Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2023-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This weeks receipts were light with good demand. Due to two light sales in a row, there were too few head sold in most classes for a good comparison. However, feeder steers over 750 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. The barn is gearing up for the first special calf sale of the season which could account for the lighter receipts this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $261.43/cwt on 924 head.

Average price

$261.43

924 head · 721 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,886

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$284

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

$19.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.97

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	579	267.21	1,546	68
Medium and Large 1	730	266.33	1,945	609
Medium and Large 1-2	739	247.74	1,830	247

One grade step is worth $19.48/cwt here — about −$284 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 sale924 hd

261.43

—

KS average3 barns · 3,955 hd

264.40

−2.97

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	—	893	234.91/cwt	233.00–241.25	2,098	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,077	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	264.40/cwt	263.50–264.75	2,039	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	281.12/cwt	274.00–286.00	1,586	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	228.79/cwt	226.00–239.00	1,549	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	964	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,169	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	265.31/cwt	262.00–267.50	1,931	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,110	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	289.98/cwt	288.00–305.00	1,375	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	724	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,962	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	249.02/cwt	243.75–250.50	2,171	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	697	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,673	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	292.08/cwt	289.00–307.50	1,528	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	318.52/cwt	315.00–327.00	1,392	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	322.57/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,194	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	627	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,818	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	934	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,288	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	278.79/cwt	273.00–288.00	1,726	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	234.67/cwt	233.00–238.00	1,570	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	230.41/cwt	228.00–237.50	1,276	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	260.27/cwt	258.00–264.00	1,377	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	277.32/cwt	275.00–282.50	1,237	15
Heifers	Medium 1	—	886	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,967	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	775	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,690	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	239.09/cwt	237.00–240.00	1,693	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,728	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,490	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	253.30/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,188	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,987	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	269.16/cwt	264.00–280.00	1,252	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	791	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,843	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	622	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,524	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	257.05/cwt	249.00–261.00	1,475	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,934	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	260.05/cwt	252.00–262.00	1,657	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	287.78/cwt	287.50–288.00	1,096	7
Steers	Medium 1	—	578	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	1,552	25
Steers	Medium 1	—	499	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,352	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	456	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,322	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	244.93/cwt	243.00–246.00	1,629	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	281.22/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,457	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	252.01/cwt	246.50–257.00	1,568	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	258.38/cwt	254.00–267.50	1,488	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,408	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	243.46/cwt	234.00–246.00	1,724	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	293.06/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,292	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	848	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,035	14
Steers	Medium 1	—	631	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	1,663	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	271.14/cwt	270.50–272.00	1,838	16

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 12, 2023

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

Receipts 1,680Last week 1,102Year ago 2,520

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	893	233.00–241.25	234.91
26	—	915	227.00	227.00
25	—	677	226.00–239.00	228.79
27	—	637	252.00–262.00	260.05
20	—	518	275.00–285.00	281.22
16	—	576	254.00–267.50	258.38
5	—	494	285.00	285.00
14	—	708	234.00–246.00	243.46
19	—	441	290.00–300.00	293.06
14	—	848	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	771	263.50–264.75	264.40
57	—	564	274.00–286.00	281.12
11	—	964	225.00	225.00
54	—	728	262.00–267.50	265.31
46	—	818	258.00	258.00
30	—	474	288.00–305.00	289.98
122	—	872	243.75–250.50	249.02
29	—	523	289.00–307.50	292.08
15	—	437	315.00–327.00	318.52
8	—	370	320.00–330.00	322.57
60	—	934	245.00	245.00
48	—	619	273.00–288.00	278.79
16	—	678	270.50–272.00	271.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	724	271.00	271.00
13	—	627	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	697	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	578	268.50	268.50
17	—	499	271.00	271.00
26	—	631	263.50	263.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	669	233.00–238.00	234.67
8	—	554	228.00–237.50	230.41
40	—	763	226.50	226.50
8	—	621	240.00	240.00
7	—	469	250.00–260.00	253.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	529	258.00–264.00	260.27
15	—	446	275.00–282.50	277.32
13	—	708	237.00–240.00	239.09
118	—	887	224.00	224.00
9	—	465	264.00–280.00	269.16
29	—	791	233.00	233.00
37	—	574	249.00–261.00	257.05
63	—	823	235.00	235.00
7	—	381	287.50–288.00	287.78
28	—	665	243.00–246.00	244.93
45	—	622	246.50–257.00	252.01
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	886	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	622	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	456	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	775	218.00	218.00

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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