Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2024-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of cattle today. Compared to last week steer calves 600 to 750 sold 8.00 to 9.00 higher and feeder steers over 750 lbs sold mostly 2.00 to 6.00 lower. The heifer calves 600 to 700 lbs sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher and feeder heifers over 800 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. We are still seeing some cattle coming off grass, I would say we should be at the tail end of grass cattle. I think the buyers are optimistic due to the nice rains that we have been getting. 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 $319.25/cwt on 101 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −175.17 against this barn's trailing median of $494.43.

Average price

$319.25

101 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,722

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$202

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

$32.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.38

vs KS average

+9.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	323.39	1,748	88
Medium and Large 1-2	531	291.27	1,546	13thin

One grade step is worth $32.11/cwt here — about $202 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 sale101 hd

319.25

—

KS average3 barns · 238 hd

316.88

+2.38

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

+9.99

This barn, trailing median27 sales

494.43

−175.17

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

72 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	550–600	583	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,801	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	279.31/cwt	275.10–288.50	1,919	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	244.29/cwt	241.00–245.00	2,272	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	299.36/cwt	291.00–305.00	1,886	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,595	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,558	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	262.07/cwt	255.00–274.00	1,685	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,751	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	267.40/cwt	256.00–271.75	2,075	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	255.89/cwt	251.75–262.25	2,101	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	279.18/cwt	275.00–282.50	2,032	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	995	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,398	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	495	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,683	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	800–850	800	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,144	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	260.83/cwt	255.00–266.00	1,881	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	803	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,967	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	903	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,032	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	295.84/cwt	294.00–298.00	1,518	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	485	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,460	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	723	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,808	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	607	253.83/cwt	247.50–259.00	1,541	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	523	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,747	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	610	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,800	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	557	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,821	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	578	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,769	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	685	270.03/cwt	267.50–282.50	1,850	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	615	286.46/cwt	272.00–290.00	1,762	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	737	269.03/cwt	268.50–270.00	1,983	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	780	245.59/cwt	236.00–249.00	1,916	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	538	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,705	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	259.56/cwt	254.00–268.00	1,635	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	255.41/cwt	250.00–264.00	1,686	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	228.51/cwt	227.50–230.00	1,995	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	243.26/cwt	240.00–248.00	1,781	76
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	611	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,497	7
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,049	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	1,977	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	323.40/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,378	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	2,160	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,307	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	303.84/cwt	297.00–307.00	1,562	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	237.99/cwt	236.00–245.00	1,887	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	236.41/cwt	234.00–237.00	1,913	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,409	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,208	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,144	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	265.46/cwt	262.00–270.00	1,542	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	226.25/cwt	225.00–228.00	2,050	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	305.33/cwt	298.00–309.00	1,505	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	605	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,652	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	444	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,505	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,503	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	245.42/cwt	245.00–246.00	1,676	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,722	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,518	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	656	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,712	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	543	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,580	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	667	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,627	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	611	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,512	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	551	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,284	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	535	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,637	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	604	306.50/cwt	306.50–306.50	1,851	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	500	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,680	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	820	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	2,177	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	579	264.32/cwt	257.00–267.00	1,530	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	749	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,745	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	637	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,694	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	251.86/cwt	246.50–258.00	2,201	313
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,605	4
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	617	285.59/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,762	15
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,053	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,159	10
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,018	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,362	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	750	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,063	60

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 21, 2024

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

Receipts 2,618Last week 4,164Year ago 2,986

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	481	324.00	324.00
4	500–550	503	317.00	317.00
5	550–600	583	309.00	309.00
73	600–650	630	291.00–305.00	299.36
159	650–700	687	275.10–288.50	279.31
42	700–750	728	275.00–282.50	279.18
190	750–800	776	256.00–271.75	267.40
162	800–850	821	251.75–262.25	255.89
313	850–900	874	246.50–258.00	251.86
86	900–950	930	241.00–245.00	244.29
12	950–1000	995	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	513	294.00–298.00	295.84
4	550–600	571	281.00	281.00
8	600–650	643	255.00–274.00	262.07
6	650–700	684	256.00	256.00
22	700–750	721	255.00–266.00	260.83
10	800–850	803	245.00	245.00
9	900–950	903	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	495	340.00	340.00
28	500–550	523	334.00	334.00
11	550–600	557	327.00	327.00
28	600–650	610	295.00	295.00
6	800–850	800	268.00	268.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	485	301.00	301.00
6	500–550	538	317.00	317.00
21	550–600	578	306.00	306.00
39	600–650	615	272.00–290.00	286.46
46	650–700	685	267.50–282.50	270.03
14	700–750	737	268.50–270.00	269.03
11	750–800	780	236.00–249.00	245.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	607	247.50–259.00	253.83
17	700–750	723	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	500	336.00	336.00
43	600–650	604	306.50	306.50
60	750–800	750	275.00	275.00
51	800–850	820	265.50	265.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	617	280.00–287.00	285.59
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1000–1050	1,018	232.00	232.00
10	1050–1100	1,053	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	358	365.00	365.00
9	400–450	426	320.00–325.00	323.40
9	450–500	493	298.00–309.00	305.33
10	500–550	514	297.00–307.00	303.84
30	550–600	581	262.00–270.00	265.46
48	600–650	630	254.00–268.00	259.56
35	650–700	660	250.00–264.00	255.41
76	700–750	732	240.00–248.00	243.26
181	750–800	793	236.00–245.00	237.99
90	800–850	809	234.00–237.00	236.41
32	850–900	873	227.50–230.00	228.51
12	900–950	906	225.00–228.00	226.25
8	950–1000	975	221.50	221.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	611	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	1000–1050	1,049	188.50	188.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	366	330.00	330.00
4	450–500	453	252.50	252.50
3	500–550	516	273.00	273.00
3	550–600	558	272.00	272.00
3	600–650	606	248.00	248.00
7	650–700	683	245.00–246.00	245.42
5	700–750	736	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	444	339.00	339.00
37	500–550	535	306.00	306.00
18	600–650	605	273.00	273.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	543	291.00	291.00
33	550–600	579	257.00–267.00	264.32
17	600–650	637	266.00	266.00
15	650–700	656	261.00	261.00
17	700–750	749	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	551	233.00	233.00
5	600–650	611	247.50	247.50
5	650–700	667	244.00	244.00

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