Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2023-12-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers under 600 lbs sold higher on a light test while 600 to 700 lb steers sold 3.00 lower and steers over 800 lbs sold mixed from 1.00 lower to 2.00 higher. 750 lb heifers sold 4.00 higher. The receipts were light with good demand. This was the last sale of the year. The barn is going to have a couple of weaned and vaccinated sales in January that already have a good number of consignments.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $234.33/cwt on 910 head.

Average price

$234.33

910 head · 788 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,846

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$57

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

$84.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.46

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	691	244.11	1,686	96
Medium and Large 1	780	237.38	1,852	723
Medium and Large 2	769	206.00	1,584	28
Large 1	1,034	199.50	2,063	59
Large 1-2	1,018	160.00	1,629	4thin

One grade step is worth $84.11/cwt here — about $57 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 sale910 hd

234.33

—

KS average3 barns · 2,437 hd

254.79

−20.46

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

48 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
Heifers	Large 1	—	991	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,764	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,147	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,169	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	206.31/cwt	202.50–210.00	1,506	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,305	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	222.88/cwt	219.00–227.50	1,507	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,741	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,551	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	282.68/cwt	281.00–290.00	1,518	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	221.62/cwt	220.00–223.00	1,740	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,575	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	769	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,584	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	319.23/cwt	314.00–321.00	1,679	20
Steers	Large 1-2	—	1,018	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,629	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	836	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,797	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,498	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	394	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,133	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,399	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	1,973	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	234.88/cwt	230.00–238.50	1,816	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	406	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,364	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	231.24/cwt	230.00–234.50	1,665	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	342.20/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,157	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	330.20/cwt	330.00–331.00	1,549	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	599	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,492	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	187.34/cwt	183.00–190.00	1,714	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	891	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,671	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	202.36/cwt	192.00–205.00	1,651	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	284.61/cwt	277.50–287.00	1,486	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	209.92/cwt	200.00–211.50	1,612	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,501	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	691	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,465	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	598	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,340	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,273	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	978	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,379	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	238.32/cwt	236.00–244.50	1,466	35
Steers	Large 1	—	1,034	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	2,063	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	515	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,684	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	582	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,670	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	259.99/cwt	259.00–262.00	1,414	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	837	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,557	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,012	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	959	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,004	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	242.34/cwt	237.00–245.50	1,660	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	280.25/cwt	273.00–285.00	1,569	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	882	217.10/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,915	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	227.68/cwt	222.00–231.75	1,858	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	252.15/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,604	42

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 21, 2023

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

Receipts 1,500Last week 3,300Year ago 3,812

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	991	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	370	310.00	310.00
3	—	410	285.00	285.00
8	—	730	202.50–210.00	206.31
9	—	453	288.00	288.00
60	—	676	219.00–227.50	222.88
29	—	599	249.00	249.00
16	—	915	183.00–190.00	187.34
13	—	891	187.50	187.50
50	—	816	192.00–205.00	202.36
38	—	522	277.50–287.00	284.61
126	—	768	200.00–211.50	209.92
35	—	615	236.00–244.50	238.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	790	190.00	190.00
10	—	691	212.00	212.00
3	—	598	224.00	224.00
3	—	468	272.00	272.00
9	—	544	259.00–262.00	259.99
3	—	837	186.00	186.00
3	—	343	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	978	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	995	175.00	175.00
9	—	735	211.00	211.00
16	—	537	281.00–290.00	282.68
40	—	785	220.00–223.00	221.62
3	—	592	266.00	266.00
7	—	836	215.00	215.00
8	—	468	320.00	320.00
4	—	394	287.50	287.50
4	—	444	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	769	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	526	314.00–321.00	319.23
60	—	920	214.50	214.50
88	—	773	230.00–238.50	234.88
6	—	406	336.00	336.00
33	—	720	230.00–234.50	231.24
7	—	338	335.00–347.50	342.20
10	—	469	330.00–331.00	330.20
56	—	959	209.00	209.00
56	—	685	237.00–245.50	242.34
23	—	560	273.00–285.00	280.25
185	—	882	215.00–220.00	217.10
99	—	816	222.00–231.75	227.68
42	—	636	250.00–256.00	252.15
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,018	160.00	160.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,034	199.50	199.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	515	327.00	327.00
27	—	582	287.00	287.00

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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