Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2024-02-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Really nice offering of cattle today. Compared to last week steers 500 to 800 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher and steers over 800 lbs sold mostly 6.00 to 7.00 lower. The heifers sold mixed 2.00 lower to 1.00 higher except 650 to 700 lb heifers selling 6.00 higher and 850 lb heifers selling 5.00 lower. Buyers are looking to get their pastures filled up. We have had rain and snow and everyone is optimistic that the pastures are going to be good this summer. The receipts were heavy and the demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $257.91/cwt on 2,714 head.

Average price

$257.91

2,714 head · 740 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,910

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$640

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

$62.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.03

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	724	264.89	1,919	1,942
Medium and Large 1-2	776	241.70	1,875	714
Medium 1	798	229.59	1,832	42
Large 1	1,029	210.08	2,162	13thin
Medium 1-2	633	202.00	1,279	3thin

One grade step is worth $62.89/cwt here — about $640 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 sale2,714 hd

257.91

—

KS average3 barns · 7,075 hd

252.88

+5.03

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 and Large 1	—	714	257.06/cwt	250.00–264.00	1,835	295
Steers	Medium 1	—	734	241.03/cwt	240.50–241.50	1,769	21
Steers	Medium 1	—	923	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,957	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,055	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	435	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,466	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	241.30/cwt	233.00–247.50	1,993	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	315.98/cwt	309.00–323.00	1,807	102
Steers	Large 1	—	1,014	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,140	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	320.75/cwt	315.00–327.50	1,376	17
Steers	Medium 1	—	795	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,789	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	328.59/cwt	326.00–335.00	1,745	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,301	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	220.61/cwt	218.00–223.75	2,036	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	293.25/cwt	285.00–299.00	1,845	251
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	240.98/cwt	238.00–246.00	1,889	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	319.39/cwt	315.00–322.00	1,546	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	335.25/cwt	335.00–337.50	1,636	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	838	227.85/cwt	225.25–231.00	1,909	232
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	633	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,279	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	298.84/cwt	295.00–301.00	1,727	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	277.84/cwt	271.00–282.50	1,750	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	889	222.09/cwt	220.75–224.00	1,974	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	969	215.25/cwt	215.25–215.25	2,086	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	254.57/cwt	247.00–258.00	1,744	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	232.06/cwt	231.00–234.00	1,798	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	240.76/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,743	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,245	5
Steers	Medium 1	—	842	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,852	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	320.27/cwt	320.00–322.00	1,736	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	664	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,872	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	602	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	1,887	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	768	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,955	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,663	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	498	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,529	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	419	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,278	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	747	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,606	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,734	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,465	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	209.57/cwt	207.00–214.50	1,811	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,311	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	281.31/cwt	275.00–288.00	1,463	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	251.26/cwt	245.00–256.00	1,573	202
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,025	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,825	17
Heifers	Large 1	—	967	200.49/cwt	198.00–201.00	1,939	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	284.24/cwt	281.00–290.00	1,364	52
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	752	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,579	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	274.65/cwt	272.00–280.00	1,544	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	242.36/cwt	236.00–246.00	1,614	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	208.72/cwt	206.00–210.00	1,933	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	960	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	268.30/cwt	265.00–271.00	1,419	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	219.85/cwt	215.00–224.00	1,710	146
Heifers	Medium 1	—	744	222.67/cwt	221.00–224.00	1,657	9
Heifers	Medium 1	—	763	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,686	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	217.54/cwt	206.50–221.00	1,777	220
Heifers	Medium 1	—	579	252.55/cwt	246.00–258.00	1,462	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	231.63/cwt	226.00–244.00	1,457	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	211.85/cwt	205.00–213.00	1,650	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,175	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	456	268.40/cwt	260.00–274.00	1,224	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	222.80/cwt	220.00–226.00	1,602	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	994	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	560	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,596	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	230.06/cwt	227.00–235.00	1,661	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	263.05/cwt	262.00–265.00	1,510	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	532	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,553	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	231.75/cwt	227.00–235.00	1,539	65
Heifers	Medium 1	—	409	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,104	6
Steers	Large 1	—	1,064	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,213	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	277.29/cwt	267.00–280.00	1,184	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	550	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,815	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	671	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,879	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	911	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	2,091	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	767	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,944	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	269.29/cwt	260.00–274.50	1,823	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	606	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,606	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	228.79/cwt	226.00–235.00	1,988	308

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 Feb 15, 2024

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

Receipts 5,007Last week 2,429Year ago 1,508

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
295	—	714	250.00–264.00	257.06
10	—	322	327.50	327.50
186	—	826	233.00–247.50	241.30
102	—	572	309.00–323.00	315.98
17	—	429	315.00–327.50	320.75
28	—	531	326.00–335.00	328.59
21	—	392	332.00	332.00
88	—	923	218.00–223.75	220.61
251	—	629	285.00–299.00	293.25
180	—	784	238.00–246.00	240.98
20	—	488	335.00–337.50	335.25
32	—	969	215.25	215.25
134	—	677	260.00–274.50	269.29
308	—	869	226.00–235.00	228.79
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	734	240.50–241.50	241.03
8	—	923	212.00	212.00
5	—	795	225.00	225.00
8	—	842	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	435	337.00	337.00
71	—	550	330.00	330.00
48	—	671	280.00	280.00
18	—	911	229.50	229.50
24	—	767	253.50	253.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,014	211.00	211.00
4	—	1,064	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	484	315.00–322.00	319.39
232	—	838	225.25–231.00	227.85
49	—	578	295.00–301.00	298.84
29	—	630	271.00–282.50	277.84
168	—	889	220.75–224.00	222.09
55	—	685	247.00–258.00	254.57
45	—	775	231.00–234.00	232.06
103	—	724	235.00–245.00	240.76
5	—	415	300.00	300.00
15	—	542	320.00–322.00	320.27
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	633	202.00	202.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	664	282.00	282.00
31	—	602	313.50	313.50
25	—	768	254.50	254.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	665	250.00	250.00
20	—	498	307.00	307.00
9	—	419	305.00	305.00
3	—	747	215.00	215.00
6	—	615	282.00	282.00
3	—	500	293.00	293.00
3	—	752	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	864	207.00–214.50	209.57
3	—	423	310.00	310.00
32	—	520	275.00–288.00	281.31
202	—	626	245.00–256.00	251.26
52	—	480	281.00–290.00	284.24
62	—	562	272.00–280.00	274.65
131	—	666	236.00–246.00	242.36
19	—	926	206.00–210.00	208.72
9	—	331	290.00	290.00
146	—	778	215.00–224.00	219.85
220	—	817	206.50–221.00	217.54
25	—	395	297.50	297.50
182	—	722	227.00–235.00	230.06
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,025	178.00	178.00
18	—	967	198.00–201.00	200.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	529	265.00–271.00	268.30
21	—	629	226.00–244.00	231.63
77	—	779	205.00–213.00	211.85
10	—	456	260.00–274.00	268.40
149	—	719	220.00–226.00	222.80
3	—	355	280.00	280.00
132	—	574	262.00–265.00	263.05
65	—	664	227.00–235.00	231.75
14	—	427	267.00–280.00	277.29
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	744	221.00–224.00	222.67
6	—	763	221.00	221.00
35	—	579	246.00–258.00	252.55
6	—	409	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	560	285.00	285.00
36	—	532	292.00	292.00
59	—	606	265.00	265.00

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