Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2024-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 600 lbs sold noticeably lower, however there was not enough volume for a good test. 600 to 750 lb steers sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher, while feeders steers over 800 lbs sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Heifer calves sold noticeably higher, however there was not enough volume for a good test. Heifers over 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. There are a lot of unweaned calves coming to town, if the calves had good genetics and decent shots the buyers are willing to pay weaned price. 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 $293.07/cwt on 244 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −201.36 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$293.07

244 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,602

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$147

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$18.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.74

vs KS average

+18.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	298.74	1,651	167
Medium and Large 1-2	532	280.86	1,494	56
Medium 1	536	280.52	1,504	21

One grade step is worth $18.21/cwt here — about $147 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 sale244 hd

293.07

—

KS average3 barns · 745 hd

294.81

−1.74

National average169 barns · 10,664 hd

274.29

+18.78

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

−201.36

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

73 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 1	550–600	556	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,501	8
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	606	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,545	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	273.40/cwt	258.00–279.00	1,843	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	306.50/cwt	299.00–315.00	1,609	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	294.93/cwt	288.00–301.00	1,684	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	279.34/cwt	271.00–292.00	1,461	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	239.58/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,727	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	323.67/cwt	321.00–334.00	1,550	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	249.80/cwt	245.00–257.50	1,953	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	634	254.70/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,615	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	240.18/cwt	237.00–245.00	2,051	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	793	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,848	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	314.54/cwt	309.00–316.00	1,538	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	871	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,038	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,856	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	438	316.10/cwt	314.00–317.00	1,385	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,345	3
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	500–550	524	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,504	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	614	268.59/cwt	263.00–278.00	1,649	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	254.22/cwt	253.00–255.00	1,619	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	253.31/cwt	252.00–255.00	1,687	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	529	303.37/cwt	299.00–311.00	1,605	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,320	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	450	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,485	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	388	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,362	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	401	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,343	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	691	250.39/cwt	247.00–256.00	1,730	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	348	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,201	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	461	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,415	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	550	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,590	5
Heifers	Large 1	950–1000	976	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,050	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	515	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,494	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,190	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,489	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,183	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	897	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,812	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	931	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,955	13
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	427	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,100	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	222.17/cwt	217.00–223.50	1,933	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,416	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	927	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,049	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	281.52/cwt	280.00–282.00	1,213	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	276.10/cwt	275.00–278.00	1,447	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	225.88/cwt	225.25–230.00	1,900	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	278.76/cwt	276.00–286.00	1,606	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	252.77/cwt	247.00–256.00	1,587	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	215.73/cwt	215.00–216.00	1,605	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	245.50/cwt	240.00–247.50	1,642	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	234.63/cwt	232.50–238.00	1,717	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	794	220.76/cwt	216.50–225.00	1,753	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	251.60/cwt	247.50–259.00	1,349	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,482	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	368	312.13/cwt	307.50–318.00	1,149	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	235.89/cwt	235.00–236.00	1,781	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	458	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,260	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	537	252.86/cwt	246.00–258.00	1,358	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	455	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,165	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,587	4
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,050	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	2,378	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,478	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	790	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,841	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	852	251.75/cwt	251.75–251.75	2,145	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	585	251.35/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,470	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	430	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,299	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	278.88/cwt	266.00–285.00	1,768	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	529	275.75/cwt	271.00–280.00	1,459	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	998	225.74/cwt	224.50–225.85	2,253	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	232.95/cwt	231.00–235.50	2,148	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,585	15
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,039	221.29/cwt	217.00–223.00	2,299	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	262.69/cwt	258.00–272.50	1,907	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	828	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,871	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	246.71/cwt	235.00–249.50	2,013	89

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 26, 2024

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

Receipts 2,659Last week 2,904Year ago 2,792

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	556	270.00	270.00
3	600–650	606	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	366	367.50	367.50
43	450–500	479	321.00–334.00	323.67
32	500–550	525	299.00–315.00	306.50
95	550–600	571	288.00–301.00	294.93
72	600–650	634	266.00–285.00	278.88
30	650–700	674	258.00–279.00	273.40
49	700–750	726	258.00–272.50	262.69
52	750–800	782	245.00–257.50	249.80
89	800–850	816	235.00–249.50	246.71
202	850–900	854	237.00–245.00	240.18
149	900–950	922	231.00–235.50	232.95
37	950–1000	998	224.50–225.85	225.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	430	307.00	307.00
19	450–500	489	309.00–316.00	314.54
41	500–550	523	271.00–292.00	279.34
15	550–600	556	285.00	285.00
10	600–650	637	253.00–255.00	254.22
7	650–700	666	252.00–255.00	253.31
19	700–750	721	230.00–250.00	239.58
4	750–800	793	233.00	233.00
3	800–850	800	232.00	232.00
16	850–900	871	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	438	314.00–317.00	316.10
4	450–500	461	307.00	307.00
9	600–650	634	250.00–257.00	254.70
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	524	287.00	287.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	345.00	345.00
4	350–400	388	351.00	351.00
3	400–450	401	335.00	335.00
3	450–500	450	330.00	330.00
35	500–550	529	299.00–311.00	303.37
5	550–600	550	289.00	289.00
78	600–650	614	263.00–278.00	268.59
38	650–700	691	247.00–256.00	250.39
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
180	1000–1050	1,039	217.00–223.00	221.29
55	1050–1100	1,050	226.50	226.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	750–800	790	233.00	233.00
8	800–850	828	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
53	850–900	852	251.75	251.75
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	950–1000	976	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	515	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	400–450	431	280.00–282.00	281.52
5	450–500	480	295.00	295.00
27	500–550	524	275.00–278.00	276.10
39	550–600	576	276.00–286.00	278.76
81	600–650	628	247.00–256.00	252.77
44	650–700	669	240.00–247.50	245.50
23	700–750	732	232.50–238.00	234.63
73	750–800	755	235.00–236.00	235.89
177	800–850	841	225.25–230.00	225.88
112	850–900	870	217.00–223.50	222.17
13	900–950	931	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	427	257.50	257.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	536	247.50–259.00	251.60
11	550–600	575	257.00	257.00
3	600–650	615	241.00	241.00
4	650–700	687	231.00	231.00
11	700–750	744	215.00–216.00	215.73
6	750–800	794	216.50–225.00	220.76
3	900–950	927	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	368	307.50–318.00	312.13
7	400–450	430	302.00	302.00
8	450–500	458	275.00	275.00
33	500–550	529	271.00–280.00	275.75
34	550–600	585	250.00–255.00	251.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	455	256.00	256.00
22	500–550	537	246.00–258.00	252.86
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	497	238.00	238.00
8	500–550	536	222.00	222.00
14	700–750	730	204.00	204.00
13	850–900	897	202.00	202.00

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