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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas

Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2021-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-18

Feeder Cattle · Salina, Kansas · Thu, Feb 18

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1892

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Receipts

1,000 head

▲ 419 vs last sale 581▼ 2,846 vs year ago 3,846 · −74.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There was a limited weekly comparison on account of 2 light sales in a row due to colder than normal temperatures. Steers under 600 lbs. no test, steers 600 to 650 and 750 - 800 lbs . not enough for a test however a higher undertone was detected, 850 to 900 lb steers were steady and 950 to 1000 were 2.00 higher. Heifers under 550 lbs no test, heifers 550 to 650 lbs and 750 to 800 lbs were steady to 4.00 lower, 650 to 750 lbs were 4.00 to 5.00 higher. The receipts were light due to the cold weather and the demand was 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 $131.81/cwt on 509 head.

Average price

$131.81

509 head · 731 lb average

Value per head Derived

$964

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$180

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$22.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	731	132.09	965	492
Medium and Large 1-2	632	129.49	819	12thin
Large 1	1,041	110.00	1,145	5thin

One grade step is worth $22.09/cwt here — about −$180 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 sale509 hd

131.81

—

KS average1 barns · 509 hd

131.81

+0.00

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

Every lot

21 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	315	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	567	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	158.77/cwt	154.00–159.50	978	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	127.90/cwt	126.00–129.00	812	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	143.81/cwt	142.00–148.00	971	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	738	137.66/cwt	137.25–140.00	1,016	71
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	135.33/cwt	132.00–136.50	1,042	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	825	126.88/cwt	126.00–128.25	1,047	73
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	853	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,109	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	911	128.75/cwt	128.75–128.75	1,173	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	933	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,054	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	968	126.75/cwt	126.75–126.75	1,227	61
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	155.27/cwt	152.00–158.00	812	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	146.41/cwt	145.00–147.50	852	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	588	135.19/cwt	134.00–136.00	795	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	137.50/cwt	134.00–140.50	859	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	664	125.41/cwt	124.00–126.00	833	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	132.50/cwt	131.00–133.50	894	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	132.94/cwt	128.50–135.25	968	166
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	124.02/cwt	120.00–128.00	967	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	839	126.42/cwt	126.00–126.75	1,061	114
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,041	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,145	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 Feb 18, 2021

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Receipts 1,000Last week 581Year ago 3,846

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,041	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	523	152.00–158.00	155.27
32	—	625	134.00–140.50	137.50
44	—	582	145.00–147.50	146.41
61	—	675	131.00–133.50	132.50
66	—	780	120.00–128.00	124.02
114	—	839	126.00–126.75	126.42
166	—	728	128.50–135.25	132.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	664	124.00–126.00	125.41
5	—	588	134.00–136.00	135.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	635	126.00–129.00	127.90
6	—	933	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	825	126.00–128.25	126.88
4	—	315	180.00	180.00
64	—	911	128.75	128.75
71	—	738	137.25–140.00	137.66
23	—	675	142.00–148.00	143.81
24	—	616	154.00–159.50	158.77
12	—	853	130.00	130.00
34	—	770	132.00–136.50	135.33
61	—	968	126.75	126.75

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.