Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2023-10-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week we had too few for a comparison in most weights. Feeder steers 750 to 950 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower and heifers 750 to 800 lbs sold 4.00 higher. The receipts were light and the demand was moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $259.78/cwt on 514 head.

Average price

$259.78

514 head · 732 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,902

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$348

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$33.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.49

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	752	263.41	1,982	378
Medium and Large 1-2	666	250.31	1,667	132
Large 1	1,013	230.00	2,330	4thin

One grade step is worth $33.41/cwt here — about −$348 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 sale514 hd

259.78

—

KS average3 barns · 1,416 hd

261.27

−1.49

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	—	965	232.54/cwt	230.00–233.50	2,244	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	293.44/cwt	292.00–297.00	1,816	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	285.82/cwt	279.00–290.00	1,938	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	896	234.33/cwt	234.00–237.00	2,100	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	250.90/cwt	247.00–255.50	2,062	49
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	610	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,251	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	257.95/cwt	251.00–267.50	1,321	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	265.02/cwt	259.00–277.50	1,240	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	254.61/cwt	254.00–255.00	1,545	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	249.84/cwt	246.00–259.00	1,429	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	396	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,020	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	496	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,567	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	278.50/cwt	273.00–294.00	1,604	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	269.72/cwt	266.00–273.50	1,950	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	259.56/cwt	255.00–264.00	2,012	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,344	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,125	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,504	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	263.41/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,472	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	241.44/cwt	235.25–244.00	2,216	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	247.34/cwt	238.00–256.00	1,548	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	268.83/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,175	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	284.28/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,362	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	232.26/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,702	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,104	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	269.83/cwt	264.00–276.00	1,422	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	241.54/cwt	241.50–242.00	1,952	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,271	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	928	229.79/cwt	227.00–231.50	2,132	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	248.35/cwt	243.00–268.00	1,704	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	240.25/cwt	235.00–246.00	1,759	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	231.70/cwt	227.00–234.50	1,888	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	238.89/cwt	235.25–244.50	1,839	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	590	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,794	20
Steers	Large 1	—	1,013	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,330	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	999	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,218	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,175	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	904	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	275.77/cwt	274.00–280.00	1,178	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,066	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,016	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	244.55/cwt	239.00–246.00	1,641	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	547	244.54/cwt	244.00–245.00	1,338	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,238	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	698	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,612	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	222.19/cwt	221.50–222.50	2,011	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,477	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	749	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,723	5

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 Oct 5, 2023

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

Receipts 1,102Last week 2,792Year ago 2,687

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	965	230.00–233.50	232.54
14	—	619	292.00–297.00	293.44
20	—	678	279.00–290.00	285.82
18	—	896	234.00–237.00	234.33
49	—	822	247.00–255.50	250.90
29	—	576	273.00–294.00	278.50
31	—	723	266.00–273.50	269.72
42	—	775	255.00–264.00	259.56
3	—	437	307.50	307.50
4	—	363	310.00	310.00
5	—	508	296.00	296.00
98	—	918	235.25–244.00	241.44
25	—	479	280.00–290.00	284.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	496	316.00	316.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	559	260.00–267.50	263.41
33	—	626	238.00–256.00	247.34
8	—	437	265.00–275.00	268.83
11	—	733	230.00–235.00	232.26
5	—	368	300.00	300.00
7	—	527	264.00–276.00	269.83
24	—	808	241.50–242.00	241.54
3	—	458	277.50	277.50
8	—	928	227.00–231.50	229.79
14	—	686	243.00–268.00	248.35
4	—	999	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	590	304.00	304.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,013	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	610	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	512	251.00–267.50	257.95
21	—	468	259.00–277.50	265.02
23	—	607	254.00–255.00	254.61
26	—	572	246.00–259.00	249.84
31	—	732	235.00–246.00	240.25
35	—	815	227.00–234.50	231.70
109	—	770	235.25–244.50	238.89
5	—	379	310.00	310.00
16	—	427	274.00–280.00	275.77
3	—	323	330.00	330.00
9	—	867	232.50	232.50
32	—	671	239.00–246.00	244.55
29	—	905	221.50–222.50	222.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	396	257.50	257.50
3	—	338	267.50	267.50
13	—	547	244.00–245.00	244.54
4	—	550	225.00	225.00
4	—	698	231.00	231.00
5	—	634	233.00	233.00
5	—	749	230.00	230.00

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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