Sale reports / Kansas / Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas / 2020-03-19

Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Mar 19
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892
Receipts
616 head
▼ 1,047 vs last sale 1,663▲ 616 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price trend available due to limited comparable sales. Market fluctuations have producers holding on to supplies. Demand light.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $114.53/cwt on 311 head.
Average price
$114.53
311 head · 855 lb average
Value per head Derived
$979
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$464
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3
$62.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.45
vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1847118.671,005215
Medium and Large 1-2869107.9393891
Medium and Large 2-395756.505415thin
One grade step is worth $62.17/cwt here — about $464 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 sale311 hd
114.53
—
KS average3 barns · 992 hd
124.98
−10.45
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

15 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1524168.00/cwt168.00–168.008805
Steers—Medium and Large 1675140.20/cwt138.50–142.5094612
Steers—Medium and Large 1775121.00/cwt121.00–121.0093811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2851110.00/cwt110.00–110.0093674
Steers—Medium and Large 1852118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,005127
Steers—Medium and Large 1911111.25/cwt111.25–111.251,01360
Steers—Medium and Large 1-294798.94/cwt98.50–101.0093717
Steers—Medium and Large 2-395756.50/cwt56.50–56.505415
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508125.00/cwt125.00–125.006355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579125.00/cwt125.00–125.007245
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy663105.00/cwt105.00–105.006967
Heifers—Medium and Large 1686114.19/cwt111.00–119.0078321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1740112.83/cwt111.00–113.00835134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1758111.50/cwt111.50–111.5084512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1819110.00/cwt110.00–110.0090112

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.