Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2024-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of cattle today. Steers sold mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher and there was a really nice set of all black steers off grass, 3 loads in all, that sold for an average of 256.00 weighing 905 lbs. Heifers sold un-even with 700 to 800 lb. heifers selling 2.00 lower and 800 to 900 lb heifers selling 2.00 to 6.00 higher. The receipts were light to moderate with moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $284.52/cwt on 92 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −209.91 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$284.52

92 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,567

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

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

$35.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.11

vs KS average

−2.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	303.80	1,627	42
Medium and Large 1-2	564	268.32	1,512	50

One grade step is worth $35.47/cwt here — about $115 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

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 sale92 hd

284.52

—

KS average3 barns · 245 hd

291.63

−7.11

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

−2.30

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

−209.91

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

66 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	900–950	928	237.24/cwt	236.00–239.50	2,202	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	282.48/cwt	276.00–290.00	1,740	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	338.50/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,503	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	309.18/cwt	307.00–315.00	1,620	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	243.80/cwt	239.00–249.00	2,092	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	254.25/cwt	251.00–262.00	1,970	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,221	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,451	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,619	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	414	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,325	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	255.50/cwt	255.00–256.00	1,704	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	929	231.05/cwt	231.00–231.50	2,146	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	258.25/cwt	242.00–265.00	1,508	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	271.24/cwt	258.00–274.50	1,850	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	254.82/cwt	253.00–259.00	1,845	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	525	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,444	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	232.51/cwt	231.00–237.00	2,011	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	254.27/cwt	251.00–260.00	1,612	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	280.35/cwt	274.00–285.00	1,531	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	245.50/cwt	245.00–246.00	1,935	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	692	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,488	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	635	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,657	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	558	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,562	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	666	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,758	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	546	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	1,668	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	722	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,639	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	603	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,480	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	420	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,292	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	702	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,572	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,440	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,523	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,300	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,015	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	291.38/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,230	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	231.92/cwt	231.50–235.50	1,879	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	252.96/cwt	251.00–254.00	1,614	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	489	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,325	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	348	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,270	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	710	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,761	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	265.75/cwt	257.00–269.00	1,499	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	269.77/cwt	267.50–274.00	1,246	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	315.86/cwt	312.50–320.00	1,191	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,921	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	240.47/cwt	238.00–242.00	1,633	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	233.08/cwt	224.00–239.00	1,741	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	224.39/cwt	224.00–229.00	1,981	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,614	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,354	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,526	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,205	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	271.19/cwt	268.00–275.00	1,402	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	528	239.70/cwt	236.00–242.00	1,266	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	597	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,388	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	233.42/cwt	225.00–241.00	1,816	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	222.58/cwt	220.00–224.00	1,734	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	251.96/cwt	248.00–254.00	1,305	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,114	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	956	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,075	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	900–950	905	255.82/cwt	253.50–257.50	2,315	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	336	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,277	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	617	238.64/cwt	233.00–241.00	1,472	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	563	256.91/cwt	253.00–259.00	1,446	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	548	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,458	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,771	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	252.50/cwt	244.00–254.75	2,106	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,236	120

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 Oct 3, 2024

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

Receipts 1,828Last week 2,659Year ago 1,102

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	344	355.00	355.00
28	400–450	444	335.00–347.50	338.50
5	450–500	450	322.50	322.50
25	500–550	524	307.00–315.00	309.18
3	550–600	568	285.00	285.00
36	600–650	616	276.00–290.00	282.48
42	650–700	682	258.00–274.50	271.24
13	700–750	724	253.00–259.00	254.82
17	750–800	775	251.00–262.00	254.25
163	800–850	834	244.00–254.75	252.50
17	850–900	858	239.00–249.00	243.80
98	900–950	928	236.00–239.50	237.24
120	950–1000	968	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	414	320.00	320.00
19	500–550	546	274.00–285.00	280.35
26	550–600	584	242.00–265.00	258.25
20	600–650	634	251.00–260.00	254.27
6	650–700	667	255.00–256.00	255.50
4	700–750	720	246.00	246.00
12	750–800	788	245.00–246.00	245.50
20	850–900	865	231.00–237.00	232.51
54	900–950	929	231.00–231.50	231.05
5	950–1000	956	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	525	275.00	275.00
6	600–650	603	245.50	245.50
6	700–750	722	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	692	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	546	305.50	305.50
4	550–600	558	280.00	280.00
5	600–650	635	261.00	261.00
17	650–700	666	264.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	336	380.00	380.00
180	900–950	905	253.50–257.50	255.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	348	365.00	365.00
6	400–450	420	307.50	307.50
14	450–500	489	271.00	271.00
7	700–750	710	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	316	352.50	352.50
15	350–400	377	312.50–320.00	315.86
71	400–450	422	290.00–300.00	291.38
24	450–500	462	267.50–274.00	269.77
37	500–550	517	268.00–275.00	271.19
28	550–600	564	257.00–269.00	265.75
55	600–650	638	251.00–254.00	252.96
8	650–700	679	238.00–242.00	240.47
100	700–750	747	224.00–239.00	233.08
13	750–800	778	225.00–241.00	233.42
67	800–850	810	231.50–235.50	231.92
63	850–900	883	224.00–229.00	224.39
8	900–950	902	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	443	272.00	272.00
15	500–550	518	248.00–254.00	251.96
5	550–600	564	240.00	240.00
3	600–650	641	238.00	238.00
12	700–750	727	222.00	222.00
14	750–800	779	220.00–224.00	222.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	528	236.00–242.00	239.70
4	550–600	597	232.50	232.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	548	266.00	266.00
9	550–600	563	253.00–259.00	256.91
10	600–650	617	233.00–241.00	238.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	400	325.00	325.00
3	450–500	476	320.00	320.00
4	500–550	507	284.00	284.00
4	700–750	702	224.00	224.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	398	255.00	255.00

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