Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2023-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The unweaned cattle were in town this week. Unweaned steers and heifer calves tend to sell mostly 10.00 lower than their weaned counterparts. Compared to last week most classes of calves did not have good comparables. However, steers 850 to 950 sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower and 750 to 850 lb steers sold mostly 10.00 lower. There were not enough comparables for a good comparison of the heifers. However, heifers under 600 lbs had a higher undertone while heifers over 600 lbs had a lower undertone. The receipts were moderate with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $261.24/cwt on 1,400 head.

Average price

$261.24

1,400 head · 719 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,878

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$290

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

$3.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.60

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	623	263.83	1,644	274
Medium and Large 1	742	260.61	1,934	1,126

One grade step is worth $3.22/cwt here — about −$290 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 sale1,400 hd

261.24

—

KS average3 barns · 2,969 hd

264.84

−3.60

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

73 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	—	966	232.00/cwt	228.50–233.00	2,241	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	264.75/cwt	252.00–267.00	1,655	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	811	235.93/cwt	235.25–238.00	1,913	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	494	318.81/cwt	318.00–323.00	1,575	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	894	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,092	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	307.57/cwt	307.00–308.00	1,569	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	246.34/cwt	240.00–253.85	2,057	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	299.82/cwt	297.00–310.00	1,391	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	245.62/cwt	238.00–248.00	2,127	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,260	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	236.79/cwt	234.00–246.50	2,176	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	263.41/cwt	255.00–267.00	1,746	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	279.23/cwt	271.00–284.00	1,597	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	236.95/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,616	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	294.90/cwt	293.50–296.50	1,820	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	372	333.91/cwt	327.00–336.00	1,242	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	322.43/cwt	319.00–329.00	1,325	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	431	296.75/cwt	293.00–299.00	1,279	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	581	271.50/cwt	268.00–278.00	1,577	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	590	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,764	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	628	247.61/cwt	240.00–253.00	1,555	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	524	291.08/cwt	282.00–297.00	1,525	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	245.86/cwt	240.00–253.50	1,886	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	478	311.20/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,488	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	616	268.07/cwt	255.00–273.00	1,651	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	489	289.00/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,413	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	545	284.24/cwt	282.00–290.00	1,549	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	710	254.11/cwt	252.50–255.00	1,804	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	378	349.44/cwt	337.00–355.00	1,321	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	681	248.61/cwt	243.00–257.00	1,693	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,282	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	231.75/cwt	231.00–232.00	1,696	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	583	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,548	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	614	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,560	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	406	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,401	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	458	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,365	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,324	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	232.25/cwt	230.00–233.50	1,767	238
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	247.85/cwt	241.00–252.00	1,542	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,849	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	258.91/cwt	252.00–265.00	1,473	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	231.49/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,449	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,176	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	304.14/cwt	292.50–310.00	1,134	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	227.21/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,552	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	257.33/cwt	257.00–258.00	1,364	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	229.39/cwt	224.75–234.50	1,970	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	274.45/cwt	271.00–284.00	1,444	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,159	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	295.06/cwt	291.00–300.00	1,239	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	291.25/cwt	277.00–295.00	1,407	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	735	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,654	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	635	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,505	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	245.49/cwt	245.00–246.00	1,409	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	475	279.84/cwt	273.00–284.00	1,329	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	422	293.78/cwt	282.00–298.00	1,240	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	576	252.54/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,455	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	659	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	1,723	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	774	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	2,078	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	243.25/cwt	241.50–249.00	1,627	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	372	329.61/cwt	327.00–330.00	1,226	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	532	259.31/cwt	255.00–264.00	1,380	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	391	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,056	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	489	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,286	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	235.81/cwt	229.00–246.00	1,719	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	617	246.12/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,519	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	234.16/cwt	232.00–235.00	1,819	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	284.77/cwt	280.00–297.50	1,518	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	608	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,870	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	262.54/cwt	256.00–266.00	1,499	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	267.89/cwt	261.00–272.00	1,961	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	674	273.67/cwt	273.00–274.00	1,845	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	292.98/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,277	12

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 19, 2023

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

Receipts 2,657Last week 1,680Year ago 1,632

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	966	228.50–233.00	232.00
24	—	494	318.00–323.00	318.81
23	—	510	307.00–308.00	307.57
182	—	835	240.00–253.85	246.34
85	—	866	238.00–248.00	245.62
5	—	348	362.00	362.00
181	—	919	234.00–246.50	236.79
56	—	663	255.00–267.00	263.41
47	—	572	271.00–284.00	279.23
13	—	617	293.50–296.50	294.90
23	—	411	319.00–329.00	322.43
107	—	767	240.00–253.50	245.86
8	—	732	261.00–272.00	267.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	625	252.00–267.00	264.75
28	—	811	235.25–238.00	235.93
21	—	894	234.00	234.00
13	—	464	297.00–310.00	299.82
34	—	682	230.00–242.00	236.95
17	—	729	229.00–246.00	235.81
7	—	777	232.00–235.00	234.16
7	—	533	280.00–297.50	284.77
14	—	571	256.00–266.00	262.54
12	—	436	290.00–295.00	292.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	372	327.00–336.00	333.91
17	—	628	240.00–253.00	247.61
44	—	489	285.00–295.00	289.00
14	—	545	282.00–290.00	284.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	431	293.00–299.00	296.75
11	—	581	268.00–278.00	271.50
19	—	524	282.00–297.00	291.08
37	—	478	310.00–312.00	311.20
109	—	616	255.00–273.00	268.07
30	—	710	252.50–255.00	254.11
20	—	378	337.00–355.00	349.44
20	—	681	243.00–257.00	248.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	590	299.00	299.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	774	268.50	268.50
13	—	608	307.50	307.50
12	—	674	273.00–274.00	273.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	392	327.00	327.00
8	—	732	231.00–232.00	231.75
238	—	761	230.00–233.50	232.25
49	—	622	241.00–252.00	247.85
3	—	818	226.00	226.00
58	—	569	252.00–265.00	258.91
34	—	859	224.75–234.50	229.39
28	—	526	271.00–284.00	274.45
11	—	336	345.00	345.00
7	—	420	291.00–300.00	295.06
32	—	483	277.00–295.00	291.25
30	—	669	241.50–249.00	243.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	583	265.50	265.50
12	—	614	254.00	254.00
9	—	406	345.00	345.00
6	—	458	298.00	298.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	494	268.00	268.00
12	—	626	230.00–236.00	231.49
4	—	420	280.00	280.00
9	—	373	292.50–310.00	304.14
19	—	683	220.00–235.00	227.21
6	—	530	257.00–258.00	257.33
6	—	574	245.00–246.00	245.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	735	225.00	225.00
64	—	475	273.00–284.00	279.84
33	—	422	282.00–298.00	293.78
22	—	576	250.00–256.00	252.54
15	—	372	327.00–330.00	329.61
41	—	532	255.00–264.00	259.31
27	—	617	240.00–249.00	246.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	635	237.00	237.00
4	—	391	270.00	270.00
7	—	489	263.00	263.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	659	261.50	261.50

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