Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2024-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of young spring-calving females, lots of 3-year-olds. With the snow and rain last week, buyers are optimistic about having decent grass this spring.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,230	$2,903	255
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,213	$2,595	93
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,253	$2,571	58
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,415	$2,207	15
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,425	$1,873	99
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,273	$1,650	6
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,339	$1,494	62
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,086	$1,350	7
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,103	$2,611	272
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	987	$2,416	182
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,118	$2,100	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	996	$1,875	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,050	$2,941	8

Every lot, as filed

27 lots · USDA AMS · Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co. Replacement 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	3,025.00/head	3,025.00–3,025.00	3,025	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,134	2,965.26/head	2,950.00–3,000.00	2,965	40
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,086	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	7
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,432	1,589.38/head	1,475.00–1,750.00	1,589	35
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,328	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	4
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,593	2,429.41/head	2,400.00–2,450.00	2,429	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	978	2,428.10/head	2,410.00–2,450.00	2,428	55
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	870	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,223	2,895.91/head	2,750.00–2,975.00	2,896	184
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,446	2,878.90/head	2,750.00–2,975.00	2,879	27
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,273	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	6
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,118	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	3
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	941	2,431.66/head	2,400.00–2,450.00	2,432	90
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	1,012	2,135.89/head	2,000.00–2,300.00	2,136	26
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,247	2,609.27/head	2,450.00–2,725.00	2,609	54
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,261	2,275.00/head	2,275.00–2,275.00	2,275	6
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,033	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	1,917.82/head	1,850.00–1,950.00	1,918	13
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,113	2,661.24/head	2,500.00–2,800.00	2,661	246
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,111	2,361.85/head	2,150.00–2,450.00	2,362	37
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,218	1,370.31/head	1,325.00–1,450.00	1,370	27
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,517	2,161.81/head	2,100.00–2,250.00	2,162	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,286	1,839.59/head	1,800.00–1,900.00	1,840	21
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,046	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	2,639.70/head	2,400.00–2,700.00	2,640	81
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,462	1,882.37/head	1,800.00–1,950.00	1,882	78

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.

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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co. Replacement Cattle Special - Salina, KS

Tue Jan 30, 2024

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

Receipts 1,179Last week 1,817Year ago 1,397

Nice offering of young spring-calving females, lots of 3-year-olds. With the snow and rain last week, buyers are optimistic about having decent grass this spring.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,050	2,800.00	2,800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,050	3,025.00	3,025.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	40	—	1,134	2,950.00–3,000.00	2,965.26
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,086	1,350.00	1,350.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	184	—	1,223	2,750.00–2,975.00	2,895.91
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,273	1,650.00	1,650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	54	—	1,247	2,450.00–2,725.00	2,609.27
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,261	2,275.00	2,275.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	27	—	1,218	1,325.00–1,450.00	1,370.31
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	—	1,286	1,800.00–1,900.00	1,839.59
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	81	—	1,205	2,400.00–2,700.00	2,639.70
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	35	—	1,432	1,475.00–1,750.00	1,589.38
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,328	2,050.00	2,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,593	2,400.00–2,450.00	2,429.41
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	27	—	1,446	2,750.00–2,975.00	2,878.90
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,517	2,100.00–2,250.00	2,161.81
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	78	—	1,462	1,800.00–1,950.00	1,882.37
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,033	2,200.00	2,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,046	2,800.00	2,800.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	55	—	978	2,410.00–2,450.00	2,428.10
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	870	1,600.00	1,600.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	90	—	941	2,400.00–2,450.00	2,431.66
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	26	—	1,012	2,000.00–2,300.00	2,135.89
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,118	2,100.00	2,100.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,015	1,850.00–1,950.00	1,917.82
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	246	—	1,113	2,500.00–2,800.00	2,661.24
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	37	—	1,111	2,150.00–2,450.00	2,361.85

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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