Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2024-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves 400 to 600 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower, 600 to 750 steers sold 5.00 lower, and feeders over 750 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. The heifers under 650 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher on a light test, 650 to 800 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower and 800 to 900 lb feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. The receipts were moderate with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $322.26/cwt on 131 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −172.17 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$322.26

131 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,818

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$41

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

$15.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.56

vs KS average

+12.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	330.35	1,839	61
Medium and Large 1-2	570	315.20	1,798	70

One grade step is worth $15.15/cwt here — about $41 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale131 hd

322.26

—

KS average3 barns · 359 hd

327.82

−5.56

National average167 barns · 10,730 hd

309.71

+12.55

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

−172.17

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

68 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	254.84/cwt	254.50–262.00	2,125	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	321.89/cwt	317.50–331.00	1,844	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	345.69/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,248	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	237.20/cwt	230.00–241.00	2,094	254
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	231.55/cwt	225.00–233.25	2,130	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	366.22/cwt	357.50–375.00	1,582	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,493	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	959	234.42/cwt	224.50–236.50	2,248	207
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	271.90/cwt	268.00–276.00	1,988	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,078	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	204.07/cwt	197.00–211.00	1,882	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	349.29/cwt	342.50–355.00	1,809	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	214.24/cwt	208.00–215.00	1,832	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	367.58/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,695	60
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	313.29/cwt	302.50–325.00	1,457	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,719	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	219.32/cwt	215.00–226.00	1,783	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	325.56/cwt	322.00–330.00	1,530	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	233.46/cwt	225.50–237.00	1,830	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	318.15/cwt	310.00–323.00	1,680	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	849	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,987	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	240.07/cwt	235.00–244.00	1,753	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	322.89/cwt	317.00–330.00	1,385	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	261.22/cwt	253.00–267.00	1,755	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,642	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	770	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,917	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	744	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	1,946	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	713	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,761	82
Heifers	Large 1	950–1000	980	193.77/cwt	193.50–194.00	1,899	22
Heifers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,151	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,985	10
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,076	204.42/cwt	200.00–205.50	2,200	15
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,950	8
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,053	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,969	4
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,027	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	2,152	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	681	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,023	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	423	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,629	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	875	250.25/cwt	250.25–250.25	2,190	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	606	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,757	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	518	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,684	9
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	692	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,682	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	302.40/cwt	301.00–304.00	1,624	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	933	220.07/cwt	215.00–222.50	2,053	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,469	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,553	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	961	219.77/cwt	219.50–221.00	2,112	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	451	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,520	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	888	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,954	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	345.36/cwt	334.00–355.00	1,665	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	240.25/cwt	239.00–244.00	2,008	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	290.86/cwt	288.00–295.00	1,835	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	766	245.04/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,877	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	285.69/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,640	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	462	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,543	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,263	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,691	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	807	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,896	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	267.55/cwt	258.00–276.00	1,803	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	330.47/cwt	317.50–340.00	1,768	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	301.33/cwt	297.50–305.00	1,853	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,781	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	311.04/cwt	295.00–314.00	1,804	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	272.22/cwt	263.00–276.00	2,069	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	631	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	1,770	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	423	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,406	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	272.68/cwt	261.00–278.50	1,748	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	558	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,752	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	557	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,855	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	281.08/cwt	276.50–291.00	1,909	67

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 May 9, 2024

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

Receipts 2,733Last week 2,920Year ago 2,709

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	358	417.00	417.00
12	400–450	432	357.50–375.00	366.22
60	450–500	461	360.00–375.00	367.58
16	500–550	518	342.50–355.00	349.29
38	550–600	573	317.50–331.00	321.89
20	600–650	615	297.50–305.00	301.33
67	650–700	679	276.50–291.00	281.08
80	700–750	731	268.00–276.00	271.90
99	750–800	760	263.00–276.00	272.22
63	800–850	834	254.50–262.00	254.84
254	850–900	883	230.00–241.00	237.20
130	900–950	920	225.00–233.25	231.55
207	950–1000	959	224.50–236.50	234.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	744	261.50	261.50
14	750–800	770	249.00	249.00
18	800–850	849	234.00	234.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	1000–1050	1,027	209.50	209.50
15	1050–1100	1,076	200.00–205.50	204.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	423	385.00	385.00
8	650–700	681	297.00	297.00
128	850–900	875	250.25	250.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	445	330.00	330.00
37	450–500	482	334.00–355.00	345.36
15	500–550	535	317.50–340.00	330.47
55	550–600	580	295.00–314.00	311.04
37	600–650	631	288.00–295.00	290.86
17	650–700	674	258.00–276.00	267.55
5	700–750	742	240.00	240.00
17	750–800	766	240.00–255.00	245.04
23	800–850	836	239.00–244.00	240.25
6	850–900	888	220.00	220.00
9	900–950	933	215.00–222.50	220.07
22	950–1000	961	219.50–221.00	219.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	557	333.00	333.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	340	317.00	317.00
11	350–400	361	335.00–350.00	345.69
18	400–450	429	317.00–330.00	322.89
85	450–500	470	322.00–330.00	325.56
52	500–550	528	310.00–323.00	318.15
32	550–600	553	297.00	297.00
61	600–650	641	261.00–278.50	272.68
15	650–700	672	253.00–267.00	261.22
61	700–750	730	235.00–244.00	240.07
29	750–800	784	225.50–237.00	233.46
129	800–850	813	215.00–226.00	219.32
76	850–900	855	208.00–215.00	214.24
9	900–950	922	197.00–211.00	204.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	451	337.00	337.00
9	500–550	518	325.00	325.00
20	600–650	606	290.00	290.00
82	700–750	713	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	950–1000	980	193.50–194.00	193.77
8	1000–1050	1,000	195.00	195.00
4	1050–1100	1,053	187.00	187.00
10	1150–1200	1,151	172.50	172.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	692	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	421	300.00	300.00
4	450–500	493	315.00	315.00
19	500–550	537	301.00–304.00	302.40
20	550–600	574	275.00–290.00	285.69
4	700–750	735	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	423	332.50	332.50
14	450–500	462	334.00	334.00
5	550–600	558	314.00	314.00
15	600–650	631	280.50	280.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
8	800–850	807	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	465	302.50–325.00	313.29
3	600–650	625	275.00	275.00

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