Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2023-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week most steers were 4.00 to 8.00 higher with 450 lb steers and 650 lb steers selling mostly 12.00 to 15.00 higher. 850 to 900 lb steers sold 1.00 lower. Light heifers sold steady while most hiefers over 500 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher with the exception of 700 lb heifers that sold 8.00 lower. 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 $230.91/cwt on 2,031 head.

Average price

$230.91

2,031 head · 685 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,582

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$243

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$60.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.75

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	683	234.85	1,603	1,552
Medium and Large 1-2	678	220.67	1,495	415
Medium 1	620	220.63	1,367	38
Large 1	1,058	174.50	1,846	26

One grade step is worth $60.35/cwt here — about −$243 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 sale2,031 hd

230.91

—

KS average3 barns · 5,189 hd

214.16

+16.75

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

90 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 1Unweaned	—	583	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,224	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	491	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,166	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	668	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	1,393	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	258.27/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,224	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	247.43/cwt	235.00–252.50	1,311	32
Steers	Medium 1	—	461	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,072	4
Steers	Medium 1	—	763	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,450	2
Steers	Large 1	—	1,058	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,846	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	381	314.47/cwt	311.00–325.00	1,198	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	277.60/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,047	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	198.98/cwt	189.00–205.00	1,472	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	842	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,600	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	947	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,724	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	213.93/cwt	205.00–221.00	1,459	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	200.38/cwt	198.50–206.00	1,553	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	300.85/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,137	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	202.81/cwt	196.00–206.50	1,673	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	187.23/cwt	184.00–192.50	1,726	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	235.81/cwt	223.00–239.00	1,554	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	229.84/cwt	220.00–234.00	1,441	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	195.97/cwt	192.50–200.00	1,734	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	311	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	933	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	252.53/cwt	248.00–265.00	1,442	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	276.04/cwt	270.00–286.00	1,328	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,796	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	186.96/cwt	184.50–188.25	1,673	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	237.57/cwt	230.00–246.00	1,354	74
Steers	Medium 1	—	610	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,348	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	216.19/cwt	212.00–218.00	1,663	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	241.79/cwt	237.00–253.00	1,502	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	211.86/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,542	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	261.56/cwt	258.00–268.00	1,350	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	276.97/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,177	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	438	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,161	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	611	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,436	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	669	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,485	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	517	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,293	9
Steers	Medium 1	—	680	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,448	14
Steers	Medium 1	—	587	229.13/cwt	228.00–230.00	1,345	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,057	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,681	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	396	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	901	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	488	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,113	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	422	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,055	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	583	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,230	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	637	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,242	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	667	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,394	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	478	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,233	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	728	207.32/cwt	207.00–207.50	1,509	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	527	248.63/cwt	248.00–249.00	1,310	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	427	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,153	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	361	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	975	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	219.75/cwt	213.00–223.00	1,178	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	206.44/cwt	205.00–208.00	1,296	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	230.22/cwt	216.00–238.00	1,110	32
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,076	156.89/cwt	154.00–157.50	1,688	35
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,017	168.25/cwt	166.00–168.50	1,711	30
Heifers	Large 1	—	969	165.74/cwt	158.00–168.00	1,606	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	794	181.49/cwt	178.00–184.00	1,441	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	191.16/cwt	188.00–199.00	1,300	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	231.31/cwt	230.00–232.50	983	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	208.64/cwt	208.00–209.00	1,206	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	819	172.04/cwt	170.00–175.00	1,409	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	181.68/cwt	178.50–189.00	1,344	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	230.82/cwt	226.00–242.50	1,198	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	182.84/cwt	177.00–185.00	1,510	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	893	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,304	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	396	242.60/cwt	242.00–245.00	961	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	503	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,371	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	314	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	989	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	456	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,322	57
Heifers	Medium 1	—	523	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,192	6
Heifers	Medium 1	—	411	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	954	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	917	4
Heifers	Large 1Replacement	—	1,001	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,677	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	754	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,485	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	506	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,235	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	238.00/cwt	235.00–247.50	1,012	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	219.41/cwt	212.00–225.50	1,262	69
Heifers	Medium 1	—	622	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,269	22
Heifers	Medium 1	—	707	175.23/cwt	172.00–177.50	1,239	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	240.76/cwt	234.00–248.00	1,158	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	195.35/cwt	190.50–203.00	1,436	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	197.64/cwt	195.00–204.00	1,342	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	192.67/cwt	185.00–198.75	1,468	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	167.68/cwt	165.00–175.00	1,477	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	261.07/cwt	260.00–265.00	940	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	166.67/cwt	164.00–168.00	1,550	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	216.24/cwt	212.00–223.00	1,380	42
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	645	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,155	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	339	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	831	5

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 20, 2023

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

Receipts 4,324Last week 5,476Year ago 4,130

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	583	210.00	210.00
9	—	491	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	668	208.50	208.50
13	—	506	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	667	209.00	209.00
15	—	478	258.00	258.00
11	—	728	207.00–207.50	207.32
11	—	527	248.00–249.00	248.63
5	—	427	270.00	270.00
5	—	361	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	536	213.00–223.00	219.75
34	—	628	205.00–208.00	206.44
32	—	482	216.00–238.00	230.22
28	—	794	178.00–184.00	181.49
19	—	680	188.00–199.00	191.16
12	—	425	230.00–232.50	231.31
11	—	578	208.00–209.00	208.64
10	—	819	170.00–175.00	172.04
53	—	740	178.50–189.00	181.68
4	—	893	146.00	146.00
10	—	396	242.00–245.00	242.60
5	—	339	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,076	154.00–157.50	156.89
30	—	1,017	166.00–168.50	168.25
28	—	969	158.00–168.00	165.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	519	226.00–242.50	230.82
113	—	826	177.00–185.00	182.84
4	—	346	265.00	265.00
45	—	425	235.00–247.50	238.00
69	—	575	212.00–225.50	219.41
63	—	481	234.00–248.00	240.76
189	—	735	190.50–203.00	195.35
118	—	679	195.00–204.00	197.64
167	—	762	185.00–198.75	192.67
11	—	881	165.00–175.00	167.68
15	—	360	260.00–265.00	261.07
15	—	930	164.00–168.00	166.67
42	—	638	212.00–223.00	216.24
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	523	228.00	228.00
7	—	411	232.00	232.00
22	—	622	204.00	204.00
27	—	707	172.00–177.50	175.23
Heifers — Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,001	167.50	167.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	754	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	645	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	474	250.00–265.00	258.27
32	—	530	235.00–252.50	247.43
19	—	377	275.00–285.00	277.60
15	—	740	189.00–205.00	198.98
7	—	842	190.00	190.00
6	—	947	182.00	182.00
34	—	682	205.00–221.00	213.93
47	—	775	198.50–206.00	200.38
42	—	627	220.00–234.00	229.84
96	—	895	184.50–188.25	186.96
74	—	570	230.00–246.00	237.57
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	461	232.50	232.50
2	—	763	190.00	190.00
4	—	610	221.00	221.00
14	—	680	213.00	213.00
14	—	587	228.00–230.00	229.13
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,058	174.50	174.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	381	311.00–325.00	314.47
10	—	503	272.50	272.50
25	—	314	315.00	315.00
57	—	456	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	378	290.00–305.00	300.85
242	—	825	196.00–206.50	202.81
165	—	922	184.00–192.50	187.23
153	—	659	223.00–239.00	235.81
133	—	885	192.50–200.00	195.97
4	—	311	300.00	300.00
133	—	571	248.00–265.00	252.53
91	—	481	270.00–286.00	276.04
60	—	950	189.00	189.00
132	—	769	212.00–218.00	216.19
26	—	621	237.00–253.00	241.79
55	—	728	210.00–217.00	211.86
51	—	516	258.00–268.00	261.56
25	—	425	270.00–285.00	276.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	438	265.00	265.00
5	—	611	235.00	235.00
9	—	669	222.00	222.00
9	—	517	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,057	159.00	159.00
5	—	396	227.50	227.50
3	—	488	228.00	228.00
3	—	422	250.00	250.00
6	—	583	211.00	211.00
5	—	637	195.00	195.00

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