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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2020-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-12

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Mar 12

● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

← Mar 5Mar 12Mar 19 →

Receipts

1,663 head

▼ 679 vs last sale 2,342▲ 1,663 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialTue Nov 3, 2026 Replacement Cattle SpecialTue Oct 20, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price trend available due to limited comparable sales. Market has continued to decline causing producers to further hold on to supplies. Lower undertones noted for both steers and heifers. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.05/cwt on 801 head.

Average price

$119.05

801 head · 711 lb average

Value per head Derived

$846

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$10

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$42.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.02

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	631	133.60	843	295
Medium and Large 1-2	704	118.19	832	319
Medium and Large 2	757	106.65	807	75
Medium and Large 2-3	911	91.45	833	112

One grade step is worth $42.15/cwt here — about $10 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 sale801 hd

119.05

—

KS average3 barns · 2,622 hd

124.06

−5.02

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

47 lots · USDA AMS · Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co. - Salina, KS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	153.11/cwt	152.00–156.00	720	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	508	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	843	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	144.11/cwt	141.00–146.00	775	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	161.85/cwt	159.00–164.00	911	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	606	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	788	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	139.29/cwt	135.00–141.00	864	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	135.38/cwt	134.00–136.00	911	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	674	142.03/cwt	138.50–145.50	957	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	712	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	805	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	133.57/cwt	132.50–134.00	955	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	728	100.50/cwt	100.00–101.00	732	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	742	129.86/cwt	126.00–130.50	964	83
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	773	108.41/cwt	105.00–110.00	838	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	782	123.55/cwt	120.00–125.00	966	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	819	114.13/cwt	113.75–114.50	935	111
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	118.85/cwt	118.85–118.85	975	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	875	110.23/cwt	109.50–111.75	965	78
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	944	105.75/cwt	105.75–105.75	998	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,029	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	967	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	444	151.29/cwt	147.00–154.00	672	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	492	141.28/cwt	141.00–142.00	695	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	137.45/cwt	135.00–141.00	717	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	147.65/cwt	143.00–150.00	790	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	541	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	692	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	144.09/cwt	142.00–144.50	820	89
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	135.44/cwt	135.00–137.00	790	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	593	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	688	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	621	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	826	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	146.40/cwt	146.00–147.00	912	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	647	122.32/cwt	122.00–126.00	791	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	667	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	700	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	121.01/cwt	118.00–122.50	817	71
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	693	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	793	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	706	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	805	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	716	118.51/cwt	117.50–119.00	849	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	721	110.11/cwt	109.00–111.00	794	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	767	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	809	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	769	112.43/cwt	112.00–113.00	865	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	823	105.88/cwt	105.50–107.00	871	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	829	110.29/cwt	110.00–111.00	914	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	853	103.17/cwt	102.00–103.25	880	69
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	867	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	954	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	897	92.95/cwt	82.00–94.25	834	71
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	914	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	841	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	979	82.75/cwt	78.00–93.50	810	14
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	790	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	909	16
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	1,024	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	553	5

This sale against other markets

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. - Salina, KS

Thu Mar 12, 2020

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

Receipts 1,663Last week 2,342Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	593	116.00	116.00
5	—	541	128.00	128.00
5	—	706	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	667	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	693	114.50	114.50
62	—	767	105.50	105.50
7	—	721	109.00–111.00	110.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	914	92.00	92.00
71	—	897	82.00–94.25	92.95
14	—	979	78.00–93.50	82.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	522	135.00–141.00	137.45
69	—	853	102.00–103.25	103.17
12	—	823	105.50–107.00	105.88
71	—	675	118.00–122.50	121.01
61	—	769	112.00–113.00	112.43
37	—	647	122.00–126.00	122.32
28	—	492	141.00–142.00	141.28
13	—	583	135.00–137.00	135.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	621	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	716	117.50–119.00	118.51
41	—	535	143.00–150.00	147.65
22	—	623	146.00–147.00	146.40
21	—	829	110.00–111.00	110.29
13	—	444	147.00–154.00	151.29
10	—	867	110.00	110.00
89	—	569	142.00–144.50	144.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	728	100.00–101.00	100.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	712	113.00	113.00
21	—	773	105.00–110.00	108.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	819	113.75–114.50	114.13
8	—	538	141.00–146.00	144.11
12	—	620	135.00–141.00	139.29
13	—	673	134.00–136.00	135.38
15	—	470	152.00–156.00	153.11
60	—	944	105.75	105.75
78	—	875	109.50–111.75	110.23
7	—	1,029	94.00	94.00
83	—	742	126.00–130.50	129.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	674	138.50–145.50	142.03
56	—	820	118.85	118.85
46	—	782	120.00–125.00	123.55
8	—	508	166.00	166.00
33	—	715	132.50–134.00	133.57
29	—	563	159.00–164.00	161.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	606	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	790	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,024	54.00	54.00

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.