Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2023-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 600 to 800 lbs sold mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher and steers over 800 lbs sold mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifers over 500 lbs sold mostly 4.00 to 7.00 higher. The receipts were light with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $188.63/cwt on 1,180 head.

Average price

$188.63

1,180 head · 749 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,413

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$193

per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$9.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.92

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	572	190.67	1,090	34
Medium and Large 1	761	189.58	1,442	1,005
Medium and Large 1-2	708	181.33	1,283	141

One grade step is worth $9.34/cwt here — about −$193 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 sale1,180 hd

188.63

—

KS average3 barns · 3,450 hd

189.55

−0.92

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

50 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	—	665	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,204	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	735	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	1,297	23
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,038	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,588	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	180.85/cwt	178.00–183.00	1,044	9
Heifers	Medium 1	—	689	166.55/cwt	162.00–169.00	1,148	26
Heifers	Medium 1	—	560	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	913	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	202.18/cwt	196.00–208.50	1,282	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	769	190.25/cwt	190.25–190.25	1,463	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	182.34/cwt	175.00–187.75	1,389	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	225.22/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,203	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	749	192.25/cwt	192.25–192.25	1,440	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	627	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,317	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	934	175.28/cwt	172.00–176.25	1,637	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	978	172.25/cwt	172.25–172.25	1,685	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	952	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,585	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	176.73/cwt	175.00–178.50	1,280	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	221.86/cwt	214.00–226.75	1,260	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	227.47/cwt	222.00–230.00	1,042	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	181.39/cwt	181.00–182.50	1,513	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	177.75/cwt	175.00–184.60	1,554	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	231.70/cwt	227.00–237.00	975	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	210.39/cwt	207.00–219.00	1,016	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	169.86/cwt	167.00–173.50	1,296	33
Steers	Medium 1	—	619	189.80/cwt	186.00–193.00	1,175	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	185.67/cwt	184.00–187.00	1,253	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	907	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,124	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	193.92/cwt	187.00–200.00	1,005	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	174.01/cwt	166.00–175.50	1,256	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	185.95/cwt	181.00–193.00	1,073	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	175.97/cwt	170.00–179.50	1,193	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	169.01/cwt	165.00–172.00	1,283	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	203.54/cwt	201.00–205.00	849	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	172.69/cwt	165.00–176.00	1,425	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	955	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	177.91/cwt	173.00–180.00	1,101	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	176.55/cwt	172.00–186.00	952	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	664	206.50/cwt	206.50–206.50	1,371	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	492	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,181	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	187.28/cwt	181.00–190.00	1,187	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	919	153.14/cwt	148.00–160.00	1,407	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	170.80/cwt	168.00–171.25	1,397	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	201.18/cwt	200.00–205.00	962	13
Steers	Medium 1	—	650	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,203	3
Steers	Medium 1	—	420	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	815	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	186.31/cwt	180.50–189.50	1,364	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	202.82/cwt	196.00–205.00	1,158	12
Steers	Medium 1	—	519	192.64/cwt	186.00–209.00	1,000	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	751	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,427	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	196.73/cwt	195.00–197.00	1,344	42

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 Feb 2, 2023

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

Receipts 2,032Last week 3,863Year ago 692

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	665	181.00	181.00
23	—	735	176.50	176.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,038	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	577	178.00–183.00	180.85
3	—	458	198.00	198.00
6	—	671	167.50	167.50
6	—	539	172.00–186.00	176.55
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	689	162.00–169.00	166.55
3	—	560	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	518	187.00–200.00	193.92
172	—	722	166.00–175.50	174.01
50	—	577	181.00–193.00	185.95
96	—	678	170.00–179.50	175.97
24	—	759	165.00–172.00	169.01
14	—	417	201.00–205.00	203.54
65	—	619	173.00–180.00	177.91
162	—	818	168.00–171.25	170.80
13	—	478	200.00–205.00	201.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	634	196.00–208.50	202.18
205	—	762	175.00–187.75	182.34
52	—	534	220.00–227.00	225.22
83	—	934	172.00–176.25	175.28
60	—	978	172.25	172.25
24	—	568	214.00–226.75	221.86
28	—	458	222.00–230.00	227.47
93	—	834	181.00–182.50	181.39
137	—	874	175.00–184.60	177.75
15	—	421	227.00–237.00	231.70
109	—	732	180.50–189.50	186.31
42	—	683	195.00–197.00	196.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	769	190.25	190.25
19	—	749	192.25	192.25
9	—	627	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	952	166.50	166.50
10	—	724	175.00–178.50	176.73
7	—	483	207.00–219.00	210.39
33	—	763	167.00–173.50	169.86
40	—	675	184.00–187.00	185.67
16	—	825	165.00–176.00	172.69
3	—	438	218.00	218.00
10	—	634	181.00–190.00	187.28
7	—	919	148.00–160.00	153.14
12	—	571	196.00–205.00	202.82
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	619	186.00–193.00	189.80
3	—	650	185.00	185.00
3	—	420	194.00	194.00
11	—	519	186.00–209.00	192.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	664	206.50	206.50
10	—	492	240.00	240.00
23	—	751	190.00	190.00

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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