Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2023-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers over 600 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. The unweaned cattle are showing up in town, If they are good cattle with shots they are not seeing much discount. The receipts were light with good demand. I would expect some of the calves that were not here today will be here Tuesday for the first Special Calf Sale of the Season.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $248.11/cwt on 906 head.

Average price

$248.11

906 head · 694 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,721

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$253

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

$6.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.08

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	699	248.50	1,737	852
Medium and Large 1-2	613	241.91	1,484	54

One grade step is worth $6.59/cwt here — about $253 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 sale906 hd

248.11

—

KS average3 barns · 2,667 hd

253.19

−5.08

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

54 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 1-2Unweaned	—	600	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,464	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	386	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,216	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,090	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	236.13/cwt	229.00–240.00	1,795	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	273.99/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,608	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	253.68/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,481	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	2,141	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	282.76/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,219	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	231.45/cwt	230.00–238.00	2,034	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	271.28/cwt	264.50–274.00	1,443	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	276.40/cwt	275.00–283.00	1,332	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	983	231.39/cwt	230.00–232.00	2,275	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	622	255.33/cwt	249.00–264.00	1,588	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	667	243.08/cwt	233.50–245.00	1,621	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	571	257.71/cwt	251.00–263.00	1,472	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	539	262.22/cwt	257.00–267.00	1,413	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	490	269.01/cwt	268.50–271.00	1,318	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	485	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,431	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	770	224.64/cwt	221.00–226.00	1,730	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	443	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,196	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	428	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,074	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	670	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,508	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,771	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	270.39/cwt	270.00–271.00	1,014	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,913	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,782	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,045	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,247	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,562	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,265	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	949	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	218.36/cwt	218.00–220.00	1,500	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	231.16/cwt	226.00–235.00	1,322	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,147	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	246.12/cwt	240.00–251.00	1,440	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	232.83/cwt	225.00–235.50	1,597	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	241.76/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,484	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	257.18/cwt	253.00–260.00	1,245	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	234.58/cwt	233.00–235.00	1,670	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	247.42/cwt	243.00–255.00	1,321	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	484	247.42/cwt	241.00–250.00	1,198	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	534	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,287	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	637	225.12/cwt	224.00–228.00	1,434	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	587	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,332	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	411	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,101	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	709	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,574	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	228.11/cwt	228.00–229.00	1,542	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,569	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	237.96/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,697	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	457	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,382	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	643	237.21/cwt	235.50–239.00	1,525	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	561	241.85/cwt	240.00–246.00	1,357	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,158	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	238.20/cwt	233.00–239.00	1,953	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	242.83/cwt	238.00–246.00	1,622	137

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 26, 2023

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

Receipts 1,564Last week 2,657Year ago 2,369

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	600	244.00	244.00
4	—	428	251.00	251.00
3	—	670	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	386	315.00	315.00
40	—	622	249.00–264.00	255.33
30	—	667	233.50–245.00	243.08
28	—	571	251.00–263.00	257.71
21	—	539	257.00–267.00	262.22
19	—	490	268.50–271.00	269.01
15	—	770	221.00–226.00	224.64
6	—	443	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	760	229.00–240.00	236.13
63	—	587	270.00–279.00	273.99
61	—	933	229.50	229.50
22	—	431	280.00–288.00	282.76
16	—	879	230.00–238.00	231.45
14	—	532	264.50–274.00	271.28
11	—	482	275.00–283.00	276.40
10	—	983	230.00–232.00	231.39
44	—	713	235.00–240.00	237.96
4	—	353	328.00	328.00
158	—	820	233.00–239.00	238.20
137	—	668	238.00–246.00	242.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	584	250.00–257.00	253.68
19	—	676	228.00–229.00	228.11
3	—	630	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	485	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	457	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	424	257.00	257.00
7	—	720	217.00	217.00
3	—	525	241.00	241.00
3	—	372	255.00	255.00
22	—	687	218.00–220.00	218.36
17	—	572	226.00–235.00	231.16
4	—	478	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	789	224.50	224.50
10	—	375	270.00–271.00	270.39
7	—	911	210.00	210.00
5	—	812	219.50	219.50
54	—	585	240.00–251.00	246.12
47	—	686	225.00–235.50	232.83
39	—	614	235.00–245.00	241.76
32	—	484	253.00–260.00	257.18
30	—	712	233.00–235.00	234.58
30	—	534	243.00–255.00	247.42
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,045	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	484	241.00–250.00	247.42
15	—	534	241.00	241.00
9	—	411	268.00	268.00
7	—	709	222.00	222.00
31	—	643	235.50–239.00	237.21
29	—	561	240.00–246.00	241.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	637	224.00–228.00	225.12
3	—	587	227.00	227.00

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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