Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2020-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent price comparison due to last wean-vacc was a month ago. All steers and heifers are weaned, at least one round of shots given and ranch raised. Demand good to very good considering the recent sell off on the CME cattle complex.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $160.55/cwt on 1,380 head.

Average price

$160.55

1,380 head · 627 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,006

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

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

$7.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.95

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	636	161.29	1,026	1,240
Medium and Large 1-2	543	153.98	836	140

One grade step is worth $7.31/cwt here — about $190 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 sale1,380 hd

160.55

—

KS average4 barns · 3,513 hd

149.59

+10.95

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

42 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	711	160.35/cwt	160.35–160.35	1,140	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	645	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	835	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	665	127.69/cwt	127.00–128.00	849	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	519	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	623	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	721	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	966	11
Heifers	Medium 1	—	626	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	795	7
Heifers	Medium 1	—	484	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	649	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	131.26/cwt	130.50–132.00	1,037	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	129.28/cwt	125.00–130.75	1,045	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	151.12/cwt	145.00–158.00	659	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	540	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	1,187	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	172.86/cwt	169.00–182.00	750	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	141.69/cwt	133.00–144.50	1,159	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	134.34/cwt	131.75–140.00	1,157	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	148.27/cwt	145.00–154.75	1,146	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	147.91/cwt	143.50–157.00	1,084	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	165.57/cwt	162.00–168.00	765	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	174.68/cwt	168.00–182.00	921	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	187.10/cwt	174.00–190.00	891	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	166.84/cwt	158.00–170.00	954	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	161.50/cwt	148.00–167.00	1,003	246
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	156.98/cwt	143.00–162.50	1,064	270
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	159.42/cwt	156.00–161.00	845	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	849	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	131.45/cwt	131.00–132.00	921	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	624	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	142.73/cwt	139.00–145.00	901	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	132.05/cwt	130.00–133.25	1,025	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	152.41/cwt	145.00–155.25	729	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	136.02/cwt	130.00–139.00	909	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	143.38/cwt	136.00–150.00	817	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	140.90/cwt	134.50–146.00	864	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	150.78/cwt	145.00–156.50	796	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	160.54/cwt	150.00–166.00	690	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	128.23/cwt	126.00–132.00	798	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	139.27/cwt	136.00–142.00	572	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	661	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	722	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	133.99/cwt	132.00–137.00	765	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	133.63/cwt	130.50–136.75	963	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	464	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	902	12

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 Feb 4, 2020

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

Receipts 2,406Last week 4,456Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	711	160.35	160.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	721	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	933	127.25	127.25
31	—	434	169.00–182.00	172.86
36	—	818	133.00–144.50	141.69
45	—	861	131.75–140.00	134.34
75	—	773	145.00–154.75	148.27
77	—	733	143.50–157.00	147.91
89	—	527	168.00–182.00	174.68
104	—	476	174.00–190.00	187.10
210	—	572	158.00–170.00	166.84
246	—	621	148.00–167.00	161.50
270	—	678	143.00–162.50	156.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	462	162.00–168.00	165.57
37	—	530	156.00–161.00	159.42
3	—	570	149.00	149.00
11	—	701	131.00–132.00	131.45
15	—	365	171.00	171.00
16	—	631	139.00–145.00	142.73
17	—	776	130.00–133.25	132.05
23	—	430	150.00–166.00	160.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	464	194.50	194.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	645	129.50	129.50
13	—	665	127.00–128.00	127.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	519	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	626	127.00	127.00
8	—	484	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	790	130.50–132.00	131.26
20	—	808	125.00–130.75	129.28
46	—	436	145.00–158.00	151.12
81	—	478	145.00–155.25	152.41
100	—	668	130.00–139.00	136.02
103	—	570	136.00–150.00	143.38
135	—	613	134.50–146.00	140.90
178	—	528	145.00–156.50	150.78
62	—	721	130.50–136.75	133.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	380	142.00	142.00
13	—	622	126.00–132.00	128.23
25	—	411	136.00–142.00	139.27
4	—	474	139.50	139.50
5	—	533	135.50	135.50
29	—	571	132.00–137.00	133.99

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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