Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2023-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week there were too few steers for a good test. A higher under tone was noted with a load of 850 lb steers bringing 206.50, 5.00 to 6.00 higher than last week. Heifers again had too few for a good test, but a higher undertone was noted. The supply was light to moderate with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $225.23/cwt on 970 head.

Average price

$225.23

970 head · 725 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,632

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$181

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

$8.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.29

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	738	227.40	1,678	726
Medium and Large 1-2	684	218.76	1,497	244

One grade step is worth $8.64/cwt here — about $181 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 sale970 hd

225.23

—

KS average3 barns · 2,511 hd

217.94

+7.29

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

55 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	—	945	182.90/cwt	182.50–186.00	1,728	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	927	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,845	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	284.27/cwt	280.00–292.00	1,316	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,204	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	204.02/cwt	199.00–207.00	1,367	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	926	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,667	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,540	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	199.48/cwt	196.00–200.00	1,536	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	205.74/cwt	202.00–206.50	1,765	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	352	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,021	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	233.44/cwt	224.00–236.00	1,538	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,415	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,030	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	246.26/cwt	243.00–257.50	1,298	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	252.44/cwt	247.00–260.00	1,431	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	506	271.43/cwt	270.00–278.00	1,373	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,235	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	224.08/cwt	218.00–227.00	1,616	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,746	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	949	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	208.25/cwt	208.25–208.25	1,697	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	265.04/cwt	260.00–269.00	1,007	23
Heifers	Medium 1	—	460	242.57/cwt	237.00–245.00	1,116	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	523	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	1,352	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	602	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,312	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	554	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,163	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,268	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,261	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,119	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	744	179.45/cwt	173.00–186.00	1,335	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	254.13/cwt	247.00–262.00	1,166	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	178.63/cwt	169.00–181.00	1,636	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,228	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	187.77/cwt	186.00–190.00	1,463	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	957	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	221.97/cwt	220.00–222.50	1,281	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,536	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,131	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	242.74/cwt	238.00–244.00	1,153	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	196.13/cwt	192.00–201.00	1,318	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	633	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,374	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	246.45/cwt	239.00–248.00	1,282	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	231.34/cwt	224.00–238.00	1,321	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	897	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	1,664	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	205.82/cwt	200.00–209.00	1,276	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	763	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,736	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	842	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,869	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	175.76/cwt	171.00–177.00	1,531	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	176.86/cwt	175.00–180.50	1,466	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	233.96/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,465	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	201.79/cwt	197.00–204.00	1,447	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	270.08/cwt	264.00–277.00	1,140	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	837	194.72/cwt	194.00–200.00	1,630	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	207.43/cwt	205.00–213.00	1,500	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	211.48/cwt	210.00–226.00	1,681	72

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.

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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co. - Salina, KS

Thu May 18, 2023

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

Receipts 1,996Last week 2,709Year ago 2,000

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	945	182.50–186.00	182.90
39	—	463	280.00–292.00	284.27
16	—	611	252.00	252.00
76	—	858	202.00–206.50	205.74
5	—	352	290.00	290.00
71	—	659	224.00–236.00	233.44
9	—	329	313.00	313.00
47	—	567	247.00–260.00	252.44
42	—	506	270.00–278.00	271.43
24	—	413	299.00	299.00
27	—	721	218.00–227.00	224.08
9	—	970	180.00	180.00
60	—	815	208.25	208.25
72	—	795	210.00–226.00	211.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	927	199.00	199.00
55	—	763	227.50	227.50
60	—	842	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	463	260.00	260.00
8	—	670	199.00–207.00	204.02
4	—	926	180.00	180.00
54	—	770	196.00–200.00	199.48
22	—	580	244.00	244.00
51	—	527	243.00–257.50	246.26
4	—	389	244.00	244.00
33	—	897	185.50	185.50
18	—	626	230.00–239.00	233.96
11	—	422	264.00–277.00	270.08
24	—	837	194.00–200.00	194.72
10	—	723	205.00–213.00	207.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	380	260.00–269.00	265.04
53	—	459	247.00–262.00	254.13
36	—	916	169.00–181.00	178.63
169	—	779	186.00–190.00	187.77
3	—	338	283.00	283.00
13	—	422	268.00	268.00
35	—	672	192.00–201.00	196.13
57	—	520	239.00–248.00	246.45
46	—	571	224.00–238.00	231.34
43	—	620	200.00–209.00	205.82
25	—	871	171.00–177.00	175.76
17	—	829	175.00–180.50	176.86
59	—	717	197.00–204.00	201.79
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	460	237.00–245.00	242.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	523	258.50	258.50
3	—	602	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	640	197.00	197.00
7	—	446	251.00	251.00
8	—	744	173.00–186.00	179.45
5	—	548	224.00	224.00
36	—	577	220.00–222.50	221.97
5	—	925	166.00	166.00
14	—	475	238.00–244.00	242.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	633	217.00	217.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	554	210.00	210.00
3	—	650	195.00	195.00

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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