Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2023-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: 550 steers traded 10.00 lower, while rest of the weight groups traded 5.00-sharply higher. Heifers traded 12.00-sharply higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $214.30/cwt on 1,564 head.

Average price

$214.30

1,564 head · 748 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,603

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$48

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

$36.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.34

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	594	246.87	1,466	32
Medium and Large 2	584	214.65	1,254	32
Medium and Large 1	766	214.65	1,643	1,141
Medium and Large 1-2	720	210.24	1,514	359

One grade step is worth $36.62/cwt here — about −$48 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 sale1,564 hd

214.30

—

KS average3 barns · 2,618 hd

217.64

−3.34

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

68 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	—	831	208.72/cwt	203.00–210.00	1,734	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	236.91/cwt	231.00–243.00	1,471	18
Steers	Large 2	—	653	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,241	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	893	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,759	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	229.73/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,555	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	869	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,764	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,233	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	672	201.41/cwt	180.00–212.00	1,353	49
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	609	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,358	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	582	238.48/cwt	238.00–239.00	1,388	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,376	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,546	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	719	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,409	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,283	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	205.57/cwt	204.00–207.50	1,601	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	1,726	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	237.59/cwt	232.00–243.00	1,497	55
Heifers	Large 1	—	623	237.26/cwt	217.00–242.00	1,478	22
Heifers	Large 1	—	530	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,420	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	461	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,484	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,589	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,627	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,038	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,609	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	273.28/cwt	265.00–276.00	1,284	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	246.28/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,401	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	904	211.97/cwt	209.00–215.00	1,916	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	246.11/cwt	244.00–252.50	1,381	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	227.05/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,623	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,053	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	934	189.97/cwt	180.00–195.50	1,774	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	255.47/cwt	250.00–261.00	1,615	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	494	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,536	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	245.22/cwt	242.00–249.00	1,641	58
Steers	Large 1	—	609	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,629	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	301.86/cwt	298.00–310.00	1,573	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,022	196.76/cwt	193.50–198.50	2,011	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,255	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	214.16/cwt	208.00–218.50	1,662	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	218.84/cwt	214.00–220.00	1,932	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	260.93/cwt	259.00–268.00	1,380	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	234.19/cwt	232.00–235.00	1,314	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,497	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	261.53/cwt	259.00–264.00	1,200	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	922	180.62/cwt	180.00–181.00	1,665	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	195.27/cwt	194.50–205.00	1,713	285
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	204.05/cwt	200.00–210.25	1,655	242
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	205.46/cwt	199.00–212.00	1,479	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	265.02/cwt	262.00–267.50	1,153	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	963	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	191.90/cwt	184.50–193.00	1,641	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,008	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,814	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	250.30/cwt	245.00–254.00	1,287	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	214.15/cwt	212.00–219.00	1,343	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,368	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	839	217.03/cwt	214.00–218.50	1,821	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	226.18/cwt	220.00–234.00	1,757	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	228.06/cwt	226.00–230.00	1,432	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,536	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	555	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,568	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	466	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,533	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	1,989	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	240.51/cwt	239.00–241.00	1,763	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	216.63/cwt	207.00–220.00	1,454	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	946	5
Steers	Large 1	—	697	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,659	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	260.01/cwt	254.00–265.00	1,498	97
Steers	Large 1-2	—	630	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,336	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	314.57/cwt	312.00–316.00	1,350	14

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 Dec 14, 2023

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

Receipts 3,300Last week 2,369Year ago 3,812

Compared to last week: 550 steers traded 10.00 lower, while rest of the weight groups traded 5.00-sharply higher. Heifers traded 12.00-sharply higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	831	203.00–210.00	208.72
18	—	621	231.00–243.00	236.91
42	—	677	220.00–235.00	229.73
14	—	869	203.00	203.00
9	—	496	277.50	277.50
2	—	533	290.00	290.00
14	—	561	244.00–252.50	246.11
81	—	715	220.00–230.00	227.05
3	—	363	290.00	290.00
11	—	934	180.00–195.50	189.97
5	—	427	294.00	294.00
42	—	776	208.00–218.50	214.16
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	653	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	893	197.00	197.00
5	—	478	258.00	258.00
49	—	672	180.00–212.00	201.41
4	—	609	223.00	223.00
19	—	582	238.00–239.00	238.48
11	—	719	196.00	196.00
6	—	508	252.50	252.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	904	209.00–215.00	211.97
72	—	632	250.00–261.00	255.47
9	—	494	311.00	311.00
58	—	669	242.00–249.00	245.22
55	—	521	298.00–310.00	301.86
134	—	1,022	193.50–198.50	196.76
163	—	883	214.00–220.00	218.84
77	—	839	214.00–218.50	217.03
66	—	777	220.00–234.00	226.18
16	—	968	205.50	205.50
55	—	733	239.00–241.00	240.51
97	—	576	254.00–265.00	260.01
14	—	429	312.00–316.00	314.57
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	609	267.50	267.50
13	—	697	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	555	282.50	282.50
14	—	466	329.00	329.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
135	—	779	204.00–207.50	205.57
56	—	911	189.50	189.50
55	—	630	232.00–243.00	237.59
13	—	665	239.00	239.00
161	—	720	226.00	226.00
30	—	470	265.00–276.00	273.28
77	—	569	240.00–249.00	246.28
60	—	529	259.00–268.00	260.93
285	—	877	194.50–205.00	195.27
242	—	811	200.00–210.25	204.05
18	—	1,008	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	623	217.00–242.00	237.26
10	—	530	268.00	268.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	461	322.00	322.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,038	155.00	155.00
15	—	561	232.00–235.00	234.19
14	—	805	186.00	186.00
18	—	459	259.00–264.00	261.53
16	—	922	180.00–181.00	180.62
87	—	720	199.00–212.00	205.46
13	—	435	262.00–267.50	265.02
78	—	855	184.50–193.00	191.90
20	—	514	245.00–254.00	250.30
12	—	628	226.00–230.00	228.06
9	—	772	199.00	199.00
65	—	671	207.00–220.00	216.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	448	215.00	215.00
13	—	627	212.00–219.00	214.15
9	—	720	190.00	190.00
5	—	364	260.00	260.00

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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