Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2023-11-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week the market was lower. Most weights of steers and heifers sold from 5.00 to 15.00 lower. The market is following the board which was down. We have a special calf sale again next Tuesday. The receipts were moderate with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $217.78/cwt on 1,167 head.

Average price

$217.78

1,167 head · 687 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,497

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$796

per head · Medium 1 over Large 1

$64.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.84

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	376	244.00	917	15thin
Medium and Large 1	701	218.36	1,530	992
Medium and Large 1-2	612	214.04	1,310	149
Large 1	952	180.00	1,714	11thin

One grade step is worth $64.00/cwt here — about −$796 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 sale1,167 hd

217.78

—

KS average4 barns · 4,324 hd

232.62

−14.84

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

77 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 1	—	323	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	895	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,654	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	877	214.55/cwt	213.00–215.00	1,882	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	962	214.35/cwt	210.00–222.00	2,062	104
Steers	Medium 1	—	625	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,425	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,201	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	245.73/cwt	244.00–250.00	1,376	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	222.85/cwt	220.75–228.50	1,950	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,326	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	233.05/cwt	232.00–236.00	1,913	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	241.14/cwt	241.00–243.00	1,401	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	234.39/cwt	233.50–235.00	1,439	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	902	224.69/cwt	222.00–228.00	2,027	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	210.66/cwt	209.00–215.00	1,723	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	220.28/cwt	219.00–221.00	1,639	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	642	222.46/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,428	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	227.04/cwt	226.00–229.00	1,399	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	443	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,214	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	370	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,106	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	683	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,386	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,262	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	675	222.96/cwt	218.00–228.00	1,505	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	226.58/cwt	224.00–230.00	1,779	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	565	238.88/cwt	236.00–241.50	1,350	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	731	215.25/cwt	205.00–219.00	1,573	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	374	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,174	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	484	257.77/cwt	251.00–263.00	1,248	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	475	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,178	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	618	240.26/cwt	233.50–244.00	1,485	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	528	248.42/cwt	243.00–257.00	1,312	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	718	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,450	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	572	250.72/cwt	247.00–253.00	1,434	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	219.12/cwt	215.00–224.00	1,251	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,655	13
Heifers	Large 1	—	952	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,714	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	604	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,438	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	869	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,808	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	592	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,409	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,459	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	200.12/cwt	195.00–203.00	1,569	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	225.00/cwt	224.00–226.00	1,051	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,448	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	227.19/cwt	215.00–238.00	1,220	15
Heifers	Medium 1	—	376	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	917	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	216.58/cwt	208.00–217.25	1,707	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	213.77/cwt	208.00–220.00	1,445	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	239.80/cwt	239.00–244.00	1,281	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	245.52/cwt	243.00–258.00	1,066	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	223.32/cwt	221.00–235.00	1,481	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	230.78/cwt	226.00–235.00	1,332	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	570	230.01/cwt	226.00–236.00	1,311	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,221	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	612	229.92/cwt	226.00–236.00	1,407	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	425	233.98/cwt	226.00–242.00	994	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	351	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	892	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	195.58/cwt	190.00–199.00	1,721	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	191.68/cwt	190.00–195.00	1,792	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	339	250.79/cwt	250.00–251.00	850	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	466	229.01/cwt	221.00–237.50	1,067	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	630	207.98/cwt	206.00–215.00	1,310	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	207.84/cwt	205.50–212.00	1,684	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	374	246.19/cwt	241.00–250.00	921	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	525	240.96/cwt	236.00–247.00	1,265	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	475	244.08/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,159	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	679	206.07/cwt	205.00–214.00	1,399	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	586	223.32/cwt	223.00–224.00	1,309	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	516	227.44/cwt	220.00–233.00	1,174	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	437	221.38/cwt	221.00–222.00	967	5
Steers	Medium 1	—	360	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	986	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	356	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	837	4
Steers	Medium 1	—	565	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,350	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	559	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,453	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	470	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,288	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	627	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,624	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	230.04/cwt	228.00–238.50	1,548	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	724	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,376	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,318	3

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 Nov 9, 2023

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

Receipts 2,661Last week 2,308Year ago 2,853

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	323	277.00	277.00
4	—	625	228.00	228.00
6	—	360	274.00	274.00
4	—	565	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	752	220.00	220.00
18	—	877	213.00–215.00	214.55
6	—	426	282.00	282.00
27	—	581	241.00–243.00	241.14
11	—	818	209.00–215.00	210.66
21	—	616	226.00–229.00	227.04
3	—	525	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	962	210.00–222.00	214.35
21	—	560	244.00–250.00	245.73
88	—	875	220.75–228.50	222.85
8	—	520	255.00	255.00
40	—	821	232.00–236.00	233.05
28	—	614	233.50–235.00	234.39
29	—	902	222.00–228.00	224.69
22	—	744	219.00–221.00	220.28
20	—	495	255.00	255.00
38	—	785	224.00–230.00	226.58
47	—	673	228.00–238.50	230.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	642	220.00–225.00	222.46
3	—	443	274.00	274.00
3	—	370	299.00	299.00
3	—	683	203.00	203.00
13	—	565	236.00–241.50	238.88
3	—	475	248.00	248.00
3	—	718	202.00	202.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	675	218.00–228.00	222.96
44	—	731	205.00–219.00	215.25
8	—	374	314.00	314.00
21	—	484	251.00–263.00	257.77
113	—	618	233.50–244.00	240.26
105	—	528	243.00–257.00	248.42
35	—	572	247.00–253.00	250.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	559	260.00	260.00
4	—	470	274.00	274.00
6	—	627	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	571	215.00–224.00	219.12
13	—	890	186.00	186.00
11	—	784	195.00–203.00	200.12
6	—	467	224.00–226.00	225.00
3	—	703	206.00	206.00
15	—	537	215.00–238.00	227.19
13	—	676	208.00–220.00	213.77
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	952	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	604	238.00	238.00
20	—	869	208.00	208.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	637	229.00	229.00
71	—	788	208.00–217.25	216.58
12	—	534	239.00–244.00	239.80
11	—	434	243.00–258.00	245.52
85	—	663	221.00–235.00	223.32
40	—	577	226.00–235.00	230.78
4	—	475	257.00	257.00
8	—	351	254.00	254.00
96	—	880	190.00–199.00	195.58
81	—	935	190.00–195.00	191.68
14	—	339	250.00–251.00	250.79
189	—	810	205.50–212.00	207.84
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	376	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	570	226.00–236.00	230.01
42	—	612	226.00–236.00	229.92
14	—	425	226.00–242.00	233.98
10	—	374	241.00–250.00	246.19
71	—	525	236.00–247.00	240.96
26	—	475	240.00–252.00	244.08
56	—	679	205.00–214.00	206.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	466	221.00–237.50	229.01
14	—	630	206.00–215.00	207.98
9	—	586	223.00–224.00	223.32
13	—	516	220.00–233.00	227.44
5	—	437	221.00–222.00	221.38
4	—	356	235.00	235.00
14	—	724	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	592	238.00	238.00

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