Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2023-08-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Lots of nice cattle coming off grass. Compared to last week 700 to 800 lb steers sold steady to 3.00 higher and 850 to 950 lb steers sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher. 750 to 850 lb heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. There were 900 Plus head of spayed heifers sold that brought a 2.00 to 3.00 premium over the comparable intact heifers. The market was moderate to heavy with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $255.76/cwt on 2,594 head.

Average price

$255.76

2,594 head · 824 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,107

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$5.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.30

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	826	255.96	2,113	2,472
Medium and Large 1-2	768	253.05	1,943	70
Medium 1	800	250.00	2,000	52

One grade step is worth $5.96/cwt here — about $113 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 sale2,594 hd

255.76

—

KS average3 barns · 3,189 hd

253.47

+2.30

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,824	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	279.94/cwt	275.00–288.00	1,500	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	937	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,221	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,662	7
Steers	Medium 1	—	679	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,840	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,442	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	252.20/cwt	248.00–254.25	2,076	462
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,165	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	249.40/cwt	247.00–251.25	2,192	750
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	754	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	2,002	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,696	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	258.13/cwt	253.50–263.75	2,003	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	284.56/cwt	282.00–289.00	1,608	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	276.81/cwt	274.00–287.00	1,733	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	856	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	2,084	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	656	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,902	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	262.92/cwt	256.50–270.00	1,896	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	280.39/cwt	275.00–284.00	1,915	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	263.00/cwt	259.50–266.50	1,386	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	279.02/cwt	273.00–282.00	1,431	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,795	8
Heifers	Large 1	—	960	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,112	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,065	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,130	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	552	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,408	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,845	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	874	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,984	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,624	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	266.12/cwt	262.50–270.00	1,152	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	259.96/cwt	257.00–264.00	1,625	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,725	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	238.45/cwt	234.00–240.00	1,946	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	236.27/cwt	236.00–238.00	2,053	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	274.71/cwt	274.00–276.00	1,286	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	231.31/cwt	230.00–234.00	1,779	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	811	242.79/cwt	241.75–243.10	1,969	242
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	246.16/cwt	244.00–249.00	1,568	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	889	237.35/cwt	236.25–238.75	2,110	517
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	268.66/cwt	263.50–278.00	1,556	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	254.76/cwt	251.00–257.00	1,732	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	228.10/cwt	228.00–229.00	2,076	78
Steers	Medium 1	—	829	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,031	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	775	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,903	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	750	269.75/cwt	269.75–269.75	2,023	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	827	257.00/cwt	256.50–257.25	2,125	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	604	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,797	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	921	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,155	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,599	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	241.68/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,890	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	249.25/cwt	249.00–249.75	2,288	354

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 Aug 3, 2023

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

Receipts 4,415Last week 4,065Year 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
4	—	683	267.00	267.00
8	—	536	275.00–288.00	279.94
22	—	937	237.00	237.00
6	—	492	293.00	293.00
5	—	701	242.00	242.00
18	—	856	243.50	243.50
7	—	608	263.00	263.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	536	310.00	310.00
462	—	823	248.00–254.25	252.20
3	—	385	302.50	302.50
750	—	879	247.00–251.25	249.40
173	—	776	253.50–263.75	258.13
24	—	565	282.00–289.00	284.56
39	—	626	274.00–287.00	276.81
103	—	721	256.50–270.00	262.92
67	—	683	275.00–284.00	280.39
354	—	918	249.00–249.75	249.25
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	679	271.00	271.00
42	—	829	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
178	—	754	265.50	265.50
33	—	656	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	750	269.75	269.75
195	—	827	256.50–257.25	257.00
4	—	604	297.50	297.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	527	259.50–266.50	263.00
3	—	835	221.00	221.00
6	—	874	227.00	227.00
3	—	660	246.00	246.00
6	—	433	262.50–270.00	266.12
7	—	713	242.00	242.00
6	—	769	230.00–234.00	231.31
30	—	637	244.00–249.00	246.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	513	273.00–282.00	279.02
8	—	715	251.00	251.00
61	—	625	257.00–264.00	259.96
167	—	816	234.00–240.00	238.45
107	—	869	236.00–238.00	236.27
6	—	468	274.00–276.00	274.71
42	—	579	263.50–278.00	268.66
122	—	680	251.00–257.00	254.76
78	—	910	228.00–229.00	228.10
77	—	782	240.00–242.00	241.68
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	960	220.00	220.00
4	—	1,065	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
242	—	811	241.75–243.10	242.79
517	—	889	236.25–238.75	237.35
88	—	775	245.50	245.50
85	—	921	234.00	234.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	552	255.00	255.00

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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