Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2023-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week 450 to 650 lb steers sold steady to 1.00 higher and 700 to 800 lb steers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher with 800 to 900 lb steers selling 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifers sold mixed with 450 to 500 lb heifers selling 3.00 higher and 700 to 800 lb heifers selling 7.00 to 8.00 higher while 550 to 650 lb heifers sold 3.00 to 7.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $213.16/cwt on 3,202 head.

Average price

$213.16

3,202 head · 738 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,573

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$356

per head · Medium 1 over Large 1

$67.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.67

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	558	228.05	1,273	42
Medium and Large 1	754	213.90	1,613	2,470
Medium and Large 1-2	689	210.14	1,447	683
Large 1	1,015	160.43	1,628	7thin

One grade step is worth $67.62/cwt here — about −$356 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 sale3,202 hd

213.16

—

KS average3 barns · 6,218 hd

212.50

+0.67

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

85 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	—	976	172.37/cwt	170.00–175.00	1,682	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	866	186.62/cwt	185.00–186.75	1,616	140
Steers	Medium 1	—	350	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	823	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	235.44/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,224	33
Steers	Large 1	—	1,015	160.43/cwt	160.00–161.00	1,628	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	843	188.40/cwt	188.35–189.00	1,588	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	349	238.60/cwt	238.00–240.00	833	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	235.66/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,030	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	230.01/cwt	217.00–235.00	1,327	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	236.10/cwt	227.50–241.00	1,466	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	792	198.55/cwt	195.00–201.50	1,573	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	244.81/cwt	238.00–256.00	1,391	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	222.18/cwt	220.00–224.00	1,373	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	238.04/cwt	228.00–245.00	1,126	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	689	215.45/cwt	208.00–219.00	1,484	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	987	182.70/cwt	181.00–184.00	1,803	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	236.53/cwt	233.00–240.00	899	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	248.92/cwt	242.50–257.50	816	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	188.04/cwt	185.00–189.00	1,707	334
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	207.28/cwt	205.50–219.00	1,600	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	254.61/cwt	244.00–262.50	1,329	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	220.73/cwt	211.00–227.00	1,589	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	197.08/cwt	192.50–200.50	1,717	412
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	223.12/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,497	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	250.66/cwt	246.00–260.00	1,065	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	253.58/cwt	245.00–260.00	956	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	257.34/cwt	249.00–270.00	1,220	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	514	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,362	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	198.98/cwt	191.75–204.50	1,644	436
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	850	206.25/cwt	206.25–206.25	1,753	26
Steers	Medium 1	—	508	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,128	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	548	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,247	7
Steers	Medium 1	—	687	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,436	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	752	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,700	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	475	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,318	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	440	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,188	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	553	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,288	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	462	268.19/cwt	267.50–268.50	1,239	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,284	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,166	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	489	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,027	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	911	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,540	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	994	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,556	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	425	266.76/cwt	266.00–267.50	1,134	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	320	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	752	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	717	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,534	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	215.83/cwt	213.00–225.00	1,256	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,349	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	222.45/cwt	219.00–232.50	841	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	221.64/cwt	210.00–228.00	940	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	204.02/cwt	199.00–211.00	1,489	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	207.88/cwt	197.00–212.00	1,191	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	189.55/cwt	185.50–198.00	1,484	231
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,032	164.46/cwt	162.00–166.00	1,697	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	211.63/cwt	202.00–219.00	1,409	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	178.38/cwt	174.00–184.00	1,484	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	180.80/cwt	179.00–182.00	1,564	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	216.73/cwt	204.00–219.00	1,142	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	239.93/cwt	232.50–247.50	1,154	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	221.59/cwt	212.00–229.00	1,064	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	225.81/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,172	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	219.96/cwt	216.00–225.00	719	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	207.31/cwt	204.00–210.00	802	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	212.54/cwt	204.00–221.00	1,339	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	399	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	938	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	237.30/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,028	73
Heifers	Medium 1	—	321	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	674	5
Heifers	Medium 1	—	552	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,145	3
Heifers	Medium 1	—	734	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	1,428	5
Heifers	Medium 1	—	533	211.57/cwt	211.00–213.00	1,128	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	838	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,768	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	192.01/cwt	184.00–195.00	1,375	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	485	252.37/cwt	252.00–252.50	1,224	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	632	221.81/cwt	221.00–222.00	1,402	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	510	244.41/cwt	244.00–245.00	1,246	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	463	258.61/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,197	22
Steers	Medium 1	—	605	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,337	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	367	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	807	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	617	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,512	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	467	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,308	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	917	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,770	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	709	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,663	59
Steers	Medium 1	—	564	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,308	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	447	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,274	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	203.19/cwt	198.00–210.00	1,467	31

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 Apr 13, 2023

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

Receipts 5,476Last week 4,502Year ago 4,496

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	976	170.00–175.00	172.37
140	—	866	185.00–186.75	186.62
33	—	520	230.00–239.00	235.44
70	—	843	188.35–189.00	188.40
10	—	349	238.00–240.00	238.60
56	—	437	230.00–245.00	235.66
92	—	577	217.00–235.00	230.01
69	—	792	195.00–201.50	198.55
27	—	618	220.00–224.00	222.18
68	—	473	228.00–245.00	238.04
39	—	689	208.00–219.00	215.45
13	—	380	233.00–240.00	236.53
31	—	722	198.00–210.00	203.19
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	350	235.00	235.00
4	—	508	222.00	222.00
3	—	687	209.00	209.00
6	—	605	221.00	221.00
26	—	564	232.00	232.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,015	160.00–161.00	160.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	621	227.50–241.00	236.10
131	—	568	238.00–256.00	244.81
65	—	987	181.00–184.00	182.70
16	—	328	242.50–257.50	248.92
334	—	908	185.00–189.00	188.04
170	—	772	205.50–219.00	207.28
110	—	522	244.00–262.50	254.61
123	—	720	211.00–227.00	220.73
412	—	871	192.50–200.50	197.08
61	—	671	220.00–230.00	223.12
55	—	425	246.00–260.00	250.66
40	—	377	245.00–260.00	253.58
104	—	474	249.00–270.00	257.34
436	—	826	191.75–204.50	198.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	514	265.00	265.00
26	—	850	206.25	206.25
37	—	752	226.00	226.00
11	—	475	277.50	277.50
11	—	440	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	548	227.50	227.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	838	211.00	211.00
45	—	617	245.00	245.00
7	—	467	280.00	280.00
60	—	917	193.00	193.00
59	—	709	234.50	234.50
3	—	447	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	553	233.00	233.00
27	—	462	267.50–268.50	268.19
12	—	425	266.00–267.50	266.76
7	—	320	235.00	235.00
33	—	717	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	994	156.50	156.50
23	—	1,032	162.00–166.00	164.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	582	213.00–225.00	215.83
46	—	378	219.00–232.50	222.45
133	—	730	199.00–211.00	204.02
231	—	783	185.50–198.00	189.55
47	—	666	202.00–219.00	211.63
171	—	832	174.00–184.00	178.38
75	—	865	179.00–182.00	180.80
136	—	481	232.50–247.50	239.93
81	—	519	220.00–235.00	225.81
16	—	327	216.00–225.00	219.96
145	—	630	204.00–221.00	212.54
73	—	433	230.00–250.00	237.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	692	195.00	195.00
71	—	424	210.00–228.00	221.64
78	—	573	197.00–212.00	207.88
71	—	527	204.00–219.00	216.73
84	—	480	212.00–229.00	221.59
17	—	387	204.00–210.00	207.31
60	—	716	184.00–195.00	192.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	399	235.00	235.00
61	—	632	221.00–222.00	221.81
10	—	510	244.00–245.00	244.41
22	—	463	255.00–260.00	258.61
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	321	210.00	210.00
3	—	552	207.50	207.50
5	—	734	194.50	194.50
7	—	533	211.00–213.00	211.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	485	252.00–252.50	252.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	367	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	568	226.00	226.00
3	—	518	225.00	225.00
4	—	489	210.00	210.00
4	—	911	169.00	169.00

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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