Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2023-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of unweaned calves today. Again cattle with good vaccinations selling similarly to weaned cattle. The offering was light to moderate with good demand. We will have another special calf sale next Tuesday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $256.95/cwt on 1,160 head.

Average price

$256.95

1,160 head · 584 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,502

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$52

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

$19.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.15

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	522	259.91	1,355	144
Medium and Large 1	594	257.52	1,529	957
Medium and Large 1-2	585	240.37	1,407	59

One grade step is worth $19.54/cwt here — about −$52 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 sale1,160 hd

256.95

—

KS average4 barns · 4,941 hd

258.10

−1.15

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

54 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	—	610	256.28/cwt	246.00–260.50	1,563	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	293.72/cwt	278.00–298.00	1,516	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	264.51/cwt	258.00–270.00	1,534	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	683	217.53/cwt	216.00–219.00	1,486	8
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	—	438	282.10/cwt	277.00–293.00	1,236	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	503	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,539	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,785	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,696	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,606	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	627	246.75/cwt	236.00–254.00	1,547	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	543	262.05/cwt	255.00–273.00	1,423	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	668	242.01/cwt	231.00–248.00	1,617	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	479	260.76/cwt	260.00–262.00	1,249	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	533	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,348	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	642	232.22/cwt	230.00–234.00	1,491	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	576	252.86/cwt	247.00–263.00	1,456	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	767	218.46/cwt	210.00–222.50	1,676	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	372	296.13/cwt	292.50–301.00	1,102	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	481	271.75/cwt	266.00–282.00	1,307	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	732	220.63/cwt	216.00–223.50	1,615	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	434	302.89/cwt	294.00–312.00	1,315	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,372	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	251.86/cwt	246.00–258.00	1,428	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,517	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	228.03/cwt	225.00–233.00	1,642	8
Heifers	Medium 1	—	385	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,016	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	459	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,340	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	480	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,344	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	259.31/cwt	255.00–273.00	1,405	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	283.38/cwt	274.00–286.00	1,326	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,566	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,250	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,100	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	438	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,165	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	435	279.99/cwt	271.00–283.00	1,218	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	680	228.37/cwt	226.00–232.00	1,553	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	385	289.77/cwt	285.00–291.00	1,116	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	612	240.33/cwt	238.50–241.00	1,471	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	475	266.54/cwt	254.00–277.00	1,266	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	743	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,753	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	578	241.56/cwt	233.00–248.00	1,396	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	520	256.66/cwt	246.00–267.00	1,335	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	483	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,203	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	373	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	962	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	630	229.58/cwt	229.00–230.00	1,446	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	226.33/cwt	222.00–228.50	1,521	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	245.33/cwt	242.00–247.00	1,413	9
Steers	Medium 1	—	543	253.91/cwt	252.00–258.50	1,379	115
Steers	Medium 1	—	435	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,240	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	606	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,594	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	488	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,452	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,293	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,403	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	406	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,007	4

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 7, 2023

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

Receipts 2,174Last week 2,189Year ago 1,608

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	610	246.00–260.50	256.28
67	—	516	278.00–298.00	293.72
53	—	580	258.00–270.00	264.51
3	—	783	228.00	228.00
13	—	711	238.50	238.50
11	—	650	247.00	247.00
10	—	446	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	683	216.00–219.00	217.53
5	—	479	260.00–262.00	260.76
11	—	533	253.00	253.00
9	—	642	230.00–234.00	232.22
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	438	277.00–293.00	282.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	503	306.00	306.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
204	—	627	236.00–254.00	246.75
91	—	543	255.00–273.00	262.05
90	—	668	231.00–248.00	242.01
68	—	576	247.00–263.00	252.86
28	—	767	210.00–222.50	218.46
13	—	372	292.50–301.00	296.13
57	—	481	266.00–282.00	271.75
55	—	732	216.00–223.50	220.63
38	—	434	294.00–312.00	302.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	672	222.00–228.50	226.33
9	—	576	242.00–247.00	245.33
4	—	546	257.00	257.00
4	—	406	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	543	252.00–258.50	253.91
16	—	435	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	606	263.00	263.00
11	—	488	297.50	297.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	579	237.00	237.00
3	—	525	238.00	238.00
8	—	423	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	567	246.00–258.00	251.86
9	—	674	225.00	225.00
8	—	720	225.00–233.00	228.03
36	—	542	255.00–273.00	259.31
36	—	468	274.00–286.00	283.38
7	—	624	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	385	264.00	264.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	459	292.00	292.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	480	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	438	266.00	266.00
4	—	483	249.00	249.00
3	—	373	258.00	258.00
7	—	630	229.00–230.00	229.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	435	271.00–283.00	279.99
35	—	680	226.00–232.00	228.37
14	—	385	285.00–291.00	289.77
101	—	612	238.50–241.00	240.33
74	—	475	254.00–277.00	266.54
9	—	743	236.00	236.00
202	—	578	233.00–248.00	241.56
178	—	520	246.00–267.00	256.66

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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