Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2024-07-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

We are back to the regular Thursday Sales. We had a nice run of feeder cattle coming off grass. There was no recent sale to compare to since we have not had a Thursday sale for a month. Next week they have a nice string of calves already consigned. 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 $323.84/cwt on 145 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −170.59 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$323.84

145 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,800

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$496

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$76.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.08

vs KS average

+20.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	329.40	1,837	132
Medium and Large 1-2	551	291.00	1,603	5thin
Medium 1	531	252.50	1,341	8thin

One grade step is worth $76.90/cwt here — about $496 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 sale145 hd

323.84

—

KS average3 barns · 170 hd

320.76

+3.08

National average160 barns · 9,699 hd

302.91

+20.93

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

−170.59

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

51 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	450–500	472	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,553	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,817	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	551	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,603	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	499	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,547	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	242.07/cwt	236.00–243.00	1,987	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	323.48/cwt	320.50–325.00	1,876	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	291.91/cwt	287.00–297.00	1,506	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	254.51/cwt	253.00–255.50	1,843	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	600	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,914	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	261.77/cwt	255.00–269.25	1,783	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	336.64/cwt	330.00–342.50	1,777	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,413	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	212.20/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,859	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	238.48/cwt	237.00–244.00	2,328	408
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	249.36/cwt	243.00–252.00	2,202	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	243.37/cwt	241.25–250.50	1,918	223
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	331.24/cwt	329.00–332.50	1,441	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	246.43/cwt	245.00–250.00	2,077	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	2,339	60
Heifers	Medium 1	800–850	842	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,911	10
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,164	223.43/cwt	223.00–223.85	2,601	91
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,106	219.05/cwt	217.00–220.00	2,423	19
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,073	235.62/cwt	235.50–235.75	2,528	215
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,041	234.75/cwt	234.75–234.75	2,444	104
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,062	200.81/cwt	197.50–203.00	2,133	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	291.49/cwt	291.00–292.00	1,422	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	267.43/cwt	264.00–269.00	1,693	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	697	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,715	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,940	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	956	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,151	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	295.43/cwt	294.00–299.00	2,003	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	572	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,893	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	719	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	2,074	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,898	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,743	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	267.24/cwt	263.00–272.00	1,764	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	298.37/cwt	291.00–308.00	1,847	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,992	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	270.60/cwt	266.00–274.00	1,602	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	214.45/cwt	211.00–222.50	1,975	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,207	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	280.90/cwt	279.00–282.00	1,520	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	284.40/cwt	278.50–290.00	1,641	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,013	241.86/cwt	239.50–243.00	2,450	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,382	3
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	531	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,341	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	753	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,935	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	892	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,114	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	517	306.59/cwt	306.00–307.00	1,585	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	969	231.26/cwt	230.00–231.75	2,241	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	257.96/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,893	12

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 Jul 11, 2024

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

Receipts 2,460Last week 2,095Year ago 2,553

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	398	355.00	355.00
6	450–500	472	329.00	329.00
56	500–550	528	330.00–342.50	336.64
70	550–600	580	320.50–325.00	323.48
9	600–650	619	291.00–308.00	298.37
24	650–700	678	294.00–299.00	295.43
12	700–750	734	255.00–260.00	257.96
9	750–800	775	257.00	257.00
9	800–850	843	245.00–250.00	246.43
200	850–900	883	243.00–252.00	249.36
60	900–950	930	251.50	251.50
408	950–1000	976	237.00–244.00	238.48
85	1000–1050	1,013	239.50–243.00	241.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	551	291.00	291.00
6	600–650	633	287.00	287.00
15	650–700	660	263.00–272.00	267.24
3	700–750	700	249.00	249.00
6	750–800	779	249.00	249.00
29	900–950	935	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	572	331.00	331.00
5	600–650	600	319.00	319.00
17	700–750	719	288.50	288.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
104	1000–1050	1,041	234.75	234.75
215	1050–1100	1,073	235.50–235.75	235.62
19	1100–1150	1,106	217.00–220.00	219.05
91	1150–1200	1,164	223.00–223.85	223.43
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	531	252.50	252.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
75	950–1000	969	230.00–231.75	231.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	499	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	435	329.00–332.50	331.24
6	450–500	488	291.00–292.00	291.49
8	500–550	516	287.00–297.00	291.91
95	550–600	577	278.50–290.00	284.40
35	600–650	633	264.00–269.00	267.43
43	650–700	681	255.00–269.25	261.77
50	700–750	724	253.00–255.50	254.51
223	750–800	788	241.25–250.50	243.37
178	800–850	821	236.00–243.00	242.07
22	850–900	876	210.00–217.00	212.20
23	900–950	921	211.00–222.50	214.45
62	950–1000	956	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	800–850	842	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	1050–1100	1,062	197.50–203.00	200.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	485	285.00	285.00
8	500–550	541	279.00–282.00	280.90
8	550–600	592	266.00–274.00	270.60
4	650–700	697	246.00	246.00
3	800–850	840	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	500–550	517	306.00–307.00	306.59
11	750–800	753	257.00	257.00
23	850–900	892	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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