Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2024-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves under 600 lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 lower and 700 to 850 lb steers sold 8.00 to 10.00 lower, the heavier feeders weighing 850 to 950 lbs sold 1.00 lower to 5.00 higher. The heifers followed a similar pattern, heifers weighing under 600 lbs sold 14.00 to 20.00 lower, 700 to 800 lb heifers sold 8.00 lower and 800 lb heifers sold 4.00 higher. The receipts were moderate with moderate demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $274.52/cwt on 289 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −164.46 against this barn's trailing median of $438.98.

Average price

$274.52

289 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,477

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$160

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$28.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.89

vs KS average

+10.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	277.49	1,487	252
Medium and Large 1-2	555	255.18	1,415	32
Medium 1	533	249.00	1,327	5thin

One grade step is worth $28.49/cwt here — about $160 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale289 hd

274.52

—

KS average3 barns · 517 hd

275.42

−0.89

National average181 barns · 13,137 hd

263.96

+10.56

This barn, trailing median27 sales

438.98

−164.46

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

87 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	350–400	378	320.31/cwt	310.00–328.00	1,211	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	384	395.31/cwt	392.50–400.00	1,518	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	523	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,721	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	261.06/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,848	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	315.03/cwt	299.00–321.00	1,783	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	329.56/cwt	320.00–342.00	1,694	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,850	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	378	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,531	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	302.85/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,314	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	414	310.81/cwt	310.00–313.00	1,287	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	385.04/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,455	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	298	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	700	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	528	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,531	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	220.72/cwt	215.00–227.50	1,713	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	477	285.37/cwt	278.00–292.50	1,361	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	227.85/cwt	227.00–230.00	2,007	94
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,650	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	276.34/cwt	270.00–281.00	1,829	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	209.48/cwt	200.00–212.50	1,814	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	254.65/cwt	249.00–261.00	1,693	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	496	345.02/cwt	342.00–349.00	1,711	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	345.97/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,515	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	572	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,645	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	945	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,022	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	340.18/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,140	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	220.19/cwt	217.00–238.00	1,806	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,332	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,736	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	281.94/cwt	265.00–288.00	1,452	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	233.04/cwt	222.00–239.50	1,699	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	287.29/cwt	277.50–295.00	1,359	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	265.73/cwt	258.00–276.00	1,650	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	270.36/cwt	269.00–280.00	1,530	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	696	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,684	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,624	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,602	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	565	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,511	5
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	745	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,732	4
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	663	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,671	3
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,026	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,103	19
Steers	Large 1	950–1000	996	206.50/cwt	206.50–206.50	2,057	58
Heifers	Large 1	950–1000	975	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	1,848	13
Heifers	Large 1	900–950	922	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,687	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	615	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,999	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	721	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,950	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	410	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,517	21
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	597	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,749	8
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	533	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,327	5
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	499	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,485	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,384	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,703	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	604	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,661	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	851	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,876	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	473	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,502	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	748	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,945	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	259.44/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,230	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	915	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	397	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,469	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	255.89/cwt	251.00–260.00	1,338	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	296.96/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,173	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,634	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	266.63/cwt	263.00–270.00	1,115	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	286.79/cwt	281.00–292.00	1,669	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	254.63/cwt	245.00–267.00	1,474	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,856	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	231.73/cwt	226.00–233.50	2,130	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	538	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,474	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,230	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	563	307.19/cwt	300.00–312.00	1,729	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	385	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,136	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	476	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,880	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	421	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,495	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	322	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,304	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	287.43/cwt	277.50–294.00	1,805	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	353.09/cwt	347.50–360.00	1,698	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	305	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,098	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	608	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,903	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	252.33/cwt	241.50–259.00	1,918	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	467	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,457	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	551	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,581	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	341	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,211	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	238.39/cwt	230.00–240.50	1,995	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	683	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,632	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	307.83/cwt	297.50–315.00	1,493	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	312.17/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,670	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,342	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	696	247.57/cwt	240.00–259.00	1,723	15

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 Apr 11, 2024

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

Receipts 3,176Last week 4,115Year ago 5,476

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	298	235.00	235.00
12	300–350	335	335.00–345.00	340.18
68	350–400	378	310.00–328.00	320.31
71	400–450	434	285.00–310.00	302.85
78	450–500	473	277.50–295.00	287.29
128	500–550	515	265.00–288.00	281.94
82	550–600	566	269.00–280.00	270.36
110	600–650	621	258.00–276.00	265.73
31	650–700	665	249.00–261.00	254.65
79	700–750	729	222.00–239.50	233.04
131	750–800	776	215.00–227.50	220.72
134	800–850	820	217.00–238.00	220.19
126	850–900	866	200.00–212.50	209.48
6	900–950	907	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	305	360.00	360.00
3	350–400	385	295.00	295.00
29	400–450	414	310.00–313.00	310.81
66	450–500	477	278.00–292.50	285.37
24	500–550	538	274.00	274.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	341	355.00	355.00
22	450–500	467	312.00	312.00
8	500–550	528	290.00	290.00
5	550–600	551	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	565	267.50	267.50
13	650–700	696	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	533	249.00	249.00
3	650–700	663	252.00	252.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	900–950	922	183.00	183.00
13	950–1000	975	189.50	189.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
14	850–900	851	220.50	220.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	748	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	310	295.00	295.00
14	350–400	395	295.00–300.00	296.96
8	400–450	418	263.00–270.00	266.63
13	450–500	474	250.00–265.00	259.44
14	500–550	523	251.00–260.00	255.89
18	550–600	579	245.00–267.00	254.63
11	600–650	646	253.00	253.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	322	405.00	405.00
24	350–400	384	392.50–400.00	395.31
4	400–450	421	355.00	355.00
42	450–500	496	342.00–349.00	345.02
7	500–550	523	329.00	329.00
51	550–600	563	300.00–312.00	307.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	288	427.00	427.00
4	300–350	346	385.00	385.00
25	350–400	378	380.00–400.00	385.04
42	400–450	438	340.00–350.00	345.97
66	450–500	481	347.50–360.00	353.09
79	500–550	514	320.00–342.00	329.56
82	550–600	566	299.00–321.00	315.03
47	600–650	628	277.50–294.00	287.43
16	650–700	662	270.00–281.00	276.34
44	700–750	708	255.00–262.00	261.06
16	750–800	760	241.50–259.00	252.33
99	800–850	837	230.00–240.50	238.39
94	850–900	881	227.00–230.00	227.85
120	900–950	919	226.00–233.50	231.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	378	405.00	405.00
19	450–500	476	395.00	395.00
10	600–650	608	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	473	317.50	317.50
23	550–600	572	287.50	287.50
14	900–950	945	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	499	297.50	297.50
8	550–600	597	293.00	293.00
4	700–750	745	232.50	232.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	950–1000	996	206.50	206.50
19	1000–1050	1,026	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	410	370.00	370.00
6	600–650	615	325.00	325.00
26	700–750	721	270.50	270.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	369	375.00	375.00
5	400–450	440	305.00	305.00
14	450–500	485	297.50–315.00	307.83
61	500–550	535	300.00–317.50	312.17
37	550–600	582	281.00–292.00	286.79
6	600–650	604	275.00	275.00
15	650–700	696	240.00–259.00	247.57
6	700–750	734	232.00	232.00
19	750–800	795	233.50	233.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	397	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	683	239.00	239.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	565	287.50	287.50
5	600–650	600	275.00	275.00
4	650–700	654	245.00	245.00
5	750–800	763	227.50	227.50

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