Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2023-05-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A lighter run of cattle this week, so most classes of cattle did not have enough for a test. 800 to 850 lb feeder steer were 3.00 higher and an instance of a load of 900 lb steers selling for 205.00 which is 20.00 higher. Heifer calves 550 to 650 lbs sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher and 750 to 800 lb heifers sold 1.00 lower. Again most weights of cattle had too few to compare. The receipts were light and the demand was moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $203.29/cwt on 635 head.

Average price

$203.29

635 head · 703 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,430

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$666

per head · Medium 1 over Large 1

$54.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.46

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	422	215.00	907	3thin
Medium and Large 1	709	204.97	1,453	551
Medium and Large 1-2	584	201.09	1,175	62
Large 1	983	160.01	1,573	19thin

One grade step is worth $54.99/cwt here — about −$666 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 sale635 hd

203.29

—

KS average3 barns · 1,516 hd

206.75

−3.46

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

49 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 1-2	—	925	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,457	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	604	205.11/cwt	205.00–206.00	1,239	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	240.53/cwt	238.00–251.00	1,236	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	791	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	596	234.80/cwt	232.00–235.00	1,399	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,234	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	247.01/cwt	245.00–247.50	956	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	205.80/cwt	200.00–207.50	1,420	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	221.95/cwt	217.00–227.00	739	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,304	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,102	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	898	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,302	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	186.35/cwt	184.00–186.85	1,459	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	360	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,008	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	186.85/cwt	186.00–192.00	1,540	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	212.93/cwt	210.00–221.50	1,361	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	1,762	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	191.45/cwt	187.00–198.00	1,419	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	245.26/cwt	244.50–248.00	1,315	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	240.35/cwt	238.50–247.00	1,505	12
Steers	Medium 1	—	563	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,447	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	937	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,593	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	354	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	920	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	176.08/cwt	166.00–182.00	1,541	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	208.31/cwt	205.00–214.00	1,502	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	271.14/cwt	270.00–272.00	1,117	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	1,850	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	689	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,540	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	938	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	837	200.95/cwt	200.00–203.50	1,682	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	195.65/cwt	191.00–202.00	1,522	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	266.11/cwt	264.00–272.00	1,261	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	246.09/cwt	245.00–248.00	1,415	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	245.80/cwt	243.00–247.00	1,600	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	752	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,692	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,034	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	212.08/cwt	210.00–214.00	1,724	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	268.70/cwt	265.00–272.00	1,505	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	854	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,725	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	259.25/cwt	253.00–270.00	1,361	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,564	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,140	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,649	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	751	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,367	7
Heifers	Medium 1	—	422	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	907	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	971	165.27/cwt	161.00–174.00	1,605	12
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,004	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,516	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	613	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,410	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	659	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,443	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 May 25, 2023

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

Receipts 1,420Last week 1,996Year ago 1,470

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	925	157.50	157.50
27	—	604	205.00–206.00	205.11
3	—	705	175.00	175.00
16	—	333	217.00–227.00	221.95
3	—	582	224.00	224.00
3	—	898	145.00	145.00
7	—	751	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	514	238.00–251.00	240.53
3	—	323	245.00	245.00
70	—	596	232.00–235.00	234.80
14	—	387	245.00–247.50	247.01
57	—	690	200.00–207.50	205.80
3	—	448	246.00	246.00
52	—	783	184.00–186.85	186.35
79	—	824	186.00–192.00	186.85
82	—	639	210.00–221.50	212.93
19	—	741	187.00–198.00	191.45
10	—	937	170.00	170.00
96	—	875	166.00–182.00	176.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	360	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	422	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	971	161.00–174.00	165.27
7	—	1,004	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	613	230.00	230.00
5	—	659	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	930	189.50	189.50
33	—	536	244.50–248.00	245.26
12	—	626	238.50–247.00	240.35
9	—	354	260.00	260.00
11	—	721	205.00–214.00	208.31
23	—	689	223.50	223.50
25	—	837	200.00–203.50	200.95
19	—	778	191.00–202.00	195.65
11	—	575	245.00–248.00	246.09
3	—	435	262.00	262.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	563	257.00	257.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	412	270.00–272.00	271.14
61	—	900	205.50	205.50
6	—	338	277.50	277.50
15	—	474	264.00–272.00	266.11
10	—	651	243.00–247.00	245.80
18	—	752	225.00	225.00
4	—	376	275.00	275.00
145	—	813	210.00–214.00	212.08
32	—	560	265.00–272.00	268.70
6	—	854	202.00	202.00
11	—	525	253.00–270.00	259.25
6	—	628	249.00	249.00
12	—	733	225.00	225.00

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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