Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2023-08-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week 650 tp 850 lb steers sold steady to 2.00 higher and 850 to 950 lb steers sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower. The heifers 650 to 850 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Most of the cattle were coming off grass. The receipts were moderate to heavy and the demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $251.49/cwt on 3,144 head.

Average price

$251.49

3,144 head · 831 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,090

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$316

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$16.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.04

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	822	253.77	2,085	2,424
Medium and Large 1-2	794	246.88	1,961	497
Large 1	1,013	237.05	2,401	223

One grade step is worth $16.72/cwt here — about −$316 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 sale3,144 hd

251.49

—

KS average3 barns · 5,219 hd

249.45

+2.04

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

42 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 1Fancy	—	616	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,626	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	664	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,786	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	809	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,958	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	252.89/cwt	247.00–256.50	1,715	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	238.14/cwt	235.25–244.00	1,850	300
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	244.57/cwt	243.25–249.50	1,795	322
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	279.99/cwt	274.00–281.50	1,873	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	243.29/cwt	240.00–245.50	2,221	260
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	252.21/cwt	248.50–261.75	2,073	620
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	246.97/cwt	245.75–249.00	2,149	645
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,445	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	1,680	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	254.22/cwt	248.00–256.50	1,858	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	972	236.09/cwt	235.00–236.25	2,295	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	304.18/cwt	292.50–308.00	1,743	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	272.25/cwt	271.00–273.00	1,737	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	263.59/cwt	258.00–271.75	1,927	285
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	259.65/cwt	253.00–262.25	2,010	345
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,414	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	277.07/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,585	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	245.05/cwt	241.00–247.50	2,039	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	265.85/cwt	265.00–267.00	1,667	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	273.98/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,455	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	254.30/cwt	250.50–264.00	1,747	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	290.37/cwt	285.00–294.00	1,188	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	271.06/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,428	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	787	266.25/cwt	266.25–266.25	2,095	50
Steers	Large 1	—	1,013	237.05/cwt	235.00–240.00	2,401	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	934	228.66/cwt	219.00–234.00	2,136	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	246.56/cwt	239.00–250.00	1,916	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	257.33/cwt	256.00–262.00	1,513	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,047	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	278.15/cwt	275.00–280.50	1,594	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	254.99/cwt	250.00–263.50	1,576	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	909	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,118	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,611	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	234.90/cwt	230.00–238.50	1,966	324
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,297	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	278.16/cwt	278.00–278.50	1,210	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	696	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,670	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	239.97/cwt	239.50–243.00	1,716	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,838	22

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 10, 2023

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

Receipts 4,793Last week 4,415Year ago 3,917

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	616	264.00	264.00
36	—	664	269.00	269.00
65	—	809	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
138	—	678	247.00–256.50	252.89
300	—	777	235.25–244.00	238.14
322	—	734	243.25–249.50	244.57
15	—	409	285.00–294.00	290.37
19	—	527	270.00–274.00	271.06
23	—	342	306.00	306.00
42	—	573	275.00–280.50	278.15
53	—	618	250.00–263.50	254.99
60	—	909	233.00	233.00
324	—	837	230.00–238.50	234.90
19	—	465	279.00	279.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	588	256.00–262.00	257.33
3	—	647	249.00	249.00
6	—	435	278.00–278.50	278.16
8	—	696	240.00	240.00
15	—	715	239.50–243.00	239.97
22	—	828	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	669	274.00–281.50	279.99
260	—	913	240.00–245.50	243.29
620	—	822	248.50–261.75	252.21
645	—	870	245.75–249.00	246.97
6	—	453	319.00	319.00
8	—	536	313.50	313.50
90	—	972	235.00–236.25	236.09
21	—	573	292.50–308.00	304.18
24	—	638	271.00–273.00	272.25
285	—	731	258.00–271.75	263.59
345	—	774	253.00–262.25	259.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	731	248.00–256.50	254.22
5	—	481	294.00	294.00
13	—	572	270.00–282.00	277.07
186	—	832	241.00–247.50	245.05
14	—	627	265.00–267.00	265.85
18	—	531	270.00–280.00	273.98
20	—	687	250.50–264.00	254.30
86	—	934	219.00–234.00	228.66
99	—	777	239.00–250.00	246.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	787	266.25	266.25
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
223	—	1,013	235.00–240.00	237.05

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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