Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2023-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Really nice run of cattle today for the first weaned and vaccinated sale of the season. Over 3000 head today. All cattle were weaned for 30 + days and had at least one round of shots, many having 2 or 3 rounds. Due to this being a special sale, there was no recent comparison. The receipts were moderate with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $255.97/cwt on 1,931 head.

Average price

$255.97

1,931 head · 654 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,674

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$300

per head · Medium 1 over Medium 1-2

$9.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.89

vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	581	257.26	1,496	23
Medium and Large 1	661	256.40	1,695	1,723
Medium and Large 1-2	600	251.89	1,510	179
Medium 1-2	483	247.50	1,195	6thin

One grade step is worth $9.76/cwt here — about $300 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 sale1,931 hd

255.97

—

KS average4 barns · 3,767 hd

245.07

+10.89

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

68 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 1Fancy	—	708	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,558	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	558	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,445	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	628	240.63/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,511	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	461	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,291	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	507	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,409	10
Heifers	Medium 1	—	509	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,217	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	221.44/cwt	216.00–231.00	1,911	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	418	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,308	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	273.81/cwt	268.00–281.00	1,599	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	608	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,702	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	471	318.64/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,501	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	672	254.28/cwt	254.25–254.50	1,709	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	254.09/cwt	248.00–262.00	1,606	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	218.36/cwt	214.00–225.00	1,771	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	278.84/cwt	268.00–285.00	1,472	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	233.96/cwt	228.00–239.50	1,687	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	515	308.44/cwt	306.00–312.00	1,588	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	560	286.16/cwt	285.00–287.00	1,602	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,917	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	293.12/cwt	290.00–297.00	1,583	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	789	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,736	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,334	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	707	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,711	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	228.54/cwt	224.00–234.00	1,783	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	245.99/cwt	241.00–250.00	1,547	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	286.78/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,222	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	228.77/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,556	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	264.24/cwt	260.00–270.00	853	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	242.56/cwt	233.00–249.00	1,635	295
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	303.72/cwt	295.00–308.00	1,270	23
Steers	Medium 1	—	533	275.80/cwt	272.00–282.00	1,470	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,768	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	518	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,647	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	658	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,750	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	244.67/cwt	237.00–252.00	1,280	38
Heifers	Medium 1	—	625	222.44/cwt	221.00–223.00	1,390	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	228.67/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,342	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	240.78/cwt	234.00–251.00	1,394	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	349	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	852	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	263.78/cwt	253.00–268.50	1,401	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	397	271.41/cwt	268.00–285.00	1,077	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	218.05/cwt	211.00–221.00	1,378	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	223.61/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,509	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	270.78/cwt	263.00–276.00	1,281	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	255.03/cwt	252.00–259.00	1,194	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	213.77/cwt	211.00–217.00	1,428	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,851	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	362	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	959	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	507	274.43/cwt	273.00–275.50	1,391	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	629	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,510	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	229.57/cwt	224.00–238.00	1,433	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	205.90/cwt	205.00–206.00	1,637	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	461	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,286	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	260.24/cwt	257.00–265.00	822	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	612	268.48/cwt	266.00–270.00	1,643	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	747	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,823	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	282.41/cwt	278.00–285.00	1,237	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	213.45/cwt	204.00–217.00	1,545	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	775	236.81/cwt	236.50–238.00	1,835	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	472	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,496	10
Steers	Medium 1	—	624	234.52/cwt	230.00–246.00	1,463	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	257.85/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,496	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	613	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,517	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	655	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,569	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	302.07/cwt	293.00–310.00	1,456	16
Steers	Medium 1	—	692	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,592	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	224.09/cwt	219.00–226.00	1,634	11
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	483	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,195	6

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 Dec 5, 2023

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

Receipts 3,253Last week 1,268Year ago 3,084

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	708	220.00	220.00
44	—	558	259.00	259.00
64	—	628	240.00–242.00	240.63
9	—	461	280.00	280.00
10	—	507	278.00	278.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	509	239.00	239.00
17	—	625	221.00–223.00	222.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	523	237.00–252.00	244.67
27	—	587	225.00–230.00	228.67
4	—	349	244.00	244.00
27	—	632	211.00–221.00	218.05
21	—	468	252.00–259.00	255.03
13	—	668	211.00–217.00	213.77
3	—	362	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	579	234.00–251.00	240.78
161	—	531	253.00–268.50	263.78
15	—	397	268.00–285.00	271.41
79	—	675	220.00–235.00	223.61
64	—	473	263.00–276.00	270.78
12	—	935	198.00	198.00
88	—	624	224.00–238.00	229.57
28	—	795	205.00–206.00	205.90
8	—	316	257.00–265.00	260.24
49	—	438	278.00–285.00	282.41
77	—	724	204.00–217.00	213.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	507	273.00–275.50	274.43
21	—	629	240.00	240.00
12	—	461	279.00	279.00
16	—	655	239.50	239.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	613	247.50	247.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	863	216.00–231.00	221.44
151	—	584	268.00–281.00	273.81
121	—	632	248.00–262.00	254.09
55	—	811	214.00–225.00	218.36
169	—	721	228.00–239.50	233.96
23	—	900	213.00	213.00
130	—	540	290.00–297.00	293.12
96	—	780	224.00–234.00	228.54
295	—	674	233.00–249.00	242.56
23	—	418	295.00–308.00	303.72
16	—	482	293.00–310.00	302.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	418	313.00	313.00
25	—	608	280.00	280.00
54	—	471	315.00–320.00	318.64
81	—	672	254.25–254.50	254.28
42	—	515	306.00–312.00	308.44
46	—	560	285.00–287.00	286.16
28	—	707	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	528	268.00–285.00	278.84
4	—	789	220.00	220.00
6	—	460	290.00	290.00
20	—	629	241.00–250.00	245.99
17	—	426	280.00–290.00	286.78
27	—	680	220.00–232.00	228.77
7	—	323	260.00–270.00	264.24
12	—	875	202.00	202.00
55	—	580	250.00–265.00	257.85
11	—	729	219.00–226.00	224.09
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	533	272.00–282.00	275.80
7	—	624	230.00–246.00	234.52
3	—	692	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	518	318.00	318.00
19	—	658	266.00	266.00
98	—	612	266.00–270.00	268.48
43	—	747	244.00	244.00
119	—	775	236.50–238.00	236.81
10	—	472	317.00	317.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	483	247.50	247.50

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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