Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2023-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 600 to 750 lbs sold mostly 5.00 to 6.00 higher and 800 to 900 lb steers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Steers over 900 lbs sold steady to 1.00 higher. The 600 to 700 lb heifers also sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher and 700 to 850 lb heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. 900 lb heifers sold 5.00 higher with a fancy load of 836 lb spayed heifers selling for 240.50. Most of the cattle today were off grass. 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 $250.95/cwt on 1,403 head.

Average price

$250.95

1,403 head · 809 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,030

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$378

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$22.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.29

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	782	255.94	2,000	1,038
Medium and Large 1-2	786	238.99	1,879	207
Large 1	1,017	233.82	2,378	158

One grade step is worth $22.12/cwt here — about −$378 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 sale1,403 hd

250.95

—

KS average3 barns · 2,093 hd

245.66

+5.29

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

48 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	—	422	283.16/cwt	282.00–284.00	1,195	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	249.91/cwt	249.00–255.00	1,712	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	233.03/cwt	224.00–236.00	1,815	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	240.32/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,742	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,155	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	262.31/cwt	254.00–266.50	1,899	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	897	227.10/cwt	222.00–236.00	2,037	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	290.74/cwt	287.50–302.50	1,070	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	287.90/cwt	286.00–291.50	1,791	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	247.81/cwt	240.00–256.00	2,062	263
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	251.06/cwt	243.00–256.00	1,938	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	282.27/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,507	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	554	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,593	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,384	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	929	238.53/cwt	236.50–239.50	2,216	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,135	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	269.91/cwt	266.00–279.00	1,843	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	273.47/cwt	270.00–278.00	1,589	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,221	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,280	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	677	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,733	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	732	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,786	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	461	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,360	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	493	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,262	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	566	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,721	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	503	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,610	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	237.34/cwt	235.00–239.00	1,958	65
Steers	Large 1	—	1,017	233.82/cwt	231.00–235.25	2,378	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,530	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,704	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	236.00/cwt	231.00–239.00	1,846	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	252.10/cwt	245.00–257.00	1,540	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	230.46/cwt	223.00–235.00	1,885	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	236.81/cwt	232.00–239.00	1,738	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	836	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	2,011	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	906	247.10/cwt	247.10–247.10	2,239	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	838	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,835	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	240.40/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,555	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	256.38/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,356	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	275.93/cwt	272.00–280.00	1,200	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	234.56/cwt	233.25–235.75	2,036	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	246.78/cwt	243.00–253.50	1,671	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,082	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	274.40/cwt	269.00–282.00	1,424	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	255.96/cwt	252.00–257.00	1,497	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,538	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	896	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,014	4

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 Jul 20, 2023

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

Receipts 2,666Last week 2,553Year ago 1,215

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	422	282.00–284.00	283.16
103	—	724	254.00–266.50	262.31
15	—	368	287.50–302.50	290.74
68	—	622	286.00–291.50	287.90
263	—	832	240.00–256.00	247.81
180	—	772	243.00–256.00	251.06
11	—	534	280.00–285.00	282.27
4	—	489	283.00	283.00
121	—	929	236.50–239.50	238.53
61	—	868	246.00	246.00
29	—	683	266.00–279.00	269.91
25	—	581	270.00–278.00	273.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	685	249.00–255.00	249.91
29	—	779	224.00–236.00	233.03
25	—	725	240.00–242.00	240.32
15	—	945	228.00	228.00
22	—	897	222.00–236.00	227.10
65	—	825	235.00–239.00	237.34
2	—	593	258.00	258.00
5	—	631	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	554	287.50	287.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	566	304.00	304.00
12	—	503	320.00	320.00
106	—	906	247.10	247.10
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
158	—	1,017	231.00–235.25	233.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	414	295.00	295.00
4	—	469	273.00	273.00
157	—	782	231.00–239.00	236.00
90	—	611	245.00–257.00	252.10
65	—	818	223.00–235.00	230.46
112	—	734	232.00–239.00	236.81
129	—	868	233.25–235.75	234.56
155	—	677	243.00–253.50	246.78
7	—	913	228.00	228.00
42	—	519	269.00–282.00	274.40
56	—	585	252.00–257.00	255.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	677	256.00	256.00
9	—	732	244.00	244.00
5	—	461	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	836	240.50	240.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	838	219.00	219.00
10	—	647	240.00–242.00	240.40
27	—	529	255.00–260.00	256.38
6	—	435	272.00–280.00	275.93
3	—	660	233.00	233.00
4	—	335	267.50	267.50
4	—	374	271.00	271.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	493	256.00	256.00

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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