Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2024-08-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A lot of grass cattle again today. Compared to last week 700 to 900 lb steers sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher and steers over 900 lbs sold steady with last week. The 600 to 750 lb. heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher and 750 to 850 lb. heifers sold in a range 3.00 lower to 1.00 higher. Some really nice replacement heifers weighing 719 brought 268.75. 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 $310.27/cwt on 91 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −184.16 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$310.27

91 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,720

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

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

$36.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.10

vs KS average

+41.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	315.43	1,741	78
Medium and Large 1-2	568	279.33	1,587	13thin

One grade step is worth $36.10/cwt here — about $155 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale91 hd

310.27

—

KS average3 barns · 116 hd

304.17

+6.10

National average155 barns · 6,455 hd

268.55

+41.72

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

−184.16

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

70 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 1-2	750–800	791	244.79/cwt	242.00–248.00	1,936	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	266.57/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,973	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	286.17/cwt	279.00–290.00	1,794	34
Steers	Large 1	950–1000	997	219.37/cwt	219.00–220.00	2,187	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	894	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,074	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	258.73/cwt	252.00–268.00	1,997	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	314.92/cwt	300.00–321.00	1,770	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	403	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,229	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	248.28/cwt	245.00–257.00	1,708	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,182	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	246.06/cwt	241.00–251.00	2,040	357
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,777	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	240.87/cwt	235.00–245.25	2,108	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	839	234.44/cwt	227.50–236.50	1,967	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	542	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,702	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	268.80/cwt	262.00–274.00	1,849	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	984	223.25/cwt	220.00–231.00	2,197	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	454	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,525	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,518	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	624	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,835	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	642	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,727	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	279.33/cwt	273.00–289.00	1,587	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,203	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	757	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,866	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	455	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,442	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	800–850	831	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,086	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	655	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,913	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	573	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,662	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	680	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,727	8
Heifers	Large 1	950–1000	952	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,075	15
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,025	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,989	8
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,101	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,993	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	870	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,027	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	617	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,691	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	682	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,814	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	233.20/cwt	232.50–235.00	1,758	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	238.60/cwt	238.50–239.00	1,742	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	288.88/cwt	277.50–292.00	1,554	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	896	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,882	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	252.04/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,696	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,351	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,894	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,458	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,225	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	225.20/cwt	222.00–230.00	1,883	220
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	904	221.43/cwt	219.50–222.50	2,002	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	279.14/cwt	272.00–285.00	1,597	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,818	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	903	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,878	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	218.70/cwt	218.00–219.50	1,896	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	262.24/cwt	254.00–269.00	1,673	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,527	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	241.93/cwt	241.00–242.00	1,667	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	881	230.66/cwt	230.00–231.25	2,032	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	812	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,896	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	796	224.41/cwt	216.00–226.50	1,786	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	298.90/cwt	296.00–305.00	1,372	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	719	268.75/cwt	268.75–268.75	1,932	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	535	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,509	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	230.37/cwt	230.00–231.00	2,004	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	830	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,967	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	401	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,143	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	282.11/cwt	272.00–291.00	1,329	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	833	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,116	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	900–950	908	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,188	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	325.64/cwt	320.00–329.00	1,693	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,510	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	568	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,534	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	638	255.55/cwt	255.00–257.00	1,630	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	235.34/cwt	232.50–238.75	2,175	243

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 Aug 29, 2024

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

Receipts 3,523Last week 3,865Year ago 4,446

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	385	312.50	312.50
4	400–450	403	305.00	305.00
5	450–500	482	315.00	315.00
13	550–600	568	273.00–289.00	279.33
22	650–700	688	245.00–257.00	248.28
3	700–750	708	251.00	251.00
13	750–800	791	242.00–248.00	244.79
141	800–850	839	227.50–236.50	234.44
175	850–900	870	230.00–231.00	230.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	311	380.00	380.00
10	450–500	452	334.00	334.00
16	500–550	520	320.00–329.00	325.64
49	550–600	562	300.00–321.00	314.92
34	600–650	627	279.00–290.00	286.17
19	650–700	688	262.00–274.00	268.80
167	700–750	740	260.00–270.00	266.57
85	750–800	772	252.00–268.00	258.73
357	800–850	829	241.00–251.00	246.06
169	850–900	875	235.00–245.25	240.87
243	900–950	924	232.50–238.75	235.34
170	950–1000	984	220.00–231.00	223.25
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	950–1000	997	219.00–220.00	219.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
60	800–850	830	237.00	237.00
16	850–900	894	232.00	232.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	455	317.00	317.00
8	500–550	542	314.00	314.00
5	550–600	573	290.00	290.00
5	600–650	642	269.00	269.00
8	650–700	680	254.00	254.00
16	750–800	757	246.50	246.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	454	336.00	336.00
11	600–650	624	294.00	294.00
7	650–700	655	292.00	292.00
124	800–850	831	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	800–850	833	254.00	254.00
118	900–950	908	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	950–1000	952	218.00	218.00
8	1000–1050	1,025	194.00	194.00
3	1100–1150	1,101	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	617	274.00	274.00
11	650–700	682	266.00	266.00
6	850–900	870	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	350	350.00	350.00
10	400–450	429	315.00	315.00
16	450–500	459	296.00–305.00	298.90
22	500–550	538	277.50–292.00	288.88
26	550–600	572	272.00–285.00	279.14
82	600–650	638	254.00–269.00	262.24
28	650–700	673	250.00–257.00	252.04
34	700–750	730	238.50–239.00	238.60
25	750–800	754	232.50–235.00	233.20
220	800–850	836	222.00–230.00	225.20
26	850–900	867	218.00–219.50	218.70
106	900–950	904	219.50–222.50	221.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	850–900	896	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	401	285.00	285.00
20	450–500	471	272.00–291.00	282.11
4	500–550	536	272.00	272.00
7	550–600	592	258.00	258.00
41	650–700	689	241.00–242.00	241.93
123	750–800	796	216.00–226.50	224.41
7	800–850	830	219.00	219.00
8	850–900	885	214.00	214.00
6	900–950	903	208.00	208.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
60	800–850	812	233.50	233.50
105	850–900	881	230.00–231.25	230.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
24	700–750	719	268.75	268.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	535	282.00	282.00
3	550–600	568	270.00	270.00
14	600–650	638	255.00–257.00	255.55

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