Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2023-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This was the first special calf sale of the season. Mostly unweaned calves. For the most part calves off the cow brought the same price as weaned cattle. I attribute this to the fact that most of the unweaned cattle had good vaccination programs. The receipts were light to moderate with very good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $277.49/cwt on 1,274 head.

Average price

$277.49

1,274 head · 601 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,668

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$38

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

$37.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.45

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	526	290.00	1,525	5thin
Medium and Large 1	603	279.82	1,686	1,158
Medium and Large 1-2	589	252.66	1,487	111

One grade step is worth $37.34/cwt here — about $38 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 sale1,274 hd

277.49

—

KS average4 barns · 3,941 hd

261.04

+16.45

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

64 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 1Unweaned	—	581	249.29/cwt	235.00–254.00	1,448	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	521	253.74/cwt	241.00–258.50	1,322	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,361	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,207	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,528	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	617	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,509	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	475	261.95/cwt	257.00–266.00	1,244	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	384	282.28/cwt	271.00–285.00	1,084	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	547	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,324	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	607	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,348	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	532	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,410	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	593	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,527	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	525	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,680	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	636	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,857	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	258.01/cwt	244.00–261.00	1,367	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	423	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,252	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	682	219.64/cwt	218.00–224.00	1,498	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	429	280.36/cwt	279.00–284.00	1,203	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,687	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	257.29/cwt	242.50–266.50	1,827	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	694	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,402	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	629	230.60/cwt	225.00–237.00	1,450	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	579	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,702	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	365	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,124	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	473	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,291	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,588	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	249.76/cwt	248.00–254.00	1,211	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	233.91/cwt	226.00–238.00	1,485	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	245.77/cwt	236.00–252.00	1,433	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	373	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,082	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	471	325.25/cwt	324.00–329.00	1,532	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	583	266.63/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,554	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	662	252.56/cwt	245.00–262.00	1,672	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	335	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,122	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	439	319.86/cwt	312.00–325.00	1,404	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	639	236.69/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,512	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	680	234.34/cwt	234.00–234.50	1,594	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	702	236.74/cwt	234.00–238.50	1,662	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	633	255.85/cwt	246.00–259.00	1,620	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	631	296.50/cwt	296.50–296.50	1,871	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	529	278.83/cwt	277.00–284.00	1,475	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	502	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,647	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	499	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,657	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	537	295.96/cwt	290.00–304.00	1,589	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	379	281.31/cwt	276.00–284.00	1,066	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	567	298.46/cwt	297.00–299.00	1,692	102
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	—	526	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,525	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	233.55/cwt	228.50–240.00	1,780	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	261.68/cwt	244.00–264.00	1,779	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	579	253.32/cwt	245.00–258.00	1,467	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	369	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,236	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	279.86/cwt	266.00–288.00	1,573	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	257.15/cwt	243.00–262.00	1,584	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	251.53/cwt	247.50–259.00	1,426	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,535	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	651	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,758	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	313.62/cwt	313.00–315.00	1,650	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	267.23/cwt	260.00–274.00	1,280	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,175	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	504	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,194	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	586	230.09/cwt	226.00–232.00	1,348	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,354	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	299.48/cwt	299.00–300.00	1,426	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	478	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,644	17

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 31, 2023

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

Receipts 2,189Last week 3,091Year ago 2,647

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	581	235.00–254.00	249.29
104	—	521	241.00–258.50	253.74
48	—	475	257.00–266.00	261.95
15	—	384	271.00–285.00	282.28
64	—	682	218.00–224.00	219.64
7	—	429	279.00–284.00	280.36
120	—	629	225.00–237.00	230.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	589	231.00	231.00
5	—	547	242.00	242.00
3	—	607	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	428	282.00	282.00
5	—	670	228.00	228.00
57	—	530	244.00–261.00	258.01
9	—	771	206.00	206.00
10	—	485	248.00–254.00	249.76
15	—	635	226.00–238.00	233.91
44	—	583	236.00–252.00	245.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	617	244.50	244.50
4	—	365	308.00	308.00
26	—	473	273.00	273.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	532	265.00	265.00
25	—	593	257.50	257.50
10	—	423	296.00	296.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	694	202.00	202.00
5	—	504	237.00	237.00
20	—	586	226.00–232.00	230.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	525	320.00	320.00
124	—	636	292.00	292.00
25	—	579	294.00	294.00
17	—	478	344.00	344.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	703	240.00	240.00
10	—	567	247.50–259.00	251.53
3	—	637	241.00	241.00
6	—	479	260.00–274.00	267.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	710	242.50–266.50	257.29
25	—	762	228.50–240.00	233.55
26	—	680	244.00–264.00	261.68
14	—	562	266.00–288.00	279.86
48	—	616	243.00–262.00	257.15
22	—	526	313.00–315.00	313.62
3	—	373	315.00	315.00
5	—	423	320.00	320.00
8	—	476	299.00–300.00	299.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	290.00	290.00
40	—	471	324.00–329.00	325.25
136	—	583	260.00–280.00	266.63
145	—	662	245.00–262.00	252.56
3	—	335	335.00	335.00
20	—	439	312.00–325.00	319.86
29	—	702	234.00–238.50	236.74
91	—	633	246.00–259.00	255.85
66	—	537	290.00–304.00	295.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	639	235.00–240.00	236.69
18	—	680	234.00–234.50	234.34
17	—	529	277.00–284.00	278.83
9	—	379	276.00–284.00	281.31
19	—	579	245.00–258.00	253.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	631	296.50	296.50
9	—	502	328.00	328.00
24	—	499	332.00	332.00
102	—	567	297.00–299.00	298.46
6	—	369	335.00	335.00
24	—	651	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	526	290.00	290.00

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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