Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2019-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All calves had a minimum of one round of shots and weaned at least 30 days. All heifers were guaranteed open unless specified. No Sale Thanksgiving week: Steers showing a definite increase and Heifers showing lower undertones from November 5th sale. Trade active and demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $160.14/cwt on 1,503 head.

Average price

$160.14

1,503 head · 636 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,019

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

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

$15.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	640	163.00	1,043	989
Medium and Large 1-2	629	155.59	978	455
Medium and Large 2	627	147.22	923	59

One grade step is worth $15.78/cwt here — about $120 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 sale1,503 hd

160.14

—

KS average1 barns · 1,503 hd

160.14

+0.00

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

38 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	—	666	135.08/cwt	131.00–137.00	900	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	148.38/cwt	146.00–154.00	723	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	147.31/cwt	144.00–150.00	756	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	129.65/cwt	127.00–133.50	944	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	142.86/cwt	139.00–147.00	804	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	134.81/cwt	132.00–137.00	847	192
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	857	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	139.25/cwt	137.00–141.00	533	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	138.66/cwt	136.00–142.00	634	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	128.74/cwt	128.00–130.00	814	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	136.56/cwt	134.00–141.00	731	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	133.56/cwt	130.00–136.00	772	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	639	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	135.62/cwt	135.00–136.00	585	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	494	129.19/cwt	128.00–131.00	638	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	123.78/cwt	123.00–126.00	701	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,135	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	188.04/cwt	182.00–190.00	889	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	184.93/cwt	183.00–191.00	828	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	140.35/cwt	137.00–145.75	1,144	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	157.63/cwt	150.50–159.75	1,122	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	180.57/cwt	176.00–183.00	946	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	144.85/cwt	141.00–150.50	1,120	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	157.58/cwt	151.00–162.00	1,061	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	173.56/cwt	170.00–178.00	989	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	162.36/cwt	158.25–166.00	1,008	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	672	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,129	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	723	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,178	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	175.58/cwt	172.00–180.00	855	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	167.06/cwt	164.00–169.50	971	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	143.92/cwt	139.00–148.00	1,030	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	174.84/cwt	174.00–175.00	925	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	151.37/cwt	149.00–157.00	963	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	145.61/cwt	142.00–148.00	987	153
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	494	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	761	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	786	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,022	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	135.13/cwt	134.50–137.00	966	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	156.46/cwt	156.00–158.00	904	27

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 Dec 3, 2019

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

Receipts 2,457Last week 2,719Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	666	131.00–137.00	135.08
45	—	487	146.00–154.00	148.38
69	—	513	144.00–150.00	147.31
71	—	728	127.00–133.50	129.65
168	—	563	139.00–147.00	142.86
192	—	628	132.00–137.00	134.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	667	128.50	128.50
9	—	383	137.00–141.00	139.25
9	—	457	136.00–142.00	138.66
23	—	632	128.00–130.00	128.74
28	—	535	134.00–141.00	136.56
47	—	578	130.00–136.00	133.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	528	121.00	121.00
8	—	431	135.00–136.00	135.62
15	—	494	128.00–131.00	129.19
39	—	566	123.00–126.00	123.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	860	132.00	132.00
32	—	473	182.00–190.00	188.04
34	—	448	183.00–191.00	184.93
42	—	815	137.00–145.75	140.35
79	—	712	150.50–159.75	157.63
84	—	524	176.00–183.00	180.57
95	—	773	141.00–150.50	144.85
158	—	673	151.00–162.00	157.58
168	—	570	170.00–178.00	173.56
245	—	621	158.25–166.00	162.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	672	168.00	168.00
23	—	723	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	487	172.00–180.00	175.58
60	—	581	164.00–169.50	167.06
61	—	716	139.00–148.00	143.92
80	—	529	174.00–175.00	174.84
83	—	636	149.00–157.00	151.37
153	—	678	142.00–148.00	145.61
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	494	154.00	154.00
10	—	786	130.00	130.00
12	—	715	134.50–137.00	135.13
27	—	578	156.00–158.00	156.46

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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