Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2024-12-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Really nice run of cattle today. Compared to last week steers 650 to 750 lbs sold 7.00 to 8.00 higher and 800 to 950 lbs sold steady to 1.00 higher. Heifers 500 to 700 lbs sold mostly 3.00 lower and 700 to 900 lb heifers sold steady to 1.00 higher. The receipts were moderate to heavy with really good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $328.45/cwt on 399 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −165.21 against this barn's trailing median of $493.66.

Average price

$328.45

399 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,808

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$20.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.20

vs KS average

+4.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	335.28	1,850	266
Medium and Large 1-2	571	315.23	1,801	33
Medium 1	540	314.65	1,698	100

One grade step is worth $20.63/cwt here — about $152 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale399 hd

328.45

—

KS average3 barns · 993 hd

327.25

+1.20

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

+4.10

This barn, trailing median28 sales

493.66

−165.21

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

87 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 1	400–450	424	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,548	9
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	631	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,792	73
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	580	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,688	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	253.91/cwt	247.50–256.00	2,196	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	698	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,885	5
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	513	330.41/cwt	321.00–339.00	1,695	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	247.84/cwt	241.00–250.00	1,938	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	277.39/cwt	268.00–288.50	2,003	255
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	299.75/cwt	291.00–310.00	1,876	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	265.57/cwt	264.00–269.00	2,071	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	514	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,912	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	420	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,733	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	377.66/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,360	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	324.88/cwt	320.00–334.00	1,865	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	261.51/cwt	254.00–267.50	2,137	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	358.96/cwt	350.00–362.00	1,745	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	391	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,572	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	667	280.67/cwt	279.00–283.00	1,872	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	491	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,669	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,209	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,057	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	381.95/cwt	370.00–387.00	1,681	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	456	325.65/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,485	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	750–800	752	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,865	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	896	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,352	128
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	495	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,782	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	379.18/cwt	368.00–388.00	1,854	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	328.44/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,347	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	754	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	2,070	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	416	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,602	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	584	315.23/cwt	314.00–318.00	1,841	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	310.84/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,803	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	251.04/cwt	245.00–253.00	2,074	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	663	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,002	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	342.25/cwt	340.00–347.00	1,780	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	629	292.09/cwt	284.00–298.00	1,837	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	472	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,897	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	379.13/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,372	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	302.44/cwt	286.00–311.00	1,591	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	347.57/cwt	341.00–355.00	1,484	39
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,061	201.57/cwt	192.00–204.00	2,139	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	856	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	2,084	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	500	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,580	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	251.06/cwt	241.00–256.00	1,848	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	272.78/cwt	264.00–279.00	1,705	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	368.52/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,157	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	262.39/cwt	255.00–274.00	1,771	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	283.26/cwt	277.00–289.00	1,640	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	322.79/cwt	313.00–332.50	1,533	96
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	470	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,189	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	272.28/cwt	268.00–274.00	1,568	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	252.50/cwt	241.00–256.00	1,558	13
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,009	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,998	6
Heifers	Large 1	950–1000	999	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,088	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	235.68/cwt	234.00–237.50	1,956	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	474	323.08/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,531	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	556	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,657	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	540	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,458	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	892	230.89/cwt	230.00–231.00	2,060	63
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	545	282.27/cwt	280.00–284.00	1,538	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	246.44/cwt	241.00–253.50	1,935	229
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	767	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,810	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	667	254.20/cwt	247.00–260.00	1,696	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	393	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,336	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	292.73/cwt	288.00–295.00	1,376	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	261.83/cwt	251.00–272.00	1,642	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	260.41/cwt	247.00–265.00	1,906	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	629	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,705	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	515	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,514	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	591	274.54/cwt	269.00–277.00	1,623	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	245.91/cwt	244.50–248.50	2,285	335
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,782	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	354	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,115	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	463	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,551	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	512	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,618	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	583	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,516	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	234.00/cwt	233.00–235.00	2,293	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	286.27/cwt	277.00–297.00	1,924	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	351.94/cwt	341.00–364.00	1,812	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	322.82/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,391	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	235.15/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,775	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	339.04/cwt	337.00–340.00	1,288	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	769	276.50/cwt	276.50–276.50	2,126	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	900–950	910	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,298	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	410	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,620	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	249.49/cwt	244.00–254.00	1,714	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	276.89/cwt	272.00–282.00	1,423	6

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 Dec 12, 2024

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

Receipts 4,317Last week 3,414Year ago 3,300

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	424	365.00	365.00
21	450–500	495	360.00	360.00
60	500–550	513	321.00–339.00	330.41
40	550–600	580	291.00	291.00
73	600–650	631	284.00	284.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	360	370.00–385.00	377.66
10	400–450	440	370.00–387.00	381.95
93	450–500	489	368.00–388.00	379.18
67	500–550	515	341.00–364.00	351.94
142	550–600	574	320.00–334.00	324.88
90	600–650	626	291.00–310.00	299.75
191	650–700	672	277.00–297.00	286.27
255	700–750	722	268.00–288.50	277.39
50	750–800	780	264.00–269.00	265.57
219	800–850	817	254.00–267.50	261.51
105	850–900	865	247.50–256.00	253.91
335	900–950	929	244.50–248.50	245.91
10	950–1000	980	233.00–235.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	354	315.00	315.00
18	400–450	410	325.00–345.00	328.44
15	450–500	486	350.00–362.00	358.96
6	500–550	532	335.00	335.00
27	550–600	580	305.00–315.00	310.84
28	600–650	627	251.00–272.00	261.83
5	650–700	698	270.00	270.00
37	700–750	732	247.00–265.00	260.41
16	750–800	782	241.00–250.00	247.84
21	800–850	826	245.00–253.00	251.04
3	850–900	850	242.00	242.00
3	900–950	940	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	391	402.00	402.00
13	400–450	420	412.50	412.50
11	450–500	472	402.00	402.00
16	500–550	514	372.00	372.00
22	650–700	663	302.00	302.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	416	385.00	385.00
3	450–500	491	340.00	340.00
22	500–550	520	340.00–347.00	342.25
19	550–600	584	314.00–318.00	315.23
19	600–650	629	284.00–298.00	292.09
31	650–700	667	279.00–283.00	280.67
15	750–800	754	274.50	274.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	456	325.00–330.00	325.65
5	750–800	752	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
128	850–900	896	262.50	262.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	410	395.00	395.00
28	750–800	769	276.50	276.50
64	900–950	910	252.50	252.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	314	365.00–375.00	368.52
16	350–400	362	365.00–385.00	379.13
39	400–450	427	341.00–355.00	347.57
96	450–500	475	313.00–332.50	322.79
144	500–550	526	286.00–311.00	302.44
115	550–600	579	277.00–289.00	283.26
126	600–650	625	264.00–279.00	272.78
162	650–700	675	255.00–274.00	262.39
125	700–750	736	241.00–256.00	251.06
229	750–800	785	241.00–253.50	246.44
30	800–850	830	234.00–237.50	235.68
63	850–900	892	230.00–231.00	230.89
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	950–1000	999	209.00	209.00
6	1000–1050	1,009	198.00	198.00
20	1050–1100	1,061	192.00–204.00	201.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	500	316.00	316.00
25	850–900	856	243.50	243.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	470	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	350–400	380	337.00–340.00	339.04
7	400–450	431	320.00–325.00	322.82
13	450–500	470	288.00–295.00	292.73
6	500–550	514	272.00–282.00	276.89
16	550–600	576	268.00–274.00	272.28
13	600–650	617	241.00–256.00	252.50
39	650–700	687	244.00–254.00	249.49
7	750–800	755	230.00–239.00	235.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	393	340.00	340.00
18	450–500	474	320.00–325.00	323.08
4	500–550	515	294.00	294.00
36	550–600	591	269.00–277.00	274.54
7	600–650	629	271.00	271.00
16	650–700	667	247.00–260.00	254.20
4	750–800	767	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
26	550–600	556	298.00	298.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	540	270.00	270.00
3	550–600	583	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	545	280.00–284.00	282.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	463	335.00	335.00
13	500–550	512	316.00	316.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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