Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2024-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher with unweaned bringing just under the weaned calves. The heifers there were too few for a good test. The receipts were light with good demand. One more special calf sale next Tuesday and then the special weaned and vaccinated sale December 3rd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $297.06/cwt on 249 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −197.37 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$297.06

249 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,648

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

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

$22.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.30

vs KS average

−4.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	298.12	1,653	237
Medium and Large 1-2	556	276.00	1,534	12thin

One grade step is worth $22.12/cwt here — about $119 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 sale249 hd

297.06

—

KS average4 barns · 1,056 hd

302.36

−5.30

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

−4.79

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

−197.37

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

77 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	600–650	635	270.92/cwt	270.00–278.00	1,720	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,541	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	957	249.38/cwt	249.25–249.50	2,387	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	269.75/cwt	267.00–273.00	1,929	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,544	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	843	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,947	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,610	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	284.02/cwt	283.00–285.00	1,636	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	252.57/cwt	250.00–257.50	2,076	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	267.10/cwt	265.50–273.00	1,808	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	340	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,275	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	931	239.69/cwt	237.00–240.25	2,232	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	239.37/cwt	239.00–240.00	1,846	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	239.33/cwt	239.00–240.50	1,750	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	987	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,221	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,514	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	593	274.98/cwt	270.00–280.50	1,631	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	266.07/cwt	253.50–270.10	2,043	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	617	257.05/cwt	251.00–259.00	1,586	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	923	224.39/cwt	220.00–227.00	2,071	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	511	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,640	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	584	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	1,685	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	659	254.80/cwt	247.00–258.50	1,679	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	244.13/cwt	239.00–254.00	1,638	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	475	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,539	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	443	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,418	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	730	249.83/cwt	246.50–255.00	1,824	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	825	243.96/cwt	241.00–245.00	2,013	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,917	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	624	272.05/cwt	270.00–273.00	1,698	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	533	303.60/cwt	292.00–308.00	1,618	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	434	344.70/cwt	340.00–358.00	1,496	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	721	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,723	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,518	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,536	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,425	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,255	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,458	3
Bulls	Medium 1	600–650	649	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,476	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	275.47/cwt	274.00–279.00	1,463	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	235.96/cwt	232.00–238.00	2,029	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	609	248.95/cwt	243.00–251.00	1,516	21
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	646	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,470	3
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,061	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	2,164	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	614	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,658	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	248.80/cwt	245.00–252.00	1,460	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	561	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,571	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	235.74/cwt	232.00–236.50	1,782	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	706	228.65/cwt	228.00–229.00	1,614	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	401	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,303	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,010	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	288.35/cwt	286.50–292.00	1,404	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	265.84/cwt	265.00–267.00	1,481	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	301.25/cwt	295.50–306.50	1,434	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	243.87/cwt	239.00–248.00	1,805	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	262.38/cwt	262.00–263.00	1,370	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,084	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	578	249.14/cwt	245.00–252.00	1,440	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	250.02/cwt	242.00–255.00	1,720	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	253.05/cwt	242.00–255.00	1,620	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	518	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,513	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,016	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	236.49/cwt	233.00–240.00	1,471	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	398	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,294	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	306.76/cwt	303.00–309.00	1,374	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	548	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,260	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	579	263.76/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,527	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	766	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,647	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	330	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,049	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,595	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	487	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,393	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	694	227.31/cwt	226.00–231.00	1,578	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	714	221.50/cwt	221.00–222.00	1,582	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	460	305.13/cwt	292.00–307.00	1,404	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	525	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,428	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	253.15/cwt	245.00–255.00	2,185	204
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	416	322.38/cwt	318.00–326.00	1,341	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 Nov 7, 2024

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

Receipts 1,970Last week 2,253Year ago 2,661

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	480	321.00	321.00
6	500–550	523	305.00	305.00
10	550–600	576	283.00–285.00	284.02
37	600–650	635	270.00–278.00	270.92
33	650–700	677	265.50–273.00	267.10
13	700–750	715	267.00–273.00	269.75
91	750–800	768	253.50–270.10	266.07
39	800–850	822	250.00–257.50	252.57
204	850–900	863	245.00–255.00	253.15
74	900–950	931	237.00–240.25	239.69
116	950–1000	957	249.25–249.50	249.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	540	286.00	286.00
5	550–600	578	262.00	262.00
16	600–650	639	252.00	252.00
9	650–700	671	239.00–254.00	244.13
14	700–750	731	239.00–240.50	239.33
8	750–800	771	239.00–240.00	239.37
7	800–850	830	231.00	231.00
8	900–950	923	220.00–227.00	224.39
8	950–1000	987	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	843	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	340	375.00	375.00
75	500–550	511	321.00	321.00
69	550–600	584	288.50	288.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	400–450	434	340.00–358.00	344.70
4	450–500	475	324.00	324.00
29	500–550	533	292.00–308.00	303.60
48	550–600	593	270.00–280.50	274.98
23	600–650	624	270.00–273.00	272.05
17	650–700	659	247.00–258.50	254.80
52	700–750	730	246.50–255.00	249.83
29	800–850	825	241.00–245.00	243.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	443	320.00	320.00
20	600–650	617	251.00–259.00	257.05
4	700–750	721	239.00	239.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	407	350.00	350.00
22	500–550	511	297.00	297.00
10	600–650	600	256.00	256.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	577	217.50	217.50
3	650–700	678	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	649	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	308	352.00	352.00
5	400–450	401	325.00	325.00
32	450–500	476	295.50–306.50	301.25
24	500–550	531	274.00–279.00	275.47
25	550–600	557	265.00–267.00	265.84
20	600–650	640	242.00–255.00	253.05
57	650–700	688	242.00–255.00	250.02
33	700–750	740	239.00–248.00	243.87
37	750–800	756	232.00–236.50	235.74
12	800–850	841	239.00	239.00
48	850–900	860	232.00–238.00	235.96
11	900–950	908	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	398	325.00	325.00
9	400–450	416	318.00–326.00	322.38
41	450–500	460	292.00–307.00	305.13
3	500–550	525	272.00	272.00
31	550–600	579	260.00–265.00	263.76
21	600–650	609	243.00–251.00	248.95
19	650–700	694	226.00–231.00	227.31
14	700–750	714	221.00–222.00	221.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	646	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1050–1100	1,061	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	561	280.00	280.00
20	600–650	614	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	448	303.00–309.00	306.76
12	450–500	487	286.50–292.00	288.35
8	500–550	522	262.00–263.00	262.38
11	550–600	587	245.00–252.00	248.80
6	600–650	622	233.00–240.00	236.49
17	700–750	706	228.00–229.00	228.65
3	750–800	766	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	318.00	318.00
7	450–500	487	286.00	286.00
3	500–550	548	230.00	230.00
14	550–600	578	245.00–252.00	249.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	500–550	518	292.00	292.00

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