light numbers last week most weights of steers and heifers had to few for a test, however 800 to 900 lb steers sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower. On a light test Heifers between 700 and 900 lbs sold 1.00 to 3.00 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 $176.10/cwt on 1,338 head.

Average price

$176.10

1,338 head · 780 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,373

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$99

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$42.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.31

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	769	179.40	1,379	1,119
Medium and Large 1-2	767	165.67	1,270	170
Large 1	1,078	137.02	1,477	49

One grade step is worth $42.38/cwt here — about −$99 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 sale1,338 hd

176.10

—

KS average3 barns · 2,794 hd

172.79

+3.31

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

58 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	—	832	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,364	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	984	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	741	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	195.86/cwt	191.50–200.00	1,111	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	177.90/cwt	174.00–184.00	1,194	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	172.21/cwt	168.00–175.00	997	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	174.92/cwt	171.50–179.00	1,441	285
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	163.25/cwt	161.00–163.50	1,543	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	728	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,165	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	177.98/cwt	170.00–180.00	1,301	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	158.26/cwt	154.50–164.00	1,132	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	934	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	185.53/cwt	178.00–188.00	1,158	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	902	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,542	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	735	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,103	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	572	183.07/cwt	182.00–184.00	1,047	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	218.08/cwt	211.00–222.00	811	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	170.13/cwt	168.50–173.50	1,485	404
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	511	188.25/cwt	186.00–190.00	962	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	430	204.47/cwt	200.00–206.00	879	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	983	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	180.28/cwt	174.00–183.75	1,388	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	697	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,080	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	635	168.27/cwt	165.00–169.00	1,069	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	168.41/cwt	164.00–170.50	1,152	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	162.74/cwt	160.00–164.00	1,204	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	157.93/cwt	155.00–160.50	1,445	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	789	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,349	70
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	829	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,069	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	172.43/cwt	168.00–177.00	893	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	181.90/cwt	175.00–184.00	831	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	346	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	571	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	819	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,249	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,092	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	932	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	168.49/cwt	167.75–172.50	1,218	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	172.35/cwt	171.00–173.00	1,048	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	921	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,382	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	146.06/cwt	144.00–147.00	859	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	160.70/cwt	158.00–163.25	1,371	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	165.55/cwt	164.00–167.75	1,286	207
Steers	Large 1	—	1,075	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,656	6
Steers	Large 1	—	1,209	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,584	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	729	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	164.44/cwt	163.50–167.50	1,327	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	442	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	774	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	497	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	775	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	995	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,567	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	168.66/cwt	168.50–169.00	1,105	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	505	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	808	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	585	147.70/cwt	146.00–151.00	864	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	924	3
Steers	Large 1	—	1,018	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,476	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	201.51/cwt	200.00–211.00	1,092	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	218.07/cwt	215.00–219.50	1,010	44
Steers	Large 1Full	—	1,084	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,409	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	490	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	828	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	172.29/cwt	170.00–176.00	1,084	10

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 Oct 6, 2022

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

Receipts 2,687Last week 1,813Year ago 1,568

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	832	164.00	164.00
3	—	390	190.00	190.00
14	—	579	168.00–175.00	172.21
69	—	945	161.00–163.50	163.25
5	—	715	154.50–164.00	158.26
5	—	494	189.00	189.00
16	—	655	168.50–169.00	168.66
3	—	528	175.00	175.00
10	—	629	170.00–176.00	172.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	567	191.50–200.00	195.86
23	—	671	174.00–184.00	177.90
285	—	824	171.50–179.00	174.92
19	—	731	170.00–180.00	177.98
61	—	624	178.00–188.00	185.53
7	—	902	171.00	171.00
8	—	372	211.00–222.00	218.08
404	—	873	168.50–173.50	170.13
19	—	447	220.00	220.00
126	—	770	174.00–183.75	180.28
6	—	995	157.50	157.50
60	—	542	200.00–211.00	201.51
44	—	463	215.00–219.50	218.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	728	160.00	160.00
9	—	572	182.00–184.00	183.07
9	—	511	186.00–190.00	188.25
8	—	430	200.00–206.00	204.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	735	150.00	150.00
19	—	697	155.00	155.00
16	—	635	165.00–169.00	168.27
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,075	154.00	154.00
5	—	1,209	131.00	131.00
13	—	1,018	145.00	145.00
Steers — Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,084	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	611	161.00	161.00
16	—	740	160.00–164.00	162.74
11	—	346	165.00	165.00
4	—	819	152.50	152.50
3	—	687	159.00	159.00
4	—	921	150.00	150.00
13	—	588	144.00–147.00	146.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	684	164.00–170.50	168.41
34	—	915	155.00–160.50	157.93
47	—	518	168.00–177.00	172.43
27	—	457	175.00–184.00	181.90
6	—	565	165.00	165.00
202	—	723	167.75–172.50	168.49
56	—	608	171.00–173.00	172.35
101	—	853	158.00–163.25	160.70
207	—	777	164.00–167.75	165.55
19	—	392	186.00	186.00
169	—	807	163.50–167.50	164.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	789	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	442	175.00	175.00
19	—	505	160.00	160.00
12	—	585	146.00–151.00	147.70
6	—	490	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	497	156.00	156.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	829	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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