Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2024-07-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice cattle coming off-grass today. Compared to last week calves under 550 lbs did not have a good test today. Steers 550 to 750 bls sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower and steers 850 to 950 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Heifers 600 to 800 lbs sold un-even 2.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Expecting to see lots more of the cattle coming off grass in the coming weeks. The receipts were moderate and the demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $296.54/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −197.12 against this barn's trailing median of $493.66.

Average price

$296.54

56 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,641

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$686

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

$135.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.65

vs KS average

−1.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	320.28	1,742	41
Medium and Large 1-2	587	285.00	1,673	7thin
Medium and Large 2	571	185.00	1,056	8thin

One grade step is worth $135.28/cwt here — about $686 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $525.55, low $409.40, median $493.66 across 28 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 sale56 hd

296.54

—

KS average3 barns · 110 hd

305.19

−8.65

National average149 barns · 6,483 hd

297.82

−1.28

This barn, trailing median28 sales

493.66

−197.12

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

55 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	700–750	747	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	1,879	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	766	253.34/cwt	244.50–261.00	1,941	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	247.77/cwt	242.00–248.50	2,302	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	256.89/cwt	253.00–263.00	1,868	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	317.85/cwt	310.00–328.00	1,958	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	238.51/cwt	234.50–242.00	2,085	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	267.60/cwt	264.50–279.00	2,082	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	703	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,172	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,877	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	977	237.03/cwt	236.00–238.00	2,316	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,141	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	365.21/cwt	352.00–377.00	1,538	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	250.22/cwt	249.00–255.50	2,217	1,169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	240.61/cwt	239.25–245.00	1,939	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	309	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,029	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,323	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	273.99/cwt	271.00–279.00	1,745	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	293.84/cwt	287.00–296.00	1,634	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	937	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	2,104	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	244.89/cwt	238.00–250.00	1,905	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	264.72/cwt	260.00–268.00	1,776	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	809	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,144	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	862	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,233	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	900–950	940	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,369	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	804	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,978	66
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,010	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,363	7
Heifers	Large 1	950–1000	965	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,027	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	272.33/cwt	271.00–274.00	1,547	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	244.75/cwt	244.75–244.75	1,816	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,004	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,673	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	789	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	2,055	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	888	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	2,118	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,017	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	272.75/cwt	269.00–275.00	1,838	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	960	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,179	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	899	242.07/cwt	238.00–242.75	2,176	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750–800	755	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,205	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,239	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,424	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	685	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	1,990	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,650	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	647	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,947	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	318.59/cwt	318.00–320.00	1,810	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,056	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	319.62/cwt	310.00–323.00	1,630	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	599	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,725	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	584	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,886	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	521	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,568	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	633	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,766	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	162.67/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,033	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	287.11/cwt	282.00–298.00	2,047	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	304.20/cwt	301.00–305.50	2,075	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	262.14/cwt	251.00–264.50	2,186	271
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,591	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 Jul 25, 2024

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

Receipts 3,001Last week 2,837Year ago 4,065

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	521	301.00	301.00
9	550–600	599	288.00	288.00
19	600–650	633	279.00	279.00
6	700–750	747	251.50	251.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	309	333.00	333.00
12	350–400	368	310.00	310.00
6	400–450	438	302.00	302.00
4	500–550	541	294.00	294.00
21	550–600	556	287.00–296.00	293.84
46	600–650	637	271.00–279.00	273.99
80	650–700	671	260.00–268.00	264.72
109	700–750	727	253.00–263.00	256.89
109	750–800	778	238.00–250.00	244.89
131	800–850	806	239.25–245.00	240.61
200	850–900	874	234.50–242.00	238.51
20	900–950	937	224.50	224.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
66	800–850	804	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	950–1000	965	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	415	245.00	245.00
16	550–600	568	271.00–274.00	272.33
58	700–750	742	244.75	244.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	367	337.50	337.50
7	550–600	587	285.00	285.00
11	650–700	674	269.00–275.00	272.75
11	700–750	745	269.00	269.00
63	750–800	766	244.50–261.00	253.34
21	850–900	899	238.00–242.75	242.07
99	950–1000	960	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	356	400.00	400.00
13	400–450	421	352.00–377.00	365.21
3	450–500	481	343.00	343.00
20	500–550	510	310.00–323.00	319.62
10	550–600	568	318.00–320.00	318.59
49	600–650	616	310.00–328.00	317.85
17	650–700	682	301.00–305.50	304.20
35	700–750	713	282.00–298.00	287.11
112	750–800	778	264.50–279.00	267.60
271	800–850	834	251.00–264.50	262.14
1,169	850–900	886	249.00–255.50	250.22
154	900–950	929	242.00–248.50	247.77
125	950–1000	977	236.00–238.00	237.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	700–750	703	309.00	309.00
22	750–800	755	292.00	292.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
67	800–850	809	265.00	265.00
62	850–900	862	259.00	259.00
114	900–950	940	252.00	252.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,010	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	750–800	789	260.50	260.50
112	850–900	888	238.50	238.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	584	323.00	323.00
5	600–650	647	301.00	301.00
18	650–700	685	290.50	290.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	571	185.00	185.00
13	600–650	635	160.00–165.00	162.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	816	230.00	230.00

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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