Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2024-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 500 to 700 lbs sold mostly 5.00 to 10.00 higher and steers over 700 lbs sold steady to 6.00 lower. Heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 10.00 lower. The grass cattle buying season is slowly coming to an end and the buyers are trying to buy the steers that fit their grass cattle program and that is what is driving the light steers. The receipts were moderate with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $289.78/cwt on 241 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −149.21 against this barn's trailing median of $438.98.

Average price

$289.78

241 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,601

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$163

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

$33.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.86

vs KS average

+22.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	290.60	1,605	235
Medium and Large 1-2	560	257.50	1,442	6thin

One grade step is worth $33.10/cwt here — about $163 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $461.58, low $373.78, median $438.98 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 sale241 hd

289.78

—

KS average3 barns · 385 hd

284.92

+4.86

National average161 barns · 9,489 hd

266.87

+22.91

This barn, trailing median27 sales

438.98

−149.21

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

62 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 1	500–550	538	292.83/cwt	284.00–296.50	1,575	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	237.85/cwt	229.00–242.00	1,860	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	346.33/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,822	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	256.31/cwt	251.00–262.00	1,863	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	857	220.91/cwt	220.00–226.00	1,893	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	336.58/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,245	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	309.99/cwt	302.00–316.00	1,962	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	242.93/cwt	236.50–245.50	1,727	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	368.86/cwt	360.00–372.50	1,225	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	256.89/cwt	244.50–264.00	1,993	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	248.79/cwt	240.00–255.00	2,023	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,799	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	241.46/cwt	233.00–259.00	1,649	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	352.37/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,473	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	225.57/cwt	223.00–233.00	1,829	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	363.45/cwt	352.00–373.00	1,719	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	377.98/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,451	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	513	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,898	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	282.14/cwt	270.00–288.00	1,651	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	1,908	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,903	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	277.70/cwt	269.00–286.00	1,716	196
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	277.96/cwt	270.00–297.00	1,782	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	314.59/cwt	312.50–321.00	1,346	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	362	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,439	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	823	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,000	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	494	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,396	4
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	620	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,829	4
Steers	Medium 1Fancy	500–550	501	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,879	4
Heifers	Large 1Replacement	1050–1100	1,054	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,003	8
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,130	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	2,181	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,633	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	311.15/cwt	300.00–319.00	1,472	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	400	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,500	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	750	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	2,111	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	880	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,182	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	459	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,501	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	846	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,870	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	222.32/cwt	215.00–226.00	1,747	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	328.26/cwt	322.00–335.00	1,740	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	285.04/cwt	277.50–292.00	1,776	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,765	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	287.00/cwt	286.00–288.00	1,372	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	310.52/cwt	297.50–314.00	1,838	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,467	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	508	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,864	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	658	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	1,846	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	256.98/cwt	242.00–266.00	1,629	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,361	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	511	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,865	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	708	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,082	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	328.15/cwt	327.00–337.00	1,834	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	274.21/cwt	268.00–280.00	2,007	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	394	313.62/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,236	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,144	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	562	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,641	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	503	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,539	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	237.93/cwt	236.00–239.50	2,184	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	233.67/cwt	230.00–235.50	2,063	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,670	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,442	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	306.73/cwt	288.00–313.00	2,077	16

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 28, 2024

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

Receipts 2,713Last week 3,745Year ago 4,276

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	332	360.00–372.50	368.86
20	350–400	370	330.00–340.00	336.58
43	400–450	428	312.50–321.00	314.59
140	450–500	473	300.00–319.00	311.15
115	500–550	538	284.00–296.50	292.83
70	550–600	585	270.00–288.00	282.14
196	600–650	618	269.00–286.00	277.70
25	650–700	683	233.00–259.00	241.46
82	700–750	711	236.50–245.50	242.93
84	750–800	782	229.00–242.00	237.85
134	800–850	811	223.00–233.00	225.57
13	850–900	885	215.00	215.00
21	900–950	915	208.50	208.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	459	327.00	327.00
5	800–850	823	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	494	282.50	282.50
Heifers — Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1050–1100	1,054	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	320	357.50	357.50
15	350–400	394	305.00–320.00	313.62
16	400–450	439	310.00	310.00
18	450–500	478	286.00–288.00	287.00
6	550–600	560	257.50	257.50
38	600–650	634	242.00–266.00	256.98
91	750–800	786	215.00–226.00	222.32
5	800–850	846	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	503	306.00	306.00
31	550–600	562	292.00	292.00
8	650–700	658	280.50	280.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	350–400	384	370.00–385.00	377.98
34	400–450	418	345.00–360.00	352.37
128	450–500	473	352.00–373.00	363.45
49	500–550	526	340.00–350.00	346.33
82	550–600	559	327.00–337.00	328.15
102	600–650	633	302.00–316.00	309.99
16	650–700	677	288.00–313.00	306.73
56	700–750	732	268.00–280.00	274.21
64	750–800	776	244.50–264.00	256.89
32	800–850	813	240.00–255.00	248.79
92	850–900	883	230.00–235.50	233.67
92	900–950	918	236.00–239.50	237.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	438	335.00	335.00
4	450–500	470	347.50	347.50
37	500–550	530	322.00–335.00	328.26
40	550–600	592	297.50–314.00	310.52
17	600–650	623	277.50–292.00	285.04
7	650–700	661	267.00	267.00
14	700–750	727	251.00–262.00	256.31
5	750–800	759	220.00	220.00
73	850–900	857	220.00–226.00	220.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	362	397.50	397.50
3	400–450	400	375.00	375.00
4	500–550	513	370.00	370.00
33	750–800	750	281.50	281.50
18	850–900	880	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	620	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	501	375.00	375.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	1100–1150	1,130	193.00	193.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	508	367.00	367.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	511	365.00	365.00
9	700–750	708	294.00	294.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	641	270.00–297.00	277.96
4	750–800	759	237.00	237.00

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.

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