Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2023-01-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks special weaned and vaccinated sale steers under 550 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher while steers 550 to 700 lbs sold 9.00 to 10.00 lower and steers over 700 lbs sold mostly 5.00 lower. The heifers under 600 lbs sold mostly 3.00 lower while 600 to 750 lbs heifers sold steady to 1.00 higher and 750 lb heifers sold mostly 5.00 lower. The receipts were moderate and the demand was moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $192.37/cwt on 1,489 head.

Average price

$192.37

1,489 head · 686 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,320

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$130

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

$1.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.59

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	697	192.61	1,342	1,235
Medium and Large 1-2	634	191.21	1,212	254

One grade step is worth $1.40/cwt here — about $130 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 sale1,489 hd

192.37

—

KS average4 barns · 8,196 hd

190.78

+1.59

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

41 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	—	416	197.27/cwt	195.00–198.00	821	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	166.04/cwt	162.50–169.00	1,360	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	187.58/cwt	184.00–191.00	897	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,059	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	177.46/cwt	173.00–179.00	1,024	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	746	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,231	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	357	244.16/cwt	242.00–245.00	872	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	224.24/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,175	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	929	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,607	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	183.20/cwt	177.50–188.00	1,423	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	236.60/cwt	234.00–240.00	1,121	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	230.28/cwt	230.00–231.00	949	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	211.30/cwt	209.00–214.00	1,133	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	240.32/cwt	239.00–242.00	988	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	175.63/cwt	172.00–178.00	1,291	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	210.69/cwt	208.00–213.25	1,230	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	186.67/cwt	184.00–188.50	1,346	314
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	179.78/cwt	179.50–180.00	1,203	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	199.87/cwt	199.00–202.00	1,173	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	174.04/cwt	173.00–174.50	1,321	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	854	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,533	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	519	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,240	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	199.06/cwt	194.00–205.50	1,238	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	182.15/cwt	176.00–185.00	1,499	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	186.55/cwt	185.00–192.00	1,261	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	190.00/cwt	183.00–193.50	1,184	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	904	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,446	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	193.72/cwt	190.00–195.00	1,021	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	232.58/cwt	230.00–236.00	891	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	172.34/cwt	168.50–173.50	1,258	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	175.95/cwt	171.00–178.50	1,101	192
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	857	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,405	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	652	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	1,294	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	186.73/cwt	183.00–189.50	992	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	610	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,275	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,148	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	169.41/cwt	167.00–170.50	1,311	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	733	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	182.95/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,054	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	181.34/cwt	178.00–186.00	794	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	172.83/cwt	170.00–174.75	1,180	283

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 Jan 10, 2023

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

Receipts 2,848Last week 4,457Year ago 4,464

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	416	195.00–198.00	197.27
27	—	819	162.50–169.00	166.04
39	—	478	184.00–191.00	187.58
90	—	527	190.00–195.00	193.72
144	—	730	168.50–173.50	172.34
192	—	626	171.00–178.50	175.95
40	—	774	167.00–170.50	169.41
72	—	576	180.00–190.00	182.95
283	—	683	170.00–174.75	172.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	623	170.00	170.00
59	—	577	173.00–179.00	177.46
5	—	746	165.00	165.00
50	—	531	183.00–189.50	186.73
4	—	675	170.00	170.00
3	—	390	188.00	188.00
33	—	438	178.00–186.00	181.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	857	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	357	242.00–245.00	244.16
49	—	524	220.00–227.00	224.24
11	—	929	173.00	173.00
202	—	777	177.50–188.00	183.20
31	—	474	234.00–240.00	236.60
9	—	411	239.00–242.00	240.32
102	—	584	208.00–213.25	210.69
314	—	721	184.00–188.50	186.67
27	—	854	179.50	179.50
71	—	622	194.00–205.50	199.06
132	—	823	176.00–185.00	182.15
209	—	676	185.00–192.00	186.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	412	230.00–231.00	230.28
48	—	536	209.00–214.00	211.30
46	—	735	172.00–178.00	175.63
54	—	669	179.50–180.00	179.78
21	—	587	199.00–202.00	199.87
24	—	759	173.00–174.50	174.04
38	—	623	183.00–193.50	190.00
4	—	904	160.00	160.00
12	—	383	230.00–236.00	232.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	519	239.00	239.00
43	—	652	198.50	198.50
20	—	610	209.00	209.00

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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