Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2020-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This is the first Special Calf sale for the fall of 2020: All steers and heifers farm and ranch raised, many having fall vaccinations and all heifers guaranteed open unless specified. Trade and demand was moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.65/cwt on 749 head.

Average price

$131.65

749 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$731

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$8.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.03

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	132.78	731	647
Medium and Large 1-2	582	124.46	725	102

One grade step is worth $8.32/cwt here — about $7 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 sale749 hd

131.65

—

KS average4 barns · 3,624 hd

127.61

+4.03

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

36 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 1-2	—	490	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	657	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	771	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	966	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	791	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	965	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	672	115.76/cwt	112.00–118.00	778	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	118.75/cwt	117.00–120.00	850	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	122.65/cwt	120.50–125.00	803	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	147.22/cwt	141.50–151.00	680	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	127.82/cwt	126.00–129.00	790	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	132.53/cwt	129.00–135.75	705	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	130.63/cwt	128.00–134.00	750	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	704	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	7,040	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	810	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	8,910	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	568	129.44/cwt	124.00–132.00	735	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	146.11/cwt	144.00–147.50	852	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	133.57/cwt	126.00–137.00	962	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	151.48/cwt	145.00–154.00	962	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	153.81/cwt	147.00–158.00	818	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	356	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	605	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	478	139.96/cwt	136.00–146.00	669	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	385	149.08/cwt	144.00–151.00	574	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	439	147.88/cwt	146.00–149.00	649	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	487	162.17/cwt	157.00–170.00	790	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	172.62/cwt	169.00–176.00	753	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	167.18/cwt	162.00–175.00	784	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	426	158.60/cwt	156.00–161.00	676	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	535	147.64/cwt	143.00–151.00	790	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	570	144.82/cwt	136.00–146.50	825	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	668	136.92/cwt	130.00–142.00	915	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	609	143.87/cwt	139.50–147.00	876	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	614	124.48/cwt	121.00–127.00	764	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	591	133.60/cwt	132.00–135.00	790	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	666	121.45/cwt	117.00–124.50	809	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	628	129.71/cwt	127.00–135.00	815	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	618	119.07/cwt	117.50–121.00	736	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	580	125.56/cwt	121.00–126.50	728	22

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 27, 2020

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

Receipts 1,599Last week 2,406Year ago 1,673

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	490	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	672	112.00–118.00	115.76
21	—	618	117.50–121.00	119.07
22	—	580	121.00–126.50	125.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	716	117.00–120.00	118.75
19	—	655	120.50–125.00	122.65
31	—	462	141.50–151.00	147.22
78	—	618	126.00–129.00	127.82
83	—	532	129.00–135.75	132.53
93	—	574	128.00–134.00	130.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	704	1,000.00	1,000.00
17	—	810	1,100.00	1,100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	568	124.00–132.00	129.44
93	—	478	136.00–146.00	139.96
12	—	385	144.00–151.00	149.08
39	—	439	146.00–149.00	147.88
62	—	614	121.00–127.00	124.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	494	156.00	156.00
5	—	805	120.00	120.00
4	—	791	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	583	144.00–147.50	146.11
77	—	720	126.00–137.00	133.57
84	—	635	145.00–154.00	151.48
94	—	532	147.00–158.00	153.81
8	—	356	170.00	170.00
32	—	436	169.00–176.00	172.62
53	—	469	162.00–175.00	167.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	487	157.00–170.00	162.17
4	—	426	156.00–161.00	158.60
35	—	535	143.00–151.00	147.64
56	—	570	136.00–146.50	144.82
62	—	668	130.00–142.00	136.92
71	—	609	139.50–147.00	143.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	591	132.00–135.00	133.60
21	—	666	117.00–124.50	121.45
32	—	628	127.00–135.00	129.71

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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