Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2024-02-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Buyers are still looking for those grass cattle to fill pastures this spring. Compared to last week 600 to 800 lb steers sold mostly 2.00 to 3.00 higher and steers over 800 lbs sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. The 500 to 700 lb heifers sold 4.00 higher and heifers over 700 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. The receipts were moderate and the demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $257.86/cwt on 2,224 head.

Average price

$257.86

2,224 head · 771 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,988

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$537

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

$69.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.26

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	634	275.90	1,748	304
Medium and Large 1	787	255.91	2,014	1,885
Large 1	1,109	206.07	2,284	35

One grade step is worth $69.82/cwt here — about −$537 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 sale2,224 hd

257.86

—

KS average2 barns · 4,932 hd

256.60

+1.26

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

57 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	Medium and Large 1	—	332	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,096	6
Heifers	Medium 1	—	452	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,220	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	217.32/cwt	206.00–218.50	1,878	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	556	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,824	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	764	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	2,013	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	713	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,025	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	278.46/cwt	277.50–283.00	1,509	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	410	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,300	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	604	248.87/cwt	247.50–250.00	1,503	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	299.22/cwt	292.00–309.00	1,870	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,046	33
Steers	Large 1	—	1,068	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	2,291	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	267.65/cwt	262.00–273.50	1,948	105
Steers	Large 1	—	1,210	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,239	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	272.11/cwt	268.00–278.00	1,867	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	337.68/cwt	337.00–340.00	1,256	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	248.75/cwt	244.00–253.25	1,955	231
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	283.26/cwt	277.75–293.50	1,906	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	339.77/cwt	332.00–350.00	1,614	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	2,076	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	331.62/cwt	321.00–340.00	1,714	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	254.49/cwt	252.50–257.00	1,837	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	531	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,620	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	215.25/cwt	214.00–225.00	1,776	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	230.40/cwt	226.00–242.00	1,832	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	299.27/cwt	296.00–305.00	1,745	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	306.82/cwt	297.00–318.00	1,589	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	305.85/cwt	302.50–325.00	1,441	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	341.48/cwt	335.00–352.00	1,448	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	291.37/cwt	287.00–301.00	1,524	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	945	207.75/cwt	199.00–209.00	1,963	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	257.74/cwt	248.00–262.00	1,606	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	219.71/cwt	213.00–223.50	1,806	177
Heifers	Large 1	—	990	183.50/cwt	183.00–184.00	1,817	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	553	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,604	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	327.44/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,225	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	937	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	1,785	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	238.08/cwt	236.00–246.00	1,602	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	289.82/cwt	285.00–302.50	1,243	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	251.46/cwt	247.00–257.00	1,677	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	220.68/cwt	218.00–226.50	1,677	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	277.55/cwt	272.00–305.00	1,324	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	238.61/cwt	233.00–242.00	1,699	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	475	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,401	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	260.47/cwt	249.00–268.00	1,263	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,671	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	228.56/cwt	225.00–230.00	2,096	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,285	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	319.17/cwt	309.00–322.00	1,797	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	268.49/cwt	267.50–275.00	1,171	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	297.09/cwt	287.00–305.00	1,147	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	262.15/cwt	250.00–268.00	1,497	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	241.85/cwt	235.75–247.50	2,007	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	232.89/cwt	229.00–237.50	2,052	624
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	317.04/cwt	310.00–328.00	1,354	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	275.74/cwt	271.00–284.00	1,580	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	501	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,558	31

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 29, 2024

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

Receipts 3,770Last week 2,854Year ago 3,954

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	332	330.00	330.00
66	—	864	206.00–218.50	217.32
50	—	523	287.00–301.00	291.37
94	—	945	199.00–209.00	207.75
89	—	623	248.00–262.00	257.74
177	—	822	213.00–223.50	219.71
11	—	374	315.00–335.00	327.44
25	—	429	285.00–302.50	289.82
111	—	667	247.00–257.00	251.46
37	—	760	218.00–226.50	220.68
23	—	477	272.00–305.00	277.55
90	—	712	233.00–242.00	238.61
33	—	573	271.00–284.00	275.74
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	452	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	542	277.50–283.00	278.46
25	—	937	190.50	190.50
48	—	673	236.00–246.00	238.08
18	—	485	249.00–268.00	260.47
16	—	788	212.00	212.00
31	—	436	267.50–275.00	268.49
22	—	386	287.00–305.00	297.09
51	—	571	250.00–268.00	262.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	410	317.00	317.00
8	—	475	295.00	295.00
31	—	501	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	990	183.00–184.00	183.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	553	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	556	328.00	328.00
14	—	764	263.50	263.50
43	—	713	284.00	284.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	604	247.50–250.00	248.87
33	—	930	220.00	220.00
22	—	686	268.00–278.00	272.11
12	—	372	337.00–340.00	337.68
47	—	722	252.50–257.00	254.49
18	—	825	214.00–225.00	215.25
18	—	795	226.00–242.00	230.40
48	—	583	296.00–305.00	299.27
31	—	518	297.00–318.00	306.82
28	—	471	302.50–325.00	305.85
36	—	427	310.00–328.00	317.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	625	292.00–309.00	299.22
105	—	728	262.00–273.50	267.65
231	—	786	244.00–253.25	248.75
168	—	673	277.75–293.50	283.26
14	—	475	332.00–350.00	339.77
13	—	950	218.50	218.50
17	—	517	321.00–340.00	331.62
21	—	424	335.00–352.00	341.48
173	—	917	225.00–230.00	228.56
4	—	350	367.00	367.00
74	—	563	309.00–322.00	319.17
219	—	830	235.75–247.50	241.85
624	—	881	229.00–237.50	232.89
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,068	214.50	214.50
10	—	1,210	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	531	305.00	305.00

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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