Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2024-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Really nice cattle today. Compared to last week 500 to 800 lb steers sold steady to 3.00 higher and 800 to 900 lb feeders sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. 500 to 800 lb heifers sold 4.00 to 7.00 higher and 800 to 900 lb feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher. The receipts were moderate to heavy with good demand. The grass is greening up and the buyers are trying to secure the last of their grass cattle needs.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $329.21/cwt on 339 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −165.22 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$329.21

339 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,824

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$453

per head · Medium 1 over Medium 1-2

$103.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.58

vs KS average

+10.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	520	353.00	1,836	42
Medium and Large 1	554	331.71	1,837	252
Medium and Large 1-2	590	296.05	1,747	42
Medium 1-2	553	250.00	1,383	3thin

One grade step is worth $103.00/cwt here — about $453 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $525.55, low $409.63, median $494.43 across 27 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale339 hd

329.21

—

KS average3 barns · 521 hd

325.63

+3.58

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

+10.92

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

−165.22

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

77 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	460	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,392	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	633	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,791	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	220.37/cwt	218.00–222.00	2,149	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	365.28/cwt	358.00–377.50	1,739	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	589	335.66/cwt	335.00–336.00	1,977	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	313.11/cwt	308.00–318.00	1,995	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	327.86/cwt	320.00–337.00	1,725	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	708	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,894	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	294.52/cwt	289.50–305.00	1,991	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	240.78/cwt	235.00–248.50	2,102	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	382.78/cwt	375.00–387.50	1,592	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	323.76/cwt	313.00–335.00	1,551	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	343.20/cwt	337.50–345.00	1,414	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	307	382.20/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,173	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	325.31/cwt	317.50–333.00	1,854	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	432	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,689	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	361.71/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,288	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	239.14/cwt	237.00–240.00	2,164	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	366.17/cwt	365.00–367.00	1,267	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,075	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	269.69/cwt	262.00–277.50	1,659	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	570	336.50/cwt	336.50–336.50	1,918	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	903	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,941	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	252.68/cwt	244.00–270.00	1,703	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	231.27/cwt	229.00–235.50	1,880	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,953	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	242.13/cwt	232.00–247.10	1,734	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	292.57/cwt	287.00–297.00	1,659	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	549	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,905	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	233.10/cwt	231.00–235.00	1,816	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	302.06/cwt	295.00–317.50	1,610	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	633	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	1,807	24
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	663	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,896	18
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	443	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,511	4
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	410	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,456	11
Steers	Medium 1Fancy	500–550	520	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,836	42
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	656	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,581	8
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	487	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,534	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	359	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,454	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	562	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,756	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	553	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,383	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	650–700	690	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,801	3
Steers	Medium 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	467	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,751	42
Steers	Medium 1	750–800	793	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	2,018	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,566	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	318.15/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,314	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	763	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,045	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	810	262.75/cwt	262.75–262.75	2,128	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	857	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,202	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	718	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,147	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,747	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	803	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,919	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	269.85/cwt	251.00–282.00	1,444	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	240.15/cwt	239.00–241.00	1,650	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	254.09/cwt	253.50–257.00	1,875	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	904	229.82/cwt	222.00–231.00	2,078	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	296.05/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,747	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	270.46/cwt	264.00–286.00	1,593	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	894	231.39/cwt	231.00–234.00	2,069	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,633	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	274.82/cwt	265.00–277.00	1,880	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,859	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	432	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,521	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	394	331.06/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,304	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	370.87/cwt	363.00–377.00	1,391	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	300.31/cwt	287.50–310.00	1,414	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	405	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,284	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	338.26/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,641	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	256.29/cwt	249.00–266.00	1,976	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	398	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,433	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	409	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,370	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	462	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,536	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	278.29/cwt	275.50–285.00	2,062	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	249.56/cwt	246.25–259.00	2,061	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	398.39/cwt	390.00–399.00	1,498	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	703	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,074	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	505	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,722	4

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. - Salina, KS

Thu Mar 21, 2024

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

Receipts 3,745Last week 4,535Year ago 4,306

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	405	317.00	317.00
5	450–500	460	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	432	352.00	352.00
17	600–650	633	283.00	283.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
28	700–750	708	267.50	267.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	250–300	283	380.00	380.00
19	300–350	346	365.00–367.00	366.17
24	350–400	356	360.00–370.00	361.71
64	400–450	412	337.50–345.00	343.20
73	450–500	479	313.00–335.00	323.76
42	500–550	533	295.00–317.50	302.06
39	550–600	567	287.00–297.00	292.57
89	600–650	615	262.00–277.50	269.69
90	650–700	674	244.00–270.00	252.68
75	700–750	716	232.00–247.10	242.13
195	750–800	779	231.00–235.00	233.10
69	800–850	813	229.00–235.50	231.27
60	850–900	870	224.50	224.50
16	900–950	903	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	562	312.50	312.50
24	600–650	633	285.50	285.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	443	341.00	341.00
3	450–500	487	315.00	315.00
8	650–700	656	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	394	320.00–337.50	331.06
11	400–450	413	310.00–330.00	318.15
37	450–500	471	287.50–310.00	300.31
37	500–550	535	251.00–282.00	269.85
18	550–600	589	264.00–286.00	270.46
31	600–650	648	252.00	252.00
20	650–700	687	239.00–241.00	240.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	300–350	307	380.00–385.00	382.20
43	350–400	376	390.00–399.00	398.39
28	400–450	416	375.00–387.50	382.78
56	450–500	476	358.00–377.50	365.28
97	500–550	526	320.00–337.00	327.86
38	550–600	570	317.50–333.00	325.31
91	600–650	637	308.00–318.00	313.11
61	650–700	676	289.50–305.00	294.52
57	700–750	741	275.50–285.00	278.29
109	750–800	771	249.00–266.00	256.29
167	800–850	826	246.25–259.00	249.56
178	850–900	873	235.00–248.50	240.78
159	900–950	905	237.00–240.00	239.14
21	950–1000	975	218.00–222.00	220.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	505	341.00	341.00
29	550–600	589	335.00–336.00	335.66
36	700–750	703	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	359	405.00	405.00
40	400–450	432	391.00	391.00
6	500–550	549	347.00	347.00
78	550–600	570	336.50	336.50
44	700–750	718	299.00	299.00
5	750–800	763	268.00	268.00
73	800–850	810	262.75	262.75
47	850–900	857	257.00	257.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	410	355.00	355.00
18	650–700	663	286.00	286.00
30	750–800	793	254.50	254.50
Steers — Medium 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	500–550	520	353.00	353.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	553	250.00	250.00
3	650–700	690	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
42	450–500	467	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	375	363.00–377.00	370.87
75	450–500	485	330.00–355.00	338.26
42	550–600	590	285.00–305.00	296.05
16	600–650	639	291.00	291.00
28	650–700	684	265.00–277.00	274.82
24	700–750	738	253.50–257.00	254.09
6	800–850	803	239.00	239.00
140	850–900	894	231.00–234.00	231.39
69	900–950	904	222.00–231.00	229.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	398	360.00	360.00
4	400–450	409	335.00	335.00
5	450–500	462	332.50	332.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	687	228.00	228.00
5	750–800	785	222.50	222.50

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