Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2023-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The offerings were light this week due to the week of extremely high temperatures. The numbers were too low for a good comparison.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $246.16/cwt on 511 head.

Average price

$246.16

511 head · 810 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,994

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$109

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$60.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.69

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	813	249.74	2,031	391
Medium and Large 1-2	748	244.90	1,832	75
Medium 1	815	225.29	1,837	35
Large 1	1,132	189.00	2,139	10thin

One grade step is worth $60.74/cwt here — about −$109 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 sale511 hd

246.16

—

KS average2 barns · 1,192 hd

247.85

−1.69

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

27 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	—	533	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,455	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	281.65/cwt	276.00–286.00	1,436	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,151	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	596	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,639	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	940	238.94/cwt	238.75–240.00	2,246	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,955	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	243.01/cwt	238.00–244.00	2,041	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,407	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,295	3
Steers	Large 1	—	1,132	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	2,139	10
Steers	Medium 1	—	903	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,991	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,386	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	966	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,222	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,868	7
Steers	Medium 1	—	775	227.49/cwt	226.00–228.50	1,763	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	952	236.75/cwt	236.75–236.75	2,254	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	246.58/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,918	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	239.84/cwt	235.50–241.75	2,106	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	251.41/cwt	246.00–256.00	1,599	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,191	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	265.01/cwt	264.00–266.00	1,479	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	266.76/cwt	261.00–273.00	1,416	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,622	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	259.57/cwt	258.00–266.50	1,578	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	235.25/cwt	235.25–235.25	1,800	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	929	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,146	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	275.78/cwt	269.50–285.00	1,732	61

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 24, 2023

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

Receipts 850Last week 4,390Year ago 3,485

The offerings were light this week due to the week of extremely high temperatures. The numbers were too low for a good comparison.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	533	273.00	273.00
8	—	850	230.00	230.00
4	—	591	238.00	238.00
6	—	966	230.00	230.00
7	—	805	232.00	232.00
13	—	636	246.00–256.00	251.41
19	—	929	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	510	276.00–286.00	281.65
4	—	389	296.00	296.00
5	—	596	275.00	275.00
70	—	940	238.75–240.00	238.94
77	—	840	238.00–244.00	243.01
17	—	483	287.00	287.00
41	—	952	236.75	236.75
19	—	778	245.00–247.00	246.58
90	—	878	235.50–241.75	239.84
61	—	628	269.50–285.00	275.78
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,132	189.00	189.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	903	220.50	220.50
24	—	775	226.00–228.50	227.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	762	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	421	283.00	283.00
8	—	558	264.00–266.00	265.01
43	—	531	261.00–273.00	266.76
67	—	662	245.00	245.00
76	—	608	258.00–266.50	259.57
62	—	765	235.25	235.25

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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