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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 700 lbs sold mixed 3.00 higher to 3.00 lower. Lighter classes of steers had too few for a good comparison due to last week's lighter sale numbers. On the heifers, due to the lighter sale numbers last week, there was no good comparison, however a higher tone was noted on the heifers over 700 lbs. 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 $286.41/cwt on 141 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −208.01 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$286.41

141 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,570

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$23.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.34

vs KS average

−7.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	291.58	1,593	110
Medium and Large 1-2	554	268.10	1,485	31

One grade step is worth $23.48/cwt here — about $108 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale141 hd

286.41

—

KS average3 barns · 614 hd

294.76

−8.34

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

−7.90

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

−208.01

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

69 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 1Fancy	900–950	929	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,276	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	240.29/cwt	236.00–243.50	2,223	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	267.27/cwt	259.00–276.00	1,791	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	256.34/cwt	254.00–262.00	1,987	90
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,074	211.59/cwt	207.50–217.00	2,272	25
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,121	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,377	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	881	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,053	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	482	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,581	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	292.44/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,573	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	265.62/cwt	260.00–268.00	1,426	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	249.54/cwt	241.00–256.00	2,056	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	231.34/cwt	227.00–240.00	1,659	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	265.35/cwt	251.00–270.00	1,905	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	367	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,340	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	270.74/cwt	267.00–274.00	1,549	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	585	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,585	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	250.20/cwt	245.00–259.00	1,589	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	449	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,221	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	245.23/cwt	240.00–254.00	1,668	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	665	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,696	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	779	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,846	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	633	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,519	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	862	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,034	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,343	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	334.39/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,441	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	335.59/cwt	320.00–342.00	1,554	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	388.89/cwt	385.00–392.00	1,318	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	521	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,412	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	253.17/cwt	245.00–259.00	1,560	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	338.42/cwt	338.00–340.00	1,113	13
Heifers	Large 1	950–1000	979	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,007	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	732	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,823	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	620	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,662	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	548	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,502	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	230.47/cwt	228.00–241.00	1,655	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,945	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,557	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	255.38/cwt	245.00–259.00	1,445	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	232.78/cwt	223.00–235.00	1,906	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,186	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	241.69/cwt	241.00–242.00	1,380	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	319	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,045	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	311.98/cwt	311.00–313.00	1,285	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	266.14/cwt	261.00–269.00	1,259	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	250.94/cwt	243.00–255.50	1,721	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	264.71/cwt	258.00–269.00	1,374	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	657	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,551	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	869	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,994	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	770	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,744	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,747	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	986	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	229.75/cwt	229.75–229.75	1,978	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	249.47/cwt	244.25–251.50	2,173	167
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	611	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,601	16
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,028	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	2,380	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	227.57/cwt	216.00–238.00	1,431	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	239.21/cwt	230.00–241.50	1,873	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	245.46/cwt	243.00–251.00	1,311	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	988	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,114	44
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	379	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,279	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	274.39/cwt	268.00–289.00	1,685	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	800–850	801	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,898	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	570	239.04/cwt	238.00–241.00	1,363	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	478	273.91/cwt	273.00–277.00	1,309	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	295.40/cwt	280.00–297.00	1,637	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	912	231.53/cwt	226.00–234.25	2,112	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,892	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	622	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,822	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	551	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,664	9

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 10, 2024

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

Receipts 2,625Last week 1,828Year ago 1,680

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	551	302.00	302.00
43	600–650	622	293.00	293.00
60	900–950	929	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	339	385.00–392.00	388.89
7	350–400	368	365.00	365.00
19	400–450	431	320.00–340.00	334.39
17	450–500	463	320.00–342.00	335.59
55	500–550	538	290.00–295.00	292.44
33	550–600	554	280.00–297.00	295.40
53	600–650	614	268.00–289.00	274.39
28	650–700	670	259.00–276.00	267.27
113	700–750	718	251.00–270.00	265.35
90	750–800	775	254.00–262.00	256.34
177	800–850	824	241.00–256.00	249.54
167	850–900	871	244.25–251.50	249.47
104	900–950	925	236.00–243.50	240.29
44	950–1000	988	214.00	214.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	1000–1050	1,028	231.50	231.50
25	1050–1100	1,074	207.50–217.00	211.59
9	1100–1150	1,121	212.00	212.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	850–900	881	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	367	365.00	365.00
4	450–500	482	328.00	328.00
5	500–550	521	271.00	271.00
8	550–600	585	271.00	271.00
11	600–650	633	240.00	240.00
21	650–700	665	255.00	255.00
18	750–800	779	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	449	272.00	272.00
16	500–550	537	260.00–268.00	265.62
15	550–600	572	267.00–274.00	270.74
13	600–650	635	245.00–259.00	250.20
21	650–700	680	240.00–254.00	245.23
12	700–750	717	227.00–240.00	231.34
21	750–800	785	241.00	241.00
4	850–900	862	236.00	236.00
56	900–950	912	226.00–234.25	231.53
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	379	337.50	337.50
16	600–650	611	262.00	262.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	329	338.00–340.00	338.42
6	350–400	380	312.00	312.00
16	400–450	412	311.00–313.00	311.98
81	450–500	473	261.00–269.00	266.14
51	500–550	519	258.00–269.00	264.71
40	550–600	566	245.00–259.00	255.38
26	600–650	616	245.00–259.00	253.17
123	650–700	686	243.00–255.50	250.94
21	700–750	718	228.00–241.00	230.47
65	750–800	783	230.00–241.50	239.21
58	800–850	819	223.00–235.00	232.78
62	850–900	861	229.75	229.75
9	900–950	909	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	950–1000	979	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	548	274.00	274.00
45	600–650	620	268.00	268.00
8	700–750	732	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	438	225.00	225.00
21	500–550	534	243.00–251.00	245.46
23	550–600	571	241.00–242.00	241.69
18	600–650	629	216.00–238.00	227.57
8	650–700	695	224.00	224.00
6	800–850	832	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	319	327.50	327.50
13	450–500	478	273.00–277.00	273.91
14	550–600	570	238.00–241.00	239.04
25	650–700	657	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	750–800	770	226.50	226.50
41	850–900	869	229.50	229.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
64	800–850	801	237.00	237.00

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