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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Lighter run of cattle this week. We have seen most of the grass cattle come to town at this point. 800 to 900 lb steers sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower while 900 to 950 lb grass steers sold 3.00 higher. There were not enough heifers today for a good test. The receipts were light with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $282.96/cwt on 90 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −210.69 against this barn's trailing median of $493.66.

Average price

$282.96

90 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,561

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

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

$13.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.59

vs KS average

+13.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	285.72	1,582	72
Medium and Large 1-2	543	271.92	1,477	18thin

One grade step is worth $13.80/cwt here — about $105 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 sale90 hd

282.96

—

KS average3 barns · 213 hd

285.55

−2.59

National average147 barns · 6,928 hd

269.40

+13.56

This barn, trailing median28 sales

493.66

−210.69

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

53 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	850–900	873	234.66/cwt	234.00–236.25	2,049	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	277.06/cwt	271.00–282.00	1,704	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	320.67/cwt	311.00–324.00	1,456	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,387	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	378.69/cwt	377.00–380.00	1,288	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	302.60/cwt	301.00–304.00	1,498	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,639	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	814	237.53/cwt	237.00–238.00	1,933	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	245.95/cwt	244.00–249.00	1,867	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	801	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,842	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,216	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	701	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,738	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	273.33/cwt	267.00–280.00	1,454	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,713	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,557	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	250.71/cwt	250.00–252.00	1,547	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	850–900	851	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	2,055	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	426	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,397	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	598	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,609	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,488	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,016	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	263.38/cwt	256.00–266.00	1,620	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,927	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,332	5
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,025	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	1,994	8
Heifers	Large 1	900–950	935	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,917	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	273.16/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,396	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,509	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	225.32/cwt	224.00–226.50	1,845	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,527	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,484	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	247.18/cwt	240.00–254.00	1,649	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	530	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,426	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	241.76/cwt	234.50–244.50	1,733	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	746	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,716	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,271	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	270.13/cwt	265.00–277.00	1,580	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,195	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	484	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,476	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,069	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	258.53/cwt	253.00–265.00	1,414	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	338	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,136	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	432	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,218	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	694	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,673	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	293.98/cwt	292.00–297.00	1,593	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	557	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,443	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	238.67/cwt	233.00–240.00	2,172	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	244.05/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,991	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	262.29/cwt	256.50–268.00	1,799	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	935	227.75/cwt	227.75–227.75	2,129	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	276.77/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,605	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	516	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,631	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,807	25

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 Sep 5, 2024

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

Receipts 1,250Last week 3,523Year ago 2,778

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	340	377.00–380.00	378.69
12	450–500	454	311.00–324.00	320.67
23	500–550	542	292.00–297.00	293.98
28	550–600	580	270.00–279.00	276.77
32	600–650	615	271.00–282.00	277.06
52	650–700	686	256.50–268.00	262.29
51	750–800	759	244.00–249.00	245.95
112	800–850	816	240.00–245.00	244.05
84	850–900	873	234.00–236.25	234.66
129	900–950	910	233.00–240.00	238.67
6	950–1000	955	232.00	232.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	437	317.50	317.50
15	450–500	495	301.00–304.00	302.60
14	500–550	532	267.00–280.00	273.33
4	550–600	583	267.00	267.00
17	600–650	617	250.00–252.00	250.71
15	650–700	677	253.00	253.00
6	700–750	719	228.00	228.00
25	750–800	769	235.00	235.00
18	800–850	814	237.00–238.00	237.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	426	328.00	328.00
14	500–550	522	285.00	285.00
3	550–600	598	269.00	269.00
9	700–750	701	248.00	248.00
10	800–850	801	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	850–900	851	241.50	241.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	484	305.00	305.00
56	900–950	935	227.75	227.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	516	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	427	312.00	312.00
6	450–500	481	317.50	317.50
25	500–550	511	270.00–279.00	273.16
64	550–600	585	265.00–277.00	270.13
20	600–650	615	256.00–266.00	263.38
17	650–700	667	240.00–254.00	247.18
37	700–750	717	234.50–244.50	241.76
39	800–850	819	224.00–226.50	225.32
11	850–900	888	217.00	217.00
5	900–950	908	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	900–950	935	205.00	205.00
8	1000–1050	1,025	194.50	194.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	375	285.00	285.00
3	400–450	441	271.00	271.00
18	450–500	476	267.00	267.00
13	500–550	547	253.00–265.00	258.53
24	550–600	575	258.00	258.00
3	600–650	611	247.00	247.00
3	700–750	746	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	336.00	336.00
13	400–450	432	282.00	282.00
7	500–550	530	269.00	269.00
6	650–700	694	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	557	259.00	259.00

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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