Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2023-08-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Still have nice big strings of cattle coming off grass. Compared to last week steers 650 to 800 lbs sold steady to 1.00 higher and 800 to 1000 lb steers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. 650 to 800 lb heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher and 800 to 850 lb heifers sold steady. 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 $251.46/cwt on 3,049 head.

Average price

$251.46

3,049 head · 832 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,093

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$159

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

$4.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.84

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	840	252.14	2,118	2,609
Medium 1	600	250.40	1,501	15thin
Medium and Large 1-2	792	247.33	1,960	425

One grade step is worth $4.81/cwt here — about $159 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 sale3,049 hd

251.46

—

KS average3 barns · 4,330 hd

250.62

+0.84

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

45 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	—	403	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,237	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,860	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,512	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	806	225.12/cwt	217.00–230.00	1,814	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,291	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	277.02/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,302	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	260.08/cwt	247.50–265.00	2,029	354
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	594	307.17/cwt	297.00–308.50	1,825	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	264.59/cwt	260.00–268.50	1,955	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,229	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	233.84/cwt	233.25–234.75	2,264	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	245.17/cwt	242.00–251.00	1,925	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	715	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	1,970	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,517	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,217	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,983	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	837	243.29/cwt	243.00–244.00	2,036	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	287.32/cwt	286.00–288.00	1,635	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	279.08/cwt	272.00–283.25	1,856	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	294.20/cwt	285.50–301.00	1,809	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	953	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,163	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	896	250.10/cwt	250.10–250.10	2,241	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	956	242.25/cwt	242.25–242.25	2,316	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	246.03/cwt	241.00–253.50	1,796	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	233.35/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,715	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	234.08/cwt	233.00–240.00	1,929	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	281.43/cwt	279.00–285.00	1,196	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	247.70/cwt	247.00–248.00	1,662	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	248.06/cwt	245.00–251.25	2,059	390
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	264.13/cwt	254.00–268.00	1,788	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,444	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	254.99/cwt	251.00–261.00	1,606	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	233.30/cwt	232.25–234.00	2,048	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	327.29/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,083	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	241.50/cwt	236.00–244.75	2,219	516
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	317.83/cwt	307.00–320.00	1,551	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	244.62/cwt	240.00–247.75	2,145	506
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	255.14/cwt	250.00–258.50	1,740	236
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	266.95/cwt	264.00–269.00	1,426	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	266.02/cwt	260.00–269.50	1,500	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	406	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,279	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	252.88/cwt	249.00–257.00	1,826	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	877	238.38/cwt	236.00–239.75	2,091	173
Steers	Medium 1	—	641	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,647	6
Steers	Medium 1	—	572	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,407	9

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 17, 2023

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

Receipts 4,390Last week 4,793Year ago 3,421

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	403	307.00	307.00
10	—	775	240.00	240.00
11	—	470	270.00–283.00	277.02
159	—	730	241.00–253.50	246.03
151	—	824	233.00–240.00	234.08
53	—	630	251.00–261.00	254.99
100	—	878	232.25–234.00	233.30
13	—	331	325.00–330.00	327.29
236	—	682	250.00–258.50	255.14
13	—	534	264.00–269.00	266.95
59	—	564	260.00–269.50	266.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	593	255.00	255.00
32	—	806	217.00–230.00	225.12
10	—	471	274.00	274.00
22	—	735	230.00–237.00	233.35
12	—	425	279.00–285.00	281.43
10	—	671	247.00–248.00	247.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
354	—	780	247.50–265.00	260.08
35	—	594	297.00–308.50	307.17
189	—	739	260.00–268.50	264.59
3	—	384	320.00	320.00
153	—	968	233.25–234.75	233.84
4	—	338	360.00	360.00
89	—	665	272.00–283.25	279.08
42	—	615	285.50–301.00	294.20
390	—	830	245.00–251.25	248.06
516	—	919	236.00–244.75	241.50
21	—	488	307.00–320.00	317.83
506	—	877	240.00–247.75	244.62
5	—	406	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	785	242.00–251.00	245.17
4	—	509	298.00	298.00
6	—	918	216.00	216.00
14	—	837	243.00–244.00	243.29
27	—	569	286.00–288.00	287.32
5	—	953	227.00	227.00
46	—	677	254.00–268.00	264.13
7	—	625	231.00	231.00
34	—	722	249.00–257.00	252.88
173	—	877	236.00–239.75	238.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	715	275.50	275.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
195	—	896	250.10	250.10
60	—	956	242.25	242.25
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	641	257.00	257.00
9	—	572	246.00	246.00

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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