Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2024-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A light run of cattle today due to the frigid temperatures last week. Steer calves weighing 650 to 750 lbs sold 17.00 to 28.00 higher and 750 to 850 lb steers sold 8.00 to 13.00 higher. There were too few heifers for a good test, however, 600 to 700 lb heifers sold 6.00 to 11.00 higher. There will be a special weaned and vaccinated sale on Tuesday, January 23rd, there are already 3100 head consigned. This sale was rescheduled from earlier in the month. There is also a Special Bred Cow sale on January 30th. The supply was light and the demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $236.04/cwt on 948 head.

Average price

$236.04

948 head · 793 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,871

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$21

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$59.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.93

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	792	237.98	1,885	847
Medium 1	447	235.00	1,050	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	706	234.91	1,658	71
Large 1	1,068	178.44	1,907	27

One grade step is worth $59.53/cwt here — about −$21 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 sale948 hd

236.04

—

KS average3 barns · 1,951 hd

248.97

−12.93

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

47 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	—	679	253.75/cwt	252.00–268.00	1,723	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,305	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	593	293.68/cwt	293.50–294.00	1,742	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,455	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	224.06/cwt	223.25–226.50	1,987	284
Steers	Large 1	—	1,062	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,912	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,349	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,961	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	290.07/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,421	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	224.02/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,445	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	242.49/cwt	238.00–246.00	1,765	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	232.97/cwt	231.00–237.00	1,789	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	281.43/cwt	276.00–290.00	1,770	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	754	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,844	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	927	208.83/cwt	208.50–210.00	1,936	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	216.23/cwt	211.00–225.00	1,527	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	241.40/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,649	32
Heifers	Medium 1	—	451	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,033	6
Heifers	Medium 1	—	560	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,238	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,024	171.57/cwt	170.00–174.00	1,757	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,095	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,653	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	683	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,619	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	552	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,490	10
Steers	Large 1	—	1,120	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,859	3
Steers	Medium 1	—	447	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,050	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	973	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,995	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	506	325.81/cwt	324.00–333.00	1,649	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	252.86/cwt	251.00–255.00	1,446	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	229.35/cwt	221.00–231.00	1,881	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,194	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	247.20/cwt	247.00–247.50	1,280	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,379	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	266.25/cwt	265.00–267.50	1,416	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	208.77/cwt	204.50–210.00	1,754	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	664	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,793	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,237	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	200.18/cwt	199.00–203.00	1,527	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	403	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,048	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	358	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	913	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	219.98/cwt	217.00–228.00	1,507	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	210.95/cwt	202.00–214.00	1,546	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	314	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	848	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	235.90/cwt	231.00–241.00	1,496	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	211.50/cwt	211.00–216.50	1,645	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,708	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	207.70/cwt	199.00–209.00	1,790	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	922	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,577	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 Jan 18, 2024

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

Receipts 1,724Last week 1,311Year ago 2,068

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	679	252.00–268.00	253.75
19	—	593	293.50–294.00	293.68
3	—	428	340.00	340.00
284	—	887	223.25–226.50	224.06
37	—	912	215.00	215.00
62	—	728	238.00–246.00	242.49
149	—	768	231.00–237.00	232.97
33	—	629	276.00–290.00	281.43
6	—	973	205.00	205.00
20	—	506	324.00–333.00	325.81
121	—	820	221.00–231.00	229.35
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,062	180.00	180.00
3	—	1,120	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	544	248.00	248.00
6	—	490	285.00–295.00	290.07
7	—	645	220.00–227.00	224.02
14	—	927	208.50–210.00	208.83
8	—	706	211.00–225.00	216.23
32	—	683	240.00–249.00	241.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	754	244.50	244.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	447	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	664	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	565	231.00	231.00
4	—	473	252.50	252.50
5	—	518	247.00–247.50	247.20
9	—	624	221.00	221.00
7	—	763	199.00–203.00	200.18
3	—	358	255.00	255.00
3	—	922	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	451	229.00	229.00
4	—	560	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,024	170.00–174.00	171.57
3	—	1,095	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	683	237.00	237.00
10	—	552	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	572	251.00–255.00	252.86
8	—	532	265.00–267.50	266.25
146	—	840	204.50–210.00	208.77
3	—	458	270.00	270.00
9	—	403	260.00	260.00
39	—	685	217.00–228.00	219.98
83	—	733	202.00–214.00	210.95
4	—	314	270.00	270.00
32	—	634	231.00–241.00	235.90
78	—	778	211.00–216.50	211.50
14	—	928	184.00	184.00
55	—	862	199.00–209.00	207.70

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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