Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2024-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering cattle today. Next Tuesday we will start our first Fall Special Calf Sale of the year. The barn already has 3500 consigned, should be a really nice sale. Compared to last week steers 650 to 750 lb sold mostly 2.00 higher while 800 to 950 lb steers sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifers weighing 650 to 800 lbs sold mostly 4.00 to 6.00 higher. There are a lot of unweaned calves coming threw the barn this time of year. If the calves have shots and good genetics they will bring as much as the weaned calves. The receipts were moderate with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.28/cwt on 240 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −183.05 against this barn's trailing median of $439.34.

Average price

$256.28

240 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,441

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

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

$21.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.75

vs KS average

−3.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	261.66	1,472	179
Medium and Large 1-2	562	240.52	1,352	61

One grade step is worth $21.14/cwt here — about $120 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

26 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $461.58, low $375.59, median $439.34 across 26 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 sale240 hd

256.28

—

KS average3 barns · 929 hd

254.53

+1.75

National average195 barns · 25,856 hd

259.63

−3.35

This barn, trailing median26 sales

439.34

−183.05

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

71 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	400–450	433	344.43/cwt	342.50–345.00	1,491	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	403	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,552	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	911	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	2,227	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	268.96/cwt	263.50–280.00	1,721	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	246.27/cwt	238.00–249.00	2,042	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	267.33/cwt	263.00–278.00	1,778	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	416	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,548	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	261.58/cwt	256.00–267.00	1,886	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	258.88/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,468	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	311.40/cwt	299.00–315.00	1,647	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	246.26/cwt	241.00–256.00	1,660	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	288.66/cwt	278.00–296.00	1,663	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	776	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,897	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,933	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	455	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,251	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	667	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,661	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	245.13/cwt	232.00–250.00	1,772	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	800–850	833	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,099	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	711	250.64/cwt	249.00–251.25	1,782	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	242.23/cwt	239.00–243.50	1,926	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	677	259.88/cwt	254.00–266.00	1,759	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	452	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,492	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	634	276.00/cwt	266.00–285.00	1,750	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	576	286.05/cwt	282.00–292.00	1,648	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,591	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	348	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,201	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	521	315.04/cwt	310.00–317.00	1,641	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	510	264.25/cwt	263.00–275.00	1,348	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	435	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,479	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	318.66/cwt	312.00–325.00	1,357	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	239.72/cwt	232.50–244.50	1,884	269
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	495	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,337	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	569	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,559	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,298	4
Bulls	Large 1	1050–1100	1,093	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	2,066	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	261.65/cwt	245.00–267.00	1,269	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	258.77/cwt	240.00–263.50	1,625	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	942	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,063	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	252.80/cwt	244.00–259.00	1,706	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,054	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,263	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	306.26/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,182	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	235.76/cwt	235.00–237.00	1,377	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	256.58/cwt	248.00–261.00	1,491	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	234.73/cwt	228.50–241.50	1,918	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,776	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	884	224.24/cwt	223.00–225.50	1,982	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	668	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,510	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	237.28/cwt	235.50–238.00	1,492	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,679	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750–800	778	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,914	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	244.97/cwt	241.50–249.00	1,778	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	268.42/cwt	266.00–277.00	1,404	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	625	241.41/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,509	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	230.47/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,650	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	535	268.02/cwt	266.00–273.00	1,434	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	335	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	787	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	390	324.21/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,264	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	256.35/cwt	256.00–257.00	1,369	11
Steers	Large 1	950–1000	999	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,298	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	531	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,274	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	707	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,909	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	660	240.49/cwt	239.00–242.50	1,587	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	435	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,327	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	582	256.88/cwt	250.00–267.00	1,495	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	263.58/cwt	253.00–268.00	2,019	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	475	284.49/cwt	280.00–297.00	1,351	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	240.16/cwt	235.00–248.00	2,125	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	235.16/cwt	235.00–235.50	2,276	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	312.69/cwt	307.00–322.00	1,523	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	431	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,174	4

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.

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Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co. - Salina, KS

Thu Oct 24, 2024

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

Receipts 2,462Last week 2,466Year ago 1,564

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	433	342.50–345.00	344.43
8	450–500	487	307.00–322.00	312.69
32	500–550	529	299.00–315.00	311.40
58	550–600	576	278.00–296.00	288.66
47	600–650	640	263.50–280.00	268.96
38	650–700	665	263.00–278.00	267.33
97	700–750	721	256.00–267.00	261.58
81	750–800	766	253.00–268.00	263.58
106	800–850	829	238.00–249.00	246.27
34	850–900	885	235.00–248.00	240.16
60	900–950	911	244.50	244.50
22	950–1000	968	235.00–235.50	235.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	403	385.00	385.00
6	700–750	707	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	416	372.00	372.00
5	450–500	452	330.00	330.00
16	800–850	833	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	545	292.00	292.00
9	550–600	567	250.00–270.00	258.88
38	650–700	674	241.00–256.00	246.26
34	700–750	723	232.00–250.00	245.13
14	750–800	795	239.00–243.50	242.23
5	800–850	826	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	348	345.00	345.00
12	400–450	435	340.00	340.00
14	500–550	521	310.00–317.00	315.04
27	550–600	576	282.00–292.00	286.05
50	600–650	634	266.00–285.00	276.00
25	650–700	677	254.00–266.00	259.88
45	700–750	711	249.00–251.25	250.64
23	750–800	776	244.50	244.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	431	272.50	272.50
29	450–500	455	275.00	275.00
29	500–550	510	263.00–275.00	264.25
15	650–700	667	249.00	249.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	950–1000	999	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	426	312.00–325.00	318.66
48	500–550	523	266.00–277.00	268.42
52	550–600	581	248.00–261.00	256.58
37	600–650	628	240.00–263.50	258.77
30	650–700	675	244.00–259.00	252.80
124	700–750	726	241.50–249.00	244.97
269	750–800	786	232.50–244.50	239.72
38	800–850	817	228.50–241.50	234.73
59	850–900	865	237.50	237.50
17	900–950	942	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	495	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	569	274.00	274.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	386	305.00–310.00	306.26
4	400–450	421	300.00	300.00
27	450–500	485	245.00–267.00	261.65
11	500–550	534	256.00–257.00	256.35
35	550–600	584	235.00–237.00	235.76
76	600–650	629	235.50–238.00	237.28
42	700–750	716	230.00–232.00	230.47
4	750–800	763	220.00	220.00
3	800–850	826	215.00	215.00
14	850–900	884	223.00–225.50	224.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	235.00	235.00
15	500–550	531	240.00	240.00
4	650–700	668	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
67	750–800	778	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	390	320.00–330.00	324.21
5	400–450	435	305.00	305.00
11	450–500	475	280.00–297.00	284.49
10	500–550	535	266.00–273.00	268.02
57	550–600	582	250.00–267.00	256.88
19	600–650	625	240.00–245.00	241.41
52	650–700	660	239.00–242.50	240.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	590	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1050–1100	1,093	189.00	189.00

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