Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2020-11-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 600 lbs sold 1.00 to 6.00 higher, while 600 lb to 750 lb steers sold 5.00 to 13.00 higher. Heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was moderate on a light to moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.32/cwt on 951 head.

Average price

$156.32

951 head · 591 lb average

Value per head Derived

$924

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$33

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

$12.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.88

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	588	157.66	927	851
Medium and Large 1-2	617	144.90	894	100

One grade step is worth $12.76/cwt here — about $33 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 sale951 hd

156.32

—

KS average4 barns · 3,941 hd

145.44

+10.88

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	139.84/cwt	137.50–141.50	1,019	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	137.06/cwt	132.00–139.50	854	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	157.46/cwt	156.00–160.00	976	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	533	160.30/cwt	156.50–161.25	854	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	134.68/cwt	134.00–135.00	1,045	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	468	173.12/cwt	169.00–176.00	810	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	798	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	630	146.16/cwt	143.50–151.00	921	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	659	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	853	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	587	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	816	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	476	148.12/cwt	147.00–148.50	705	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	153.39/cwt	153.00–154.00	643	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	164.91/cwt	162.00–168.00	856	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	150.92/cwt	150.00–151.00	880	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	673	141.11/cwt	140.00–142.75	950	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	641	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	891	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	580	130.60/cwt	130.00–132.00	757	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	128.72/cwt	128.00–129.00	752	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	576	156.76/cwt	155.00–158.00	903	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	138.30/cwt	138.00–138.50	934	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	795	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	815	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	534	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	710	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	717	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	144.33/cwt	143.00–145.00	709	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	147.71/cwt	144.00–151.50	970	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	155.90/cwt	152.00–159.00	606	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	138.17/cwt	135.00–139.00	789	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	159.72/cwt	157.00–163.00	669	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	154.15/cwt	151.00–158.00	738	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	140.96/cwt	139.50–147.50	756	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	133.46/cwt	129.00–141.00	890	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	184.49/cwt	181.00–187.00	780	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	182.52/cwt	177.00–185.00	840	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	161.09/cwt	159.00–166.00	910	86

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 Nov 10, 2020

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	729	137.50–141.50	139.84
137	—	620	156.00–160.00	157.46
12	—	776	134.00–135.00	134.68
19	—	393	203.00	203.00
90	—	519	162.00–168.00	164.91
41	—	657	144.00–151.50	147.71
29	—	423	181.00–187.00	184.49
58	—	460	177.00–185.00	182.52
86	—	565	159.00–166.00	161.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	533	156.50–161.25	160.30
28	—	468	169.00–176.00	173.12
72	—	630	143.50–151.00	146.16
119	—	673	140.00–142.75	141.11
53	—	576	155.00–158.00	156.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	587	139.00	139.00
8	—	641	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	583	150.00–151.00	150.92
38	—	675	138.00–138.50	138.30
3	—	485	164.00	164.00
7	—	543	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	623	132.00–139.50	137.06
17	—	389	152.00–159.00	155.90
54	—	571	135.00–139.00	138.17
57	—	419	157.00–163.00	159.72
63	—	479	151.00–158.00	154.15
78	—	536	139.50–147.50	140.96
88	—	667	129.00–141.00	133.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	659	129.50	129.50
55	—	476	147.00–148.50	148.12
31	—	580	130.00–132.00	130.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	419	153.00–154.00	153.39
14	—	584	128.00–129.00	128.72
17	—	531	135.00	135.00
33	—	491	143.00–145.00	144.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	534	133.00	133.00

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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