Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2024-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

NIce run of cattle, we are still seeing some cattle coming off grass. Compared to last week feeder steers over 750 lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 lower and 600 to 850 lb heifers sold 12.00 to 15.00 lower.The supply was moderate with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $303.23/cwt on 120 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −190.43 against this barn's trailing median of $493.66.

Average price

$303.23

120 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,714

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$371

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$42.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.78

vs KS average

+36.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	307.17	1,746	107
Medium and Large 1-2	550	274.38	1,510	8thin
Medium 1	519	265.00	1,375	5thin

One grade step is worth $42.17/cwt here — about $371 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale120 hd

303.23

—

KS average3 barns · 265 hd

291.44

+11.78

National average174 barns · 10,991 hd

266.64

+36.59

This barn, trailing median28 sales

493.66

−190.43

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

65 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	Large 1	1200–1250	1,232	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,971	5
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,180	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,912	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	225.75/cwt	225.75–225.75	2,145	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	234.35/cwt	232.00–237.00	1,938	36
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	670	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,628	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	231.72/cwt	228.00–234.00	1,807	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	492	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,456	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,291	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	745	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,758	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,506	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,290	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	249.89/cwt	247.00–256.50	1,954	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	271.04/cwt	265.00–272.50	1,718	93
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	519	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,375	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	603	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,266	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	257.99/cwt	253.00–266.50	1,886	72
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	890	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,442	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	237.21/cwt	234.00–240.00	1,599	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	247.04/cwt	244.00–251.00	1,791	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	388	372.24/cwt	370.00–373.00	1,444	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	309	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,196	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	671	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,731	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	418	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,463	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,513	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	647	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,637	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	489	316.48/cwt	315.00–319.00	1,548	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	727	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,810	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	571	287.13/cwt	272.50–291.00	1,640	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	249.27/cwt	248.00–262.50	1,276	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	255.04/cwt	251.00–259.00	1,507	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	227.80/cwt	223.00–230.75	1,850	257
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,012	203.67/cwt	194.00–209.50	2,061	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	714	247.44/cwt	247.00–248.00	1,767	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,487	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,642	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,551	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	254.92/cwt	244.50–267.50	1,175	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	239.49/cwt	235.50–244.50	1,734	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	231.58/cwt	228.00–239.00	1,811	264
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,882	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	803	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,863	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	247.87/cwt	243.00–254.00	1,653	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	801	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,762	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	270.76/cwt	269.00–275.00	1,134	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	256.54/cwt	249.00–262.50	1,621	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,343	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	225.35/cwt	224.50–226.00	1,936	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	768	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,974	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	571	252.59/cwt	250.00–254.00	1,442	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	366	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,144	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	733	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,774	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	241.76/cwt	238.25–246.00	2,123	229
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	224.08/cwt	224.00–225.00	1,781	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	961	228.64/cwt	226.75–234.50	2,197	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	250.27/cwt	244.50–256.00	2,080	137
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	475	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,325	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	269.79/cwt	260.00–272.50	1,818	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	679	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,884	15
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,143	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,000	5
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,017	204.67/cwt	201.50–213.00	2,081	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,512	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,637	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	891	231.14/cwt	210.00–235.75	2,059	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	234.15/cwt	230.00–237.00	2,168	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	1,769	88

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 19, 2024

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	1000–1050	1,017	201.50–213.00	204.67
5	1100–1150	1,143	175.00	175.00
6	1150–1200	1,180	162.00	162.00
5	1200–1250	1,232	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	385	335.00	335.00
5	450–500	478	270.00	270.00
3	500–550	531	285.00	285.00
5	550–600	562	268.00	268.00
13	650–700	674	234.00–240.00	237.21
7	700–750	725	244.00–251.00	247.04
8	750–800	780	228.00–234.00	231.72
36	800–850	827	232.00–237.00	234.35
48	850–900	891	210.00–235.75	231.14
37	950–1000	950	225.75	225.75
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	475	279.00	279.00
5	500–550	519	265.00	265.00
10	650–700	670	243.00	243.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	492	296.00	296.00
3	700–750	745	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	400–450	417	362.50	362.50
45	450–500	483	339.00	339.00
88	550–600	568	311.50	311.50
93	600–650	634	265.00–272.50	271.04
55	650–700	674	260.00–272.50	269.79
72	700–750	731	253.00–266.50	257.99
81	750–800	782	247.00–256.50	249.89
137	800–850	831	244.50–256.00	250.27
229	850–900	878	238.25–246.00	241.76
160	900–950	926	230.00–237.00	234.15
151	950–1000	961	226.75–234.50	228.64
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	603	210.00	210.00
5	850–900	890	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	309	387.00	387.00
11	350–400	388	370.00–373.00	372.24
3	400–450	418	350.00	350.00
16	450–500	489	315.00–319.00	316.48
19	550–600	571	272.50–291.00	287.13
24	600–650	647	253.00	253.00
4	650–700	671	258.00	258.00
21	700–750	727	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	650–700	679	277.50	277.50
19	750–800	768	257.00	257.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	419	269.00–275.00	270.76
77	450–500	461	244.50–267.50	254.92
35	500–550	512	248.00–262.50	249.27
49	550–600	591	251.00–259.00	255.04
75	600–650	632	249.00–262.50	256.54
20	650–700	667	243.00–254.00	247.87
118	700–750	724	235.50–244.50	239.49
264	750–800	782	228.00–239.00	231.58
257	800–850	812	223.00–230.75	227.80
30	850–900	859	224.50–226.00	225.35
3	900–950	918	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	1000–1050	1,012	194.00–209.50	203.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	700–750	714	247.00–248.00	247.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	548	245.00	245.00
5	600–650	633	245.00	245.00
7	650–700	687	239.00	239.00
38	750–800	795	224.00–225.00	224.08
3	800–850	801	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	700–750	733	242.00	242.00
68	800–850	803	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	366	312.50	312.50
32	550–600	571	250.00–254.00	252.59
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	612	243.00	243.00

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