Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2019-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This is the First Special Calf sale for the fall of 2019: All steers and heifers farm and ranch raised, many having their fall vaccinations and all heifers guaranteed open unless specified. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $152.30/cwt on 1,009 head.

Average price

$152.30

1,009 head · 598 lb average

Value per head Derived

$911

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$125

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

$26.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.77

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	582	157.70	918	669
Medium and Large 1-2	635	143.18	909	296
Medium and Large 2	603	131.61	793	44

One grade step is worth $26.09/cwt here — about $125 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 sale1,009 hd

152.30

—

KS average4 barns · 4,507 hd

149.53

+2.77

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

35 lots · USDA AMS · Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co. Feeder Cattle Special - 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	—	321	151.30/cwt	150.00–154.00	486	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	146.33/cwt	144.00–150.00	637	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	139.57/cwt	138.00–140.00	918	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	143.89/cwt	139.00–147.00	688	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	140.95/cwt	137.00–143.00	805	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	142.98/cwt	137.00–146.50	758	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	140.83/cwt	134.00–143.00	868	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	133.42/cwt	131.00–136.00	707	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	127.60/cwt	125.00–133.00	723	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	772	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	127.91/cwt	122.00–131.00	860	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	130.49/cwt	129.00–132.00	595	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	139.68/cwt	138.00–142.00	1,076	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	138.74/cwt	138.00–139.25	993	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	183.36/cwt	177.00–185.00	708	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	174.11/cwt	167.00–177.00	777	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	168.34/cwt	165.00–173.00	800	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	151.76/cwt	147.75–156.00	1,003	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	159.06/cwt	155.00–161.00	856	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	157.81/cwt	152.50–160.00	903	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	154.37/cwt	150.00–157.00	960	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	761	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	1,113	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	972	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	167.13/cwt	164.00–175.00	617	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	149.18/cwt	147.00–150.00	792	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	155.32/cwt	151.00–158.00	760	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	142.35/cwt	138.00–147.00	908	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	147.42/cwt	146.00–148.00	830	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	137.42/cwt	132.00–138.50	998	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	140.30/cwt	135.00–143.50	948	110
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	582	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	792	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	721	122.11/cwt	120.00–125.00	880	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	414	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	592	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	123.61/cwt	123.00–125.00	847	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	132.17/cwt	130.00–133.00	839	11

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. Feeder Cattle Special - Salina, KS

Tue Oct 29, 2019

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

Receipts 1,673Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	321	150.00–154.00	151.30
31	—	435	144.00–150.00	146.33
37	—	658	138.00–140.00	139.57
61	—	478	139.00–147.00	143.89
100	—	571	137.00–143.00	140.95
132	—	530	137.00–146.50	142.98
133	—	616	134.00–143.00	140.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	530	131.00–136.00	133.42
12	—	567	125.00–133.00	127.60
12	—	610	126.50	126.50
23	—	672	122.00–131.00	127.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	456	129.00–132.00	130.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	770	138.00–142.00	139.68
12	—	716	138.00–139.25	138.74
15	—	386	177.00–185.00	183.36
26	—	446	167.00–177.00	174.11
55	—	475	165.00–173.00	168.34
58	—	661	147.75–156.00	151.76
84	—	538	155.00–161.00	159.06
193	—	572	152.50–160.00	157.81
206	—	622	150.00–157.00	154.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	761	146.25	146.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	759	128.00	128.00
11	—	369	164.00–175.00	167.13
15	—	531	147.00–150.00	149.18
18	—	489	151.00–158.00	155.32
42	—	638	138.00–147.00	142.35
43	—	563	146.00–148.00	147.42
49	—	726	132.00–138.50	137.42
110	—	676	135.00–143.50	140.30
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	582	136.00	136.00
7	—	721	120.00–125.00	122.11
10	—	414	143.00	143.00
10	—	685	123.00–125.00	123.61
11	—	635	130.00–133.00	132.17

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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