Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2022-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers 750 to 800 lbs sold 3.00 lower and 800 to 900 lb steers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. There was not a good comparison on the light steers, however a lower undertone was noted. On the heifers there were no good comparisons, however a lower undertone was noted. The receipts were light to moderate with moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $179.64/cwt on 1,476 head.

Average price

$179.64

1,476 head · 760 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,364

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$711

per head · Medium 1 over Large 1

$48.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.05

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	447	200.00	894	5thin
Medium and Large 1	759	181.46	1,377	1,247
Medium and Large 1-2	760	169.76	1,290	216
Large 1	1,061	151.25	1,605	8thin

One grade step is worth $48.75/cwt here — about −$711 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 sale1,476 hd

179.64

—

KS average3 barns · 3,433 hd

177.60

+2.05

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

64 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 1Fancy	—	755	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,385	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	575	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	709	164.51/cwt	161.50–173.00	1,166	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	201.01/cwt	200.00–202.00	985	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	1,053	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,014	8
Steers	Medium 1	—	447	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	894	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	936	158.65/cwt	157.00–162.00	1,485	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	176.97/cwt	174.00–182.00	1,379	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	210.18/cwt	204.00–214.00	1,017	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	172.48/cwt	168.50–176.50	1,495	217
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	177.75/cwt	171.50–183.50	1,200	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	161.62/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,080	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	173.09/cwt	169.50–175.00	1,063	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	180.30/cwt	174.00–182.00	1,298	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	181.89/cwt	177.00–186.00	1,110	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	523	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	978	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	668	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,116	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,052	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	175.67/cwt	171.50–178.00	1,449	227
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	607	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,026	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	569	178.82/cwt	176.00–182.00	1,017	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	195.67/cwt	192.00–199.00	1,135	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	233.36/cwt	229.00–236.00	968	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	803	180.75/cwt	180.75–180.75	1,451	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	857	181.10/cwt	181.10–181.10	1,552	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	751	168.75/cwt	168.75–168.75	1,267	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	473	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	870	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	472	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	769	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	763	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,076	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	383	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	751	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	506	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	805	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	159.61/cwt	157.00–164.00	1,239	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	160.77/cwt	156.00–166.00	976	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	884	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,322	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	169.68/cwt	168.00–170.00	719	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	354	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	612	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	604	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	882	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	151.44/cwt	147.00–154.00	1,386	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	158.38/cwt	155.00–159.50	1,292	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	140.79/cwt	140.00–142.00	939	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	150.70/cwt	149.00–152.00	864	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	164.43/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,097	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	184.72/cwt	184.00–185.50	730	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	548	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	915	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	405	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	711	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	846	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,027	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	166.82/cwt	159.00–168.00	1,228	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	184.04/cwt	180.00–185.00	771	21
Steers	Large 1	—	1,098	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,592	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	693	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	1,292	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	171.46/cwt	169.00–175.00	895	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	167.18/cwt	163.00–171.50	958	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	175.23/cwt	172.00–181.00	852	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	560	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	913	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	888	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,430	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,403	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	473	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	799	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	155.52/cwt	153.00–159.50	1,362	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	888	5
Steers	Large 1	—	1,039	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,610	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	909	173.70/cwt	170.00–174.00	1,579	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,344	26

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 13, 2022

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

Receipts 2,520Last week 2,687Year ago 2,087

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	755	183.50	183.50
15	—	693	186.50	186.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	709	161.50–173.00	164.51
10	—	490	200.00–202.00	201.01
8	—	548	185.00	185.00
33	—	936	157.00–162.00	158.65
19	—	668	160.00–165.00	161.62
19	—	614	169.50–175.00	173.09
5	—	578	182.00	182.00
8	—	888	161.00	161.00
65	—	835	168.00	168.00
5	—	415	214.00	214.00
26	—	788	170.50	170.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	505	208.50	208.50
102	—	779	174.00–182.00	176.97
73	—	484	204.00–214.00	210.18
217	—	867	168.50–176.50	172.48
61	—	675	171.50–183.50	177.75
30	—	720	174.00–182.00	180.30
30	—	610	177.00–186.00	181.89
227	—	825	171.50–178.00	175.67
59	—	580	192.00–199.00	195.67
31	—	415	229.00–236.00	233.36
67	—	909	170.00–174.00	173.70
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	447	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	523	187.00	187.00
3	—	668	167.00	167.00
32	—	607	169.00	169.00
15	—	569	176.00–182.00	178.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	803	180.75	180.75
118	—	857	181.10	181.10
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,098	145.00	145.00
5	—	1,039	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	321	179.00	179.00
22	—	776	157.00–164.00	159.61
14	—	607	156.00–166.00	160.77
19	—	915	147.00–154.00	151.44
16	—	816	155.00–159.50	158.38
38	—	667	160.00–170.00	164.43
33	—	395	184.00–185.50	184.72
43	—	736	159.00–168.00	166.82
21	—	419	180.00–185.00	184.04
5	—	522	169.00–175.00	171.46
60	—	573	163.00–171.50	167.18
58	—	486	172.00–181.00	175.23
43	—	876	153.00–159.50	155.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	751	168.75	168.75
14	—	473	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	884	149.50	149.50
19	—	424	168.00–170.00	169.68
17	—	354	173.00	173.00
5	—	604	146.00	146.00
25	—	667	140.00–142.00	140.79
7	—	573	149.00–152.00	150.70
6	—	529	160.00	160.00
3	—	723	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	548	167.00	167.00
31	—	405	175.50	175.50
11	—	560	163.00	163.00
27	—	473	169.00	169.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	472	163.00	163.00
4	—	763	141.00	141.00
3	—	383	196.00	196.00
5	—	506	159.00	159.00

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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