Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2024-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

NIce offering of cattle today. Still quit a few unweaned cattle coming to town. Steers over 750 lbs sold mixed from $1.00 lower to $2.00 higher. There were not enough heifers for a good test, except 750 to 800 lb. heifers that sold 3.00 lower. We just started the special falll calf sales this week. There will be 2 more special calf sales in November and then a special weaned and vaccinated sale in December. 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 $287.05/cwt on 188 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −206.61 against this barn's trailing median of $493.66.

Average price

$287.05

188 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,569

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$126

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

$22.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.79

vs KS average

−13.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	290.34	1,587	161
Medium and Large 1-2	546	267.40	1,461	27

One grade step is worth $22.94/cwt here — about $126 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

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 sale188 hd

287.05

—

KS average4 barns · 1,216 hd

298.84

−11.79

National average185 barns · 40,108 hd

300.69

−13.64

This barn, trailing median28 sales

493.66

−206.61

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	750–800	773	262.31/cwt	254.00–267.50	2,028	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	277.07/cwt	276.00–282.00	1,607	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	263.03/cwt	258.00–268.00	1,747	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	238.96/cwt	234.00–241.50	1,979	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	274.99/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,460	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	249.57/cwt	249.00–250.00	1,972	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	881	239.21/cwt	239.00–240.00	2,107	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,713	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,468	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	374	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,384	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	710	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	1,949	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	658	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	1,806	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	2,218	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	244.58/cwt	236.50–248.00	1,776	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	252.72/cwt	243.00–260.00	1,580	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	774	235.31/cwt	227.00–244.00	1,821	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	662	247.87/cwt	239.00–252.00	1,641	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	372	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,265	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	689	233.78/cwt	232.00–235.00	1,611	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	465	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,302	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	583	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,446	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	529	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,555	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	626	249.23/cwt	240.00–253.00	1,560	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	570	267.54/cwt	265.00–269.00	1,525	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	487	304.12/cwt	301.00–310.00	1,481	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	442	327.59/cwt	323.00–340.00	1,448	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	731	231.96/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,696	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	234.12/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,669	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	308.74/cwt	307.00–311.00	1,392	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	944	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	2,072	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	236.17/cwt	235.00–238.00	1,861	214
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	243.78/cwt	243.50–244.00	2,021	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	782	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,701	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,302	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,220	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	251.58/cwt	247.00–260.00	1,570	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	253.70/cwt	244.00–255.00	1,474	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	243.17/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,651	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,989	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	285.11/cwt	276.00–296.00	1,377	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,655	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	694	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,520	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,264	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,546	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	232.01/cwt	231.00–232.50	1,413	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	585	225.32/cwt	221.00–228.00	1,318	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	614	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,339	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	741	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,601	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,396	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,814	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	346	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,107	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	820	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,968	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	463	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,315	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	542	248.60/cwt	244.00–250.00	1,347	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	716	228.12/cwt	227.00–229.00	1,633	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	432	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,292	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	623	233.29/cwt	223.00–241.00	1,453	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	249.76/cwt	243.00–256.50	2,165	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	273.77/cwt	264.00–278.00	1,744	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	264.06/cwt	255.00–267.00	1,891	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	248.51/cwt	247.25–256.00	2,075	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	239.10/cwt	236.00–239.50	2,319	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	309.39/cwt	297.00–319.00	1,600	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	353.61/cwt	347.00–362.00	1,499	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	242.95/cwt	241.00–244.50	2,199	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,563	5

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 31, 2024

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

Receipts 2,253Last week 2,462Year ago 2,308

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	424	347.00–362.00	353.61
5	450–500	493	317.00	317.00
68	500–550	517	297.00–319.00	309.39
45	550–600	580	276.00–282.00	277.07
104	600–650	637	264.00–278.00	273.77
30	650–700	664	258.00–268.00	263.03
90	700–750	716	255.00–267.00	264.06
65	750–800	773	254.00–267.50	262.31
74	800–850	835	247.25–256.00	248.51
214	850–900	867	243.00–256.50	249.76
18	900–950	905	241.00–244.50	242.95
71	950–1000	970	236.00–239.50	239.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	531	270.00–283.00	274.99
4	550–600	570	257.50	257.50
23	600–650	625	243.00–260.00	252.72
4	650–700	688	249.00	249.00
46	700–750	726	236.50–248.00	244.58
16	750–800	790	249.00–250.00	249.57
18	800–850	828	234.00–241.50	238.96
14	850–900	881	239.00–240.00	239.21
52	900–950	930	238.50	238.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	374	370.00	370.00
6	650–700	658	274.50	274.50
12	700–750	710	274.50	274.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	372	340.00	340.00
15	400–450	442	323.00–340.00	327.59
27	450–500	487	301.00–310.00	304.12
15	500–550	529	294.00	294.00
33	550–600	570	265.00–269.00	267.54
34	600–650	626	240.00–253.00	249.23
19	650–700	662	239.00–252.00	247.87
12	700–750	731	230.00–236.00	231.96
19	750–800	774	227.00–244.00	235.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	465	280.00	280.00
5	550–600	583	248.00	248.00
14	650–700	689	232.00–235.00	233.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	800–850	820	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	337	362.00	362.00
8	350–400	395	320.00	320.00
6	400–450	420	310.00	310.00
23	450–500	451	307.00–311.00	308.74
7	500–550	524	295.00	295.00
48	550–600	581	244.00–255.00	253.70
68	600–650	624	247.00–260.00	251.58
34	650–700	679	240.00–250.00	243.17
31	700–750	713	230.00–238.00	234.12
214	750–800	788	235.00–238.00	236.17
128	800–850	829	243.50–244.00	243.78
11	850–900	888	224.00	224.00
15	900–950	944	219.50	219.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	782	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	346	320.00	320.00
14	450–500	483	276.00–296.00	285.11
4	500–550	523	267.00	267.00
15	600–650	609	231.00–232.50	232.01
8	650–700	694	219.00	219.00
11	700–750	729	227.00	227.00
3	800–850	840	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	432	299.00	299.00
3	450–500	463	284.00	284.00
17	500–550	542	244.00–250.00	248.60
19	550–600	585	221.00–228.00	225.32
24	600–650	623	223.00–241.00	233.29
9	700–750	716	227.00–229.00	228.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	614	218.00	218.00
3	700–750	741	216.00	216.00

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